Barbara BLue, blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, memphis
Barbara Blue Fish in dirty H20 Big Blue Records Barbara Blue moved to Memphis in 1997 and has been performing there ever since. She has been named “The Reigning Queen of Beale Street” and on Friday, May 8th, 2015 after the ribbon was cut on the brand new Blues Hall of Fame, Blue was honored […]
blues, indie Blues, joanne Shaw Taylor, making a Scene, roots
By Adam Signore Who is Joanne Shaw Taylor? Joanne Shaw Taylor, a young 30 something Rock & Blues guitarist from England, who bounces back and forth between Detroit, MI & England for residence is kicking butt on the music scene. She has been impressing audiences from the start. Discovered at age 16 by Dave Stewart […]
billy price, blues, blues-rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Talks with Indie Blues Artist Billy Price! 2016 Blues Music Award Winner Billy Price first attracted national attention during his three-year association with guitarist Roy Buchanan. Price is the vocalist on two of Buchanan’s LPs, That’s What I’m Here For and Live Stock. Since then, with the Keystone […]
blues, blues-rock, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, roots
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 show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These […]
blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, Music on the couch, roots
MUSIC ON THE COUCH 09/10/18 – SHOW #436 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/10962253 ANTHONY GERACI – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Anthony’s new album, Why Did You Have To Go, has not even dropped (September 21st), and it is already sitting at #5 on The Roots Music Report Blues Album Chart. Meanwhile, Anthony’s summer has been a whirlwind […]
blues, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, rory block
Making a Scene Presents The Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Rory Block! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
blues, blues-rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Midnight Circus, travis bowlin
Making a Scene presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Travis Bowlin This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
Bessie Smith, blues, indie Blues, John Hurt, making a Scene, rory block
Home Page Facebook Page Making a Scene presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Rory Block I was born in Princeton NJ in 1949 and spent the beginning of my life in a small wood house with no plumbing, hidden deep in the woods on a hillside in Neshanic. At the time, nothing but endless […]
blues, dennis jones, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene
Making a Scene presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Dennis Jones! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
blues, cd review, frank Bey, indie Blues, making a Scene
Frank Bey Back in Business Nola Blue Records Frank Bey was born in Millen, Georgia in 1946. His mother, gospel singer Maggie Jordan, had him singing with The Rising Son Gospel Singers when he was four years old. Bey was brought up in a strict household, and at the age of fourteen he had to […]
blues, blues-rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, travis bowlin
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Travis Bowlin In 1988, Travis Bowlin was born in a little river town just off the Ohio River called Aurora, IN near Cincinnati, Ohio. He found his love for roots music at the age 11, when he starting singing for the […]
anthony geraci, blues, indie Blues, making a Scene
Anthony Geraci Why Did You Have To Go Blue Duchess/Shining Stone Records Anthony Geraci is both a founding member of Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters and Sugar Ray and The Bluetones. He has been with the latter for over thirty-five years. Geraci also has six albums of his own the last being 2015’s “Fifty Shades […]
blues, blues-rock, dennis jones, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Dennis Jones of the Dennis Jones Band! I was born and raised in the small town of Monkton, Maryland, population 4,856. My family didn’t have much money, but we always had what we needed. Monkton was a great place for a […]
blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, mick kolassa
Mick Kolassa & The Taylor Made Blues Band 149 Delta Endless Blues Records On Mick Kolassa’s last two albums he collaborated with fellow musicians and recorded covers of both Beatles tunes (with Mark Telesca); and blues classics (as duets with various contemporaries). On this, his sixth studio album, Kolassa and The Taylor Made Blues Band […]
blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, voice of Indie Blues
Making a Scene presents the PODCAST of LIVE From the Midnight Circus Featuring Sugar Brown! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
blues, geoff achison, indie Blues, making a Scene
Geoff Achison Sovereign Town Landslide Geoff Achison hails from Down Under and his album from last year, Another Mile, Another Minute was nominated for Album of the Year in the 2017 Australian Blues Awards. It was brilliantly eclectic and wide ranging, clearly one of the best albums in 2017. His electric guitar tone was so […]
blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, samantha fish
Jonathon Long Jonathon Long Wild Heart We should know better than try to predict what Samantha Fish will do next. This is her first foray in the producer chair and as label owner. That’s right. She’s started her own label, Wild Heart Records. And, conventional wisdom (let’s say from two or three years ago) would […]
blues, Bruce Katz, indie Blues, making a Scene
