HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Kirby Heard Since the November 2019 release of her first solo project, “Mama’s Biscuits”, Kirby Heard has become known for songs that take listeners on journeys through yesteryear and memories of home. Often introspective, inquisitive, and witty, these are songs with an authentic voice and perspective. […]
Serabee Hummingbird Tea Rabadash The next great female soulful singer in the mold of Bonnie Bramlett, Bonnie Raitt, and Susan Tedeschi may well be Serabee (short for her real name, Sera Buras). She’s a songwriter too, having penned the 14 originals on this destined to be breakout album, Hummingbird Tea. Just look at these credentials […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Mitch Grainger Mitch Grainger is the perfect paradox. A white guy from Australia, who infuses the Blues & Roots genre’s traditional styling’s with a confidence, and depth of spirit, that has seen him compared to the likes of Robert Johnson* by American music critics. His sound, […]
Joe Ely Flatland Lullaby Rack ‘Em This is not the Joe Ely album you expect. Flatland Lullaby, recorded in Ely’s home studio in 1984, is a treasured recording that has never been made public until now. It is not a re-issue, it’s not a rocker, it’s not one of those early collaborations with the Clash […]
Dave Keyes Rhythm Blues & Boogie Blue Heart The artist with the perfect name for his craft, Dave Keyes, returns with his sixth album and debut for Blue Heart Records, Rhythm Blues & Boogie. Keyes, here playing piano, Wurlitzer, B3, and accordion has earned three BMA nominations, has played in the Broadway pits, done television […]
Malaya Blue Blue Credentials Blue Heart Unfortunately, the songs on Blue Credentials are the swan songs for the late noted blues songwriter Dennis Walker (Robert Cray, B.B. King, Bettye LaVette) unless someone unearths undiscovered material. Award-winning U.K. vocalist Malaya Blue follows up her 2020 critically acclaimed collaboration with Walker, Still, making this her fourth release […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Sweet Undertow 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring The Rock House Allstars 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #163 and his Guest Lars Nygren of Age of Reflection Anthony Gomes Fur Covered Handcuffs The Cinelli Brothers & The Redfish Blues Band Together Is Better Eric Steckel Tennessee Kenny Wayne Shepherd True Lies David Starr Poison In The Water Tyler Bryant &The Shakedown […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Eddy Undertow of Sweet Undertow Sweet Undertow’s organic and inspiring debut album, Skeletone Machine, captures years of frontman Eddy Undertow’s guitar-in-hand globetrotting and inquisitive artist’s ear. Released by Mother West on Sept. 16, it’s a cinematic document of a wide-eyed quest for something universal yet tantalizingly […]
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Kevin McKendree and John Heithaus of the Rock House Allstars Multi-Grammy Winner Kevin McKendree creates the foundation of The Rock House All Stars from Franklin, TN just south of Nashville. Let It Bleed is the eighth British and tenth American studio album by the Rolling Stones, released on November […]
Annika Chambers and Paul DesLauriers Good Trouble Vizztone Label Group Annika Chambers and Paul DesLauriers are the lovers featured here. DesLauriers is the winner of many Maple Blues Awards and 2-time winner of the MB “Entertainer of the Year”. Annika is a 2-time winner of the Blues Music Award for Soul Blues Artist of the […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring The Claudettes 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Grant Dermody 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his Guest Artur Menezes Anthony Gomes Fur Covered Handcuffs The Cinelli Brothers & The Redfish Blues Band Together Is Better Eric Steckel Tennessee Kenny Wayne Shepherd True Lies David Starr Poison In The Water Tyler Bryant &The Shakedown Ghostrider Lauren Anderson Burn It […]
Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Artur Menezes Winner of the “Albert King Award” for Best Guitarist and 3rd place on Band Category at the International Blues Challenge 2018, Artur Menezes is a high-energetic guitarist and plays with such a feeling that impresses the crowds. Based in Los Angeles, the brazilian artist is making […]
