Various Artists Shorter Moments – Citizen Wayne Posi-Tone This March we covered Shorter Moments–Exploring the World of Wayne, a Posi-Tone release of various artists interpreting the late Wayne Shorter’s ballads. It was their second tribute to the iconic jazz composer. Now the third and final tribute arrives just the documentary, Zero Gravity, arrives on August […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Payson Lyon Payson Lyon’s songs speak volumes beyond the words and music. Long Day’s Journey Into Light is a more than apt title, as this debut album has truly been a long time coming. Although he’s been writing songs and playing music for over 50 years, […]
Maci Miller Nine Self-released The natural inclination when one sees the Philadelphia-based jazz vocalist Maci Miller’s album title is to think that it is her ninth recording. While it’s only her second, there is plenty of meaning behind the title as she assures us in her liner notes. There are nine songs, nine musicians, and […]
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Coco Montoya Writing on the Wall Alligator As Coco Montoya shouts ‘Baby, baby,’ at the outset of “I was Wrong,” his guttural voice rings a Warren Haynes kind of bell. But it quickly becomes clear by his molten tears of regret and exquisite stabs at his guitar that this is Montoya’s own church of soul-baring […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mudslide Charley 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 […]
Willie Morris Conversation Starter Posi-Tone While you may have seen the name Willie Morris gracing Posi-Tone releases such as those of Josh Lawrence and Something Blue, Conversation Starter is the saxophonist and composer’s debut as a leader. Hailing from St. Louis, Morris has studied at Eastern Illinois University and at Julliard where he learned from […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Fathom Lane Led by acclaimed songwriter Michael Ferrier, Minneapolis folk rockers Fathom Lane return with their first album since 2017. IN THE DRIFTLESS is a poetic and nuanced blend of country, folk, pop, and rock with lyrics exploring themes of loss, isolation, addiction, discovery, and ultimately: […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Scottie Miller 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #208 Rival Sons Nobody Wants To Die Dom Martin 12 Gauge The Struts Too Good At Raising Hell Paddy Goodwin & The Holy Ghosts Calling On The Devil Mac Saturn Mr Cadillac Ben Reel Let The Road Rise Marcus King Lie Lie Lie Marcus […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mostly Trees Mostly Trees is a 4-piece band from Minneapolis, known for their take on guitar driven rock that ranges from grunge to dream pop. Their new style is a stripped down version of their earlier work, realized after bonding over a modified version of the […]
The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio The Long Haul Self-released Singer-songwriter Mike Jacoby has moved away from his multi-instrumental solo act that’s sustained him through his last three albums, in favor of a trio. This is not a ‘power trio’ in the context of a blues-rock act; but simply a way to generate musician interaction, thereby […]
Mitch Woods Friends Along the Way Club 88 When one views this double-CD project from pianist and vocalist Mitch Woods, with its abundance of blues artists, the immediate reaction is that this must be a career accumulation of sessions, as the title says, “along the way” and that it seems like an artifact of the […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mudslide Charley Mudslide Charley is a Missoula, Montana-born band that plays gutbucket blues and house rockin’ roots rock. We draw inspiration from a more antiquated era when Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker first fused the rough and rural vibes of Southern acoustic blues with modern electric […]
Maia Sharp Reckless Thoughts Self-released Maia Sharp has been writing songs for 25 years, some for her own albums and others for artists such as Bonnie Raitt, The Chicks, Lisa Loeb, Trisha Yearwood, Art Garfunkel, Cher, Edwin McCain, Terri Clark, and many more in her genre agnostic – hard-to-pin-down approach which she has carried into […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Scottie Miller Singer-songwriter-pianist Scottie Miller has toured with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legend Bo Diddley, has been published by Hal Leonard and inducted three times into The Minnesota Blues Hall of Fame. He has released 11 self-produced albums and most recently a Poetry Collection, […]
