HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE “If there’s a place for musical perfection, it’s wherever you’ll find Eric Sommer – A blistering acoustic style plus a variety of slide and open tuning formats will knock you for a loop…” wrote Studdie Burns, Melody Hut UK in 2013. “How one guy can do this so well is remarkable, […]
Making a Scene has reached another milestone! We have reached the mark of 200,000 visitors to our site over the last 2 years! If you are an advertiser on Making a Scene I first want to THANK YOU! Your support is helping us keep moving forward in our mission and I want to let you […]
This is the one radio show where you will get ONLY currently touring artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues.. These are the INDIE Blues artists!! .. We celebrate the diversity of music that is and has been created from the roots of the blues .. This week we start out with […]
The Meters “A Message from the Meters” The Complete Josie, Reprise & Warner Bros. Singles 1968-1977 (2CD’s) www.RealGoneMusic.com This wouldn’t be the first time a label released a two-disc set on The Meters. Previously (1995) Rhino issued “Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology” that covered forty-three songs. Roll forward to 2016: Real Gone Music has […]
This is the only radio show that is dedicated to bringing you the best inINDIE Blues! Those artists who are touring and creating new music rooted in the blues. These are the artists who embrace the diversity of music that has and is being created from the roots of the blues. We Honor the past […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Vaneese is the daughter of Rufus Thomas, whose legendary career as a musician and entertainer began in Vaudeville and spanned more than half a century in rhythm-and-blues recording and radio. Her older siblings are the hit recording artist “Memphis Queen” Carla Thomas and the highly respected keyboardist […]
This is the show that showcases ONLY artists who are Touring and creating new original music rooted in the blues .. These are the artists who embrace the diversity of music that is and has been created from the roots of the blues .. We honor the past by supporting the FUTURE of the Blues! […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Jeffrey Lynn Fulks Jr. now known as JL Fulks was born in Greenville, South Carolina in 1990. At age 13, he began playing guitar, after being inspired by his father’s love for the blues. JL’s immediate prowess with the instrument led to him joining The Praise Band at a local Christian […]
Duke Robillard Band Blues Full Circle Stony Plain Records Duke Robillard formed Roomful of Blues in 1967. Since 1992 he has performed as the Duke Robillard Band accumulating 22 Blues Music Award nominations and winning 6 times. He won four times as Best Instrumentalist – Guitar and once as Traditional Male Artist of Year; and […]
This is the radio show that celibrates the true power of the blues .. the power that lives in the diversity of music that is and has been created from those roots .. and we do this by bringing you ONLY currently touring artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Singer, songwriter and guitarist Bob Lanza from the wilds of north New Jersey leaves no doubt as to motivation with a scorching second release following his debut Things Ain’t So Bad (2009). Years with Floyd Phillips and the Mudflaps and backing legends like James Cotton prepared his audition as a new […]
This is the show that digs deep into our mailbox to bring you the latest in currently touring artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. artists who embrace the diveristy of music that has been and is being created from those roots .. the INDIE Blues artist! This week we […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE For Immediate Release! Liz Mandeville has been named to the List “40 Great Indie Musicians To Watch!” by the Alternative Root Magazine! After a record year in 2015 that saw Liz set personal bests for CD sales and festival performances (despite having a broken right foot!) Liz has spent every spare moment […]
Sari Schorr is just the sort of powerful and passionate female blues-rock singer that this reporter loves best. She has the power of Joan Jett or Pat Benetar when she rocks out and the passion of Janis Joplin with the subtlety and ability to convey emotion of the great Bessie Smith when she slows it […]
Annika Chambers Wild & Free Under The Radar Music Group Annika Chambers was born and raised in the Houston, Tx. area. Influenced by Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, and Dottie Peoples she began singing gospel. While serving eight years in the Army, with tours in Kosovo and Iraq, she began to develop an appreciation for the […]
by Rhetta Akamatsu Little G Weevil has a new album out, Three Chords Too Many, and it is very special, as Weevil’s albums always are. It was hard to imagine he could equal Moving and the albums that came before it, but it does. Sticking to the acoustic, traditional blues he loves, this album gives Weevil […]
This is the only show that brings you the true power of the Blues .. the power that exists in it’s DIVERSITY .. and the power of those artists who are currently touring and creating new original music rooted in the blues. These artists are the FUTURE of the BLUES .. and that Future is […]
