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Matt Hannah is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, Country, indie country, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 3, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Matt Hannah Matt Hannah is a Michigan-native and Minneapolis-based folk Americana singer-songwriter. His music has been heard on KCMP The Current (MPLS) and radio stations throughout the country, and he has performed throughout the Midwest including at the Mid West Music Fest. His sophomore album Dreamland, […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Indie Rock

The Boxmasters Help…I’m Alive

Phillip Smith Indie Rock, Rock, roots, roots rock, songwriter, the boxmasters April 3, 2022

The Boxmasters Help…I’m Alive Help…I’m Alive, the twelfth and latest release from The Boxmasters, ushers in a dozen new original songs from J.D. Andrew and Bud Thornton. With each of their recordings, I’ve always been delighted to listen to the guys navigate through their spectrum of influences. This album most definitely carries on that tradition. An infectious hook, powered by a […]

Podcasts/ Turn it Up

Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #136

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock, classic rock, indie Blues, Rock, roots, roots rock April 3, 2022

Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his Guest Charlie Landsborough NitroVille Thunder Road Dana Fuchs Hard Road Jessey Jackson Gypsy Spirit Lady Ronan Gallagher Coming Home Rob Strong Going Down Wayward Saints Got To Give In Foo Fighters Everlong Foo Fighters Best Of You Foo Fighters All My Life Charlie […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Popa Chubby is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, popa chubby, Rock, roots, roots rock April 2, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Popa Chubby Popa Chubby, born Ted Horowitz, has been hard rocking the blues in his fierce and soulful way for more than 30 years. Over the course of a career that dates back to 1994, he has been a force of to be reckoned with on […]

Artist Interviews/ Indie Country Artist

Gerry Casey Interviews Charlie Landsborough

Gerry Casey americana, Country, indie country, roots, songwriter April 2, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Charlie Landsborough For me music has always been about reaching out to others , and spreading happiness and love . Charlie Landsborough certainly fits that description, for many years he has brought so much joy into the hearts of his many fans from all […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Trudy Lynn is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, roots, roots rock, soul April 1, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Trudy Lynn Born Lee Audrey Nelms in Houston’s Fifth Ward, Trudy Lynn comes from strong musical stock: the late Al “TNT” Braggs, one of Houston’s most electrifying R&B vocalists and a prolific songwriter for Bobby “Blue” Bland, was her cousin. Growing up, she and her […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Jean-Michel Pilc Alive – Live at Diese Onze, Montreal

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, Jean-Michel Pilc, making a Scene, roots April 1, 2022

Jean-Michel Pilc Alive – Live at Diese Onze, Montreal Justin Time Rarely will you hear so much energy from a piano trio as you do here with Jean-Michel Pilc’s trio playing live in one of Montreal’s best jazz clubs, Diese Onze, on the album Alive. This is the essence of spontaneous, improvised jazz even though […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Mississippi Heat Madeleine

Jim Hynes americana, blues, blues rock, Chicago blues, indie Blues, roots, roots rock March 31, 2022

Mississippi Heat Madeleine Van der Linden Recordings Led by songwriter, harmonicist, and band leader Pierre Lacocque, Mississippi Heat returns with their 13th album in time to celebrate their 30th anniversary. As one of the longest running bands, per usual theirs is the traditional Chicago blues sound with wailing harp, stinging guitars and several terrific vocalists. […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Indie Rock/ CD Reviews POP

Frank Joshua “Sense Life”

Martina Doerner americana, Indie Rock, pop, Rock, roots, roots rock, songwriter March 30, 2022

Frank Joshua “Sense Life” Frank Joshua, singer/songwriter from London has just released his debut album “Sense Life”. An album that gets under your skin and is as rich and diverse in themes as life itself. 10 songs that don’t leave out any feeling and that take us emotionally into the singer’s emotional world. Frank says […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues/ CD Reviews Jazz

Lisa Hilton Life Is Beautiful

Jim Hynes americana, blues, indie Blues, jazz, roots March 30, 2022

Lisa Hilton Life Is Beautiful Ruby Slippers Productions Life Is Beautiful marks the 25th album for pianist, composer and producer Lisa Hilton, and the third recorded during the pandemic years with her trio of bassist Luques Curtis and drummer Rudy Royston. Here we have ten originals and one cover, the classic, bluesy “Ernie’s Blues,” composed […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Bobby Gentilo

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock March 29, 2022

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Bobby Gentilo 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 […]

