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FEATURES

Independent Blues Awards Nominations are IN! VOTE NOW!!

The Independent Blues Awards are now officially ready to be voted on. Below is a preview of all the nominated artists, CD’s and Songs. The one thing you will notice with our voting is we believe it is important that you have the opportunity to experience journey of discovery of new music. This is why […]

INTERVIEWS

An In Depth Interview with Micki Free!

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK It might have been on Shalamar’s Top 20 smash “Dancing in the Sheets” from the Footloose soundtrack, or its Grammy Award-winning “Don’t Get Stopped in Beverly Hills” from Beverly Hills Cop. Or maybe it was with Crown of Thorns, the hard-hitting band he and the Plasmatics’ Jean Beauvoir fronted during the early […]

An In Depth Interview with Brody Buster

 

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Brody Buster is a blues and rock musician from Lawrence, KS.  He’s a former child prodigy and was featured on countless TV shows growing up including the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Dateline, Crook & Chase, and the Jon Stewart Show.  Even Baywatch Nights and Full House showcased Brody’s talents.  He’s shared the stage with […]

An In Depth Interview with Mick Kolassa

HOMPAGE MICK    HOMEPAGE MARK FACEBOOK MICK   FACEBOOK MARK What do you get when two blues musicians get together to celebrate their mutual love of some of the most classic songs of the 20th Century? A great new album! Mick Kolassa and Mark Telesca Have teamed up to bring two mutual loves together: the […]

An In Depth Interview with Ivor S.K.

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Hailing from Sydney Australia, Ivor Simpson-Kennedy is one of a new generation of exciting young blues talents to emerge from Down Under. Owning a dark, smoke filled voice and liquid smooth guitar stylings, he utilises these inherit skills to give his compositions a striking originality, paying homage to generations past while bringing […]

An in Depth Interview with John McNamara

 HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE “The Bastard made me feel insecure, He’s So Good!” – Russell Morriss (Australian Music Icon) “Soulful is rather an understatement… Listeners were hypnotised into silence by his raw rustic tone… A beautiful purity to his voice.” BroadWay Baby -Edinburgh 2012 “An Exceptional musical experience… I felt nothing but a sense of […]

An In Depth Interview with Kerrie Lepai Jones

 FACEBOOK Kerrie Lepai was born April 15, 1973 to the parents of Michael and Carol Lepai. At an early age she was always singing, and people that knew her knew she had the talent to sing. Kerrie got her singing talent from her mother, and her grandmother. Her grandmother was a professional wedding singer, and […]

CD REVIEWS

Guitar Slim Jr. The Story of My Life

Guitar Slim Jr. The Story of My Life Orleans Records Rodney Glenn Armstrong a.k.a. Guitar Slim Jr. is a New Orleans blues guitarist and singer and the son of Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones. Guitar Slim is best known for his million selling hit single “The Things That I Used to Do”. The elder Slim died […]

Polly O’Keary and The Rhythm Method Black Crow Callin’

 

Polly O’Keary and The Rhythm Method Black Crow Callin’ Independent Polly O’Keary grew up in a log cabin with no plumbing or electricity. At the age of nineteen she had a husband in prison and an 8th grade education. Twenty years later she was a bassist for touring blues bands including “Too Slim & The […]

Brad Stivers Took You Long Enough

Brad Stivers Took You Long Enough Vizztone Label Group Brad Stivers grew up in California where his father instilled in him a love for roots music. In school he took up both sax and trombone. After moving to the greater Marysville, Washington area Stivers and his brothers played guitar. Influenced by B.B. King, Stevie Ray […]

Laura Tate Let’s Just Be Real

Laura Tate Let’s Just Be Real Gold Records Laura Tate is from Dallas, Tx. where she began performing when she was nine years old. She studied acting in New York City and toured in theatrical productions. She soon found herself on the production side of the business directing music videos, documentaries and commercials. She now […]

North Mississippi All-stars Prayer For Peace

 North Mississippi All-stars Prayer For Peace Sony Legacy The North Mississippi All-stars were formed in 1996 by Luther and Cody Dickinson the sons of Memphis record producer Jim Dickinson. The North Mississippi Allstars released their first studio album “Shake Hands With Shorty” in 2000. That album received a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Contemporary Blues […]

Janiva Magness Blue Again

 Janiva Magness Blue Again Blue Elan Records Janiva Magness had some hard beginnings as she was a foster care child. Inspired by an Otis Rush performance she found her calling. She recorded her first album in 1991. She has since been nominated for twenty-six Blues Music Awards winning seven times. Magness won the BMA for […]

