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Kelly’s Lot The Blues Remind Me

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Kelly’s Lot has focused on blues since their debut and their third collection, “The Blues Remind Me,” follows their 2021 live album. Written by Kelly Zirbes and Perry Robertson, the album includes diverse musical contributions and performances across Southern California, Texas, France, and Croatia. Future performances include festivals in Ireland and Croatia.

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Kinky Friedman Passes at Age 79

Kinky Friedman, known for his satirical songwriting, prolific novels, and political run, passed away at 79. Friends and fans remember his humor, music, and love for animals. Over his 50-year career, he released 18 albums and wrote 25 books. Tributes poured in, celebrating his unique life and legacy.

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Chris O’Leary The Hard Line

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Chris O’Leary The Hard Line Alligator Records Chris O’Leary plays entertaining roadhouse blues styles from boogie woogie to Southside Chicago and Louisiana stompers. These performances emote passion and authority.His forceful harmonica accentuates his powerful songwriting. His first album “Mr. Used To Be” was nominated for a Blues Music Award and won a Blues Blast Award for […]

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Anthony Fung Fo(u)rth

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Anthony Fung Fo(u)rth Self-released Canadian, now Californian-based drummer Anthony Fung grabs your attention with his album title even before hearing the first note. The insertion of the parenthetical ‘u’ rather obviously denotes that it’s his fourth album as a leader, yet ‘forth” owes to the advice bestowed on him by the late drummer Ralph Peterson […]

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MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #577

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MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #577 – 8/09/2021 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11952959 BRIGITTE PURDY – COUCH KID NEWS Brigitte came by to talk about her new single, Time For Love, and the world around her.  The single is getting HUGE airplay. WEB SITE       FACEBOOK PAGE GUY KING – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC SEGMENT BEGINS AT THE […]

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Gerry Casey Interviews Verity White

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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Verity White Every time I interview artists for the show it’s always unique and interesting experience. That was certainly the case speaking with Verity White. Certainly A word that would best describe Verity is “FUN”. Her amazing voice coupled with a natural enthusiasm for connection […]

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Alias Smith and Jones are Making a Scene

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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents An Interview with Alias Smith and Jones! Sal Carolei has played with the Eliza Neals band, The Travis Miller Band and Gabrielle Aparicio in New York and in Florida. He also performed with the late Floyd Lee, (aka Ted Williams), Sal can be heard on recordings for producer Cass Dillon. Sal […]

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Rebecca Downes is Making a Scene

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  HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Rebecca Downes Rebecca was born and grew up in Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of the United Kingdom.  She first started performing live music when aged 13 and as a teenager wrote and performed her own material.  Some original recordings still exist – a little […]

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Music on the Couch Show #545

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MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #545 – 12/14/2020 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11856398   SISTER LUCILLE – COUCH KID NEWS Kimberley & Jamie will come by to talk about the release of their 45 single that contains “Gone” & “Grandpa’s Song”.  We will talk about their recent success and how they are dealing with the pandemic. WEB […]

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Terminal Station Brotherhood

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Terminal Station Brotherhood Hard Rain Records Terminal Station is a Vancouver based blues-rock band. They released their debut recording “Burnout Blues” in 2007. Their follow-up recording “Rolling All Night” was first released in 2009. “Brotherhood” is their third album. But who are these guys? The four principal players in Terminal Station are some of Canada’s […]

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Andy Watts Supergroove

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Andy Watts Supergroove Booga Music/Vizztone Label Group Andy Watts was bitten by the blues bug when he was twelve. He started playing guitar and developing a reputation as Israel’s Ambassador of the blues, bringing in the world’s leading artists to perform and record with his band The Blues Rebels. They released their first album “Open […]

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Lloyd Jones Tennessee Run

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Lloyd Jones Tennessee Run Vizztone Label Group Lloyd Jones was born in Portland in 1950. His father was a trumpet player, and his older brother taught him drums. As a teenager he took up guitar. Early blues and soul influences include Muddy Waters; Walter Horton; Jimmy Reed, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, and James Brown. […]

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Allman-Betts Band Bless Your Heart

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Allman-Betts Band Bless Your Heart BMG Last year’s debut from the Allman-Betts Band, Down to the River, marked the first time the seven-piece ensemble played together, let alone record together. But even that is not entirely accurate as keyboardist John Ginty joined the band for the tour, after the recording was done.  So, if that […]

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Dave Pietro Hypersphere

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Dave Pietro Hypersphere ArtistShare Saxophonist, composer and music educator Dave Pietro convenes a septet for Hypersphere. Pietro explores themes of love, interconnectedness, truth and prayer on its eight tracks.  Alongside Pietro are top shelf musicians including Alex Sipiagin on trumpet and flugelhorn, Ryan Keberle on trombone, Gary Versace on piano and organ, Johannes Weidenmueller on bass, Johnathan Blake on drums and Rogerio Boccato on percussion. Note that Pietro, Keberle, Versace, […]

