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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Jason Ricci

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, celebration of Blues and Soul, Funk, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, Indie Rock, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, r&B, red clay soul, Rock, roots, roots music, roots rock June 14, 2017

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you those artists who are out there creating new original music rooted in the blues .. these are the artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues which always has and still is being created from the roots .. These are the innovators .. […]

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Linsey Alexander Two Cats

Richard Ludmerer americana, blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, celebration of Blues and Soul, Funk, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, Indie Rock, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, r&B, red clay soul, Rock, roots, roots music, roots rock June 13, 2017

Linsey Alexander Two Cats Delmark Records The seventy four year old Linsey Alexander was born in Mississippi and raised in Memphis. He has been part of Chicago’s North Side blues scene for over two decades. He released his debut recording in 2004; “Someone’s Cooking in My Kitchen” included the song “Hoochie Man” and that has […]

INDIE Blues Scene

Independent Blues Awards Nominations are IN! VOTE NOW!!

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, celebration of Blues and Soul, Funk, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, Indie Rock, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, r&B, red clay soul, Rock, roots, roots music, roots rock June 13, 2017

The Independent Blues Awards are now officially ready to be voted on. Below is a preview of all the nominated artists, CD’s and Songs. The one thing you will notice with our voting is we believe it is important that you have the opportunity to experience journey of discovery of new music. This is why […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An In Depth Interview with Gina Sicilia

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, celebration of Blues and Soul, Funk, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, Indie Rock, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, r&B, red clay soul, Rock, roots, roots music, roots rock June 13, 2017

Dynamic vocalist and live performer Gina Sicilia’s new album, Tug of War, celebrates her status as one of the reigning voices in modern blues and marks a potent evolution in her songwriting. The 11-song set is Sicilia’s seventh release since her emergence as a doyenne of the genre a decade ago. Today, Sicilia’s experience and […]

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Amy Black Memphis

Amy Black Memphis Reuben Records Amy Black began her recording career as an alternative Country or Americana artist. In 2013 between her first and second albums Black released a four song EP called “The Muscle Shoals Session”. Recorded at the Fame studio that session spoke to her soul and Black changed her musical direction. Black […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Lighthouse Sweden

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you the future of the blues. We play the artists who are creating new original music rooted in blues .. these artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created form it’s roots. These are the innovators .. […]

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An In Depth Interview with Jason Ricci

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Harmonica player, bandleader, and singer/songwriter Jason Ricci is one of a handful of new young lions on the blues scene who are helping to expand the parameters of the idiom. Ricci steers clear of traditional blues themes in his songwriting, yet his playing shows a tremendous amount of knowledge and respect for […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 5/6/2017

This is the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus The Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you those artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. These artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These are the Innovators […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Kilborn Alley Blues Band The Tolono Tapes

Kilborn Alley Blues Band presents The Tolono Tapes Run It Back Records The Kilborn Alley Blues Band was formed some seventeen years ago. Their very first album was self-titled and released in 2003 on Peedee Records. No other information on this recording is available. The bands next four albums were on Nick Moss’s Blue Bella […]

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An Interview with Linda Brandemark of Lighthouse Sweden

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Lighthouse Sweden was created by Mats & Linda Brandemark. They have cultivated a sound that unequivocally belongs in the tradition of American contemporary rock. Their debut album “Lighthouse” delivers eleven tracks that guide the listener in an exploration of melancholic pop music, catchy Americana, and timeless rock n’ roll. The album received some great reviews. […]

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Gina Sicilia Tug of War

Gina Sicilia Tug of War Blue Elan Records Gina Sicilia is from the greater Philadelphia area. She released her first studio album “Allow Me To Confess” in 2006 one year before graduating from Temple University with a degree in Journalism. Sicilia had been writing songs since the age of twelve so she had ample material […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Micki Free

This is the show that brings you ONLY touring artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. These artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These are the innovators .. not the imitators .. these are the Indie Blues Artists and […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Brody Buster

This is the show that brings you those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from the roots of the blues .. These artists are the innovators not the imitators .. they are the future of the blues .. the Independent Blues Artists .. and we […]

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An In Depth Interview with Micki Free!

