americana, Country, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Chris Beall The son of a motorcycle racer from a small town in west Texas, Chris Beall is a singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist who’s latest album “The Gin Mill Hymns” recently showed-up at #15 on the Texas Roots Radio chart, #29 on the national Roots Rock […]
americana, Country, making a Scene, roots, singer-songwriter, songwriter
Kris Gruen Welcome Farewell Mother West When we use the term country & western, we do not often think of a place like Vermont. That’s not to say Kris Gruen’s Welcome Farewell falls into the country & western camp but the predominant presence of the pedal steel guitar and rootsy accompaniment deliver a similar refreshing, […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Nathan Bell! Award winning performing songwriter, Nathan Bell, the subject of a 2020 Documentary short film “I Don’t Do This For Love (American Songwriter Nathan Bell on tour in Scotland, Wales and England)” was a best-of selection for Americana UK in 2016, 2017, and 2018 including […]
americana, blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, songwriter
Elly Wininger The Blues Never End Earwig New York Hall of Fame Inductee (2014) Elly Wininger is socially conscious, highly skilled acoustic guitarist and songwriter based in the Woodstock area. She’s been at her craft for decades now but The Blues Never End is only her fifth album since the end of the ‘90s, the […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Rigby Summer Rigby Summer weaves an Americana soundscape that reflects the road she’s traveled, from her Kansas City jazz upbringing to the beach pop of her former home in southern California to the red dirt roots of her current home in Stillwater, Oklahoma. While her […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Emily Frembgen After a successful tour and two albums with Denver indie-rock band Language of Termites (“In a Different Time and Place”, 2009 and “Preterito Perfeito,” 2012) and a string of DIY solo albums and EP’s (“Emily Frembgen and the Spiky Little Pinecone,” 2009, “Always With You,” 2010, […]
folk, making a Scene, roots, singer-songwriter, songwriter
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Sam Barron Sam Barron was born in NYC. His father was a former folk musician turned forensic criminal investigator. His mother worked with severely handicapped children. Stories from the autopsy table and the macabre reality of God’s misfits left a significant imprint on his developing mind. […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Evan Walton of Once More Autumn Once More, Autumn is the brainchild of Minneapolis-based artist and songwriter Evan Walton. A transplant of Dayton, Ohio and a student of Berklee College of Music, Walton is dedicated to bridging indie-folk music with alternative soundscapes. “Love is a Sea,” […]
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The Furious Seasons Home All Day, Home All Night Stonegarden Home All Day, Home All Night, the pandemically named and recorded eighth album and fourth as an acoustic trio for The Furious Seasons, finds them stretching out more into a full band mode. Bandleader/ guitarist/songwriter and vocalist David Steinhart sees this as a more eclectic effort […]
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Joe Troop Borrowed Time Free Dirt If the name is not familiar, perhaps the group is. Joe Troop is the bandleader for the Grammy-nominated Che Apalache. He’s a bilingual bluegrass multi-instrumentalist who brings the kind of activism we associate with Pete Seeger, early Bob Dylan, and the ‘60s era folkies. Much of this doesn’t sit […]
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Kerrville Folk Festival Announces Lineup for 49th Year – October 1st-11th The Kerrville Folk Festival has announced their lineup for their 49th year. Highlights of this year’s festival include, James McMurtry, Shinyribs, Trout Fishing in America, Jaimee Harris, Kyshona, Mobley, Heartless Bastards, the winners of the world famous New Folk competition from both 2020 and […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Amanda Grace! Amanda does not claim a particular genre of music, and in doing so enjoys variety in her music and audiences. She has produced music drifting between folk and rock. With roots as a pianist her writing is thematically varied with an emphasis on melody […]
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Son Volt Electro Melodier Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers Electro Melodier is alt country pioneering Son Volt’s tenth studio album, a year after marking, sadly without touring, the 25th anniversary of their groundbreaking 1995 debut, Trace. Son Volt has always been defined by front man Jay Farrar’s weary, soulful, and inexplicably comforting voice as well his songwriting. […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Moors and McCumber A vocal harmony duo fifteen years in the making, Moors & McCumber have done more than just endear themselves to fans – they’ve built a genuine community. Bridging the gap between classic folk rock and present day Americana, they write heartfelt songs […]
