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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Landon Spradlin

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 December 6, 2016

This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who, in the true tradition of the blues artists that came before them, Embrace the Diversity of the Blues! These artists are the innovators not the Imitators! These ARE the INDIE Blues artists! This week we start off with music […]

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The 2016 Bradenton Blues Festival

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 December 5, 2016

The 2016 Bradenton Blues Festival Text and photos by Richard Ludmerer The Bradenton Blues Festival is an annual festival now in its fifth year. It is brought to us by Realize Bradenton. Realize Bradenton is a nonprofit organization that brings people together to create a vibrant and prosperous downtown area for residents, visitors, and businesses. […]

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The Rolling Stones Blue and Lonesome

The Rolling Stones Blue and Lonesome Interscope Records The Rolling Stones started out as high school classmates listening to the blues. Their early influences were American blues artists Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Jimmy Reed. Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts used to sit in with British blues artist Alexis Koerner when he played The Marquee. […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Jack Mack and the Heart Attack Horns

This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that showcases the future of the blues by bringing you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues by creating new original music rooted in the blues. This is the REAL tradition of the blues .. These are the innovators not the imitators .. […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An in Depth Interview with Landon Spradlin

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 December 3, 2016

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Landon Spradlin Guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, recording engineer and get this—pastor. Landon Spradlin, some call him the Preachin’ Blues Man, resides in Gretna, Virginia. In this one stop light town of about 1,300 people, he pastors The Move Church, runs his in-house recording studio, […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 11/27/2016

This is The Voice of Indie Blues! This is the show that showcases the Best INDIE Blues artist that are out there creating new original music rooted in the blues. These are the artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues! The True tradition of the blues! This week we give you a 3 hour […]

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An In Depth Interview with “Jack Mack and the Heart Attack Horns”

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE “Jack Mack and the Heart Attack Horns has been LA’s leading proponent of Rock’n’Soul music for over 3 decades.” Jack Mack’s sweet and funky soul music has earned a critically acclaimed thirty year legacy of success in the music business that includes: seven records, blockbuster movie soundtracks, and hundreds of global […]

Music on The Couch

Music on the Couch Show #348

MUSIC ON THE COUCH 11/28/16 SHOW SHOW #348 Link To Listen: https://goo.gl/mHvlsL After Show is not on the BTR Feed REV. BILLY C. WIRTZ The Rev. Billy C. Wirtz comes direct from the First House Of Polyester Worship. We talked about the incredible journey the Rev. has been on since a young boy in South Carolina. The […]

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Big Head Blues Club Way Down Inside: Songs of Willie Dixon

Big Head Blues Club Way Down Inside: Songs of Willie Dixon Big Records The Big Head Blues Club is a project of Big Head Todd and The Monsters. The Colorado based band was originally formed in 1984. Todd Mark Mohr, guitar; Brian Nevin, drums; and Rob Squires, bass; all met while attending Columbine High School. […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring JW Jones

Tune into The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues by creating new original Music rooted in the blues. We bring you the future of the blues .. We Honor the past by supporting that Future .. These ARE the INDIE Blues artists […]

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Mississippi Heat Cab Driving Man

Mississippi Heat Cab Driving Man Delmark Records Mississippi Heat is one of Chicago’s best working blues bands. The ensemble has talent galore. Their leader Pierre Lacocque is the talented songwriter and harp player who formed the band twenty-four years ago. This is their twelfth recording overall and sixth for Delmark records. Lacocque has written eleven […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Trudy Lynn

This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues by creating new original music rooted in the blues! We honor the past by supporting the future of the blues. These ARE the INDIE Blues artists .. Tune in and support the Indie […]

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Jason Elmore & Hoodoo Witch: Champagne Velvet

Rick Bowen 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, voice of Indie Blues November 28, 2016

Jason Elmore & Hoodoo Witch Champagne Velvet (Underworld Records) Jason Elmore describes his band’s new album ‘Champagne Velvet’ as “like a road trip from Dallas to Memphis, TN with a quick stop by the West Coast on the way. “ Hoodoo Witch; The Power trio lead by singer/songwriter/guitarist and Tequila aficionado Jason Elmore entered the […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An In Depth Interview with JW Jones