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Ten Penny Gypsy Fugitive Heart

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Ten Penny Gypsy Fugitive Heart FUGITIVE HEART is the new full-length release from five-time Arkansas CMA nominee TEN PENNY GYPSY. The album releases July 10th, 2020 and is available on all streaming services and on TEN PENNY GYPSY’S official website. This is the Americana groups second album, and they again teamed up with renowned multi-instrumentalist […]

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David Olney, 71, Revered Songwriter Dies  (March 23, 1948 – Jan. 18, 2020)

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David Olney, 71, Revered Songwriter Dies  (March 23, 1948 – Jan. 18, 2020) Revered songwriter David Olney (born March 23, 1948) died Saturday, January 18, 2020, after suffering an apparent heart attack during a performance in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. He was 71. A key member of Nashville’s music community since his move to Music […]

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Jennifer Truesdale Through the Circle

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Jennifer Truesdale Through the Circle The first thing you will notice about Through The Circle is that Jennifer Truesdale has a thrilling voice. As a graduate of Berkeley  School of Music and a 25-year veteran of the music industry who has performed hundreds of shows on the East Coast, she knows exactly how to use […]

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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Brandon Santini

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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Brandon Santini This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art […]

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This weekend: Indie blues in and around Atlanta April 19-21

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I hope you enjoy your Spring holiday this weekend, whether it is Passover, Easter or just the promise of the season! There are a lot of great blues to appreciate around town too, including an Easter Gospel show at Blind Willie’s. Ted Drozdowski is in town on Friday too and there’s a plentiful complement of […]

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Terry Klein IS Making A Scene!

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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Terry Klein! Terry Klein is a songwriter’s songwriter. His debut record, Great Northern, was produced by Walt Wilkins. Great Northern appeared on multiple 2017 Ten-Best lists and garnered praise from Rodney Crowell and Mary Gauthier. Klein and Wilkins have teamed up again for Tex, which is out now. Tex covers a […]

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Ally Venable Texas Honey

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Ally Venable Texas Honey Ruf Records Ally Venable is a powerful young blues singer from Texas with roots that clearly show that proud tradition of blues-rock fostered by Stevie Ray Vaughan, ZZ Top, and so many others. Now, at not yet twenty, Venable is releasing her third album, Texas Honey, produced by fellow Texan Mike […]

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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ally Venable

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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ally Venable This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art […]

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An Evening with RADD® “The Entertainment Industry’s Voice for Road Safety” to Celebrate the Return of the 60th Annual GRAMMY® Awards Ceremony to New York City Wednesday, January 24th at The DL

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RADD® Comes Together with MD25 Entertainment to Present A Night of Music and Mingling with Today’s Rising Talent January, 2018 (New York, NY) – On Wednesday, January 24th as the 60th Annual GRAMMY® Awards get ready to make their return to New York City at MSG – RADD®, together with MD25 Entertainment will be celebrating […]

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Starting Small – LA Music Scene with Jen Gies

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The music business used to be big.  It was beyond big; it was huge, gargantuan.  “Larger-than-life” personalities.  “Rock-and-roll lifestyle” excesses.  Money, extravagance, superfluity, glamour and flash.  Arena concerts.  Tour buses and limousines. A long time ago (it seems), record labels invested in artists and shepherded them along, into and ideally through a career that benefited […]

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Scott Ramminger Do What Your Heart Says To

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Scott Ramminger Do What Your Heart Says To Arbor Lane Music Scott Ramminger is originally from Huntsville, Alabama. He graduated from the U. of Tennessee with a degree in journalism and settled in the Washington DC area. Ramminger has a broad musical taste he developed working as a sideman. He released “Crawstickers” in 2011 with […]

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JW Jones High Temperature

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JW Jones High Temperature Solid Blues Records Molson Golden Ale, Iceberg Vodka and JW Jones; these are among my favorite Canadian exports. Although Jones’ influences include fellow Canadians Ronnie Hawkins and Colin James he has absorbed all the blues, rock, and country music that has come before him. In 2000 Jones released his first album […]

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Making a Scene Reaches 200,000 Visitors!

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Making a Scene has reached another milestone! We have reached the mark of 200,000 visitors to our site over the last 2 years! If you are an advertiser on Making a Scene I first want to THANK YOU! Your support is helping us keep moving forward in our mission and I want to let you […]

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William Bell This is Where I Live

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William Bell This is Where I Live Stax Records William Bell was born William Yarbrough in 1939. He was part of the Memphis based Stax Records roster that included Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, The Staple Singers and Isaac Hayes. In 1961 he released his first hit single “You Don’t Miss Your Water”. This was […]

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Music on the Couch show #322

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SHOW #322 – 04/25/16 Live, Uncut & Uncensored Conversations With “Musicians You Should Know” LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/KpN8dq SHAUN MURPHY – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Shaun returned to The Couch to share her latest release It Won’t Stop Raining.  Shaun has brought the Blues out in full-force on this one.  We talked about the making of this album […]

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Making a Scene Gains OVER 150,000 Visits!