Michael Kaeshammer The Warehouse Sessions Linus Entertainment Readers of these pages have likely heard or seen the expression ‘the blues comes in many colors.” As you well know through this writer, there are literally tons of ‘jazz’ albums that could easily be filed under ‘blues’ if one has a broad definition of the latter. That’s […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Johnny Iguana of The Claudettes Wielding a one-of-a-kind, piano-powered roots-pop sound, the Claudettes merge earthy blues and soul with pop hooks and punk spirit, writing an intriguing new chapter in American roots music. Raised in Philadelphia, pianist/songwriter Johnny Iguana first gained renown as pianist for blues […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Grant Dermody Singer, songwriter and acclaimed harmonica player Grant Dermody’s devotion to the blues naturally leads him in different directions. While his last album, Digging in John’s Backyard, found him collaborating with guitarist Frank Fotusky on a set of songs that paid tribute to John Jackson, […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ron Kraemer 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 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Kenny Shore He recently showcased at the APCA Regional Fall Conference in Orlando, FL and again at the APCA National Conference in Hershey, PA. He grew up in North Carolina and wrote his first song after his grandfather gave him a homemade banjo at the age of 10. As a […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Patty Tuite 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #161 with his Guest Ben Reel Buddy Guy I Let My Guitar Do The Talking Boogie Beasts Who’ll Be Next Hyperdrive Stereo Metermaid Brighter Than A Thousand Suns Futureblind Justin Saladino Band Sink Or Swim Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado Navigation Blues 2022 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Ben Reel Since his debut album `This Is the Movie’ back in 1999, Ben has reinvented himself from album to album, influenced by different styles of music over the years. As one critic said, ” He’s not afraid to throw in some in folk, soul, reggae […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Patty Tuite Patty is a singer/songwriter who embraces the genre of blues, jazz and rock music, Patty started at a young age listening to her mom’s piano playing of hymns, musicals and Boogie Woogie and began playing piano before the age of 5. Patty began playing […]
Crystal Shawanda Midnight Blues True North Now recognized as a vocal blues powerhouse, Crystal Shawanda has had a split career. She began as an indigenous musician growing up on the Wikwemikong reserve on an island in Ontario, CA in a house filled with both blues and country music. She tried the latter first when moving […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Ron Kraemer Ron is currently performing as a trio, with Gregg Germony on upright bass and Michael Finley on brushes. You might catch a guest star now and again, so check back and see who’s on the gig! Some of the other fellas Ron has played with […]
John Fullbright The Liar Blue Dirt/Thirty Tigers Grammy-nominated John Fullbright returns after a eight year hiatus and a year when he garnered numerous awards with The Liar. Fullbright was beginning to build a reputation as a Red Dirt Randy Newman, or closer to home, fellow Okie Leon Russell. While that year, 2014, produced a solo […]
Jessey Jackson Gypsy Willow The human voice can have a range of emotions on display depending on the tone and the level of intensity displayed. Some voices are easily recognizable from the opening bars of a song . Having a unique voice and style of delivery helps you stand out from the crowd and be […]
HOME Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Sara Niemietz “This album is about vulnerability and empowerment. It’s about speaking your piece, shaking off the past, and finding the superhero inside,” shares singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist andactor, Sara Niemietz. She continues: “As a kid, I used to run around with this blanket tied around my neck […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Taylor Scott 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 […]
Making a Scene presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #160 and his Guest Jaime Kyle Anthony Gomes I Believe Ben Reel Band This Is The Movie Burnt Out Wreck Stand And Fight Genghis Nash Running Out Of Time Fury Weekend Sad Boy Laurence Jones Anywhere With Me Sammy Hagar & The Circle Pump […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Jaime Kyle Before Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert, there was Jaime Kyle. Jaime was the first female rock artist to be signed to a major record deal out of Nashville. Her albums “The Passionate Kind” (Atco/Atlantic), “Back from Hollywood” (Now and Then, England) and “The […]
