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October 10, 2017
Spotify Explained!
Before we dig into everything there's to know about Spotify playlists at this moment in time, you should remember that just because someone has a ton of streams does not…
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October 7, 2017
Gain Staging for Amplifier Models
Amp sims, like their real world counterparts, are non-linear processes. As you increase the input level, they saturate and distort more. As you decrease the input signal, they clean up…
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Making a Scene is Now curating Spotify Playlists! 

Making a Scene will now curate spotify playlists for "Indie Blues", "Indie Music", "Indie Blues Award Winners" and Coming soon "On the Cusp!"

Please Follow and listen to these playlists!

The more followers and listeners we get the more these artists will show up in the discovery of Spotify's Algorithm 

All Playlists are available on the Making a Scene Website

If you want to be considered for inclusion to these playlists send your spotify link (album or song) to radio@mid-nightcircus.com

Interviews
October 9, 2017
An In Depth Interview with Val Starr
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE I Always Turn The Blues On, Val Starr & The Blues Rocket's fourth all original blues CD, hit the streets on August 1st, 2017. The songs…
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October 8, 2017
An In depth Interview with Alastair Greene
  HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter Alastair Greene has been a mainstay of the Southern California music scene for over 2 decades. Alastair was born April 18th, 1971 in…
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October 5, 2017
An In Depth Interview with Leonard Griffie
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Leonard Griffie is an artist firmly grounded in the blues. An artist who is a prolific songwriter, blues guitar master, and a unique and engaging singer. Along with…
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October 5, 2017
An In Depth Interview with Jack Tempchin
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Jack Tempchin is a legendary hit songwriter whose two compositions, “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and “Already Gone”, are now synonymous with the Southern California Sound. Both songs…
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October 3, 2017
An In Depth Interview with The McKee Brothers
HOME PAGE  FACEBOOK PAGE The roots of the McKee Bros. project go back to 70s Ann Arbor and Detroit, where Ralph McKee, inspired by his college roommate, guitarist Bob Doezema…
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September 28, 2017
An In Depth Interview with Webster Ave.
  “Daylight” is the debut album from Webster Ave, a trio of industry veterans out of the NE of the U.S. Fourteen original compositions produced by the trio of Tony…
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CD Reviews
October 10, 2017
Albert Castiglia Up All Night
Albert Castiglia Up All Night Ruf Records Albert Castiglia was born in New York City in August of 1969. Castiglia was only five years old when his Cuban American parents…
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October 4, 2017
Chris Hillman Bidin’ My Time
Chris Hillman Bidin’ My Time Rounder Records Don Parmley was a 5 String banjo player who recorded a bluegrass instrumental album for GNP/Crescendo Records in 1964 and the mandolin player…
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October 2, 2017
Al Basile Quiet Money
Al Basile Quiet Money Sweetspot Records Al Basile grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts a suburb outside of Boston. He received a Master’s degree from Brown University in 1970. He first…
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September 29, 2017
Tommy Castro and The Painkillers Stompin’ Ground
Tommy Castro and The Painkillers Stompin’ Ground Alligator Records Tommy Castro is a guitarist and vocalist from San Jose, California. Castro became a member of The Dynatones in 1980 but…
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September 27, 2017
Gregg Allman Southern Blood
Gregg Allman Southern Blood Rounder Records Gregg Allman had some serious health issues. He was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2007. He had a successful liver transplant in 2010. Allman…
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September 23, 2017
Cassie Keenum & Rick Randlett Hauntings
Cassie Keenum & Rick Randlett Hauntings Fox Run Records Cassie Keenum hails from Alachua, Fl. sixteen miles outside of Gainesville. She is a singer songwriter with a soulful voice who…
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September 22, 2017
Chris “Bad News” Barnes Hokum Blues
Chris “Bad News” Barnes Hokum Blues Vizztone Label Group Chris Barnes has been a writer and performer for The Carol Burnett Show, Saturday Night Live, Seinfield, 30 Rock, and Curb…
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September 21, 2017
Corey Dennison Band Night After Night
Corey Dennison Band Night After Night Delmark Records Corey Dennison hails from Chattanooga, Tennessee. He got his first guitar when he was six years old. He used to hang out…
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September 17, 2017
Jimmy Carpenter Plays The Blues
Jimmy Carpenter Plays The Blues Vizztone Label Group Saxophonist Jimmy Carpenter began playing professionally in 1980. He toured with both Tinsley Ellis and Jimmy Thackery. In 2004 Carpenter played on…
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September 16, 2017