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That’s Right! Before our 2nd anniversary (May 1, 2016) we break through this new milestone! When we started “Making a Scene” we knew we had a great idea, but we did not think that it would take off as fast as it did.  This was not something that happened without a lot of hard work […]

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2016 Delbert McClinton & Friends Sandy Beach Cruise

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2016 Delbert McClinton & Friends Sandy Beach Cruise – 22nd Edition – Jan 9th-16th 2016 Another wonderful year of deep ocean performances and there will be a twenty-third edition and likely many more to follow! This year’s cruise brought back many familiar faces: Marcia Ball, Anson Funderburgh, Jimmy Hall, Big Joe Maher, Clay McClinton, The […]

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Johnny Rawls Tiger in a Cage

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Johnny Rawls Tiger in a Cage Catfood Records Johnny Rawls was born in Hattiesburg, Ms. in 1951. In the mid seventies guitarist Rawls joined O.V. Wright’s band and became his music director. After Wright died “The Ace of Spades Band” stayed together thirteen more years and wound up backing Little Milton, Bobby “Blue” Bland, Johnny […]

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AN Exclusive interview with Steve Howell

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AN Exclusive interview with Steve Howell by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud When Steve Howell first heard Mississippi John Hurt’s happy style of fingerpicking country blues in 1965 at the age of thirteen, he immediately knew that the tame, folky style of strumming the guitar was a thing of the past for him. This revelation opened […]

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Jonn Del Toro Richardson Tengo Blues

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Jonn Del Toro Richardson Tengo Blues Vizztone Label Group Jonn Del Toro Richardson grew up in the Houston, Tx. area where he learned a broad range of music styles from Latin and Mariachi to the Blues. Richardson became a member of Diunna Greenleaf’s “Blue Mercy” band and when that band won the 2005 International Blues […]

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An Exclusive Interview with Kail Baxley

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Exclusive Interview with Kail Baxley by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud On his second album A Light That Never Dies which will be released in North America on June 2, 2015 via Forty Below Records (MRI/RED), KaiL Baxley has returned with a hard hitting, lush and beautifully haunting collection of songs. Co-produced with Producer/Engineer Eric Corne […]

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Music On The Couch Show 292 10/26/2015

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SHOW # 292 – 10/26/15 Live, Uncut, Uncensored Conversations With “Musicians You Should Know” TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE, CLICK HERE: https://goo.gl/p6Jy4C LES COPELAND Les caught the attention of “Honeyboy Edwards” and Michael Frank and recorded his debut on Earwig in 2010.  His sophomore effort, also on Earwig, is now out and has folks talking about Les […]

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Randy Chortkoff, founder, president and CEO of Delta Groove Productions, passed away today

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From the Delta Groove family: Randy Chortkoff, founder, president and CEO of Delta Groove Productions, passed away today at 8:40am in Los Angeles at the age of 65. A highly successful entrepreneur outside of the music business, Chortkoff simultaneously followed his true passion as a music producer, performer, and promoter for two decades before founding […]

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An Exclusive Interview With Anthony Rosano!

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Anthony Rosano and the Conqueroos Website https://www.conqueroos.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Anthonyandtheconqueroos EPK https://www.reverbnation.com/rpk/anthonyrosano Booking booking@conqueroos.com  757-285-5061 An Exclusive Interview with Anthony Rosano! by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Formed in July of 2012 Anthony and the Conqueroos have quickly made a name in the Local and National blues scene. Two time International Blues Challenge Finalists, Anthony Rosano and the Conqueroos blend old school […]

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The Best of the Grateful Dead (2 CD’s)

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The Best of the Grateful Dead (2 CD’s) www.Dead.net – www.Rhino.com Issued as part of the Dead’s fiftieth anniversary, their “long strange trips” will (supposedly) conclude over the Fourth of July weekend (2015) with three shows titled “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Grateful Dead” at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Previously there have only […]

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Candye Kane and Sue Palmer “One Night in Belgium”

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Candye Kane and Sue Palmer “One Night in Belgium” Motel Swing Music Sue Palmer is San Diego’s Queen of Boogie Woogie piano. Palmer was previously a member of The Candye Kane Band when they were still called the “Swingin’ Armadillos” and she appears on four of Candye Kane’s albums including “Diva La Grande” and 1998’s […]

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