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Cassie and Mallory Life of a Ghost “Cassie and Mallory” are the two artists Cassie Spires and Mallory Tober who got together in 2019 to make music. Cassie takes on the part of the vocals and lyrics and is accompanied instrumentally by Mallory. Both have very different life stories. Cassie was a successful wedding photographer […]
americana, jeff engholm, making a Scene, roots, songwriter
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Jeff Engholm Jeff Engholm has worn many hats as a bassist, singer, songwriter, actor, producer, recording engineer, conductor, and teacher. Instrumentally, he is primarily a jazz and rock bass player, and has played for 20 years in the George Maurer Jazz Group, which performs throughout the […]
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Making A Scene brings you a review of Plugin Boutique’s Scaler 2 If you are a songwriter or music composer, you know that sometimes you run into that dreaded writers block. Sometimes it only takes a new sound, or chord progression to break you out of it and allow the muse to inspire you. Scaler […]
americana, making a Scene, maria sharp, mercy Rising, roots, songwriter
Maia Sharp Mercy Rising Self-Released Maia Sharp just did two years ago what many singer-songwriters do. She moved to Nashville to be in the company of kindred spirits, hoping her change in scenery from L.A. would inspire her musically and give her personal life a necessary reboot. This is not to say she hadn’t enjoyed […]
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Abigail Dowd Beautiful Day Self-released Last year folk singer-songwriter Abigail Dowd issued one of the year’s more provocative albums, her search for identity in Not What I Seem. She now returns with A Beautiful Day, another self-reflective effort, also filled with some haunting songs and a prevailing melancholy that in enough places emerges to find […]
americana, Country, craig cummings, making a Scene, roots, singer-songwriter, songwriter
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Craig Cummings Craig is a performing songwriter from Baltimore, Maryland. He has written hundreds of songs, recorded and released three CDs, and performed in countless venues throughout the mid-Atlantic region. Craig uses his love of language, his strong voice, and rhythmic guitar style to craft songs that […]
americana, cd review, Country, making a Scene, roots, songwriter, the pink Stones
The Pink Stones …Introducing. Normaltown/New West There’s a tendency to use the term ‘country’ albeit sparingly with the more famous Athens, GA-based bands, The Drive-by Truckers (DBTs), and to some extent Bloodkin, yet The Pink Stones are by far the most country of the three. They fall into the camp of Cosmic American Music, whose […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Danielle Miraglia Danielle Miraglia comes armed with a strong steady thumb on an old Gibson and an infectious stomp-box rhythm with tunes ranging from heart-felt to socially conscious that will move both your heart and hips. Her latest “Bright Shining Stars” debuted at #15 on the […]
americana, jesse brewster, making a Scene, roots, songwriter
Jesse Brewster The Lonely Pines Crooked Prairie Songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist Jesse Brewster has been bringing his blend of rock, Americana and folk to across the US for the last 15 years. Call it West Coast Americana, formed by a nomadic childhood as the son of hippie parents, first in the mountains of Northern California, […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Stefan Prigmore He believes in simple delivery of honest concepts, and apply this to his music. His father is also a professional musician and has been his greatest influence, welcoming him onstage from an early age to play along with various groups over the years on […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Sara Petite Award-winning songwriter. International road warrior. American roots outlaw. For the better part of two decades, Sara Petite has blazed her own trail, carving out a mix of forward-thinking country, bluegrass, amplified folk, and Springsteen-sized rock & roll. It’s a sound that blurs the boundaries […]
americana, domenic cicala, making a Scene, roots, songwriter