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK It might have been on Shalamar’s Top 20 smash “Dancing in the Sheets” from the Footloose soundtrack, or its Grammy Award-winning “Don’t Get Stopped in Beverly Hills” from Beverly Hills Cop. Or maybe it was with Crown of Thorns, the hard-hitting band he and the Plasmatics’ Jean Beauvoir fronted during the early […]

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Guitar Slim Jr. The Story of My Life

Guitar Slim Jr. The Story of My Life Orleans Records Rodney Glenn Armstrong a.k.a. Guitar Slim Jr. is a New Orleans blues guitarist and singer and the son of Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones. Guitar Slim is best known for his million selling hit single “The Things That I Used to Do”. The elder Slim died […]

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Polly O’Keary and The Rhythm Method Black Crow Callin’

Polly O’Keary and The Rhythm Method Black Crow Callin’ Independent Polly O’Keary grew up in a log cabin with no plumbing or electricity. At the age of nineteen she had a husband in prison and an 8th grade education. Twenty years later she was a bassist for touring blues bands including “Too Slim & The […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mick Kolassa and Mark Telesca

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from the roots of the blues. These artists are the innovators .. not the imitators .. these are the Indie Blues Artists! This week we start […]

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An In Depth Interview with Brody Buster

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Brody Buster is a blues and rock musician from Lawrence, KS. He’s a former child prodigy and was featured on countless TV shows growing up including the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Dateline, Crook & Chase, and the Jon Stewart Show. Even Baywatch Nights and Full House showcased Brody’s talents. He’s shared the stage with […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 5/29/2017

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you the best in INDIE BLUES RADIO with artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from the roots of the blues. These are the Indie Blues Artists! We have a great 3 hour block of […]

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Brad Stivers Took You Long Enough

Brad Stivers Took You Long Enough Vizztone Label Group Brad Stivers grew up in California where his father instilled in him a love for roots music. In school he took up both sax and trombone. After moving to the greater Marysville, Washington area Stivers and his brothers played guitar. Influenced by B.B. King, Stevie Ray […]

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An In Depth Interview with Mick Kolassa

HOMPAGE MICK HOMEPAGE MARK FACEBOOK MICK FACEBOOK MARK What do you get when two blues musicians get together to celebrate their mutual love of some of the most classic songs of the 20th Century? A great new album! Mick Kolassa and Mark Telesca Have teamed up to bring two mutual loves together: the […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ivor S.K.

This is The Voice of Indie Blues .. the show that is dedicated to those artists that are creating new orginal music rooted in the blues. These artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists are the innovators, not the imitators .. these […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring John McNamara

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you the future of the blues being created by those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists are the innovators no the imitators .. these are the Indie Blues Artists […]

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An In Depth Interview with Ivor S.K.

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Hailing from Sydney Australia, Ivor Simpson-Kennedy is one of a new generation of exciting young blues talents to emerge from Down Under. Owning a dark, smoke filled voice and liquid smooth guitar stylings, he utilises these inherit skills to give his compositions a striking originality, paying homage to generations past while bringing […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Kerrie Lepai Jones

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that showcases the future of the blues .. we play the artists who are the new songwriters and performers that are keeping the blues alive who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These are the […]

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An in Depth Interview with John McNamara

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE “The Bastard made me feel insecure, He’s So Good!” – Russell Morriss (Australian Music Icon) “Soulful is rather an understatement… Listeners were hypnotised into silence by his raw rustic tone… A beautiful purity to his voice.” BroadWay Baby -Edinburgh 2012 “An Exceptional musical experience… I felt nothing but a sense of […]

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An In Depth Interview with Kerrie Lepai Jones

FACEBOOK Kerrie Lepai was born April 15, 1973 to the parents of Michael and Carol Lepai. At an early age she was always singing, and people that knew her knew she had the talent to sing. Kerrie got her singing talent from her mother, and her grandmother. Her grandmother was a professional wedding singer, and […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 5/21/2017

This IS The Voice of Indie Blues this is the show that brings you those artists that Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from these roots .. These are the innovators not the imitators .. these are the Indie Blues Artists We have a 3 hour show […]

Music on The Couch

Music on the Couch Show #374 5/22/2017

Music On The Couch 05/22/17 SHOW # 374 LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/M4NSn4 TALL CITY BLUES FEST Tall City Blues Fest enters its 7th year with another stellar lineup. Lisa Grissom and Ronn Reeger joined me to talk about the lineup and all of the other events happening the weekend of July 14-16. Music On The Couch is a media […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Andrew Jr. Boy Jones

This is The Voice of Indie Blues The show that brings you those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from the roots .. these artist understand that the blues must be a an evolving art form . these are the innovators .. not the imitators […]

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Laura Tate Let’s Just Be Real

Laura Tate Let’s Just Be Real Gold Records Laura Tate is from Dallas, Tx. where she began performing when she was nine years old. She studied acting in New York City and toured in theatrical productions. She soon found herself on the production side of the business directing music videos, documentaries and commercials. She now […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring John Nemeth

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you the future of the blues .. by showcasing those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that has and still is being created from it’s roots .. these artists represent the what “Keeping the Blues Alive” really Means .. these are innovators […]

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North Mississippi All-stars Prayer For Peace

North Mississippi All-stars Prayer For Peace Sony Legacy The North Mississippi All-stars were formed in 1996 by Luther and Cody Dickinson the sons of Memphis record producer Jim Dickinson. The North Mississippi Allstars released their first studio album “Shake Hands With Shorty” in 2000. That album received a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Contemporary Blues […]

