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Kristian Montgomery is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter May 3, 2024

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Kristian Montgomery of Kristian Montgomery and the Winterkill Band If this is the age of the outsider, Kristian Montgomery might be starting to fit in… but don’t tell him that. Montgomery grew up poor, prefers to catch his own meals on the waters off Cape Cod and has […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Stephanie Sammons Time and Evolution

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter May 1, 2024

Stephanie Sammons Time and Evolution Self-released Time and Evolution is the full-length debut for Texas-based singer-songwriter Stephanie Sammons, produced by provocative singer-songwriter Mary Bragg with an assist on certain songs from Guy Clark sidekick, Verlon Thompson. Those two lend some cred but these folk-based songs are all from Sammons’ pen, a set of honest, thought-provoking […]

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Katie Oates is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 26, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Katie Oates Katie Oates knows how to sing. She’s been singing for as long as she can remember. The daughter of a preacher, she belted hymns from her crib as a toddler to wake up her parents. Over the years she has trained with vocal coaches […]

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John Shipe is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 20, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you an Interview with John Shipe Spring of 2024 marks my 33rd year in the Biz with the release of my 13 project – Water This Dark. It has been a surprisingly fruitful stretch since my last release, The Beast Is Back (considering the COVID Pandemic and a dormant […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Heather Little By Now

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 18, 2024

Heather Little By Now Need To Know Heather Little was a new name to this writer and to most of you. She’s only released one album, 2013’s Wings Like These. Yet, when viewing the musicians and vocalists in the liners, the likes of Audley Freed, Duke Levine, Jared Tyler, Paul Griffith, Eamon McLoughlin, Patty Griffin, […]

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Gerry Casey Interviews Hollis Dorian

Gerry Casey americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 14, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Hollis Dorian Hollis Dorian is an Award-Winning Country Music Singer/Songwriter from Central Florida. His latest EP ‘Country By Birthright’ garnered him an award for Country Song Of The Year (Multiple Writers) at the 2023 Josie Music Awards in Nashville, Tennessee for the single ‘Country […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Old 97s American Primitive

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 7, 2024

Old 97s American Primitive ATO One of Americana’s most enduring bands, The Old 97’s celebrate their 30th anniversary with American Primitive, their 13th album. These guys have been around before the term Americana became a ‘thing,” labeled originally as an alt-country outfit. The Old 97s have always painted a realistic, though daunting picture of our […]

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Jubul lee Young is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 6, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you an Interview with Jubal Lee Young! There are generally certain expectations that accompany the careers of any offspring born to famous parents. After all, it’s naturally assumed that the bloodline will assure the gene pool remains intact. Consider then the anticipation that might greet the son of not […]

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Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams All This Time

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 6, 2024

Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams All This Time Royal Potato Family The husband-and-wife duo of Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams return with their fourth album, and All This Time just feels different than the others. It’s as if the duo is no longer in the shadow of Levon Helm or Bob Dylan, two artists that […]

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Cris Jacobs One of These Days

Tom Clarke americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 4, 2024

Cris Jacobs One of These Days Soundly Music From 2001 until a final Thanksgiving bash ten years later, the highly gifted singer, songwriter, and guitarist Cris Jacobs led Baltimore’s The Bridge, a sextet that linked rock, blues, funk, folk, and bluegrass in unique, jam-inspired style. The band generated enough critical acclaim and wide appeal to […]

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The HawtThorns are Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 30, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with The HawtThorns! Envision and believe in your own universe, and it will eventually form around you. The HawtThorns are reimagining their universe in their latest recording adventures. The sun-kissed songwriting, deft guitar work, and lush vocal harmonies that have been at the core of their sound […]

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Pi Jacobs is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 25, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Pi Jacobs Pi Jacobs is a lifer. Born in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district, she’s spent two decades onstage and on the road, creating a rhythmic, rootsy sound that’s every bit as diverse as her own upbringing. “My dad’s Filipino, my mom’s white, and my step-grandmother and cousins are […]

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Amanda Grace is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 16, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Amanda Grace! Amanda is a Minnesota native and has released music drifting between folk, alt- pop/rock and Americana. With roots as a pianist her writing is thematically varied with an emphasis on melody; with ballads wrapped in warm vocals. In 2016 she received a Front Of […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Lauren White Making It Up As We Go Along

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 15, 2024

Lauren White Making It Up As We Go Along Café Pacific Vocalist Lauren White returns with her fifth album, Making It Up As We Go Along, a follow-up to her 2021 Ever Since the World Ended, which we covered here. White, though not a composer, is a lover of lyrics and spoken words, having worked […]

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Matt Blake is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 9, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Matt Blake Matt Blake is a decidedly self-effacing sort of guy. He paid his dues, working his way up the proverbial ladder, gaining practical music business experience while cultivating what it takes to write songs that resonate with others, just like his musical heroes continue to […]