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE JUNO Award Nominee, Canadian singer/guitarist JW-Jones tours constantly, and is known for his high-energy show that keeps getting hotter! Canada’s national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, referred to this Maple Blues Award winner as “one of this country’s top blues guitar stars.” JW’s new release ‘High Temperature’ was named the Hot […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 11/21/2016

This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you the future of the blues that is being made by Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and is creating new original music rooted in the blues. We Honor the past by supporting the future.. that is the TRUE tradition […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An In Depth Interview with Trudy Lynn

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Trudy Lynn, 68, was born Lee Audrey Nelms in the Fifth Ward, Houston Texas. In addition to her parents’ 78s, she had a lot of casual contact with blues and R&B performers because her mother ran a beauty shop by the Club Matinee. Lynn would walk there from school trying to […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Tas Cru

This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and is creating new original music rooted in the blues. These ARE the INDIE Blues Artists! This week we start off with these great indie blues artists .. Popa Chubby The Knickerbocker All-Stars […]

Music on The Couch

Music on the Couch Show #347

MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #347 – 11/21/17 SHOW LINK: https://goo.gl/kxrthL Show Length: 3:01:08 (w/After Show) BACKTRACK BLUES BAND Out of the Tampa, FL area, this is the fifth album from this 5-piece band. I spoke with Sonny Charles about his journey, how the band came to be and where they are heading in the future […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mississippi Heat

This is The Voice of Indie Blues! We Embrace the Diversity of the Blues by supporting Independent Blues Artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. We bring you the FUTURE of the blues that is being created by artists today! Honor the past by supporting the future of the blues. This […]

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An In Depth interview with Tas Cru!

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE SEE TAS CRU LIVE Raucous, rowdy, gentle, sweet, eccentric, quirky, and outright irreverent are all words that fittingly describe Tas Cru’s songs and testify to his reputation as a one of the most unique of bluesmen plying his trade today. It’s not for nothing that Cru has received wide praise for […]

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Dawn Tyler Watson Jawbreaker

Dawn Tyler Watson Jawbreaker Independent Dawn Tyler Watson was born in England but raised in Montreal where she studied Jazz and Theatre at Concordia University. As an actress she was featured in several movies including 2004’s “Jack Paradise (Les Nuits de Montreal)” which translated means the “Nights of Montreal”; and in which she played a […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring the Jimmys

This is The Voice of Indie Blues where we Embrace the Diversity of the Bluesby playing only Independent Blues Artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. We honor the past by supporting the future of the blues. This is the REAL tradition of Blues! This week we start off with music […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An In Depth Interview with Pierre Lacocque of Mississippi Heat

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE SEE MISSISSIPPI HEAT LIVE! Straight out of Chicago, Mississippi Heat has been performing and recording pure vintage blues for more than two decades. It all began one night at a 1991 gig at the now-closed Cafe Lura in Chicago, where guitarist and singer Jon McDonald invited Pierre Lacocque to join him […]

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Little Boys Blue Tennissippi

Little Boys Blue Tennissippi Vizztone Label Group/Jaxon Records Little Boys Blue is a Tennessee based blues band originally formed in 1993. They may have taken their name from Aleck Miller who used the names Rice Miller and “Little Boy Blue” before renaming himself Sonny Boy Williamson II. Or possibly their name came from the song […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 11/14/2016

Tune into the The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that Embrace the Diversity of the Blues by supporting Independent Blues Artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. This is the show that showcases the FUTURE of the blues. We honor the past by supporting that future! This week we give […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An In Depth interview with Jimmy Voegeli of “The Jimmys”

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Won MAMA (Madison Area Music Award) awards for “Keyboardist of the Year” in 2010, 2012 & 2015. Jimmy also received WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) awards for “Keyboardist of the Year” in 2011 and 2015. In 2015 The Jimmys won a MAMA award for “Blues Performer of the Year” and in 2012 earned a WAMI award for […]

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Tas Cru Simmered and Stewed

Tas Cru Simmered and Stewed Vizztone Label Group/ Crustee Tees Records When talking about his last album Tas Cru states “after five albums everything fell into place, the songwriting, the performance, and the production.” That album 2015’s “You Keep The Money” was one of the hottest albums of the year. At the International Blues Challenge […]

