blues music

Melissa Etheridge Memphis Rock & Soul

Richard Ludmerer americana, blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, making a Scene, soul October 24, 2016

Melissa Etheridge Memphis Rock & Soul Stax Records/Concord Music Group Melissa Etheridge is a rock singer-songwriter who has fifteen Grammy Award nominations. She won for Best Rock Vocal Performance in both 1993 and 1995. Like her contemporary Cyndi Lauper she has been inspired by the roots of blues, rock and soul and chose to further […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Dave Keller Right Back Atcha

Dave Keller Right Back Atcha Tastee Tone Dave Keller was born in Worcester, Ma. He went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Ct where as a DJ he played, listened to, and studied the blues. Keller graduated in 1989 and made a brief pilgrimage to Chicago but returned to settle in Somerville, Ma. He learned the […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Levee Town

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, making a Scene, soul October 24, 2016

Listen to The VOICE of Indie Blues! This is the show that will bring you the future of the blues with artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. These artists embrace the diversity of blues .. The INDIE Blues artists! We start with music from Charlie Wheeler Band The Marcus King Band Kentucky […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An In Depth Interview with Yonrico Scott

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, making a Scene, soul October 24, 2016

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Yonrico Scott’s professional career began at age seven. With the encouragement of his late mother Ruth Scott, a talented gospel vocalist, he began performing with several gospel groups in Detroit Michigan. When he was 14, Yonrico began private study with Motown drummer George Hamilton. During his freshman year at Kentucky State […]

Funk Scene/ INDIE Blues Scene/ Indie Rock Scene/ Jam Scene/ Music for Good/ R&B Scene

The 31st Annual WRFG Labor Day Blues BBQ , Park Tavern, Atlanta

Rhetta Akamatsu blues music, Delta Moon, indie Blues, Labor Day, Little G Weevil, making a Scene, rankie's Blues Mission, Robert Lee Coleman, Sole travelers, WRFG, WRFG Labo Day Picnic September 7, 2016

Park Tavern at Piedmont Park in Atlanta was the place to be on labor Day this year as hundreds of blues fans gathered to eat BBQ, listen to hours of great music from five spectacular acts dance and support our favorite non-profit radio station, WRFG, at the 31st Annual WRFG Labor Day BBQ. Every year […]

INDIE Blues Scene/ On the Scene

Bluesberries, beer and blues in Norcross: Bluesberry and Beer Festival, 2016

Rhetta Akamatsu Atlanta blues, blues, blues music, Bluesberry Festival, indie Blues, live blues, making a Scene, Norcross GA June 21, 2016

Every year, the city of Norcross ,, GA, which neighbors Atlanta but maintains its small-town charm,, hosts a blues festival with a blueberry theme called Bluesberry. There’s always plenty of beer available, so now it’s the Bluesberry and Beer Festival. Yes, you can buy blueberry beer along with other blueberry-flavored treats But the real treat […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus featuring Russell “Hitman” Alexander!

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, Funk, hitman blues band, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, neo blues, new Blues, nu blues, original blues, RNB, Rock, roots music, roots rock, soul May 27, 2016

This is the #1 and Original INDIE Blues radio show on the net. The only show that does not shun the great diversity of music that is being create today in Blues WE EMBRACE IT!.. We only play artists who are out there touring and creating new original music. This is the only show that […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

John D’Amato -‘Born Blue: The Sun Sessions’

Rhetta Akamatsu .blues, blues music, blues-rock, Born Blue, electric blues, indie Blues, John D'Amato, Rock, roots music, roots rock May 26, 2016

John D’Amato establishes that Born Blue is a blues album with the song titles that run through it: “Helicopter Blues,” “Chicken Blues,” and “True to the Blues,” for example. But it is two songs on the album that really establish his personal connection to the blues: “Born Blue” and “Blues Man.” The title song “Born […]

INDIE Blues Scene/ On the Scene

The Red Dirt Revelators electrify Darwin’s

Rhetta Akamatsu blues, blues music, darwins burgers and blues, live blues, The Red Dirt Revelators May 9, 2016

By Rhetta Akamatsu It was not a packed house Saturday night, May 7, at Darwin’s for The Red Dirt Revelators – many of the regulars were still recuperating from a trip to Memphis to see the BMAs Friday night and others were at the Blind Willie McTell Festival – but ti surely was a happy […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

The Bo-Keys Heartaches By The Number

Richard Ludmerer americana, blues, blues music, blues-rock, Indie B, indie Blues, Indie Rock, live blues, making a Scene, new Blues, nu blues, original music, r&B, soul April 29, 2016

The Bo-Keys Heartaches By The Number Omnivore Recordings The Bo-Keys are a soul/jazz band from Memphis, Tennessee. They were originally formed in 1998 by bassist Scott Bomar to be a backup band for the legendary Stax artist and songwriter Sir Mack Rice; best known for “Mustang Sally”. The Bo-Keys were comprised of veteran Memphis sidemen […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus featuring Cecile Doo-Kingue!

