South Austin Moonlighters From Here to Home Self-released Austin and South Austin may not have the bustling roots-rock/Americana scene they had in late ‘90s and early 2000s but The South Austin Moonlighters are here to evoke those glory days and remind us that their music is still a vital part of what the Live Music […]
Larry Taylor and The Taylor Family Generations of Blues: West Side Legacy NOLA Blue Arguably, no single family has been more important to the blues than the Taylor family, headed by Jimmy Reed’s renowned guitarist and bandleader in his own right, Eddie Taylor, Sr. and his wife, singer Vera Taylor, part of the Great Migration […]
D.K. Harrell The Right Man Little Village It’s refreshing to find a youthful talent that embraces the blues tradition. The Right Man is the debut for 25-year-old D.K. Harrell of Ruston, LA. As a blues singer/guitarist/songwriter Harrell has somehow absorbed not only the history of the blues but its nuances too. While he is still […]
Making a Scene Presents Building a Songwriting Roundtable using Social Media Introduction As a songwriter, it can be difficult to find a group of like-minded individuals to collaborate with and bounce ideas off of. Thankfully, social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram have made it easier than ever to connect with other musicians and build […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Sara Petite 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 the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Eric Heideman 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 […]
William Lee Ellis Ghost Hymns Yellow Dog Ghost Hymns is the first album in over a decade for versatile roots artist William Lee Ellis, godson of Bill Monroe and son of Blue Grass Boy banjoist and composer Tony Ellis. Currently William Lee Ellis is Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Fine Arts Department […]
HOME PAGE Making A Scene presents an Interview with Sara Petite An outlaw country headliner whose music reaches far beyond the genre’s borders, Sara Petite has built an award-winning career with songs that owe as much to the rock & roll roadhouse as they do the honky-tonk. Hers is a raw, rough-edged version of American […]
Making a Scene Brings you Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #200 with his Guest B’ee Anthony Gomes White Trash Princess The Stone Cold Hobos Working On Rock n’Roll Iron Savior Firestar Anna Scott If I Stay The Bellamy Brothers Satin Sheets The Eagles Life In The Fast Lane Ian Hunter I Hate Hate […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with B’ee B`ee grew up around the suburbs of Düsseldorf in Germany. During her younger years she would sing and entertain her school friends who we´re captivated by her soulful voice. She later found herself being approached by various local bands, requesting her to try out […]
Leonard “Lowdown” Brown Blues Is Calling Me Music Maker Foundation Houston-based blues and soul singer Leonard “Lowdown” Brown is making his debut at age 70. In the tradition of Music Maker Foundation artists, he is again proving that it is never too late. Brown has been performing for four decades but finally made it to […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Don Richmond of The Rifters The Rifters formed in 2002 in the fertile and creative music scene of Taos, New Mexico from members of two popular bands already active in the area. Jim Bradley and Don Richmond of Hired Hands, and Rod Taylor of the Rounders, […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Eric Heideman Eric Heideman is a blues musician from Salt Lake City, Utah. He recorded his breakthrough record with a team of Grammy nominees, Blues Music Award, and International Blues Challenge winners. Producers Victor Wainwright and JW-Jones along with master engineer Dave Gross brought their Award-winning […]
Duke Robillard & His All-Star Band Six Strings of Steel M.C. If you’re a follower of Duke Robillard, you’ll notice that he’s changed labels and is back on M.C. Records, where he issued his 2017 Duke Robillard & His Dames of Rhythm. The label change doesn’t produce many other changes, thankfully, as his regular bandmates […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Justin Cody Fox 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 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Justin Cody Fox Is a Blues/Rock powerhouse with a double threat vocal and guitar prowess that’s been forged in fire since his early jump into the music industry at just 15 years old. Justin began honing his skills at a young age on late night family […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Pat McDougall 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 Brings you Turn it Up Show #199 with Gerry Casey and his guest Ben Reel Shakra The Way It Is Agora Empire Skinny Knowledge Goes Around Comes Around Nouveau Arcade Static Eyes Southbound Snakecharmers Echoes Of Your Mind Robert Jon & The Wreck West Coast Eyes Tenacious D Wicked Game Mathew Scott […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Ben Reel Ben Reel will release his 11th studio album ‘Come a Long Way’ in June 2023. The album consists of 11 brand new self penned songs. This follows 2 previous releases ‘Live @JJ Smyths Dublin’ (2021) & ‘Locked In & Live’ (2022) a double […]