Americana Artist/ Artist Interviews

Teghan Devon is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, songwriter, tegan devon March 28, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Teghan Devon Teghan Devon is an award-winning singer-songwriter based in the DMV who has also lived in California, Texas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Massachusetts. She has been writing and performing her songs for 12 years. She fell in love with music at a young age when she […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mike Guldin

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock March 28, 2022

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mike Guldin 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 […]

Podcasts/ Turn it Up

Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #135

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock March 27, 2022

Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his Guest Dom Martin The Southbound Snakecharmers Dead Man Walking Andy Lindquist Pumping Blood The Black Keys Wild Child Leslie West Featuring Charlie Starr The Glycereens Electric Alfonzetti Shake My Blood Julian Sas World On Fire John Corabi Your Own Worst Enemy Andy & […]

Americana Artist/ Artist Interviews/ Indie Rock Artist

Surge and The Swell are Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, songwriter, surge and the swell March 27, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Aaron Cabbage of Surge and The Swell Surge and the Swell is the solo and collaboration vehicle of Minnesota-based, Americana and Indie-folk, singer-songwriter Aaron Cabbage. Born in Kentucky, raised in Southeast Texas via Indiana and now calling Minnesota home, his influences run North to South. Cabbage pulls […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Gerry Casey Interviews Dom Martin

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock March 26, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Dom Martin Although a young man new to the scene, it would be wrong to think Dom Martin hasn’t paid his life and musical dues. Brought up in the often tough, but community driven streets of Belfast Northern Ireland, Dom traded his craft for […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Dom Martin A Savage Life

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, Rock, roots, roots rock March 26, 2022

Dom Martin A Savage Life Dom Martin is someone who has a talent that is so obvious from the moment you first experience his spellbinding musical abilities. Over the decades Ireland has produced many fine artists in the world of blues. Legends like Rory Gallagher, and Gary Moore spring to mind . Dom Martin has […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Bobby Gentilo is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, bobby gentilo, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock March 26, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Bobby Gentilo Take a walk through the world famous Cat Head Records in Clarksdale, MS and you will find more than a dozen albums with Bobby Gentilo’s name credited on the jacket. Gentilo is an award-winning international record producer and musician who has worked and performed […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Prakash Slim Country Blues From Nepal

Phillip Smith americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock March 26, 2022

Prakash Slim Country Blues From Nepal Ram Prakash Pokharel aka Prakash Slim, an emerging blues artist from Lamatar, in the Lalitpur district of Nepal, has most definitely caught my attention with his new album Country Blues From Nepal. With only a resonator guitar and slide in hand, he captures the pure essence of the blues with magnificent covers of legends such as Robert Johnson, Bukka […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Mike Guldin is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, mike guldin, Rock, roots, roots rock March 25, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mike Guldin Mike Guldin first picked up the guitar at age 15 and since then has honed his craft playing in roadhouses, clubs and bars, and Festivals and Theaters for over 45 years. Influenced by blues legends Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon, Albert Collins, The […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Tim Gartland Truth

Jim Hynes americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock March 25, 2022

Tim Gartland Truth Taste Good Music Truth marks the fifth solo album for Nashville-based harmonicist, singer-songwriter Tim Gartland. The dozen songs were all written or co-written by Gartland, who learned from the best in Chicago, having been mentored by Jerry Portnoy. Gartland cites as major influences Little Walter for harp playing, Ray Charles for song […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Albert Castiglia I Got Love

Jim Hynes albert castiglia, americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock March 24, 2022

Albert Castiglia I Got Love Gulf Coast The searing blues rock guitarist and songwriter Albert Castiglia always leaves it all on the floor, whether it be his ferocious guitar playing, impassioned vocals, or his honest, personal take on what’s happening to him on a personal level. The pandemic years for Castiglia, like for most of […]

CD Reviews/ Jam Band Artist

Erik Deutsch La Nuit Blanche

Jim Hynes cd review, Indie Rock, jam band, jazz, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock March 23, 2022

Erik Deutsch La Nuit Blanche Ropeadope Given that pianist, keyboardist, composer, bandleader, and sideman Erik Deutsch has performed and recorded with pop/rock/country and jazz artists like Norah Jones, Rosanne Cash, Citizen Cope, Charlie Hunter, Leftover Salmon, Shooter Jennings, Shelby Lynne, and many others you would expect a genre-less sound. From 2016-19 Deutsch was a full-time member […]

Music Business

The Blues Foundation Announces the Nominees for the Blues Music Awards

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, blues foundation, blues music awards, blues rock, bma, indie Blues, roots, roots rock March 22, 2022