The Ron Kraemer Trio w/Reggie Murray Sarasota Swing Poquois Publishing At the outset of this year, 2022, this writer in another outlet penned 2022 as “the year of the organ-oriented bands.” While the Ron Kraemer Trio is centered around the leader’s guitar, the addition of Reggie Murray on Hammond B-3 and tenor saxophone puts Sarasota […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Corky Siegel of Chamber Blues Corky Siegel is known internationally as one of the world’s great blues harmonica players, and is a celebrated composer, blues pianist, singer, songwriter, band leader and author. Along with the likes of John Cage, Steve Reich, Phillip Glass, and Meredith Monk, he […]
Grant Geissman Blooz Futurism/Mesa/Bluemoon This is not one that we expected given guitarist Grant Geissman’s mostly mainstream, film, and television work, including sixteen albums of his own. Geissman first came to prominence with his guitar solo on Chuck Mangione’s 1978 hit “Feels So Good” and went on to work with the likes of Quincy Jones, […]
Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues More Different Voices Dawnserly Corky Seigel, harmonicist who first came to fame with the Siegel-Schwall Blues Band in 1965, has long been the sole pioneer of fusing blues with classical music with this history – Chamber Blues on Chicago’s Alligator Records in 1994. 1998’s Complementary Colors (Gadfly Records), 2005’s Corky Siegel’s […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Taylor Scott For Taylor Scott, nothing is black and white. He operates in the grey areas between genres, creating his own colorful hybrid of roots-rock, funk, soul, and troubadour-style Americana. It’s a sound that’s as diverse as its creator, whipped into sharp shape by a musician […]
Ben Reel Locked In & Live Self-released Irish singer-songwriter Ben Reel is releasing Locked in & Live, an album of eighteen songs, eight live with a full band, three live solo acoustic, and seven studio songs that he recorded during the pandemic, hence “locked in” as part of the title. Two of the acoustic songs […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring GA 20 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 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with GA 20 GA-20 clearly is on to something big. It’s a movement, a new traditional blues revival. The dynamic, throwback blues trio are disciples of the place where traditional blues, country and rock ‘n’ roll intersect. “We make records that we would want to listen to,” […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Lauren Anderson 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #159 (Anniversary Show) The Struts I Hate How Much I Want You The Now Holy Black Pumas Colors Dom Martin Here Comes The River Dorothy Rest In Peace Jaime Kyle featuring Kris Barras Driving With The Brakes On Rival Sons Do Your Worst Artur […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Todd Sharpville Sharpville first came to public prominence with his 1994 debut blues album release, Touch of Your Love (Red Lightnin’). The album achieved critical acclaim, winning “Best Album” in 1994 in the British Blues Connection awards (Britain’s equivalent to the W.C. Handy Awards). At […]
Hermon Hitson Let the Gods Sing Big Legal Mess Herman (aka Hermon) Hitson’s story is one of rediscovery, a stunning one at that. There’s not a single musician who can claim Hitson’s lineage. He played with Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Joe Tex, Bobby Womack, Wilson Pickett, Garnet Mimms, Major Lance, Jackie Wilson, the Drifters, the […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mae Simpson The Mae Simpson Band is a band with a focus on creating music that seamlessly explores a huge range of styles. Some bands are quite stuck into their own definitions. However, others are actually keen on setting the bar higher and looking for new […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Lauren Anderson This soulful rocker, originally from Chicago, has had a passion for singing throughout her entire life. Growing up in a household that was rich in music, her influences were widely varied from artists such as Susan Tedeschi, Bonnie Raitt, The Pointer Sisters, Eva Cassidy, Etta James, Joss Stone, […]
John Nemeth May Be the Last Time Nola Blue The aptly named May Be the Last Time, along with being a great recording is, as much as anything else, a testament to the warmth and communal sharing of the blues community. Responding to a possible career-ending and life-threatening illness to award-winning bluesman vocalist, John Nemeth, […]
Rory Block Ain’t Nobody Worried Rory Block’s “Ain’t Nobody Worried” celebrates the great women of song with 10 covers and one original. Block opens with “I’ll Take You There” originally a crossover gospel song now with a rhythm track. The next song is Gladys Knight and The Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia”. Other covers include […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Chris Antonik 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 […]