Arlen Roth and Jerry Jemmott Super Soul Sessions Blue Heart Okay, maybe the title is bit of borrowed interest from the classic Super Sessions album featuring Stephen Stills, Mike Bloomfield, and Al Kooper but it too boasts its share of gems and “super” talent. Guitarist Arlen Roth has long been hailed as a Master of […]
Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Celebrates Hip-Hop’s 50th Anniversary with Hip-Hop Concert Unveiling of LL COOL J Statue, Performances and Panel Discussions with Son of Bazerk, A.J. Rock (J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E.), DJ Jazzy Jay, Dinco D (Leaders of the New School), DJ Johnny Juice and Keith Schocklee (Public Enemy) MC Glamorous and Ralph McDaniels […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you an interview with Dean Mueller A professional musician for nearly 20 years, Dean Mueller has worked as a performer, producer, promoter, recording engineer and teacher. Now he begins a new phase of his career with Sky Fallin’, his solo album debut. The bassist-turned-singer-songwriter recorded his album of original […]
The Drive-by Truckers The Complete Dirty South New West This is more of a buyer’s guide than a regular review. Let’s just say for this writer, that The Drive-by Truckers’ The Dirty South, has long been the crown jewel of their robust catalog and that this enhanced version only improves on it. Going further, The […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Pat McDougall Pat has performed with a long list of bands and artists, including his own blues/R&B outfits Runaway Train and Tall Static. He was the musical director for the Portland-based band supporting Tony Coleman (B.B. King’s drummer for many years), and a member of the […]
Son Volt Day of the Doug Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers Day of the Doug is the Son Volt album that doesn’t sound like a Son Volt album until we reach the last two tracks. Surely, it’s a tribute to the Tex-Mex stylings of Doug Sahm but that’s not the point. The lonely, weary, burnished voice of […]
Nic Clark Everybody’s Buddy Little Village Young roots/blues singer-songwriter Nic Clark has seen more than his share of troubles, heartbreak, and derision as anyone, but you’d never necessarily pick up on that from the positive, bright outlook in his songs. It’s as refreshing as when Steve Forbert first burst on the scene. Clark’s music is […]
Mike Guldin and Rollin’ & Tumblin’ The Franklin Sessions Blue Heart The Franklin Sessions comes a little more than a year after Mike Guldin and Rollin’ & Tumblin’s release, Tumblin’, which has sessions recorded at Kevin McKendree’s Rock House studios in Franklin, TN. It’s difficult to pick up a roots or blues album these days […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Season Ammons 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 Season Ammons With a voice as distinguishable and versatile as her name, Season Ammons is an award-winning songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, blending soulful blues with Texas roots and Americana. Ammons’ most recent project, ‘Steel Hearts,’ is her fourth and most personal album to date. For this […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Nelson Blanchard 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 #198 and his Guest Jonny Driver Jimmy C Still Be Loving You A Life Divided Last Man Standing The Mike Bourne Band Cruisin’ Kanas City T.Rex Whatever Happened To The Teenage Dream Sparks This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us Joe […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Jonny Driver Over the last decade Melbourne based musician/songwriter Jonny Driver has released six albums and three EPs in bands such as Uptown Ace, The Devilrock Four, Don Fernando and The Lightning Strikes. In 2019 he flew to New Orleans, Louisiana to spend two […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Brian Kalinec Texan Brian Kalinec has been called “a combination of Woody Guthrie, John Steinbeck, James Taylor, and Rodney Crowell in the stories he tells” in a review in music magazine Rootsy. He has also been described by Robert Bartosh of Roots Music Report as “one […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Nelson Blanchard Nelson Blanchard was born on January 13, 1953. At the tender age of 10, he was already a performer in clubs with The Richard Brothers, a popular local group from the Pierre Part, LA area (Nelson’s birthplace). He studied music throughout elementary and high school, […]
