HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Troy Gonyea Troy Gonyea has spent his fabled career working both sides of the musical street: touring the world supporting hall-of-fame-stature legends and using that unique experience to perfect his own sound. Now, with the release of his new live album, “Click Click Spark,” that two-lane […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These […]
Willie and the Bandits Paths The story of the “blues” started out in the southern states of America among the cotton fields and plantations. The music came from deep within, filled with emotion. The stories that were told sang of the “Sorrow” and “Trouble” that prevailed at the time. In “2019” the blues has evolved, […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Doug Duffey Multi award-winning Doug Duffey and BADD are a North Louisiana-based quartet specializing in 100% original ‘Bayou Funk’, ‘Swampadelic’, Bluesiana and Delta Soul music. Influenced by old school 70’s funk and soul classics, as well as their native regional New Orleans funk, Memphis Soul, Louisiana […]
Bernie Mora & Tangent No Agenda Rhombus Records The San Antonio based guitarist Bernie Mora stepped out front in 2013. He formed his band Tangent and they released their debut recording “Dandelion”. Tangent is an instrumental jazz fusion group that mixes funk, and rock into their sound. Their music can best be described as Spyro […]
Black Stone Cherry Black To Blues Vol. 1 & 2 Mascot Records These are two EP’s from Black Stone Cherry; the covers are basically the same. Volume#1 was released in 2017, one year after The Rolling Stones released their 2016 cover album “Blue and Lonesome”. I noticed that the six songs on the first EP […]
Hudspeth & Taylor Folie A Deux Self-released In the vein of those great acoustic blues records from the ‘60s and ‘70s on the Vanguard, Arhoolie, and Shanachie labels and such, come the Kansas City duo of guitarist Brandon Hudspeth and vocalist/percussionist Jaisson Taylor for their debut, Folie A Deux. That term, according to medical terminology […]
Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans Twice As Nice Man Hat Tone Records Bassist Brad Vickers apprenticed with Jimmy Rogers, Hubert Sumlin and Pinetop Perkins. As the bass player in Little Mike & The Tornadoes he appears on 1988’s “Pinetop Perkins with Little Mike and The Tornadoes After Hours” and also on 1990’s “Heart Attack”. Sometime […]
Villers and The Villains Music Confounds the Machines Firstly, special thanks must go to longtime friend and blues brother Barry Cassidy. Barry made me aware of this incredible band, led by Mr Tony Villers a man who’s ability to tell a story can make you smile or cry. I did both when listening to this […]
StringShot Blues & Latin Chops Not Chaps Records This album from StringShot is a collaboration. Each of the principal players a virtuoso in their own right. Roy Rogers is a delta slide guitar master. In the 1980’s he was a member of John Lee Hooker’s Coast to Coast Band, and he plays on and produced […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Teresa James 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 […]
It was a lovely day in Blue Ridge, Georgia on Saturday, well worth the time it took to get there from Kennesaw (about an hour and a half.) My husband and I got in a little early and had time to explore the town a bit before going to the Blue Ridge Community Theater to […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Nicholas David 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Brody Buster 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 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Nicholas David! From the Stage of “The Voice” to Samantha Fish’s New Label “Wildheart Records” Nicholas David Is Making a Scene! Nicholas David is excited to bring his original music to listeners. The pull of the American South has been ever increasing in recent years, bringing […]
Davy K Project Lockdown There are certain places in the world that have deep connections with music. Places like Memphis Tennessee where rock n roll was born. Then you have Nashville, the home of country and of course Clarksdale; the home of Robert Johnstone and the cradle of the blues. There are other places – […]
Samantha Fish Kill or be Kind Rounder Records/Concord Music Group Samantha Fish got her introduction to the blues at Kansas City’s Knuckleheads Saloon. Influenced by Sheryl Crow, and Stevie Ray Vaughan she learned to play guitar. In 2011 she joined Dani Wilde and Cassie Taylor to become “Girls with Guitars” and tour Europe as that […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Brody Buster! Brody Buster is a Blues based rockin roots artist out of Lawrence, Kansas. Buster was a former child prodigy who was featured on countless television shows. These include “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”, “Dateline”, “Crook and Chase” and the “Jon Stewart Show”! In […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Teresa James Teresa James was born and raised in Houston, Texas where she was introduced to music at an early age by her father and grandfather, both guitar players in the old tradition. She started playing piano at five and hasn’t stopped since. Teresa has been […]
Keb’ Mo’ Moonlight, Mistletoe & You Concord Records Keb’ Mo’ is an Americana and roots music stylist with fourteen Blues Music Awards and four Grammy Awards. Released on the heels of his latest recording, 2019’s “Oklahoma”, this is his first Holiday album, a melting pot of originals and classic covers, just in time for Christmas. […]
Joanna Connor Rise M.C. Records Joanna Connor was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Massachusetts. The guitarist moved to Chicago in 1984 where she became part of the blues scene sharing the stage with Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, James Cotton and A.C. Reed. She started her own band in 1987 and two years […]
Bushmaster Dancing in the Belly of the Beast Gary Brown certainly knows how to get your fingers clicking and your feet tapping. Toe tapping it may be, but “Dancing in the Belly of the Beast” certainly takes on a number social issues. These issues relate to the unprivileged in today’s modern society. A society that […]
