HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with The Haunted North Driving with the raw energy of classic hard rock, the U.S.A./Canadian four-piece Haunted North pour their souls into creating authentic, original and intense rock anthems; effectively paving the way for a brand new era of indie harkening back to the freestyle […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Molly Jenson Molly Jenson is a singer/songwriter from Southern California. She independently released her debut album, “Maybe Tomorrow” (produced by Greg Laswell), in 2005. Jenson signed to Bully! Pulpit Records, in a joint partnership with Nettwerk Music Group in 2008 and re-released her debut album in […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Jack Grace! The man Jerry Lee Lewis once likened to “that Cash kid, but good” has enjoyed a long and varied career. Jack Grace is that man: a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who’s been touring and recording for over 25 years. His duet with Norah Jones, […]
Autumn Dawn Leader I, Autumnus Autumn Dawn Leader (and that’s her real name!), singer/songwriter and multi instrumentalist was born in the USA and moved to the East Midlands of the UK in 2004. She took her first musical steps at the age of four when she performed in concerts with her mother. At 16 she […]
Various Artists A Sweet Relief Tribute to Joey Spampinato True North This is an amazing group of artists all generously donating their proceeds from these recordings to the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to support NRBQ founding member/bassist/songwriter Joey Spampinato with his current health issues. Joey’s wife Kami Lyle and producer Sheldon Gomberg rallied a group […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Jim Basnight Jim Basnight started recording solo and with the Moberlys in the late 70’s and led a pre-grunge original rock and roll scene in his native Seattle, before relocating to NYC in 1980. He’s been working live and releasing records ever since. Armed in NY […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with ELSKA! “Elska”: Old Norse: /ˈɛlska/ – It means to hold something dear, or to fiercely love something or someone. It also has an oddly political meaning as a call to action, in the way that love, like justice, is something worth working for. This intersection between […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Bev! From Minneapolis, MN, indie pop/rock artist Bev has been making albums and playing shows since 2010. Previously performing under the name, Niki Becker, she changed her name to Niki Beverly (in honor of her deceased mother) after her divorce in 2018 and began performing under […]
HOME PAGE Making A Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with The Glycereens! The Glycereens blend their dirty bubblegum aesthetics with garage punk rock tones to create a fuzzed-out sound that is both energetic and super loud. Rising from the ashes of noisy garage heaven in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, The Glycereens continue to spread their fuzzy […]
Szczeciński Zespół Dupa MaMo to Pinokio “The songs were recorded during several sessions in 2020 and 2021 between lockdowns. The idea for the song title was inspired by The Guillotines “BoJo The Clown”. They have their Clown, we have our Pinocchio.” The Polish band Szczeciński Zespół Dupa ,translated as “The Szczecin Asshole Ensemble or Ass Band […]
Cathedral Birds 4 Songs About Love, Loss and Wild River Swimming Cathedral Birds are the songwriting duo Brandon Petty and Rick Baines based in Sheffield, UK, who decided after twenty years of friendship with numerous visits to gigs and festivals it is now time to make your own music. That was in 2019 and in […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Jessica Lee Morgan! Jessica Lee Morgan is a whole-hearted singer songwriter who doesn’t beat around the bush. She’s been raised on rock and folk by legendary parents (Mary Hopkin and Tony Visconti) and writes songs that reflect her upbringing and jobs in the real world. […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Meghan Kreidler of Kiss the Tiger Kiss the Tiger pounced onto the Twin Cities’ music scene in late-2016 and have been making big waves ever since. Inspired by the sounds and energy of The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, and Patti Smith, Kiss the Tiger has breathed […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Jeff Crandall of Swallows Frances Coles was murdered in the early morning hours of Friday, February 13, 1891, under a railway arch at Swallow Gardens near the Whitechapel District of London. A witness standing outside the nearby Crown and Seven Stars Pub looked on in horror […]
Mothman and The Thunderbirds “Into The Hollow” Mothman and The Thunderbirds is the solo project from Alex Parkinson and“ Into the Hollow ”is the debut album. And what a one! The band name was inspired by a binge-watch session of the program Ancient Aliens and Alex thought, this name is just as dumb but also awesome […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Paul Guerin of The Quireboys Every time I switch on the microphone to record another Turn it Up interview I realize how privileged I am to get the opportunity to speak with such amazing talent. Paul Guerin is simply immersed in rock n roll . […]
Ralf Dee Candy Box Ralf Dee is a German singer / songwriter who has released an EP, three albums and four singles since 2009 and has played numerous gigs since then. The first German-language album Glück gehabt was released in 2017 and since then he has only been writing German songs. The last single Regen, […]