Music on The Couch

Music on the Couch Show 346

Music On The Couch 11/14/16 Show LISTEN HERE: RORY BLOCK – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Rory Block returns to The Couch to talk about her latest release, Keepin’ Outta Trouble, the sixth album in her “Mentor Series” saluting the blues masters who’ve had a profound impact on her music. This time she pays tribute to Bukka […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE From the Midnight Circus Featuring Colin James

This IS The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you the best in Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues. These are the artists who are truly keeping the blues alive by creating new original music from those roots. These are the INDIE Blues artists! This week we start off […]

INDIE Blues Scene

The Jeff Jensen Band mesmerized the crowd -Darwin’s, Marietta GA, Nov 12

Rhetta Akamatsu 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, Jeff Jensen, Jeff Jensen Band, live blues, making a Scene, soul November 15, 2016

We had been at a big music event in Atlanta for six hours Saturday afternoon but we left at 7:30 in the middle of a set from one of our favorite acts and before another took the stage to drive back to Marietta to Darwin’s Burgers and Blue for the Jeff Jensen Band, thus proving […]

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Blues Stotts: A Review -Nov 12, 2016

Rhetta Akamatsu americana, Atlanta blues frstivals, Atlanta Blues Spcoety, blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, Blues Stotts, blues-rock, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, live atlanta blues, making a Scene, soul November 15, 2016

Photos By Rhetta and Sandra Richardson Saturday, Nov. 12. was the 2nd Annual Blues Stotts Festival, sponsored by The Atlanta Blues Society and honoring the memory of long-time Atlanta Blues Society member Larry Stotts. It took place at Blind Willie’s in Atlanta and began at 2 pm. I don’t know when it ended, because we […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus 11/8/2016

This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that Honors the Roots of the blues by supporting it’s future! We Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and the artists who are creating new original music. This is the TRUE tradition of the blues .. This week we give you the music of these INDIE […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An in Depth Interview with Colin James

Juno Award Winning Singer-songwriter Colin James will release his 18th album, Blue Highways, on October 14 via True North Records. Blue Highways was co-produced by Colin and Dave Meszaros (Wake Owl, Old Man Canyon) and recorded at The Warehouse Studios in Vancouver. Blue Highways pays tribute to some of the singer/ guitarist’s longtime blues idols including Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Freddie King, Jr. […]

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Trudy Lynn I’ll Sing The Blues For You

Trudy Lynn I’ll Sing The Blues For You Connor Ray Music Trudy Lynn released 2006’s “I’m Still Here” recorded with the Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra. As a result she received two 2007 Blues Music Award nominations; one for Soul Blues Album of The Year and one for Soul Blues Female Artist of The Year. In […]

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Mary Jo Curry Guitar Angels Records

Mary Jo Curry Guitar Angels Records Mary Jo Curry is from Springfield, Illinois. She is from a big family and has seven older brothers all whom are musicians. She plays piano and studied theater and voice while in college. She has been with theatrical touring companies and sang with an 80’s cover band. Five years […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 11/01/2016

This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The only show that brings you the future of the blues.. by playing only artists who are out there touring and creating new original music. These Independent Blues Artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and the TRUE tradition of blues by taking the roots and moving them […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Stevie J

This is The Voice of Indie Blues! Tune in to the FUTURE of the blues that is being created by artists who are creating new original music from the roots. The INDIE Blues Artist! We Honor the past by supporting that future and we Embrace the Diversity of the Blues This week we start off […]

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JW Jones High Temperature

JW Jones High Temperature Solid Blues Records Molson Golden Ale, Iceberg Vodka and JW Jones; these are among my favorite Canadian exports. Although Jones’ influences include fellow Canadians Ronnie Hawkins and Colin James he has absorbed all the blues, rock, and country music that has come before him. In 2000 Jones released his first album […]

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Annika Chambers at Darwin’s Blues Club, Marietta GA October 29, 2016

Rhetta Akamatsu .blues, americana, annika chambers, Atlanta blues, Darwin's Blues Club, Funk, indie Blues, live blues, making a Scene, RNB, Rock, roots, soul November 7, 2016