61 Ghosts Mercy “61 Ghosts” – the name catches your imagination! I mean in the world of blues folklore; ghosts, demons and lonely highways – those are the things that are woven into the stories of blues lore. The opening track on the album “Black Cadillac” gives you a picture of a couple driving down […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mike Zito 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 […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH 11/04/19 – SHOW #489 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11569449 TED DROWDOWSKI – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Ted returned with his latest album, Learn To Love The Moon, an acoustic response to his earlier release Coyote Motel. We explored the music on the album and Ted’s weaving of genres to produce his sonic sound. […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Heavy Drunk 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These […]
Dave Specter Blues…From The Inside Out Delmark Records Born in Chicago in 1963 guitarist Dave Specter has been part of that cities music scene since he began playing clubs in 1985. He toured the U.S. and Europe backing such greats as Son Seals, Hubert Sumlin, Sam Lay, and The Legendary Blues Band. Specter has performed […]
Home Page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mike Zito! He may be one of the most lauded artists in the contemporary blues arena today, and rightfully so, but for Mike Zito, the thing that counts the most is maintaining his honesty, authenticity and integrity. Those are the qualities that have steered Zito’s career […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Rob Robinson of Heavy Drunk! With a band name that’s evocative of the thick, dizzying vibes coursing through their latest album, Holywater, Nashville-based blues-soul outfit HeavyDrunk continues to solidify their reputation both on record and in their live shows, which bristle with kinetic, freewheeling energy. The nine-piece […]
The Sensational Barnes Brothers Nobody’s Fault But My Own Bible & Tire Recording Co. The Sensational Barnes Brothers are vocalists Chris and Courtney and organist Calvin II. This is the first recording released on the new Memphis gospel label the Bible & Tire Recording Co. founded by Fat Possum Records and its producer Bruce Watson. […]
Mike Zito & Friends Rock ‘N’ Roll: A Tribute To Chuck Berry Ruf Records Things began happening for Mike Zito when he signed with the Delta Groove subsidiary Eclecto Groove in 2008. His second album for them “Pearl River” featured the title track co-written with Cyril Neville and they received a 2010 Blues Music Award […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mike Osborn! 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring The Wentus Blues Band 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 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mike Osborn Michael W. Osborn was born in Illinois and grew up in the country on the bank of the Kankakee river, not unlike Huckleberry Finn hiking, hunting and fishing, enjoying the outdoors. His family listened to country music and “blue grass” often, He hated it […]
Mike Osborn Unbroken Je Gagne Records Guitarist Mike Osborn grew up in Illinois but moved to the greater San Francisco area. Strongly influenced by Steve Ray Vaughan, Osborn released his debut album “Fire & Fury” in 2009. His follow-up band album was not until 2014 when he released “In The Dog House”. In 2018 he […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Wentus Blues Band! While most people associate the blues with the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the cotton fields of Mississippi, lovers of the devil´s music may be surprised to hear that there is also a thriving scene in Scandinavia. At the heart of this […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These […]
It’s a festive weekend as we have several Halloween events, including a mall parade! Also, we get to welcome Little G Weevil back home for a visit after his long trip away! Welcome back, Gee! Go out to any of these great shows and get in the holiday spirit! Friday Sandra Hall & The Shadows […]
Johnny Rawls I Miss Otis Clay Third Street Cigar Records Mississippi born Johnny Rawls is a perennial Blues Music Award nominee in the categories of Soul Blues Male Artist and Soul Blues Album. This is the BMA winner’s twentieth album not including collaborations. Rawls took home his first award for his 2009 “Ace of Spades” […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd! 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 Blues Meets Girl! 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 Wayne Shepherd! There are few artists whose names are synonymous with one instrument and how it’s played in service to an entire genre. Utter the phrase “young blues rock guitarist” within earshot of anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the modern musical vanguard and […]
Breezy Rodio If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It Delmark Breezy Rodio cut his teeth with Linsey Alexander and continues to prove on If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It, his fifth release, that he is a “real deal” bluesman as a bandleader.He’s got the guitar chops and the soulful vocals, with a voice quite different […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mr. Downchild and Kasimira! Mr. Downchild and Kasimira met at a jam session when a mutual friend asked them to sit in. It was immediately evident that their musical styles worked well together. Later, Mr. D would invite Kassy to show up at his gigs and […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These […]
Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps Live! Jesi-lu Records Teresa James is originally from the Houston, Texas area but has for a long time called Los Angeles home. Her earliest recordings have each been re-issued several times as all of her albums are in demand. James’ fifth album 2007’s “Bottom Line” resulted in her receiving […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Chris Eger Very few musicians are said to be extraordinary examples of excellence in any one genre of music. Even fewer can be described as exceptional across multiple. When considering Chris Eger fits into the latter category as both a guitarist AND vocalist, it is no […]
Biscuit Miller & The Mix Chicken Grease American Showplace Music David Miller was raised on Chicago’s Southside. He was nicknamed “Biscuit” by his grandma as he wouldn’t get out of her kitchen. He learned to play bass from his older brother’s friend. His first professional gig was playing with Mojo Buford formerly of The Muddy […]