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The Weekend Lovers are Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 4, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with The Weekend Lovers Good vibes, great friendships, and a love for all things funky — these are the ingredients that brought The Weekend Lovers together in the spring of 2022.Each of the group’s members — Noelle Vocelka (lead vocals), Zach Sutton (lead guitar, vocals) Brennan Fussman […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Claudia Gibson The Fields of Chazy

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 1, 2024

Claudia Gibson The Fields of Chazy Self-released Claudia Gibson is an Austin-based singer-songwriter that doesn’t always sound very Texan as she’s not a native, but one drawn to a city of songwriters. Instead, her mostly folk based music embraces Celtic and that traditional folk sound we associate with the British Isles. Yet, her environs do […]

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Lynne Arriale Trio Being Human

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 1, 2024

Lynne Arriale Trio Being Human Challenge In addition to being compassionate about causes, and by all accounts a sincere and caring person, pianist and composer Lynne Arriale, delivers some of the most lyrical pianism today. Many have likened her to a musical poet. Her compositions ring with both beauty and emotion, and, as the title […]

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Caitlin Cannon is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 26, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Caitlin Cannon Caitlin Cannon’s upcoming release, Beggar (a four-song EP set to debut on April 5, 2024 as a standalone precursor to her forthcoming full-length album Love Addict) is all songwriting chops and vibe. With cinematic soundscapes, nostalgic atmospheres, and words that are a testament to […]

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Domenic Cicala is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 23, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Domenic Cicala Hailing from the D.C. area, Domenic Cicala – A singer/songwriter with a love for the 3 minute song. Largely influenced by the holy musical trinity of Hank, Elvis and Bruce and owing all his musical acumen to the sagely philosophy of Woody Guthrie “If […]

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Amigo The Devil Yours Until the War Is Over

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 23, 2024

Amigo The Devil Yours Until the War Is Over Regime Music Group This rather bizarre dirge-like music from the Austin-based artist with the moniker Amigo the Devil (Danny Kiranos) is perhaps not for everybody but this iconoclastic artist has amassed a considerable following for his singular approach. His songwriting bears similarities to Leonard Cohen, Tom […]

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Jennifer Porter is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 17, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents interview with Jennifer Porter Jennifer Porter is an award-winning singer, actor and screenwriter. A musician’s musician blessed with a beautiful voice, Jennifer has performed a repertoire that spans from Jazz and Blues to Country and Opera. She has sung with Classical and Jazz Orchestras, including the world-famous Glenn Miller Orchestra. […]

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Lars Nagel is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 16, 2024

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Lars Nagel When Atlanta alt-country / Americana veteran, singer-songwriter, and guitarist Lars Nagel was kicking around titles for his new solo album, he kept coming back to a familiar three-word phrase and well-known Ringo Starr-ism: Tomorrow Never Knows. “I was of course hesitant about using the name of […]

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Claudia Gibson is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 10, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Claudia Gibson Claudia Gibson’s musical path to her second full-length album The Fields of Chazy has been anything but straight. From her teenage club-playing days to formal college music study to fronting bands in her 20s, Claudia never envisioned doing much else besides playing music. But life – […]

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Naomi Ashley is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 9, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Naomi Ashley With her cream and Kahlua voice, Chicago singer-songwriter Naomi Ashley captivates audiences, breathing vibrant life into her diverse range of songs. Navigating seamlessly through Americana, classic country, folk, blues, and rock, Ashley’s lyrically layered compositions charm with humor and a poignant understanding of the […]

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Rachel Bawn is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 5, 2024

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Rachael Bawn Well-versed in the world of music, Canadian, Toronto-based Singer / Songwriter Rachael Bawn is adopting a new role as an independent artist, bringing with her years as a BMG (NYC) recording artist. A long line of radio tours, performances across Canada and the US, as well […]

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Gerry Casey Interviews Cassidy Paris

Gerry Casey americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 4, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Cassidy Paris Australian rocker Cassidy Paris has a very bright future ahead of her. Raised on classic hard rock and inspired by female rockers such as Lzzy Hale, Joan Jett, Pink, Pat Benatar & Avril Lavigne, the fiercely determined young woman is on a […]

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Scott Sean White is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 26, 2024

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

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 26, 2024

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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Stoll Vaughan is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 20, 2024

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 […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Diane Coll Old Ghosts

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 20, 2024

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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Mark Winkler The Rules Don’t Apply

Jim Hynes americana, cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 15, 2024

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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Gerry Casey Interviews Charlie McGettigan

Gerry Casey americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 7, 2024

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 […]

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Sam Wilbur is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 6, 2024

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Sam Wilbur Samuel Wilbur, is an environmentally conscious Minneapolis based singer/songwriter/educator. A high school social studies teacher by day, and rock star by night, Samuel Wilbur has been writing and recording his own music since he was 16 years old. Wilbur’s music, which is over-stuffed with lush […]

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D’Lakes are Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter December 25, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with D’Lakes d’Lakes has a new album and it’s amazing! It has a specular title too “HEAVEN IS A SILENT DISCO.” I can’t wait for you to hear it! I really appreciate all the chances and direction that Drew and his band took on this album. It’s […]