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An In Depth Interview with Andrew Jr. Boy Jones

Facebook page Guitarist, songwriter, and singer Andrew “Jr. Boy” Jones began working professionally at age 16 with Freddie King’s backing band, the Thunderbirds. He got his first guitar from his uncle, jazz musician Adolphus Sneed. Jones cites an eclectic array of influences: Freddie King, Cornell Dupree, and Larry Carlton. For many years, he’s backed various […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Laura Tate

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots .. this is the show that brings you the future of the blues .. these artists are the innovators .. not the imitators .. These ARE the Indie […]

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Janiva Magness Blue Again

Janiva Magness Blue Again Blue Elan Records Janiva Magness had some hard beginnings as she was a foster care child. Inspired by an Otis Rush performance she found her calling. She recorded her first album in 1991. She has since been nominated for twenty-six Blues Music Awards winning seven times. Magness won the BMA for […]

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Selwyn Birchwood Pick Your Poison

Selwyn Birchwood Pick Your Poison Alligator Records Selwyn Birchwood was born in Orlando but grew up in the Tampa Area. He first picked up the guitar at the age of 13. By seventeen he was into Jimi Hendrix, Albert King, Freddie King and Albert Collins. He went to see Buddy Guy live and was so […]

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An In Depth Interview with John Nemeth

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Don’t try to snatch him back and hold him, he’s a man on the move. John Németh had already established himself among the very top ranks of blues musicians and modern soul singers when he decided to break the mold with his new record, FEELIN’ FREAKY. Németh fearlessly crushes all barriers of […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 5/15/2017

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, celebration of Blues and Soul, Circus americana, Funk, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, Indie Rock, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, r&B, red clay soul, Rock, roots, roots music, roots rock May 19, 2017

This is the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus The Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the “New Blues” being created by artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These are the songwriters and artists who are creating that […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

AN In Depth Interview with Laura Tate

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, celebration of Blues and Soul, Circus americana, Funk, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, Indie Rock, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, r&B, red clay soul, Rock, roots, roots music, roots rock May 19, 2017

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE There is simply no one else like her. With a heart the size of Texas, a mesmerizing voice, and a zest for living that is irresistible to all who have enjoyed pleasure of her company, Laura Tate inspires – through her music, her words, and her deeds. Those of us who […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Aaron Moreland

This IS The Voice of Indie Blues .. the show that brings you the best in Independent Blues Artists .. artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists are the innovators .. not the imitators .. these ARE the Indie Blues Artists!! […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

John Nemeth Feelin’ Freaky

Richard Ludmerer blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, celebration of Blues and Soul, Circus americana, Funk, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, Indie Rock, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, r&B, red clay soul, Rock, roots, roots music, roots rock May 16, 2017

John Nemeth Feelin’ Freaky Memphis Grease Records John Nemeth has an adventurous soul. Originally from Boise, Idaho he convinced his wife to move from their Oakland, California home to Memphis. Nemeth’s soul was always in Memphis, the home of Blues, R n’ B, and Rock n’ Roll. In 2013 he released his eighth album “Memphis […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Dustin Arbuckle

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AN In Depth Interview with Aaron Moreland!

Guitarist Aaron Moreland was born December 16, 1974. He played in a number of garage bands while growing up and was influenced by punk music before having what he calls his “Son House moment.” Hearing the blues legend’s Death Letter Blues for the first time at age 22, he changed course, focusing his playing on nothing but […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Janiva Magness!

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you those artist who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists are the future of the blues .. these are the innovators .. not some imitators .. these ARE the Indie Blues […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An in Depth Interview with Dustin Arbuckle

Harmonicist /vocalist Dustin Arbuckle was born December 25, 1981. He first discovered blues in his mid-teens and received what he refers to as “a calling. Getting into blues made me want to play music,” he says. He played in blues-rock bands, inspired by Little Walter and Sonny Boy Williamson, while learning to sing with deep […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An In Depth Interview with Janiva Magness

“The voice is something that allows us to communicate past the limitations of the left brain,” Magness says. “It’s the primary instrument, the first instrument…and more than that, too. The voice has the power to link all the parts of ourselves—the brain, the heart, and even the spirit and the soul. That’s why the ability […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 5/8/2017

Music on The Couch

Music on the Couch Show #372

MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #372 LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/4abB21 Celebrating WOMEN IN BLUES For Mother’s Day Week THORNETTA DAVIS Thornetta Davis’ new album, Honest Woman is a collection of 13 originals that show the incredible strength of this Detroit native. The Queen Of Detroit Blues joined me to talk about her journey…the joy she finds in sharing […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Steve Krase

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that showcases the FUTURE of the blues and those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still being created from those roots! These artists are the innovators not the imitators .. they are not afraid to, in the steps of those […]

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