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SymphonyOS brings AI marketing power to CD Baby’s 2M artists Introduction Social Media Marketing and Content Creation has become an ever increasing part of an indie artists daily life. Today there is not a scenario where an indie artist does not have to dedicate a major amount of time and effort to create and distribute […]
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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Danielle Nicole This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living […]
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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Lee Wilder This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living […]
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Tinsley Ellis Naked Truth Alligator Records Atlanta’s Tinsley Ellis Offers Making a Scene Some Peeks Behind the Scenes of Naked Truth, His First All Acoustic Album “I still have that string!” The excitement Tinsley Ellis felt as a 15-year-old when B.B. King handed him his broken string from the stage resonates as if 51 years […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Danielle Nicole Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, Danielle Nicole has spent her life making music and pleasing fans, domestically and abroad. Her stunning new album, The Love You Bleed on Forty Below Records, comprises twelve heartfelt tracks exploring themes of love, loss and perseverance. The new album was produced […]
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Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his Guest Ronan Gallagher for Part 2 of his Interview Atomic Freak For The Money Sons Of Liberty Light The Fuse The Black Crowes Wanting And Waiting The Cosmic Trip Advisors Hope Is All We Have Blackberry Smoke Azalea The Kings Of Cool Thinking […]
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Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio Jet Black Libra Satoko Fujii is recognized as one of the world’s leading composers for large jazz ensemble but is also building a reputation for leading one of the most forward-thinking piano trios of our times with this, Jet Black, only the trio’s second recording. It follows 2021’s Moon on the […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Ronan Gallagher Part 2 A late starter, Ronan didn’t learn to play guitar or sing until his mid fifties. That was over five years ago and since then he has made up for it with two albums of original songs under his belt, ‘Always […]
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Marshall Gilkes and the WDR Big Band LifeSongs Alternate Side Records Twice Grammy-nominated trombonist and composer Marshall Gilkes, well-renowned for his big band compositions, teams with the esteemed WDR Big Band for Life Songs. There’s some glowing history here as The WDR Big Band is where Gilkes both established and cemented as reputation. If the […]
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Marlon Simon and The Nagual Spirits On Different Paths Truth Revolution Drummer and composer Marlon Simon leads his sextet, The Nagual Spirits On Different Paths, his fifth effort with the unit as they fuse pan-Latin jazz with classical influences, some veering toward chamber music with the addition of a bassoonist and French horn player. With […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Lee Wilder Lee Wilder’s debut album Sound Emporium is true to its title, channeling not only myriad music genres, but also influences from film, literature, and just life itself. Its ten songs of impassioned, gospel-flecked Americana are infused with danceable, sometimes bombastic grunge and pop sensibilities. […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you an interview with Scott Sean White Suffice it to say, Scott Sean White is a dedicated singer/songwriter and an artist that exudes emotion. His music is borne from real life experience, complete with the hopes, heartaches and happenstance that define that journey and the revelations that occur along […]
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Eddie Roberts & The Lucky Strokes Self-titled Color Red Guitarist Eddie Roberts steps away from his The New Mastersounds and other jazz-funk related projects that typically appear on the label Color Red, to step into southern rock with a new group of musicians who are debuting on the label. Dubbed The Lucky Strokes, the band […]
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Cary Morin Innocent Allies Self-released Fingerstyle guitarist and singer-songwriter Cary Morin has long been identified with Colorado but on Innocent Allies, we learn (if not knowing before) that he was born and raised in Billings, Montana by native American father and mother from two different tribes. Although we’ve heard his Native American references on previous […]
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Betty Bryant Lotta Livin’ Bry-Mar Music We last visited pianist, vocalist and composer, the now 94-year-young Betty Bryant when she celebrated her 88th birthday with her 2019 release Project 88 and despite the loos of most of her vision, she’s still belting out her trademark mix of blues and jazz. Bryant is one of the […]