Jan James TimeBomb It has been over thirty years since Jan James released her first album Last Train. That record gained her a rather large fanbase in Europe. With creative partner guitarist Craig Calvert by her side, her latest and twelfth release Time Bomb is drenched with feeling and soul. James’ musical-wheelhouse is centered in American roots, and embraces each petal: R&B, Soul, Country, Rock, […]
Doug Deming and the Jewel Tones Groovin’ at Groove Now Endless Records Recorded live in Switzerland, this is the follow-up recording to “Complicated Mess” on Eller Soul Records. After a short introduction from the band they open with an instrumental including solos from bassist Gohman and saxes played by “Sax” Gordon and Terry Hanck. Deming […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Lady J Huston 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 […]
Tremoloco Curandera Volume 1 Slo Poke Bandleader Tony Zamora has put together and infectious concoction of what he describes as Gulf Coast, Country, and Mexican music on Curandera Volume 1, and album recorded in two different studios involving seven engineers, and a collective of seventeen musicians who augment the core trio of multi-instrumentalist and lead […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Willie West 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 Lady J Huston Lady J Huston is respected as one of the most spectacular entertainers on the music scene! She is renowned for her captivating vocals, trumpet and mesmerizing stage presence.Lady J toured as Music Director with Blues legend, Albert King performing on shows with greats […]
Boo Boo Davis Boo Boo Boogaloo At almost eighty years old, St. Louis bluesman James ‘Boo Boo’ Davis is still busy creating some of the most authentic blues being recorded today. Born in Drew, Mississippi in 1943, Davis grew up being surrounded by music, playing drums in a family band. In 1972, he landed an eighteen-year-long gig playing weekends at Tabby’s Red Room in East St. Louis. In 1999, Davis cut […]
Making a Scene Brings you Turn it Up with Gerry Casey Show #197 with his Guest The Dead Show Dealers Ike &Tina Turner River Deep Tina Turner Proud Mary Tina Turner Simply The Best Traveling Blue Kings Brothers& Sisters Little Richard The Brains Motörhead Enter Sandman The Hives Bogus Operandi Leadfinger You’re So Strange Nick […]
Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Stone James of the Dead Show Dealers Stone James is no stranger to this show , unfortunately on this occasion we are speaking about the tragic events that robbed the world and friends and family of the Late Robert Wilson guitarist and band member of The […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with The Dilly Dally Alley Dilly was formed with the intent of eternally seeking out the perfect groove, as well as repairing and re-embodying communal spaces that dissolved from the pandemic. The tunes from Make You Whole are meant to be interacted with live. Crowd games and […]
The Cowboy Junkies Such Ferocious Beauty Cooking Vinyl Such Ferocious Beauty is the third album of new material since The Cowboy Junkies returned from a six-year hiatus in 2018. Over a 35-year career, the band has released 29 albums and were doing this roots-Americana thing before people were even thinking in those terms. The original […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Willie West Willie West is one of the original Soul and Blues men. He was born Millard Leon West on December 8, 1941 in Raceland, Louisiana, a stone’s throw from New Orleans. He started singing at 15 when he and his cousins formed a band they […]
Making a Scene Presents the 2023 Independent Blues Awards! Congratulations to all the nominees! The 2023 Independent Blues Awards nominations are now in and ready for you to vote on. We do things a bit different than other awards in that we give you the opportunity to explore and experience artists and music you may […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Johnny King and Friends 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 […]
Tracy Nelson Life Don’t Miss Nobody BMG Ms. “Mother Earth” may have taken a long break, but she sure hasn’t missed a beat. Tracy Nelson celebrates her calling with Life Don’t Miss Nobody, her first new album since 2011’s Victim of the Blues. Nelson began recording acoustic blues in 1965 in her hometown Madison, […]
Gaye Adegbalola Satisfied An Anthology Vizztone lable Group Gaye Adegbalola was a member of “Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women” from 1984 thru 2009. The Anthology includes selections from her nine solo projects. Songs include the classic blues of Ma Rainey “Prove It On Me” and “Jelly Bean Blues”. Born Gaye Todd, Adegbalola, got her […]