Dan Farrell “Stories” Dan Farrell is a London based singer / songwriter with a great love for the music of The Beatles, Tom Petty, Rolling Stones and Genesis, to name just a few. His music is melodic rock that gets you hooked very quickly. The main focus is his guitar and he plays it left […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Verity White Every time I interview artists for the show it’s always unique and interesting experience. That was certainly the case speaking with Verity White. Certainly A word that would best describe Verity is “FUN”. Her amazing voice coupled with a natural enthusiasm for connection […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with the Riff Raiders! The Australian music scene has produced so many amazing artists, and it still continues to do so. So when I discovered the music of Riff Raiders I once again how vibrant the music scene right now. The nucleus of Riff Raiders is […]
Home Page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Doug Hoekstra Doug Hoekstra is a Chicago-bred, Nashville-based creative whose poems, performances, songs, and stories, have criss-crossed the globe in publications and playlists, stages and setlists, his eight CDs and three books earning Independent Publisher Award, Pushcart Prize, Nashville Music Award, and Independent Music Award nominations, […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Present an Interview with Carmine Appice As drummer for Vanilla Fudge, Carmine Appice set the grooves for the groundbreaking band‘s 1967 psychedelic debut, inadvertently inventing Stoner Rock in the process. The Fudge had no precedent. The band was totally unique. No rock group, up until that point, had ever so […]
The Golden Mantis Yesterday News Today I would like to introduce to the new album of The Golden Mantis The Band: The Golden Mantis are Silvia Subosco and Roger Münzenmayer from Mannheim in Germany. As early as the mid-80s, both played in the band The Valentines, one of the most innovative local bands of the time. […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Danielle Bloom! Being a preacher’s daughter didn’t stop Danielle Bloom from having dreams of being a kick-ass, hard driving, Rock-n-Roll Goddess. Sure, Danielle grew up singing in the choir and touring the church festival scene, but she shed her choir robes for corsets and cut-offs […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Tola Lamont and Kurt Michael of NITROVILLE Nitroville means high voltage rock’n’roll poetry delivered by one of the UK’s strongest vocalists underpinned by rock solid musicianship and no-nonsense production. Freight train riffs interlock with the occasional bluegrass guitar picking, creating the ultimate badass sound which […]
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Hunter and The Dog Star Shuffle/Thirty Tigers Hunter And The Dog Star is the band’s fifth studio album for Edie Brickell & New Bohemians and their first since 2018’s Rocket—which came after a twelve-year hiatus. Since forming in Dallas in the mid-1980s, the band has toured extensively across the country and had […]
The John Miechi Projekt “High Vibrations” The John Michie Collective is a multi-instrumentalist and multimedia artist from the North of England. John is also a producer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, photographer, graphic designer and record label owner, a really versatile artist. Featured on BBC Sounds, BBC Introducing North East, Amazing Radio UK / US, reviewed […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Martina Doerner’s Interview with Andy Susemihl Andy Susemihl has shared the stage with such rock icons as Ozzy Osbourne, Guns’n’Roses, Deep Purple and Lita Ford, produced and recorded over 20 albums and sold over 500.000 units to date. Now he has a new album out and I’m delighted that he […]
HOME PAGE Making A Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Ben Reel ‘The Nashville Calling` is the title of the ninth studio album by Irish artist Ben Reel. Released on 27th March 2020. Produced by Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack and featuring Garry W Tallent on bass from the legendary E Street Band. The album contains 11 […]
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Peter Buzzelle of Devil Love Blurring the boundaries between ’90s alt-rock, ’70s rhythmic crunch, and the savvy songwriting of Big Star and Elliott Smith, Devil Love makes its own brand of hook-heavy pop/rock. It’s a modern sound that nods to the best parts of the past, fusing […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Tom Beardslee of Red Red Coming from the crossroads of Europe, Red Red (USA/BE) is an unlikely cross-pollination between psychedelia, 70s guitar rock, blues and hip-hop turntablism. Led by an ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist from Ohio, Red Red is formed from the finest musicians from the Belgian roots, […]
Steve Inglis Singles Self Release Today I would like to introduce you to the singer / songwriter Steve Inglis. Steve lives in Scotland, more precisely in Edinburgh, and taught himself to play bass guitar at the age of 14. His first band was influenced by blues and soon formed a large audience. The local Hells […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey Interviews Paul Hurst of the Jokers The Jokers, who hail from the North West of England, were formed in 2006, with the aim of creating the world’s greatest rock and roll band. Their debut album, ‘The Big Rock ‘N’ Roll Show’, while mixed by Mike Fraser in […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Jock Bartley of Firefall! JOCK BARTLEY is known for his melodic, tasteful and fiery lead guitar style – his playing has influenced many rock & roll and country rock guitarists who have come in later generations. Born in Hutchinson, Kansas, Jock moved to the mountains above […]