Making a Scene presents the PODCAST of LIVE From the Midnight Circus Featuring Bruce Katz! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
blues, bob lanza, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots
The Bob Lanza Blues Band Kids, Dogs & Krazy Women Connor Ray Music Bob Lanza hails from New Jersey. This is his fifth studio recording and third for the Connor Ray Music label. His last album was 2016’s “It’s Time To Let Go”. Once an artist has full control of their music and has several […]
blues, making a Scene, Midnight Circus, voice of Indie Blues, Whitney Shay
Making a Scene presents the PODCAST of LIVE From the Midnight Circus Featuring Whitney Shay This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, sugar brown
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Sugar Brown! It’s a blues world, and Sugar Brown is living in it and “calling all blues” with real grace and style. The Toronto-based vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has found his full creative voice on It’s A Blues World (Calling All […]
blues, blues-rock, cd review, Gina Sicilia, indie Blues, making a Scene, soul
Gina Sicilia Heard The Lie Blue Elan Records Philadelphia’s Gina Sicilia released her first recording “Allow Me To Confess” in 2007. That well received debut, resulted in her receiving a Blues Music Award nomination as “Best New Artist” and begin touring. Today she tours all over the world playing over a 150 shows a year. […]
berklee college of music, blues, Bruce Katz, indie Blues, jazz, making a Scene
Home Page Facebook Page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Bruce Katz Bruce Katz is a four time (2008, 2009, 2010, 2015) Nominee for the Blues Music Award (W.C. Handy Award) for “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year”, selected by the Blues Foundation of Memphis, TN. While Blues is a […]
blues, indie Blues, jazz, making a Scene, soul, Whitney Shay
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues artist Whitney Shay A two-time San Diego Music Award winner for Best Blues Artist, vivacious young vocal phenom Whitney Shay sings with a commanding authority that’s usually associated with artists twice her age. No less an authority than soul legend Candi Staton […]
Atlanta Blues Challenge, blues, blues competition, live blues
by Rhetta Akamatsu Photos by Takesi Ken Akamatsu As usual, Hard Rock Cafe’s Velvet Underground room was packed for the Atlanta Blues Challenge, where musicians competed to represent Atlanta at The International Blues Challenge in Memphis in January. Aside from one People’s Choice Award, chosen by ballot by the people, the winners are chosen by a […]
blues, indie Blues, JP Soars, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene
Making a Scene presents LIVE from the Midnight Circus JP Soars This is the VOICE of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and Creativity. These artists embrace the Diversity of the […]
blues, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, the proven ones
Making a Scene presents LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring The Proven Ones This is the VOICE of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and Creativity. These artists embrace the Diversity […]
blues, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, steve howell
Making a Scene presents LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Steve Howell This is the VOICE of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and Creativity. These artists embrace the Diversity of […]
blues, indie Blues, JP Soars, making a Scene
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist JP Soars! Not every blues artist can create a cohesive sound in the genre by weaving in a diversity of other influences, but guitarist and vocalist JP Soars is obviously not just any blues artist. A 2009 winner of the International […]
blues, blues radio, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene
Making a Scene presents LIVE from the Midnight Circus “Indie Blues Double Shot” show This is the VOICE of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and Creativity. These artists embrace the […]
blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, steve howell
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Steve Howell 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 […]
blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, the proven ones
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Jimi Bott of “The Proven Ones” Kid Ramos, Anthony Geraci, Willie J. Campbell, Jimi Bott, Brian Templeton The Proven Ones are truly an all-star ensemble. Vocals by the dynamic Boston blues legend, Brian Templeton. Legendary modern blues guitarist, Kid Ramos, drives the tunes, […]
blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, music business, samantha fish, your band as a business
Making a Scene Presents – Sync up: Your Band as a Business – Samantha Fish Interview It is not often I post a single video as an article on Making a Scene. Usually I would put something like this in the Video of the week on the main page (which this video is on). or […]
americana, blues, indie Blues, making a Scene
Tobias the Owl Safe Harbor for Wayward Echoes Megaforce The band name connotes mystery and intrigue and Elijah Dhavvan’s collective sound, as Tobias The Owl, doesn’t let the listener down. It can be deceptively straightforward, built around an acoustic underpinning, but can also move into engulfing, ethereal realms. A Safe Harbor for Wayward Echoes, while offering some […]
blues, indie Blues, kat riggins, making a Scene, soul
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Kat Riggins! Kat Riggins was born Katriva Riggins in Miami, Florida on February 7, 1980. She grew up in a household where there was always background music. Because of the wide range of genres in her parents collection, Kat developed a […]