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, Funk, Indie B, indie Blues, Indie Rock, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, new Blues, nu blues, original music, r&B, roots music, roots rock, soul April 27, 2016

This is the #1 and Original VOICE of INDIE Blues! We believe in showcasing new artists who are touring and creating new original music rooted in the blues .. we bring you the true power of INDIE Blues by showcasing the diversity of music that is being created from these roots … This week we […]

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CD Reviews INDIE Blues

R.B. stone Some Call It Freedom (Some Call It The Blues)

Rhetta Akamatsu blues music, blues-rock, RB Stone, Some Call It Frredom Some Call It the Blues January 6, 2016

R.B. Stone is back with his 3rd blues-based release, a follow-up to his successful “loosen Up.” It’s a non-stop, entertaining recording from the first notes of “Hill Country Stomp,” to the last notes of the ending jam, “Sstandin’ on Top of she World.” R.B. handles vocals, harmonica and guitar, including cigar boxguitar on a couple […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Pinetop Perkins and Jimmy Rogers with Little Mike – GEnuine Blues Legends

Rhetta Akamatsu blues music, blues singers, Geuine Genuis Blues, Jimmy Rogers, Pinetop Perkins January 4, 2016

Pinetop Perkins and Jimmy Rogers knew and liked each other. They were fishing buddies. They had a lot in common, both having been born in Mississippi and made their way to Chicago, although by different paths. But they had never played together on stage until Little Mike brought them together in the 80’s. It turned […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Rhetta’s Don’t Miss Roots Music Albums of 2015

Rhetta Akamatsu 2015 review, blues music, cd reviews, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots music December 28, 2015

by Rhetta Akamatsu It’s time to look back at 2015 and pick some don’t miss albums I was going to do 5 but I just couldn’t choose. So here are 10 albums every roots music lover should have in their collection, in random order. Voo Davis – Midnight Mist Voo Davis was born in Alabama […]

Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown The Devil to Pay

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown – “The Devil to Pay”

Rhetta Akamatsu blues music, Kim Simmonds, Savoy Brown September 28, 2015

Back in the 60’s, a lot of British groups were playing blues…Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin…and Savoy Brown. How many of them are still playing the blues? Well, a case could be made that the Stones sometimes do, but the one indisputable group still playing the blues is Savoy Brown. True, the group […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Review: John Ginty- “No Filter”

Rhetta Akamatsu blues music, john ginty, No Filter July 16, 2015

John Ginty’s “No Filter” showcases Ginty’s keyboard virtuosity, especially on the Hammond B-3,and the vocal and musical skills of some of his very talented friends. The themes are are pretty dark, while the music is a powerful mix of blues,, jazz and Southern Rock. It all kicks off with the powerful “Fredo,” a densely layered, […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

The Blues Hawks score with debut EP “Bad Ass Blues”

Rhetta Akamatsu Bad Ass Blues, blues, blues music, blues-rock, The Blues Hawks April 21, 2015

The Blues Hawks out of New Jersey are a rocking blues band! They just released an EP, Bad Ass Blues consisting of 5 very solid songs and I was lucky enough to receive a copy to review. The group consists of Frank Sonsini (Guitar), Mike DiFrank (Vocals and Bass Guitar), Dave Brodnick (Drums), and Jacqueline […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Gaye Adegbalola and The Wild Rutz – “Is it Still Good to Ya?

Rhetta Akamatsu a capella music, blues music, Gaye Adegbalola, The Wild Rutz April 7, 2015

For all of the legions of fans who have missed Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women since they split in 209, you will be happy to know that former member Gaye Adegbalola is still making the same sort of smart, honest, usually sassy but sometimes profound music that she made with that group, only now with three […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Mud Morganfield and Kim Wilson: For Pops (A Tribute to Muddy Waters)

Rhetta Akamatsu blues music, Chicago blues, For Pops, Kim Wilson, Mud Morganfield, Muddy Waters tribute August 27, 2014

This year would be Muddy Waters’ 100th birthday and his son Mud Morganfield wanted to pay tribute to him, so he teamed up with Kim Wilson of the Fabulous Thunderbirds to create For Pops. Aside from Mud’s vocals, which sound very similar to his father’s while not sounding like an imitation at all, Wilson provides […]

INDIE Blues Scene

Beverly “Guitar” Watkins shows how it’s done at Darwin’s July 19, 2014

Rhetta Akamatsu Beverly Guitar Watkins, blues guitarists, blues music, blues singers, blues women July 21, 2014

Beverly “Guitar” Watkins looks frail. After all, she is in her 70’s and has been performing for well over 50 years. She has beat cancer twice and has just recovered from a serious illness. But then she takes the stage and this transformation takes place. Beverly Watkins becomes a blues machine. This is why her […]