Grateful Dead “Dave’s Picks Vol. 19” Honolulu, HI – 1/23/1970 (3CD’s) www.Dead.net – www.Rhino.com Even though the front cover states (Honolulu Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, HI: 1/23/70,) this three CD box-set collects (on discs one and two) performances from Jan. 23rd. But disc three is entirely dedicated to the second Honolulu performance on Jan 24th at […]
This is the only show that is dedicated to bring you ONLY currently touring artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. We Celebrate the diversity of music that is being created from the roots of the blues .. These ARE the future of the blues .. and that future is […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Mississippi-based, Grammy Award winning songwriter, entertainer/musician, Grady Champion has been captivating audiences for more than two decades. The singer/harp player/guitarist/songwriter/producer signed to Malaco Records, headquartered in nearby Jackson, MS, in 2013; his first full-length release with the legendary blues label was released the following year. His album, Bootleg Whiskey, named for […]
The Fabulous Thunderbirds Strong Like That Severn Records Formed in 1974 by Kim Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan, Keith Ferguson and Mike Buck The Fabulous Thunderbirds have just released their fourteenth album. They had a top ten hit in 1986 with “Tuff Enuff” which helped insure their longevity. That same year they won The Blues Music Award […]
This is the only show that brings you nothing but currently touring artists who are creating new original music .. we celebrate the true power of the blues .. it’s diversity .. these ARE the INDIE Blues artists! This week we start off with music from The McKee Brothers Little Mike and the Tornadoes Bobby Rush […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE The beautiful and talented Annika Chambers hails from Houston, Texas. As a child, she always wanted to sing, but her dreams of enlisting in the Army and attaining a degree in radio and TV broadcasting took her on a slight detour.Since completing her 7 1/2 year term with the US Army, […]
This is the show that brings you the Future of the Blues, by showcasing the true power of the blues .. it’s diversity .. we bring you nothing but currently touring artists who are creating new original music .. the INDIE Blues artists!! This week we start things off with The McKee Brothers Little Mike […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Harpdog Brown is a gifted singer and an imaginative harmonica player that has been a strong force in Canada’s Blues scene since 1982. Born in Edmonton, Alberta and based in Vancouver, British Columbia, he’s crossed tens of thousands of miles playing club dates and festivals in Canada, North Western United States […]
This is the show the show where we dig into our mailbag and bring you the best in artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. theINDIE Blues artist .. The artist that celebrates the diversity of music that is rooted in the blues!! This week we bring you music from […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Bruce Katz is a four time (2008, 2009, 2010, 2015) Nominee for the Blues Music Award (W.C. Handy Award) for “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year”, selected by the Blues Foundation of Memphis, TN. While Blues is a very important part of his music, Bruce’s music has more angles and […]
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 […]
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters Maxwell Street Stony Plain Records Ronnie Earl formed The Broadcasters twenty-five years ago and is a three time Blues Music Award winning guitarist. Earl dedicates this new album “Maxwell Street” to both David Maxwell, his friend and soul brother, and to that famed Chicago location where musicians gathered to play […]
New Orleans Suspects Kaleidoscoped Louisiana Red Hot Records This band first played together in 2009 at The Maple Leaf Bar; they called themselves The Unusual Suspects. They decided to tour in 2011 and renamed themselves The New Orleans Suspects. That same year they released their self-titled first album. They followed up with 2012’s “Caught Live […]
2016: Trois-Rivieres en Blues – Three Rivers Blues Festival, Quebec August 18th – 21st www.3RenBlues.com 2016 Trois-Rivieres en Blues Festival – Ascends to the top of the stack as one of this year’s best Blues Festivals. This is the eighth edition of this otherwise known Three Rivers Blues Fest by non-French speaking folks like […]
This is the Podcast that showcases the Future of the Blues. We bring you only those artists who are out there touring and creating new original music rooted in the blues. These are the innovators not the imitators! The artists who embrace the diversity of music that has been and IS being created from the […]
This is the only radio show that celebrates and showcases the diversity of music that is being made from the roots of the blues. We bring you the artists who are out there touring and creating the future of the blues .. these ARE the INDIE Blues artists This week we start off with music from Gitlo Lee […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Born in South Florida and raised in N.Y.C., Lee’s earliest influence to be a musician was when his dad took him to see a Pete Seeger Concert on a pier on Staten Island. Shortly thereafter Delray saw Elvis Presley for the first time. It was a broadcast of his “69 Comeback” […]