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Domenic Cicala It all started on a train to Central Mexico. A long, long train ride with a cast of characters – Typhoid Dan, Roadie Bob and a Finnish cowboy nicknamed Dusty… and some well known masters of song such as Dave Alvin, Tom Russell, Terry […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Jared Tyler of Saugeye! Saugeye is the self-titled debut and collaborative project of veteran Tulsa musicians Jared Tyler, Seth Lee Jones, Jake Lynn, and Casey Van Beek. The band is named after avid fisherman and frontman Tyler’s favorite catch, a hybrid cross of the sauger and […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Legendary Margie Singleton Forget that old saying, “Life Begins at 40.” Try doubling that age, as the gifted Margie Singleton has done. Now at age 85, the singer-songwriter has released new music -a five-song EP, Never Mind.. “This is an incredible time in my life,” Margie […]
americana, bluegrass, daryl mosley, making a Scene, songwriter
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Daryl Mosley Calling Daryl Mosley a singer/songwriter is only correct in the most basic sense. Daryl is a gifted songwriter and storyteller who paints vivid pictures of life as it could be, used to be, or might have been. He’s not flashy; just a man with […]
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Stephanie Lambring Autonomy Self-released The multi-instrumentalist/singer-songwriter Stephanie Lambring is back with new project produced by Teddy Morgan, as the title, Autonomy, suggests after walking away from her two publishing deals. One began with BMG Chrysalis, where she remained as a staff writer for two years. In 2012, she signed with Carnival Music, owned by producer […]
emily cole, indie, making a Scene, pop, songwriter
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Emily Cole! One would be hard pressed to discover an artist as unique in talent and personality as vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Emily Cole. From her brightly colored hair to her sound that infuses indie pop with shades of alternative, to her loving and quirky relationship […]
aled hughes, folk, making a Scene, songwriter, wales
Aled Hughes I Remember Today I want to introduce you to the singer/songwriter Aled Hughes who’s originally from North Wales, now based in the coastal town Llantwit Major. Aled released four albums so far: It’s Acoustic, ’67, Earl Lane and the latest I Remember “I Remember’ is an album which includes everything a great album should have. A lot […]
americana, blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, rick fines, roots, songwriter
Rick Fines Solar Powered Too Independent Rick Fines hails from Peterborough, Canada in Central Ontario. He gained attention in the 1980’s as the co-founder, front man and guitarist in “Jackson Delta” who recorded their 1989 debut “Delta Sunrise” in Memphis. They followed up with two Juno Award nominated albums; 1991’s “Acoustic Blues” and 1992’s “I […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Andrew Adkins Across the Cumberland River from Music City, the burgeoning neighborhood of East Nashville has become a haven for artists, songwriters, and other creatives. One such songwriter is Andrew Adkins, who has been a part of the Nashville community for over a decade. As the […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with RB Morris RB Morris is a poet and songwriter, solo performer and band leader, and a sometimes playwright and actor from Knoxville, Tennessee. He has published books of poetry including Early Fires (Iris Press), Keeping The Bees Employed, and The Mockingbird Poems (Rich Mountain Bound), and music albums including Spies Lies and […]
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Home Page Making a Scene Presents an interview with Sugarcane Jane Sugarcane Jane is Anthony Crawford and Savana Lee —Americana’s husband-wife duo from Alabama’s Gulf Coast. Between them, they have decades of rich musical experience: Anthony’s an in-demand multi-instrumentalist and producer who has worked with such notables as Neil Young, Steve Winwood, and Dwight Yoakam. […]
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Willie Nile Uncovered Paradiddle Records Willie Nile was born Robert Noonan in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1948. He attended the University of Buffalo; and afterwards relocated to Greenwich Village to pursue a music career. Nile frequented New York’s punk rock club CBGB’s were he was influenced by the music of the Ramones, the Patti Smith Group, […]
Country, making a Scene, rb morris, songwriter
R.B. Morris Going Back to the Sky Singular Recordings and songwriter, solo and band leader, and a sometimes playwright and actor Admittedly, the initial draw here is that RB Morris’ album is produced by Bo Ramsey. Yet, a small bit of research combined with listening to just the first full song, “Red Sky,” proves that […]