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Abdullah Ibrahim 3 Gearbox This live recording, 3, from NEA Jazz Master, pianist, and composer Abdullah Ibrahim (formerly Dollar Brand and dubbed the “Duke Ellington of South Africa) will long hold a special place for this writer and those fortunate enough to attend live performances of this repertoire in the states (where there were only […]
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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mitch Grainger This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you an interview with Mitch Grainger Mitch Grainger calls his two new releases, Plug It In and Plug It In Acoustic, a double album, but they’re more like musical conjoined twins separated at birth. One is electric, featuring Grainger and his band, while the other is stripped down to […]
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Keyon Harrold Foreverland Concord The much-anticipated release, Foreverland, from trumpeter and composer Keyon Harrold, his first album in six years, is effectively two albums in one, the first part featuring a potpourri of guests and the second part showcasing Harrold leading various small combos. Doubtlessly the bevy of guests is due in part to the […]
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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Smokey Greenwell This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living […]
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Making a Scene Brings you Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his Guest Ronan Gallagher Anthony Gomes Peace Atomic Freak Light The Fuse Roadwolf On The Run Head East If You Knew Me Better Marcus Bonfanti We All Do Bad Sometimes Magnum The Seventh Darkness Todd Sharpville Walk Out In The Rain Van Morrison […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Ronan Gallagher A late starter, Ronan didn’t learn to play guitar or sing until his mid fifties. That was over five years ago and since then he has made up for it with two albums of original songs under his belt, ‘Always Broke Never […]
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Peter Hand Blue Topaz Whaling City Sound Guitarist Peter Hand is both new to this writer and these pages even though he has issued three acclaimed big band recordings. Blue Topaz, though represents a new step forward for Hand, working with a surefire small combo to deliver his straight-ahead originals, jazz standard interpretations, as well […]
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Reggie Quinerly The Thousandth Scholar Redefinition Music The curiously titled The Thousandth Scholar is drummer/composer Reggie Quinerly’s fifth album as a leader. Known primarily for his straight-ahead chops, (last covered herein on his fond farewell to NYC, 2021’s New York Nowhere) Quinerly challenges himself with an Afro-Latin jazz offering, lending credence to the album title […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Stoll Vaughan Originally hailing from Lexington, Kentucky, Stoll Vaughan’s career in music began in the late 1990s. Upon graduating from Interlochen Arts Academy, he worked at Echo Park Studios in Bloomington, Indiana. Mike Wanchic, producer and longtime guitarist for John Mellencamp, discovered Stoll, took him under […]
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Elan Mehler Trouble in Mind Sunnyside We often use the term “in the moment” or talk about most jazz compositions never rendered quite the same way twice, especially live. Another factor, though less discussed, is the circumstances leading up to and surrounding a recording. These are all critical elements in gaining appreciation for this solo […]
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Diane Coll Old Ghosts Happy Fish Atlanta-based folk singer-songwriter Diane Coll brings us her second release, Old Ghosts, which follows her debut in 2022, Happy Fish and other Delights and her 2023 EP Into the Fire. While the initial impression of the album may be dark and moody, certainly introspective, there are multiple healing messages […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Smoky Greenwell Smoky Greenwell was born in Michigan on the 4th of July 1951, reared in Delaware, and schooled in Spain and Tennessee. Smoky learned harmonica in earnest in the mid-1970’s and began sitting in with the venerable blues masters Furry Lewis, Piano Red and Mose […]
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Ulysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y A New Beat Cellar Music Group GRAMMY-Award winning drummer and composer Ulysses Owens Jr. has risen quickly from “young lion” to seasoned mentor. In jazz’s time-honored tradition of recruiting younger musicians to keep pushing the music forward (i.e. Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis’s Second Great Quintet, as […]
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Anthony Gomes Peace , Love , And Loud Guitars Well what can I say about this remixed album of High Voltage Gold . Back in 2018 when I heard the original version I was blown away with the quality of this album. At the time, entering the amazon charts at #1 and deservingly so . Six […]