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Stephan Jacques is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter December 16, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Stephan Jacques A true artist and songwriter world-renowned for his prolific, heartfelt alt-rock love songs, Stephen has released ten albums to date, with his eleventh on the way. He is produced by Steve Albini. His body of work was culled from a lifetime of experiences, including […]

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Uncle Lucius Like It’s the Last One Left

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter December 11, 2023

Uncle Lucius Like It’s the Last One Left Boo Clap/Thirty Tigers The Austin, TX band Uncle Lucius returns after a five-year hiatus with Like It’s the Last One Left. Essentially this is the story of a fan base that just wouldn’t let this band fade away. Yet, there were other fortuitous factors at play as […]

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Bloodkin Out of State Plates

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter December 10, 2023

Bloodkin Out of State Plates World Will Turn This reissued, remastered, remixed, and appended Bloodkin’s Out of State Plates revisits the band’s 1999 effort, their third album and the first produced by the near legendary David Barbe. Barbe is the main culprit here as well, as he gained permission from co-founder Eric Carter and the […]

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Michelle Malone is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter December 4, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Michelle Malone about her new Hot Toddies Christmas Release A mainstay of American roots music for more than 30 years, Michelle Malone has built an award-winning career as a singer, songwriter, and road warrior. Her music is ingrained in the soundtrack of the American South, […]

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Gerry Casey interviews Tommy Womack

Gerry Casey americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter December 3, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Tommy Womack Right, I’m not going to say it stinks, am I. If you like me, you’ll love this new one. If you don’t like me, you might be surprised. If you’ve never heard of me (that’s most of you), this could be the start […]

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Gerry Casey Interviews Sunflower Fox and the Chicken Leg

Gerry Casey americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 26, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Sunflower Fox and the Chicken Leg In the beginning, or at least following the Big Bang of 1970s FM radio more than 50 years ago, there were three elements: Olympia beer, shag carpeting you can’t possibly vacuum, and unpasteurized rock and roll. Over the years, […]

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The Rockford Mules are Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 25, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Rockford Mules They are a band molded from the days when being in a band meant more and went beyond just playing music together. Music formed from friendships and friendships molded by music, The Rockford Mules are a throwback to a day when bandmates were […]

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Mark Joseph is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 24, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mark Joseph American Soul is a fitting brand for Mark Joseph; since his 2017 album by that title, he has charted a relentless and soulful course through America, and Americana, from blues to country to psychedelic rock and everything in between. On his newest offering, “Palisade […]

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Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Café in Philadelphia March 16th, 1973

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 22, 2023

Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Café in Philadelphia March 16th, 1973 Amoeba Music Fifty years after Gram Parsons’ passing, Amoeba Music and Polly Parsons have unearthed the only live-to-an-audience recording of Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels – The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Café in […]

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Karyn Oliver is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 20, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Karyn Oliver 2020 South Florida Folk Festival Songwriters’ Competition winner Karyn Oliver is part Joan Osborne, a touch of Janis Joplin and a bit of Emmylou Harris – effortlessly oscillating from bluesy to country and back. Her musical inspirations come primarily from the eclectic mix of […]

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Joshua Ray Hudson is Making A Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 18, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Joshua Ray Hudson Award winning singer-songwriter, Joshua Ray Hudson was born in the rural mountain town of Casar, North Carolina. Winning the Don Gibson singer songwriter award three times, writing over 350 songs and recording four studio albums, Joshua is already an accomplished musician on the rise.

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Dori Freeman Do You Recall

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 17, 2023

Dori Freeman Do You Recall Blue Hens Music Do You Recall is the fifth album from evolving singer-songwriter Dori Freeman. Here first three were recorded in NYC and produced by Teddy Thompson but Freeman began to blend electric with acoustic sonics on her 2021 Ten Thousand Roses and continues in that direction with this electrified […]

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Ned Hill Band Thousand Watt Town

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 16, 2023

Ned Hill Band Thousand Watt Town Self-released Troubadour Ned Hill delivers a country-tinged rock n’ roll record with a touch of his native Kentucky twang. Even the opening chords of “Gotta Get Out of This Town” will evoke Steve Earle’s Guitar Town or Copperhead Road. On Hill’s Thousand Watt Town the singer-songwriter collaborates with the […]

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Michelle Malone & The Hot Toddies Toddie Time

Tom Clarke americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 14, 2023

Michelle Malone & The Hot Toddies Toddie Time SBS Records/BFD Snowflakes float on a chilly upstate New York Halloween morning, and this cheery and bluesy Christmas album creates a perfect soundtrack. Atlanta’s Michelle Malone & the Hot Toddies’ Toddie Time features inspired twists on the tried and true. Malone croons “Jingle Bells” clearly and with […]

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Noah Zacharin Points of Light

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 5, 2023

Noah Zacharin Points of Light Self-released Noah Zacharin is a Canadian singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist who delivers his ninth album with Points of Light. Although this is mostly a quiet, acoustic based folk album, there are elements of blues and rock as this adept guitarist exhibits few boundaries. At times he is completely mesmerizing in […]

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