blues rock roots

Gerry Casey Interviews Eric Johanson

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock roots, indie Blues, roots rock November 28, 2021

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Eric Johanson “Eric Johanson’s music and the distinctiveness of his voice makes his music memorable, and unforgettable.” Eric music is steeped in magical influence of New Orleans where he currently resides. However the music has a power and cutting edge that puts it well up […]

Podcasts/ Turn it Up

Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #108

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock roots, classic rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots rock, turn it up September 19, 2021

Making a Scene Presents Turn it Up with Gerry Casey and Part 2 of his interview with Michael Katon The Rolling Stones Brown Sugar Wayward Saints In The Wild Jimmy C. Bad Led Zeppelin Bring It On Home The Porkroll Project Papa Didn’t Raise Me Right George Gritzbach Black Rose Brian Reynolds War Crimes Fleetwood […]

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INDIE Blues Scene/ On the Scene

Bluesberry Festival 2021

Rhetta Akamatsu blues, blues rock roots, bluesberry, indie Blues, roots rock August 27, 2021

You can always count on Mike Holly And the city of Norcross Put on A great show And Saturday they did it again. The 10th anniversary BLUESBERRY Festival Where’s wonderful The weather threatened rain but that never happened. It was comfortably cool All day Every group Got to perform with only slight technical problems that […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

JP & Ekat JP Williams Blues Band featuring Ekat Pereyra

Richard Ludmerer americana, blues, blues rock roots, indie Blues, jp and ekat, jp williams, making a Scene, roots rock March 6, 2021

JP & Ekat JP Williams Blues Band featuring Ekat Pereyra Gizzifter Records New York City born JP Williams attended Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. It was there that he began moonlighting at college coffee houses playing a mixture of folk, blues and soul. After college JP returned to the city and performed at open mikes, […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Sam Barlow Faith in The Blues

Richard Ludmerer blues, blues rock roots, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots rock November 29, 2020

Sam Barlow Faith in The Blues Montrose Records Twenty-six-year-old Sam Barlow is a West Texas based guitarist, harmonica player and vocalist, who started by sitting in with Austin legend Jimmie Vaughan and Blues Hall of Famer Elvin Bishop. In 2010 Barlow competed in the El Paso Guitar Center’s “King Of The Blues” competition winning first […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Bart Ryan Starlight and Tall Tales

Jim Hynes americana, bart ryan, blues, blues rock roots, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots rock September 28, 2020

Bart Ryan Starlight and Tall Tales Blackbird Initially what is striking about LA-born/Nashville-based session guitarist and award-winning singer- songwriter Bart Ryan’s Starlight and Tall Tales is his soulful bluesy guitar and lap steel playing, but the album offers a good dose of roots variety as it unfolds, including some very soulful tunes. Twangy and bluesy […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam Ain’t No Man A Good Man

Richard Ludmerer americana, blues, blues rock roots, indie Blues, making a Scene July 31, 2020

Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam Ain’t No Man A Good Man Mescal Canyon Records Wily Bo Walker is a Scottish born singer/songwriter who has had success in both Europe and the U.S. He combines Rock, Americana, Blues, Gospel and R n’ B into his own hallucinogenic stew. He performs his swamp and stomp “VoodooVille” […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues/ CD Reviews Indie Rock

Laura Cox Burning Bright

Gerry Casey blues, blues rock roots, french blues, indie Blues, laura cox, making a Scene July 21, 2020

Laura Cox Burning Bright “Burning Bright”the latest album by French blues rock sensation Laura Cox. Right from the opening track Fire Fire the pace is relentless, song after song of explosive high voltage rock n’ roll. The most difficult tasks for me, is to pick a favourite track, as the standard set is so high. But […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Gregg Martinez Mac Daddy Mojeaux

Richard Ludmerer blues, blues rock roots, gregg martinez, indie Blues, macdaddy, making a Scene July 15, 2020

Gregg Martinez Mac Daddy Mojeaux Nola Blue Records Gregg Martinez a.k.a. Mac Daddy was born in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1956, where he graduated from high school. His powerful tenor vocal style was inspired by soul icons Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye and Al Green; and contemporary Louisiana artists Johnny Adams and Luther Kent. His musical gumbo […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Bridget Kelly Band Dark Spaces

Richard Ludmerer blues, blues rock roots, bridget Kelly, indie Blues, making a Scene July 13, 2020

Bridget Kelly Band Dark Spaces Alpha Sun Records Bridget Kelly and Tim Fik met in May of 2007 and were married later that year. After producing two Americana albums for Bridget, Tim was convinced she should sing the blues. Thus the Bridget Kelly Band was formed. They recorded their debut album “Back in the Blues” […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Mick Hayes My Claim To Fame

Richard Ludmerer blues, blues rock roots, cd review, indie Blues, mick hayes July 11, 2020

Mick Hayes My Claim To Fame Move The Needle Music Upstate New York’s Mick Hayes was gifted his first guitar by his parents when he was only seven. By the time he was twenty he was a member, and songwriting contributor, to the Buffalo based band “Only Human” who opened for both Marshall Tucker and […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “Indie Blues Doubles Shot” 3/9/2019

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, blues rock roots, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene March 16, 2019

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 […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Making a Scene Talks with Peter V!

Posted by Editor blues, blues rock roots, indie Blues, making a Scene, Peter V Blues Train November 25, 2018

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an Interview with Peter V of Peter V and Blues Train! We talk about his history, his new CD “Shaken but not deterred”, his views on the current music business and the future of the blues! I was born in Manhattan in 1959 and grew up in […]