Making a Scene Presents The Blues Foundation Announces the Nominees for the Blues Music Awards! An impressive assembly of blues music masters, ranging from Blues Hall of Famers to rising stars, will gather in Memphis on Thursday May 5th, for the 43rd Annual Blues Music Awards. Presented by The Blues Foundation, the BMAs honor the […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Big Al and the Heavyweights

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock March 22, 2022

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Big Al and the Heavyweights 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 […]

Artist Interviews/ Indie Rock Artist/ Pop Artists

Lia Hide is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, electropop, Indie Rock, lia hide, making a Scene, pop, Rock, roots March 21, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Lia Hide Lia Hide is the prolific lady of Greece’s dark, progressive, alt-pop. Her latest effort, The Missing Fourth Guest, is the fourth album by the Athenian avant-pop artist. The Missing Fourth Guest borrows its title from Plato’s ‘Timeaus’ dialogue opening line and discusses the emotional struggles […]

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CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Lady A Satisfyin’

Phillip Smith americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, lady a, making a Scene, roots, roots rock March 21, 2022

Lady A Satisfyin’ I’ve been a fan of Lady A since my first listen when I reviewed her 2016 album Loved, Blessed, and Blues. Her ninth and latest album, Satisfyin’ continues to capture my affection for her music as it perfectly pairs her songwriting expertise with her special blend of funk, soul, and blues. With Anita White aka Lady A front and center on lead vocals, […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ross Osteen

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock March 21, 2022

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ross Osteen 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 […]

Podcasts/ Turn it Up

Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #134

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock, turn it up March 21, 2022

Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #134 Muddy Waters Mannish Boy Philip Lynott Ode To A Black Man The Byrds 8Miles High Bob Dylan Tangled Up In Blue Vanilla Fudge You Keep Me Hanging On David Bowie Watch That Man The Rolling Stones Paint It Black Jo Jo Gunne Run […]

Americana Artist/ Artist Interviews

Jesse Norell is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu autism, Down Syndrome, Indie Rock, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 20, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Jesse Norell Jesse Norell is an indie rock singer-songwriter and guitar teacher from Minneapolis, MN. After playing in bands until 2007, Jesse stopped writing songs and playing shows until his daughter, Alyssa, came along. His debut solo LP “Aorta Borealis” is his return to making music. […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Josh Hyde Parish Blues

Jim Hynes americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, roots, roots rock March 20, 2022

Josh Hyde Parish Blues Self-released The title lets you know that bluesman Josh Hyde hails from Louisiana. This is Hyde’s third album, and this writer was privileged to have covered his debut, about which the state’s premiere guitarist, Sonny Landreth, used these terms to describe Hyde – “funky, atmospheric, and soulful.” That debut, 2017’s The […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Big Al and the Heavyweights are Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock March 19, 2022

Home Page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Big Al of Big Al and the Heavyweights! Big Al and the Heavyweights originally formed in 1996 as the Unknown Blues Band, with founding members Al Lauro, Warren Haynes (Allman Brothers Band and Gov’t Mule), and pianist Rick Gergen (Sweethearts of the Rodeo). Although, Warren is […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Mike Guldin Tumblin’

Jim Hynes americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock March 19, 2022

Mike Guldin Tumblin’ Blue Heart The tempting way to begin this review was to hail yet another Pennsylvania act living near this writer, and while we give an obligatory nod to that notion, we then learn that the album was recorded at seven different studios by over a dozen players, beyond just the usual Philly […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Ross Osteen is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock March 18, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Ross Osteen With a voice that summons the guttural howls of John Fogerty, and guitar work that ranges from the front porch to outer space, Ross Osteen joins the powerful blues/rock scene of the deep south. The songwriter was born in western North Carolina placed in […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Ryan Keberle’s Collectiv Do Brasil Sonhos Da Esquina

Jim Hynes Brazil, cd review, jazz, making a Scene, roots, Trombone March 17, 2022

Ryan Keberle’s Collectiv Do Brasil Sonhos Da Esquina Alternate Side Trombonist and composer Ryan Keberle, who traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2017 and 2018, began to collaborate with the city’s longstanding trio of Felipe Silveira (piano), Thiago Alves (bass), and Paulinho Vicente (drums), eventually forming the quartet Collectiv do Brasil and recording this beautiful […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Buckmiller Schwager To Memphis and Back

Phillip Smith americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, memphis, Rock, roots, roots rock March 15, 2022

Buckmiller Schwager To Memphis and Back Together Tom Buckmiller and Brian Schwager are taking the Iowa blues scene by storm with their original working-man blues. This Des Moines, Iowa – based blues duo pulled down first place in the 2021 Iowa Blues Challenge Solo/Duo category, securing their entry into the 2022 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee coming up in May. Buckmiller has authored three blues books and […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Regina Bonelli