This is the show that is dedicated to bringing you only those artists who are out there creating the future of the blues. The artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. those who embrace the diversity of music that has and is being created from those roots .. the INDIE […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Smoky Greenwell was born in Michigan on the 4th of July 1951, reared in Delaware, and schooled in Spain and Tennessee. Greenwell learned harmonica in earnest in the mid-1970’s by sitting in with the venerable blues masters Furry Lewis, Piano Red and Mose Vincent. Greenwell’s career as a first-call sessions player began […]
This is the only radio show that is dedicated to showcasing the true power of the blues .. the power that exists in the diversity of music that is being created from it’s roots! We only play currently touring artists who are out there creating the future of the blues .. theINDIE Blues artist This […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Mixing R&B, funk, Motown, and soul with strong blues and gospel vocals, and tossing in ska and reggae rhythms for occasional seasoning, JJ Thames has a powerful stage presence, and more than enough talent to back it up as a songwriter and as a performer. Her story reads like a classic […]
JJ Thames Raw Sugar DeChamp/Malaco Records JJ Thames (pronounced “Timms”) was born in Detroit into a blue collar General Motors family. She began performing at the age of nine and is trained in piano and both classical and jazz vocal technique. At the age of 18 she began performing on the “Chitlin Circuit” with Marvin […]
This is the show that celebrates the diversity of music that is being created from the blues. We only play those artists who are currently touring and creating that music .. we are the Voice of INDIE Blues! This week we start give you the music of such greatINDIE Blues artists as Gitlo Lee Frank Bang […]
Six years ago, Yahoo asked me to write an article naming my favorite Atlanta blues band. I chose The Cazanovas. Today, I would still say The Cazanovas. And Saturday night at Darwin’s, they proved once again what a truly great band they are. First of all, Danny Vinson is a fantastic guitar player, as good […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE In January 2015 legendary producer Mike Vernon (Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall, Blue Horizon) was invited to receive a ‘Keeping The Blues Alive’ award at the prestigious International Blues Challenge in Memphis USA. This award, was not the only highlight of the weekend for Mike, the second was witnessing the performance of […]
Sometimes when you are working an event you miss a small act that, in the simplest way, has the ability to have a profound impact on someone’s life. This is exactly what happened recently at the Atlanta Blues Society Blues Challenge that was held at the Hard Rock Cafe in downtown Atlanta. Let me start by setting things up […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Little G Weevil put on possibly the best show I’ve ever seen him perform Friday night at Darwin’s before a packed audience, and I’ve seen him perform a lot of times now. He seemed energized, happy to be back in the states after spending much of the year touring in Europe and […]
This is the only show that showcases and supports the Diversity of music that is being created from the roots of the blues. We only play currently touring artists who are creating this new diverse music from these precious roots! These are the INDIE Blues artists! We start off this week with music from Jj […]
This is the show that celebrates the diversity of music that is being created from the roots of the blues. We showcase the touring artists who are creating new original from those roots .. These are the INDIE Blues artists! This week we start off with music from Gitlo Lee Jj Thames Owen Campbell Kerry […]
This is the only radio show that brings you nothing but currently touring artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues! .. These artist embrace the diversity of the blues and are the Future of the genre .. The INDIE Blues artists! We start off with music from Owen Campbell Billy Pierce […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE In 1994, Lew Jetton began playing guitar with the Blues band 61 South, based in Paducah, Kentucky, which featured, among others, Col. J.D. Wilkes, now of Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers and The Dirt Daubers. Upon the departure of “Fast” Layne Hendrickson, the lead singer of the band, Lew was recruited to become […]
Grady Champion One of a Kind Malaco Records Grady Champion was born in October 1969 and grew up in Canton, Ms. He was the youngest of 28 siblings. He moved to Miami, Fl. and in the early 90’s had a brief career as a rapper performing under the name MC Gold. He discovered his love […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Atlanta, GA based multi-award-winning Little G Weevil is one of the most deeply moving entertainers on the American music scene today. International Blues Challenge Winner, US Blues Music Award Nominee, Blues Blast Music Award Nominee guitarist, singer and songwriter has three highly acclaimed solo albums under his belt and he featured […]
