americana, blues, Indie B, indie Blues, Music on the couch
SHOW # 296 – 12/07/15 Live, Uncut & Uncensored Conversations With “Musicians You Should Know” BILL PHILLIPPE – COUCH KID NEWS Bill sat with me back on March 30, 2015. He is working on a new album and on the Couch Kid News we talked about the fan-funding campaign Bill is running and where he is with […]
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus 12/7/2015 With Hurricane Ruth LaMaster by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came before them and in the time honored tradition of The Blues, are creating New Original Music that reflects their reality. The music they […]
blues, indie Blues, jonn del toro richardson, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 12/6/2015 with Jonn Del Toro Richardson by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! Celebrating the Diversity and Power of the Music created by artists that acknowledge their roots are in the Blues! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The […]
americana, blues, blues-rock, Indie B, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, Rock
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 12/01/2015 with Randy McAllister! by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! Celebrating the Diversity and Power of the Music created by artists that acknowledge their roots are in the Blues! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists […]
blues, bluesrock, christina vierra, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, mississippi bigfoot, Rock
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/30/2015 with Christina Vierra! by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Celebrating the Diversity and Power of the Music created by artists that acknowledge their roots are in the Blues! Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists […]
blues, dave weld and the imperial flames, indie Blues, making a Scene, richard ludmerer, Slip into a dream
Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames Slip Into A Dream Delmark Records Chicagoan Dave Weld has been around the blues most of his 63 years. Weld has played with Hound Dog Taylor, Otis Rush, J.B. Hutto and others. At Hutto’s house he first met Lil Ed Williams. Together they started Lil Ed and The Blues Imperials. Weld […]
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/29/2015 With Micke Bjorkolf by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Celebrating the Diversity and Power of the Music created by artists that acknowledge their roots are in the Blues! Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists […]
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SHOW #295 – 11/23/15 A SHOW FOR ALY Back in July 2015, Lisa Mann was a guest on the show. During our talk she mentioned her 12-year old cousin Aly and her battle with cancer and a benefit, which was going to be held. I told Lisa to include a silent auction item from me…the […]
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/24/2015 with Shari Puorto! by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Celebrating the Diversity and Power of the Music created by artists that acknowledge their roots are in the Blues! Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists […]
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LIVE from The Midnight Circus 11/23/2015 with Whelan by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Celebrating the Diversity and Power of the Music created by artists that acknowledge their roots are in the Blues! Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that […]
alligator records, blues, Indie B, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, Method to my Madness, tommy castro
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/22/2015 with Tommy Castro by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Celebrating the Diversity and Power of the Music created by artists that acknowledge their roots are in the Blues! Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists […]
blues, Indie B, indie Blues, making a Scene, richard ludmerer, zac harmon
Zac Harmon Right Man Right Now Blind Pig Records Zac Harmon hails from Jackson, Ms. As a young man guitarist Harmon backed up Z.Z. Hill, Sam Myers, and Dorothy Moore. Later Harmon moved to Los Angeles and became a songwriter/producer. Harmon worked with the reggae band Black Uhuru and they received a Grammy nomination in […]
al basile, blues, Indie B, indie Blues, making a Scene, richard ludmerer
Al Basile B’s Expression Sweetspot Records Al Basile first met Duke Robillard in 1969. Robillard talked Basile into joining Roomful of Blues in 1973, and Basile became Roomful of Blues’ first trumpet player. While with them he played with Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Red Prysock and Joe Turner. In 1975 he left to become a teacher […]
blues, Indie B, indie Blues, kirk harwood, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, wendy dewitt
LIVE from the Midnight CIrcus 11/17/2015 with Wendy Dewitt by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Celebrating the Diversity and Power of the Music created by artists that acknowledge their roots are in the Blues! Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists […]
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/16/2015 With Martin Barre! by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Celebrating the Diveristy and Power of the Music created from the roots of the Blues! Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists […]
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/15/2015 with Chris Beard by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Celebrating the Diveristy and Power of the Music created from the roots of the Blues! Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists […]
blues, Georgie Bonds, hit it hard, Indie B, indie Blues, making a Scene, richard ludmerer
Georgie Bonds Hit It Hard Roadhouse Redemption Records As a young man Bonds got into trouble with the law. After doing his time he pursued his love of horses and spent the next fourteen years as Philadelphia’s village blacksmith. Then in the early 1990’s he began to host the open mic blues jam at Warmdaddy’s, […]