billy hector, blues, indie Blues, making a Scene
Billy Hector Some Day Baby Ghetto Surf Music Billy Hector was born in Orange New Jersey. He started taking guitar lessons at the age of nine. In the 1970s Hector was the guitarist for “The Shots” the house band at the renowned Stone Pony in Asbury Park. Hector began to identify more with the blues […]
blues, blues-rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, terry blersh
Terry Blersh Play It All Day Independent Terry Blersh is a Canadian guitarist who formed his first band in 1992. He also worked with both Rita Chiarelli, and the Cameo Blues Band. His self titled debut album, released in 2008, received three stars from Frank-John Hadley of DownBeat Magazine. Blersh while Blues orientated is not […]
acoustic, acoustic blues, blues, dirty memory, jason ricci, jj appleton, making a Scene
Jason Ricci and JJ Appleton Dirty Memory Dirty Memory is as different as possible from Jason Ricci’s Approved By Snakes, so if that is what you are expecting, get it out of your head! Ricci has teamed up with New York City singer/songwriter JJ Appleton to give us something much more laid back. This one […]
blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, Steve Krase
Home Page Facebook page Making A Scene Presents an Interview with Steve Krase Steve Krase was born in Brooklyn, NY and has spent time in Ohio, California and Louisiana. Now almost 30 years in Houston, Krase has blended his high-energy style with the soulful vibe that runs through the great city. “The Houston scene is […]
blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, midnight johnny, midnite johnny
Midnite Johnny Morana Long Road Home Mosher St. Records Johnny Morana a.k.a. Midnite Johnny has had a long career playing the blues. From 1986 to 1988 Morana worked with Harvey Mandel of Canned Heat. Morana was also a fill-in guitarist for both James Cotton and Bo Diddley. From 1990 to 1994 Morana was a member […]
blues, indie Blues, jeremiah johnson, live from the midnight circus
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Jeremiah Johnson This is the voice of indie blues the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by those artists who are out there creating new original music from it’s roots. These are the artists who understand that […]
blues, damon fowler, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Damon Fowler This is the voice of indie blues the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by those artists who are out there creating new original music from it’s roots. These are the artists who understand that […]
blues, brigitte purdy, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Brigitte Purdy This is the voice of indie blues the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by those artists who are out there creating new original music from it’s roots. These are the artists who understand that […]
blues, cd review, indie Blues, Kerry Kearney, Long Island Blues, making a Scene
Kevin Kearney Band “Black – Revised” DWAZ Entertainment Slide guitarist Kerry Kearney has been writing and performing for over 40 years. Although not as well-known as Sonny Landreth or Roy Rogers, Kearney first formed The Kerry Kearney Band back in 1997. In 2001 Kearney released his breakthrough album “Welcome to the Psycodelta” on Relix Records. […]
blues, blues-rock, cd reviews, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots
Willie Nile Children of Paradise River House Records Willie Nile was born Robert Noonan in Buffalo New York in 1948. Nile attended the University of Buffalo and latter moved to Greenwich Village to begin his music career. He frequented New York’s CBGB’s were he first heard the Ramones. The singer songwriter Nile released his self […]
blues, blues-rock, indie Blues, jeremiah johnson, making a Scene, roots
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Jeremiah Johnson! Born and raised in St. Louis, Jeremiah Johnson is the voice of Mississippi River blues blending with the struggles of everyday life. He began learning guitar at age 6, drawing inspiration from his rich St. Louis blues heritage and […]
blues, blues-rock, damon fowler, indie Blues, making a Scene, southern hospitality
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Damon Fowler! Alongside his solo career, Damon joined forces with fellow guitarist JP Soars and keyboardist Victor Wainwright in 2011 to form the southern roots rock group, Southern Hospitality. SoHo quickly became a strong draw on the national circuit due to […]
americana, blues, folk, Hope. acoustic, Katie Martin, making a Scene
Katie Martin has a new album called Hope, and hope is the thread that binds her powerful songs together. Martin says that she writes from her life, about things that she has overcome, to let other people know they can overcome as well Martin’s music is unique in the way she uses looping and layering […]
band on the road, blues, indie Blues, John Pagano Band, making a Scene
When you go to a show in your local venue that is presenting a touring artist, you often have no idea what happens behind the scenes. You enjoy the show and give little thought about what had to happen to get the band to your venue, or what happens after the show is over and […]
blues, blues-rock, cyril neville, indie Blues, jazz, making a Scene, soul
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Cyril Neville This is the voice of indie blues, the show that is dedicated to bringing you the future of the blues which, through innovation and creativity, they are creating new original music from it’s roots. These artists embrace the diversity of […]