americana, Emily Duff, making a Scene, songwriter
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Emily Duff NYC based songwriter, Emily Duff is at it again. Almost exactly one year after the release of her Muscle Shoals FAME gang gospel album, Hallelujah Hello, Emily returns with Born on the Ground, Nine “love” songs that capture nine different relationship break-ups from her past. Produced […]
americana, Country, GF Patrick, making a Scene, songwriter
G.F. Patrick One Town Over Need to Know This is the debut for Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter G.F. Patrick. Patrick brings us 14 originals backed by tight unit that features Billy Conway (Morphine, Jeffrey Foucault) on drums to form an Americana sound backed in guitars and keyboards from Mark Blasquez while co-producer Frank Swatt handles the bass. […]
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HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Crystal Shawanda Crystal Shawanda grew up on the Wikwemikong reserve on an island in Ontario, Canada, Her parents raised her on Country music and taught her to sing and play guitar, but it was her oldest brother who introduced her to the blues. He would hang […]
americana, blindsided, making a Scene, mark erelli, songwriter
Mark Erelli Blindsided Self-released Singer-songwriter Mark Erelli has done all his solo work in the past two decades in his home state of Massachusetts but has managed to make plenty of friends along the way as a sideman for Nashville-based artists. His last year’s “By Degrees” had Sheryl Crow and Rosanne Cash joining him and […]
bill sibley, blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, songwriter, Texas
Making a Scene Presents an interview with Bill Sibley Bill is from the North Texas area. A songwriter that did not start writing until he was in his 50’s. It was an honor when he won Song Writer of the Year at the Texas Troubadour Classic in 2015. Bill has won other songwriting awards since […]
americana, chris moyse, making a Scene, nashville, songwriter
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Chris Moyse! Chris Moyse is a Nashville-based folk songwriter hellbent on the truth; “the places most would rather stay away from” he says. He has recently shared the stage with folk troubadours like Joe Ely and Mary Gauthier, as well as members of Old Crow Medicine show. Originally from […]
americana, indie, Randall Bramblett, singersongwriter, songwriter, The Meantime
Randall Bramblett The Meantime (10th Anniversary Edition) New West This marks the tenth anniversary of Randall Bramblett’s “piano trio” album, The Meantime, which New West is commemorating with remastered versions, two previously unreleased tracks, and a vinyl issue for the first time. The album is one that is rather criminally under-recognized in Bramblett’s catalog but […]
americana, indie, making a Scene, songwriter, wood brothers
The Wood Brothers Kingdom In My Mind Oh the things we tell ourselves. Kingdom In My Mind is the latest album release by The Wood Brothers. This is the seventh studio release by the band, and it is marvelously experimental. As favorite on mine, a Wood Brothers’ live show is captivating. For the band to […]
americana, David Olney, making a Scene, nashville, songwriter
David Olney, 71, Revered Songwriter Dies (March 23, 1948 – Jan. 18, 2020) Revered songwriter David Olney (born March 23, 1948) died Saturday, January 18, 2020, after suffering an apparent heart attack during a performance in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. He was 71. A key member of Nashville’s music community since his move to Music […]
Country, george ducas, indie country, making a Scene, songwriter
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with George Ducas Four albums (and countless songs written for other artists) into one of country music’s more esteemed careers, country recording artist/songwriter George Ducas continues to evolve. His latest evolution comes in the form of YELLOW ROSE MOTEL, a project that stands as his most comprehensive […]
americana, Libby Koch, making a Scene, songwriter, Texas
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Libby Koch Texas Americana singer-songwriter Libby Koch (pronounced “coke”) is a “country meets soulful” (Free Press Houston), “feisty Texas songbird” (Country Music People) who “sings her story with a little twang, some slide guitar, and a lot of heart” (Texas Monthly). Libby is working on the follow up […]
americana, Bill Scorzari, indie, making a Scene, songwriter
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Bill Scorzari! Bill Scorzari’s sound is gritty, raw and at times, downright sad. His songs transition through a multitude of emotions and themes centered on the experiences of the human condition. Of his music, some say it’s spoken word, and others, an amalgam of the voice […]