blues, Indie B, indie Blues, making a Scene, richard ludmerer
Chris James Patrick Rynn Trouble Don’t Last Vizztone Label Group Chris James and Patrick Rynn have been playing together for some twenty five years. They even spent five years together in The Sam Lay Blues Band and appear on his live album “Feelin Good”. In 2008 they recorded their debut “Stop And Think About It” […]
americana, blues, Indie B, indie Blues, kail baxley, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/10/2015 With Kail Baxley by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came before them and in the time honored tradition of The Blues, are creating […]
ameriana, blues, Indie B, indie Blues, kail baxley, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene
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 […]
blues, deb Callahan, Indie B, indie Blues, making a Scene, richard ludmerer, sweet soul
Deb Callahan Sweet Soul Blue Pearl Records Deb Callahan is from the Boston area where at an early age she studied African American music and art. It was at the age of twenty that she first sang in a blues rock band. She moved to Philadelphia to pursue a career in social work and didn’t […]
blues, bob lanza, Indie B, indie Blues, live from the making a scene, making a Scene
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/9/2015 with Bob Lanza! by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came before them and in the time honored tradition of The Blues, are creating […]
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SHOW # 294 – 11/09/15 Live, Uncut & Uncensored Conversations With “Musicians You Should Know” Listen Here: https://goo.gl/YcpaIY HANS THEESSINK – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Back on March 25, 2013 Hans Theessink was a guest on the Couch. It was the World Premier of his album with Terry Evans, Wishing Well. We spoke about his […]
blues, Indie B, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, Steve Krase, Trudy Lynn
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/8/2015 with Trudy Lynn by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came before them and in the time honored tradition of The Blues, are creating […]
blues, dave duncan, dl duncan, Indie B, indie Blues, making a Scene, richard ludmerer
D.L. Duncan 15 South Records D.L. Duncan began his career as Dave Duncan. In the early 1990’s Duncan became the lead guitarist in the newly re-located Goose Creek Symphony. He appears on their live album 1996’s “The Goose is Loose”. Anyone who knows this band knows that they were a country rock hybrid and a […]
blues, Indie B, indie Blues, Music on the couch
SHOW # 293 – 11/02/15 Live, Uncut & Uncensored Conversations With “Musicians You Should Know” Listen Here: https://goo.gl/CLgOzs DEB CALLAHAN Deb sings blues soaked soul…or is it soul soaked blues? Either way, this Boston born songstress has been working audiences up and down the eastern seaboard for the last 20 years. Her 5th album is […]
blues, Go Back home to the blues, Indie B, indie Blues, making a Scene, richard ludmerer, the knickerbocker all-stars
The Knickerbocker All-Stars Go Back Home to The Blues JP Cadillac Records When “Roomful of Blues” was first born in 1967 original members Duke Robillard and Al Copley would host weekly jams at The Knickerbocker Café in Westerly, Rhode Island. It was at the Knick that their horn section evolved. Last year’s recording “Open Mic at […]
blues, delmark records, Indie B, indie Blues, Linsey alexander, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/3/2015 With Linsey Alexander by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Honoring the past by Supporting the Future of the Blues !!! INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came before them and in the time honored tradition of The Blues, are creating […]
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/2/2015 with Jimmy Burns by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came before them and in the time honored tradition of The Blues, are creating New Original Music that reflects their reality. The music they create […]
alligator records, blues, Indie B, indie Blues, making a Scene, Method to my Madness, richard ludmerer, tommy castro, Tommy castro and the painkillers
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers Method to My Madness Alligator Records Tommy Castro has been nominated for twelve Blues Music Awards winning “Album of The Year” for both 2007’s “Painkiller” on Blind Pig Records and 2009’s “Hard Believer” on Alligator Records. As a result Castro was also named “B.B. King Entertainer of The Year” in […]
blues, Indie B, indie Blues, laura rain, laura rain and the ceasers, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/1/2015 With Laura Rain by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came before them and in the time honored tradition of The Blues, are creating New Original Music that reflects their reality. The music they create […]
blues, Indie B, indie Blues, making a Scene, richard ludmerer
The Bob Lanza Blues Band From Hero to Zero Connor Ray Music Bob Lanza has been a member of the Northern New Jersey blues scene for quite some time. Lanza apprenticed with Johnny Copeland and Floyd Phillips from whom he learned to serve the blues. In 2009 Lanza invested and self produced his well received […]
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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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LIVE from the Midnight Circus 10/27/2015 with Dave Weld by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud “There is a wide indie blues movement for bands making original music influenced by but not slavishly following blues tradition. “ – The Husky Tones INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came […]
blues, Georgie Bonds, Indie B, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene
Live from the Midnight Circus 10/26/2015 with Georgie Bonds by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud “There is a wide indie blues movement for bands making original music influenced by but not slavishly following blues tradition. “ – The Husky Tones INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came […]
blues, Indie B, indie Blues, live for hope, making a Scene, peter karp, sue foley
The Karp-Foley Band Live For Hope OCRF.org The Karp-Foley band has released this two-cd live set to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. This release coincides with Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. All proceeds from the digital sale and download will benefit OCRF in loving memory of Peter Karp’s late wife Mary Lou Karp who early […]
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Monkeyjunk Moon Turn Red Stony Plain Recording Co. Monkeyjunk consists of Steve Marriner, lead vocals, baritone guitar, keyboards, and vibes; Tony Diteodoro, lead guitar, and backing vocals; and Matt Sobb, drums, percussion, and backing vocals. In 2010 this Ottawa based trio won the 2010 Blues Music Award for Best New Artist. They have also been […]
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus 10/25/2015 with DL Duncan by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud “There is a wide indie blues movement for bands making original music influenced by but not slavishly following blues tradition. “ – The Husky Tones INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came […]
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Live, Uncut & Uncensored Conversations With “Musicians You Should Know” SHOW #291 – 10/19/15 LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/DCUfZv FOUR COUCH KID NEW MUSIC SEGMENTS OMAR KENT DYKES Omar sat for his fifth visit to The Couch. This time he dropped by to discuss his new release The Kitchen Sink, which is only being released digitally at […]
Blind pig records, blues, Indie B, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, mitch woods
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 10/20/2015 With Mitch Woods! by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud “There is a wide indie blues movement for bands making original music influenced by but not slavishly following blues tradition. “ – The Husky Tones INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came […]
blues, fiona boyes, Indie B, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 10/19/2015 with Fiona Boyes by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud “There is a wide indie blues movement for bands making original music influenced by but not slavishly following blues tradition. “ – The Husky Tones INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came […]
badlands, blues, Indie B, indie Blues, jack the radio, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 10/18/2015 with Jack the Radio by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud “There is a wide indie blues movement for bands making original music influenced by but not slavishly following blues tradition. “ – Bristol247 INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came […]
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus 10/13/2015 with Little Boys Blue by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud “There is a wide indie blues movement for bands making original music influenced by but not slavishly following blues tradition. “ – Bristol247 INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came […]
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SHOW #290 – 10/12/15 Live, Uncut & Uncensored Conversations With “Musicians You Should Know” LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/s/7974603 ANTHONY GERACI Anthony is a founding member of Sugar Ray & The Bluetones has also been a keyboard force for folks like Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Big Mama Thornton and Jimmy Rogers to name just a few. With […]
another glorious decade, blues, classic rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, van morrison
Van Morrison: “Another Glorious Decade: Under Review 1977 – 1987” DVD www.ChromeDreams.co.uk – www.MVDb2b.com This is the follow-up to 2008’s “Van Morrison: Under Review 1964 – 1974,” and like its predecessor this current edition is not sanctioned by Van Morrison or his representatives. There are interviews with several music journalists, including Nigel Williamson (Uncut Magazine,) […]
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus 10/12/2015 With Josh Smith by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came before them and in the time honored tradition of The Blues, are creating New Original Music that reflects their reality. The music they create […]
blues, cleve baker, indie Blues, making a Scene, smokin joe kubek
Smokin’ Joe Kubek Though Born in 1956 in Grove City, PA, Smokin’s Joe Kubek became another in a long line of world renowned Texas Guitar Slingers. Raised in Irving, TX, Smokin’ Joe picked up a six string early on and by the time he was 14 he was leading his own outfit and gigging in […]
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus 10/11/2015 with Reverend Freakchild by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came before them and in the time honored tradition of The Blues, are creating New Original Music that reflects their reality. The music they create […]
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SHOW # 289 – Live, Uncut & Uncensored Conversations With “Musicians You Should Know” LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/lAqFub HEATHER CROSSE Heather has been performing for 31 years. Bassist for Heavy Suga’ & The SweeTones, in 2008, Heather moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi to follow her Blues dreams & play bass for Super Chikan. This past year, Heather spent […]
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LIVE from the Midnight Circus 10/6/2015 with the Beat Daddys! by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came before them and in the time honored tradition of The Blues, are creating New Original Music that reflects their reality. The music they […]