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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Anthony Rosano and the Conqueroos 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 […]
Willie J. Campbell Be Cool Blue Heart Records Sadly, the celebrated blues bassist Willie J. Campbell passed away last December from ALS while making this album, ultimately titled Be Cool for the phrase the affable musician often used and lived by. Recorded at Dockside Studio in Louisiana, the recordings were completed by the core […]
E.G. Kight Sticks and Strings E.G. Kight opens her latest studio recording with “Talk to Me”, her self penned original. Five more songs were co-written with Tom Horner her “go to” writing partner. Kights guitar playing gives her expressive vocals just the “right” touch much liker her contemparies Doug MacCloud and Eric Bibb. Kight is […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Tim Woods 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 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Anthony Rosano The Billboard and iTunes Chart toping Blues Rocker Anthony Rosano has drawn comparisons to a wide variety of Artists. From SRV and Rory Gallagher to Led Zeppelin and Bruce Springsteen, with a fiery live show and songwriting depth that is refreshing to fans of […]
Ember August in March Imani We covered alto saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis’ stunning 2022 Heat Map on these pages as well as bassist Noah Garabedian’s 2022 Consider the Stars. Yet, this is our introduction to the trio Ember, comprised of both Curtis, Garabedian, and drummer Vincent Sperrazza, whose name graces several releases from Posi-tone, also […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #207 and his Guest Jim Kirkpatrick The Boomtown Rats She’s Gonna Do you In Slyboots Blindsided Rock City Machine Co Summer Song Bobby Rush I’m Free King Tree of the Earthmothers All You Are Robert Plant 29 Palms Noah Guthrie & Good Trouble […]
Soulful Femme Attitude Funk, soul, and blues form a magical convergence with the sounds of Soulful Femme. Comprised of lead vocalist Stevee Wellons and guitarist Cheryl Rinovato, Soulful Femme was formed shortly after the two women met at a blues society event in 2014. Attitude, the follow up album to their 2021 release It Is […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Jim Kirkpatrick Dubbed “England’s equivalent to Joe Bonamassa” by Blues Matters, Jim Kirkpatrick has built up over a quarter-century’s experience in Blues and Rock and earned a ton of respect from his fans, peers and critics alike. Not only is he a gifted songwriter (who’s […]
Scottie Miller Carnival Cocoon Carnival Cocoon, the latest release from Minnesota poet/pianist Scottie Miller, has me gob-smacked with amazement and delight. This companion set features an eighty-three-page book of poetry coupled with a twenty-three track album featuring those poems eloquently set to music with a classic beat-inspired delivery. Miller, a three-time inductee of the Minnesota […]
Joe Alterman Plays Les McCann: BIG MO & Little Joe Self-released Two friends for more than decade, Atlanta based pianist Joe Alterman, more than half a century Les McCann’s junior, delivers his heartfelt tribute to his bluesy piano mentor with Joe Alterman Plays Les McCann: BIG MO & Little Joe. Alterman covers all phases of […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Eli Gardiner Eli Gardiner is a songwriter from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, currently located in Minneapolis Minnesota. Coming of the 2020 release of his album, The Fire and The Medicine, he formed his full band comprised of drummer Greg Schutte (Mickey Hart, Ryan Bingham) lap […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Heatbox Aaron “Heatbox” Heaton (aka The One Man Entertainment System), personifies a true renaissance musical pioneer in his prime. How does Heatbox level up an impossible decade plus career spanning multiple lanes of otherworldly creative mastery? He writes and produces a seminal work of musical comedy, […]
The Hurricane Party Cat 2 Tall and Mean Records Hailing from Richmond, Virginia is a new ensemble called The Hurricane Party. Their debut album Cat 2, brings a bit of rock, blues, funk, and R&B to the table in a twelve-track collection of songs. Rocky Pleasants and Gainesville, Florida songwriter Rob Marlowe teamed up to […]
Blue Cranes My Only Secret Jealous Butcher/Beacon Sound Portland, OR has increasingly gained a strong reputation for roots music and though there are several prominent jazz musicians that hail from the area, the city’s jazz presence lies relatively under the radar by comparison. Enter the Blue Cranes, a quintet delivering their eighth recording, the pandemic, […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Tim Woods For nearly five decades, singer and guitarist Tim Woods’ career has taken him on a long and storied journey that continues to write new chapters every year. Originally from Western Pennsylvania – where he remains a fixture of the music scene – Tim grew […]