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PAT BIANCHI, COLIN STRANAHAN, TROY ROBERTS THREE Independent Label Pat Bianchi, organ; Colin Stranahan, drums; Troy Roberts, tenor saxophone. Anyone who knows me well knows that this journalist loves a jazz organ trio! Pat Bianchi is carrying the torch for organ jazz in a magnificent way. His trio opens with “Love for Sale” as they […]
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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Chest Fever This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living […]
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Mark Winkler The Rules Don’t Apply Café Pacific The Rules Don’t Apply is the 21st album for vocalist and songwriter, the L.A. based Mark Winkler. This is the fifth time this writer has reviewed a Winkler effort, one a year since beginning to write on these pages. To his credit, he brings a different configuration […]
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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Phil Coyne and the Wayward Aces This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Will Scott of The Now The Now are making a massive impact in the UK with their music getting featured on ITV, BBC, Sky Sports, MTV and majority of local independent radio stations. The Now are even putting their feelers out to the other side of […]
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SOFIA RUBINA I AM SOUL Independent Label Sofia Rubina, vocals/composer; Evgeny Lebedev, piano; Anton Revnyuk, bass; Ignat Kravtsov, drums. MAIN STRINGS: string quartet. Estonia is a small country in Northern Europe and the birthplace of Sofia Rubina. This country, with a population of about 1.3 million people, is located bordering the Baltic Sea and the […]
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The Dave Stryker Trio w/ Bob Mintzer Groove Street Strikezone At this point you surely know what you’re getting with the soul-jazz of Dave Stryker’s Trio with the leader on guitar, the redoubtable Jared Gold on organ and groove maestro McClenty Hunter on drums. Yet, this session, Groove Street, adds the legendary tenor saxophonist of […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Chest Fever The Band left behind a timeless legacy of unforgettable music and a vast catalog of fabled songs. Band members Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko and Robbie Robertson embodied a musical alchemy that has been firmly cemented in myth and legend. Their […]
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HOME PAGE Making A Scene Brings you an interview with Phil Coyne of Phil Coyne and the Wandering Aces Strap in for the tone and fury of mid 50’s Chicago blues. Phil Coyne and the Wayward Aces; bluesharp, guitar and rhythm taking no prisoners. Catch us live and discover for yourself why our EP blasted in […]
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ANTONIO GAVRILA TANGO SUITE BUENOS AIRES Zoho Records Antonio Gavrila, piano/composer; Walther Castro, bandoneon; Quique Sinesi, guitar; Horacio “Mono” Hurtado, bass. The opening composition by A. Piazzolla is arranged in a dramatic way, with Antonio Gavrila’s piano spraying like a powerful waterfall across the chord changes and demanding attention. He builds this tune, starting with […]
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Chris O’Leary The Hard Line Alligator Records Chris O’Leary plays entertaining roadhouse blues styles from boogie woogie to Southside Chicago and Louisiana stompers. These performances emote passion and authority.His forceful harmonica accentuates his powerful songwriting. His first album “Mr. Used To Be” was nominated for a Blues Music Award and won a Blues Blast Award for […]
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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Alex Lopez This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living […]
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Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his guest Charlie McGettingan AC/DC There’s Be Some Rockin’ Airstrike On My Feet Dry Aged That Same Old Song Blackwater Mirror Of Me Eric Martin Band Can’t Take My Eyes Off You Hurricanes Penny In My Pocket Steve Bonham & The Long Road Ain’t […]
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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Cassius King and the Downtown Rulers This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Alex Lopez Alex’s vision has always been to give his fans a show which transcends beyond a concert into a musical experience by blending great songs with high energy and musical prowess. In order to deliver the best performances, Alex has surrounded himself with top caliber […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Charlie McGettigan Charlie McGettigan is a folk singer, has released a few CDs, lives in a proper small town and by the way, in 1994 won the Eurovision Song Contest together with his musical partner Paul Harrington. So overall no big deal for an […]