Benny Turner My Brother’s Blues
Benny Turner My Brother’s Blues Nola Blue Records Once Benny Turner and his older brother Freddie left Texas for Chicago his brother began to make a name for himself as…
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September 15, 2017
Wee Willie Walker And The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra - After a While
Wee Willie Walker And The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra After A While Blue Dot Records  Born in Hernando, Mississippi Wee Willie Walker’s career spans six decades as he is one…
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September 13, 2017
Milligan-Vaughan Project
Milligan-Vaughan Project Mark One Records Malford Milligan is a Texas based soul, blues and rock singer who attended the University of Texas. He started a local Monday night blues jam…
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September 9, 2017
Johnny Rawls Waiting For The Train
Johnny Rawls Waiting For The Train Catfood Records Johnny Rawls was born in Hattiesburg Mississippi in 1951. Having mastered the guitar Rawls’ schoolteacher arranged for him to back musicians when…
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September 8, 2017
Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers The East-West Sessions
Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers The East-West Sessions MindiAbair.com In 1979 Randy Jacobs was a core member of the funk pop band “Was (Not Was)” an early project of producer…
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September 5, 2017
Jonny Lang Signs
Jonny Lang Signs Concord Music Group Jon Gordon Langseth, Jr. a.k.a. Jonny Lang was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1981. He started playing guitar at the age of twelve.…
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On the Scene
October 9, 2017
This week: Indie Blues in and around Atlanta Oct. 9-15
It's a stellar week of blues music in Atlanta, with Jason Ricci performing twice, with Long Tall Deb and with The Bad Kind, the Atlanta Blues Society Gathering and Jam,…
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October 9, 2017
Daytona Blues Festival Day 3
Day Three: The 2017 Daytona Blues Festival The opener Al Hill previously played with Bettye Lavette finished first in the solo/duo category at the 2017 International Blues Challenge The Paul…
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October 8, 2017
Daytona Blues Festival Day 2
2017 Daytona Blues festival – Day Two Main Stage - In order of Appearance: Willie Green seated; The Souliz Band; Tas Cru; Alvin Younglood Hart’s Muscle Theory; Joe Louis Walker;…
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October 7, 2017
Day One Friday October 6th, 2017 Daytona Blues Festival
Day One Friday October 6th, 2017 Daytona Blues Festival Ladies Day! The festival was cancelled last year due to Hurricane Matthew so we were especially glad to be here. On…
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Podcasts
October 12, 2017
Music on the Couch Show #391 10/9/2017
MUSIC ON THE COUCH 10/09/17 SHOW# 391 LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/NhHNR8 NORMAN JACKSON BAND The Norman Jackson Band came to the 2016 International Blues Festival and shook the stages up and down Beale…
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October 11, 2017
LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Val Starr and the Rocket
  This is The Voice of Indie Blues .. the show that brings you the Future of the Blues by showcasing artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and in the true tradition of the…
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October 11, 2017
LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Alastair Greene
This is the show that brings you the Future of the Blues! We only play currently touring artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and in it's true tradition are creating new…
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October 8, 2017
LIVE from the Midnight Circus "Indie Blues Double Shot" 10/01/2017
This is The Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the Future of the Blues by showcasing those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues . These artists are the innovators, not…
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October 5, 2017
LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Leonard Griffie
This IS The Voice of Indie Blues! This is the show that brings you the Future of the Blues being made by those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues! These artists are…
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October 5, 2017
LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Jack Tempchin
This IS The Voice of Indie Blues! This is the show that brings you the Future of the Blues being made by those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues! These artists are…
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October 5, 2017
Live from the Midnight Circus Featuring the Mckee Brothers
This IS The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you the Future of the Blues by showcasing those artists who are out there creating new original music rooted in the blues. These…
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October 5, 2017
LIVE from the Midnight Circus "The Voice of Indie Blues" 9/25/2017
This is the show that brings you the Future of the Blues! We showcase those artists who are out there creating new original music rooted in the blues. We Embrace the Diversity…
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