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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Frank Goldwasser 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 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mae Simpson The Mae Simpson Band blurs the lines between a wide range of influences. From the depth and energy of funk and rock, down the the melodic edge of R&B and folk. Led by Mae Simpson who’s ‘…voice is larger than life — but not […]
William Matheny Grand Old Feeling Hickman Holler/Thirty Tigers West Virginian singer-songwriters have a knack for narratives that paint vivid character sketches of desperate characters, even if those desperate ones are themselves. William Matheny is one of them. His latest That Grand, Old Feeling follows his 2018 acclaimed Strange Constellations and not only features his keen, […]
Making a Scene Brings you Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #206 With his Guest Bex Marshall Dom Martin Daylight I Will Find Johnny Gallagher Shake That Tambourine Jessey Jackson Weary Traveler Ronan Gallagher Out Of My Head Paddy Goodwin & The Holy Ghosts That Train Ben Reel Come A Long Way John Angus […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mark Cameron 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 […]
Gregory Lewis Organ Monk Going Home Sunnyside Now we have a new twist on the classic organ trio with Hammond B-3 maestro Gregory Lewis (who we just heard recently as a sideman on Melvin Smith’s Perseverance) taking on the music of the iconic pianist and composer Thelonious Monk. We certainly hear Monk covered In many […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Bex Marshall UK British Blues Award winner and 4 time European Blues Awards nominee Bex Marshall’s unique style of guitar playing is a combined technique of slide, blues rock, ragtime and roots pickin’. Her voice is a powerful melting pot of old black woman’s […]
Beth Bombara It All Goes Up Black Mesa It All Goes Up, the seventh album from rocking Americana singer, songwriter, and guitarist Beth Bombara, follows her 2019 acclaimed Evergreen, which unlike some her previous work, delivered hopeful themes. This one is even brighter, as the songwriter reconnected with an old classical guitar during the pandemic and forced herself […]
Jonathan Suazo Ricano Ropeadope Getting directly to the point, although Ricano is the debut for the Puerto Rican saxophonist and composer Jonathan Suazo, it rivals last year’s Best Latin Jazz Grammy-nominated Música De Las Américas by fellow Puerto Rican Miguel Zenón. It’s that impressive. Suazo has both Puerto Rican and Dominican roots and fuses these Afro forms […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Frank L. Goldwasser Formerly known in blues circles as “Paris Slim”, Franck L. Goldwasser was born and raised in Paris, France in the 1960’s and studied fine arts before moving to Oakland, California in 1983. A self-taught guitarist and vocalist, Goldwasser began studying the recordings […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mark Cameron Minnesota based singer, songwriter and guitarist Mark Cameron has been active in live music for over thirty years. Mark began his performing career in the rich folk-rock scene of the early 1970’s and brought this influence into several bands he founded during the 1980’s […]
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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Joyann Parker 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 […]
Allan Harris Live at Blue Llama Love Production Renowned vocalist and guitarist Allan Harris follows up his outstanding 2021 studio release Kate’s Soulfood with his first live album in thirteen years, Live at Blue Llama. The club is a relatively new, state-of-the art-venue in Ann Arbor, MI. The live set, which includes a mix of covers and originals […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Joyann Parker Joyann Parker is an electrifying and versatile musician whose soulful voice, captivating performances, and impeccable songwriting have taken the music scene by storm. Born and raised in a small town, Joyann’s deep-rooted passion for music began at a young age, drawing inspiration from the […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Leroy From the North 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 […]