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Juliet Hawkins A modern troubadour with footprints in both the soul and rock worlds, singer & songwriter Juliet Hawkins brings her message of hope and self-acceptance in her new EP Lead with Love (2020). From the start of her musical journey in Rockport, Mass., on a path that […]
Pylon Poets Lucid Hallucinations Independent The Band: Pylon Poets are an Alternative Rock band from Torquay, Devon, UK. Dan Hughes – Vocals, Guitars, Synths Sam McIver – Drums, Backing Vocals Nathan Hughes – Bass, Backing Vocals With two previous UK tours and an array of festival appearances, the band has shared festival stages with […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey Interviews Grace Solero “Grace Solero has a presence that something that makes you pay attention. Powerful driving rock music, in this interview with Grace and Dan they tell the story of the coming together of the current band and of their plans for the future. Certainly originality […]
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Go Analog! Eric Croft: vocals/guitar, Keith Kemmerer: guitar/vocals, Michael Osborne: bass, and James Watson: drums. We reside in various locations across Ohio. Go Analog has existed throughout the 2010’s. We have had a couple of highs, a few lows, and long stretches of being latent. When we began […]
Charles Boulevard “Rendez-Vous!” The Band: Pavel Holada Songwriter, Composer, Lead Singer, Guitarist, Producer, Sound Engineer, Member of ASCAP. Dermot Condron songwriter, composer, guitarist. Berny PB. Drummer, percussionist, composer, singer. Pavel and Berny are from Prague, Czech Republic and Dermot is from Dublin, Ireland. With over 30 years of experience in the music business, these guys […]
By Adam Signore The Jim Weeks Band This Jim Weeks Band introduction comes to you via one pandemic, one national tragedy and one heart attack and very late to the planned writing, but no less important. Almost the gritty fodder for a rock song. In my typical style we are going to dig a little […]
The Silverbeets Halcyon Days Independent Release Today I have the honor to make a review about the brand new album from „The Silverbeets” The Band: Farnz Cordeaux – rhythm guitar, vocals, keys Nigel Hope – bass Ernie Oppenheimer – keys, synth Konrad Park – drums Kevin Barker – trombone Billy O’Brien – drums The Silverbeets […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Cassidy Paris! Melbourne teenage rock sensation Cassidy Paris is set to release her latest single Like I Never Loved You on September 4th. An infectious blend of anthemic rock and edgy pop, Like I Never Loved You (her 6th single at just 17yo), once again sees Cassidy delivering a song from the […]
The Shrubs Equation Of Love Today I have the honor to present the new song from the fantastic band “The Shrubs” called “Equation Of Love”. The Shrubs are: Charlie, Lead Vocals, Guitar… Ithaca NY, Spike, Vocals, Drums… Cortland NY, RJ, Bass, Vocals…San Diego CA Spike and RJ started to make music in the basement of Spike’s mothers house, […]
Budos Band Long in the Tooth Daptone The Budos Band’s sixth studio album Long In The Tooth, on their longstanding label, Daptone Records, marks the 15th anniversary of the band’s eponymous 2005 full-length debut. The album was recorded in just five days at Diamond Mine Studios in Queens, NY. After one listen, you might expect a full orchestra behind […]
Para Lia Gone with the Flow “All The Colours, Step By Step, Are Blending With Her Spider Web” Lyrics from “My Muse” Today I have the honor to present you the new album from Para Lia, “Gone With The Flow” Para Lia is a band based in Cottbus, Germany, founded in 2018 and the members […]
Drive-by Truckers The New OK ATO One of America’s most important rock bands, Drive-by Truckers (DBTs), delivered an inspired, ferocious, and angry at times performance in Philadelphia the day after the 2016 Election. Their performance was as one would have expected. Yet, the collective vibe both onstage in the audience was collective release from the shocking numbness still […]
WEBSITE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Emily Zuzik Emily Zuzik is an L.A.-based Americana singer-songwriter who has planted her musical roots in a unique eclectic blend of alt-country, modern, rhythm & blues and rock music. She brings to her songs a woman’s vulnerability and strength in the tradition of Patsy Cline and Madonna. She […]
John Warwick Mur Mur Fountain “I’m Down in the Basement In my Imaginary World I can’t Live in Your one Too Much Violence Everywhere” John Warwick Today I have the honor of reviewing John Warwick’s second album “Mur Mur Fountain” John is a brilliant singer songwriter from Poplar, London and he has already showed with […]
Eleesha Prothero Electric Princess The world of music can be compared to a massive gold mine. There are lots of riches to found if you are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. Now I know that Facebook gets a lot of negative press and maybe on occasion the criticism […]
Allman-Betts Band Bless Your Heart BMG Last year’s debut from the Allman-Betts Band, Down to the River, marked the first time the seven-piece ensemble played together, let alone record together. But even that is not entirely accurate as keyboardist John Ginty joined the band for the tour, after the recording was done. So, if that […]