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock March 15, 2022

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Regina Bonelli 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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Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Regina Bonelli is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Regina Bonelli, roots, roots rock March 14, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Regina Bonelli Regina Bonelli’s band delivers an authentic, gritty blues and soul sound. For almost two decades, fellow New York natives, acclaimed bluesmen Tomas Doncker, James Dellatacoma, Kevin Jenkins, Nick Rolfe, Mark Henry, Leroy Thompson and Artur Uronen have been putting it down in the music world, here in the USA, and abroad. […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Richard Wilkins

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock March 14, 2022

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Richard Wilkins 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 […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Jose Ramirez Major League Blues

Jim Hynes americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock March 14, 2022

Jose Ramirez Major League Blues Delmark Is there any more appropriate title than Major League Blues at the time of this writing amidst the MLPA strike and the news that baseball’s opening day will be postponed? That’s one way to look at. Another way is that 34-year-old Costa Rican bluesman Jose Ramirez has made it […]

Podcasts/ Turn it Up

Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #133

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock, classic rock, indie Blues, roots, roots rock March 14, 2022

Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #133 and his Guest John Fairhurst Reckless Love Bark At The Moon Dave Coutts Saturday Tough On Fridays Covet Ozzy Osbourne Crazy Train Jaime Williams &The Roots Collective Life’s A Blast Sem & The Friends This Is My Place Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Gerry Casey Interviews John Fairhurst

Gerry Casey americana, bllues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock March 13, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with John Fairhurst “I love speaking with john, the passion the hunger to see a society being treated fairly as equals burns in this man’s heart. That passion has always found it’s way into the lyrics and music that john has created over the years . […]

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Podcasts/ Soul Patrol

Soul Patrol with The Black Rooster Show #2

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock March 13, 2022

Making a Scene Presents Soul Patrol with the Black Rooster Show #2 Misty Blu Party all night Long Kenny Wayne We Do We Vick Allen Shawty on the Side Lamar Brace Rock Me Baby JL Party JL Turn is Loose C Love I’m Gone Nakita Rules to the Game King George Friday Night Portia P […]

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Americana Artist/ Artist Interviews

The HawtThorns are Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter, the hawtThorns March 13, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with The HawtThorns! An Americana band whose sun-kissed songwriting, versatile guitar work, and lush vocal harmonies evoke the California coastline as much as the Bible Belt countryside, the HawtThorns are rooted in the collaborative chemistry of husband-and-wife duo KP and Johnny Hawthorn. That chemistry reaches a new […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Just a Season Leave to Come Home

Jim Hynes americana, Country, Just a season, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 13, 2022

Just a Season Leave to Come Home Northern Electric Hailing from Vancouver, the Americana band Just a Season delivers their third album, Leave to Come Home. Like the theme of so many albums recorded during the pandemic, the band reassures us not to sink too deeply into introspection, to put the darker times behind us […]

Americana Artist/ Artist Interviews

Jana Pochop is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, Country, jana pochop, roots, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 12, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Jana Pochop “Since I have been a full-on freelancer for over a decade, I think I have reached a point of success in that I get to dictate my days and no two days are alike.” says Jana Pochop, a self-proclaimed nerd with a penchant for […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Eugenie Jones Players

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, making a Scene, players, roots March 12, 2022

Eugenie Jones Players Open Mic Rarely will you see so many luminaries on one album. Well, okay it is a double disc and the third album on her own label for talented jazz vocalist/composer/lyricist Eugenie Jones who fronts various bands in New York, Chicago, Dallas, and her home base, Seattle on the aptly titled, Players. […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Richard Wilkins is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, richard wilkins, roots, roots rock March 11, 2022

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Richard Wilkins The Richard Wilkins Blues Band is shaking up the Gorge’s live music scene. Blues is the 1st stop for RWBB, with detours into boogie-woogie, soulful ballads, and vintage blues-rock. Our music is upbeat and great for dancing. Our experienced, journeymen musicians and soloists support the […]

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CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Kristen Lee Sergeant Falling

Jim Hynes cd review, falling, jazz, making a Scene, roots March 10, 2022

Kristen Lee Sergeant Falling Tiger Turn Kristen Lee Sergeant may not be your dad or mom’s prototypical jazz vocalist. There isn’t even a hint of scat, for example. She presents a much bigger package, especially here on her third album, Falling, where her interpreter role now takes a back seat to her own original material, […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Love Light Orchestra

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock March 8, 2022

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Love Light Orchestra 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 […]

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