By Rhetta Akamatsu Photo Credit: Sandra Richardson Saturday night, October 29, Annika Chambers and her band entertained at Darwin’s Blues Club’s Halloween party in Marietta, GA. They had driven 11 hours from Houston, TX to do the show, but when they hit the stage they were energetic and high-spirited. Chambers, who performed the first set […]

Music on The Couch

Music on the Couch Show 344

SHOW #344 – 10/31/16 LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/Tj0Zs5 JL FULKS JL picked up a guitar at the age of 13 and has not looked back since. Playing in South Carolina and then Florida, where he gained experience performing on stages across the states. JL and his band won the South Florida Regional Blues Challenge and made […]

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The Jimmys Hot Dish and Live From Transylvania

The Jimmys Hot Dish Brown Cow Productions The Jimmys are a seven piece R n’ B and jump blues band from Wisconsin. The band was formed in 2008 by Jimmy Voegeli. By day Voegeli works on his family’s fifth-generation dairy farm with 200 Brown Swiss dairy cows. At night Voegeli is an award winning musician […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An in Depth Interview with Stevie J

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Jackson, MS blues and soul artist Stephen Johnson is a son of a pastor and has been a professional musician practically his entire life starting in his father’s church. His roots began in Gospel and Southern Soul, and then eventually “the Blues” became his passion. Known by his family and friends […]

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Rev. Billy C. Wirtz, featuring The Nighthawks – ‘Full Circle’

Rhetta Akamatsu americana, blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, comedy, Full Circle, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, making a Scene, Rev Billy C Wirtz, rockabilly, soul November 2, 2016

The Rev. Billy C Wirtz truly is divine, as his press release claims, if you are not easily offended and love to laugh! Do not let the title of Rev. fool you into thinking this is a religious record or you are in for a terrible shock. With the help of the legendary Nighthawks, he […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Mitch Kashmar West Coast Toast

Mitch Kashmar West Coast Toast Delta Groove Music Mitch Kashmar was born in the beachside community of Santa Barbara, Ca. in 1960. He is a disciple of the California harp scene that includes George “Harmonica” Smith, William Clarke, Rod Piazza, and Kim Wilson. Kashmar has shared the stage with John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Turner, […]

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Colin James Blue Highways

Colin James Blue Highways True North Records Colin James Munn was born in Saskatchewan Canada in 1964. As a young man he and his band opened for Steve Ray Vaughan who suggested that he drop his last name. James released his first recording in 1988. He is probably most well known in blues circles for […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Donald Ray Johnson and the Gas Blues Band

This IS The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you the future of Blues that is being created by Independent Blues Artists who believe in the TRUE tradition of Blues and Embrace the Diversity of the Blues! These ARE the INDIE Blues Artists! This week we start off with music from The Marcus King […]

INDIE Blues Scene

The Blues Dancing Movement

Richard L'Hommedieu blues dancing, blues dancing ny, flouer, indie Blues, making a Scene October 30, 2016

Blues Dancing Movement As I began my investigation into this movement, I had the opportunity to speak with “Flouer” a Blues Dance instructor and organizer of “Blues Dance NY“! Which by the way is a great resource for not only blues dancing in the NY area, but the site is has a wealth of information […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring The Smoke Wagon Blues Band

Tune in to The Voice of Indie Blues .. the only show that is dedicated to bringing you the FUTURE of the blues that is being created by Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and embrace the tradition of creating new original music from it’s roots! This week we start off […]

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Fiona Boyes Professin’ The Blues

Fiona Boyes Professin’ The Blues Reference Recordings Fiona Boyes is an Australian who has completely absorbed the genre we call acoustic blues. She has been nominated for a Blues Music Award every year between 2007 and 2010; and she was nominated again in 2016 as Traditional Blues Female Artist of The Year. She has been […]

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Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An In Depth Interview with Donald Ray Johnson

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE In 1961, Donald was introduced to high school band director Waymond Webster, who taught him to play traps on the drumset. By age 14, Donald Ray began his professional career with blues piano legend Nat Dove. Throughout his teens, Donald played with the two local bluesmen: organist Joe Daniels and guitarist […]

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