Selwyn Birchwood Pick Your Poison

 Selwyn Birchwood Pick Your Poison Alligator Records Selwyn Birchwood was born in Orlando but grew up in the Tampa Area. He first picked up the guitar at the age of 13. By seventeen he was into Jimi Hendrix, Albert King, Freddie King and Albert Collins. He went to see Buddy Guy live and was so […]

Chaz Lipp and The Groove Tripp- ‘Good Merlin’

 Chaz Lipp is a saxophone teacher who occasionally gigs around Washington state. Lipp has honed his skill for years and now, luckily for us, he is ready to share it with the larger world. To do so, he has put together “The Chaz Lipp Groove Tripp” and created a debut album, Good Merlin. The group […]

John Nemeth Feelin’ Freaky

John Nemeth Feelin’ Freaky Memphis Grease Records John Nemeth has an adventurous soul. Originally from Boise, Idaho he convinced his wife to move from their Oakland, California home to Memphis. Nemeth’s soul was always in Memphis, the home of Blues, R n’ B, and Rock n’ Roll. In 2013 he released his eighth album “Memphis […]

John McNamara Rollin’ With It

John McNamara Rollin’ With It Bahool Records/Black Market Records John McNamara is an award winning soul blues singer from Australia. He released his debut recording “One Voice, One Guitar” in 2014. In 2015 he competed in the International Blues Challenge and was a semi-finalist. This is McNamara’s follow-up recording. In order to “roll with it” […]

Nick Schnebelen Live In Kansas City

 Nick Schnebelen Live In Kansas City Vizztone Label Group Nick Schnebelen was a founding member of the band Trampled Under Foot. First formed in 2000 the band released their self-titled debut in 2006. They won the band competition at the 2008 International Blues Challenge and Schnebelen took home the Albert King Award for “Best Guitarist”. […]

Taj Mahal/Keb Mo TajMo

Taj Mahal/Keb Mo TajMo Tajmo Record/Concord Records Taj Mahal released his first two albums in 1968 when he was twenty six years old. He was a product of an older generation and his influences included Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Lightnin’ Hopkins and Sleepy John Estes. His self titled first album included his version […]

Mick Kolassa and Mark Telesca – ‘You Can’t Do That!’

 I am enthralled by You Can’t Do That! I’ve been a Beatles fan all my life and I can honestly say that I never imagined them this way. Bu oh, how well it works! Mick Kolassa and Mark Telesca are Beatles fans too, and at the 2016 International Blues Challenge in Memphis they started swapping […]

ON THE SCENE

Rae and The Royal Peacocks at Darwin’s in Sandy Springs, June 2

A lot of people were very excited to see Rae and The Royal Peacocks at Darwins Friday night. They are a sort of Atlanta super-group. Long-time area favorites Danny Vinson on lead guitar, Art McNaughton on drums, and Harold Pattillo on bass joined with keyboard wizard Valerie Waters and Rebekah “Rae” Easley on vocals and […]

Indie Blues in and around Atlanta 6/5-6/11/2017

 

This week is just full of blues events, from memorials to fundraisers to just plain good times! The most unusual event is probably Tunes From the tombs, Oakland Cemetery’s annual fundraiser that this year includes Delta Moon and Tinsley Ellis hosting a tribute to Col. Bruce Hampton. It is going to be extra special. There’s […]

PODCAST

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Micki Free

This is the show that brings you ONLY touring artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. These artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These are the innovators .. not the imitators .. these are the Indie Blues Artists and […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Brody Buster

This is the show that brings you those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from the roots of the blues .. These artists are the innovators not the imitators .. they are the future of the blues .. the Independent Blues Artists .. and we […]

 

 

 

 

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mick Kolassa and Mark Telesca

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from the roots of the blues. These artists are the innovators .. not the imitators .. these are the Indie Blues Artists! This week we start […]

 

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 5/29/2017

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you the best in INDIE BLUES RADIO with artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from the roots of the blues. These are the Indie Blues Artists! We have a great 3 hour block of […]

 

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ivor S.K.

This is The Voice of Indie Blues .. the show that is dedicated to those artists that are creating new orginal music rooted in the blues. These artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists are the innovators, not the imitators .. these […] 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring John McNamara

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you the future of the blues being created by those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists are the innovators no the imitators .. these are the Indie Blues Artists […] 

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Kerrie Lepai Jones

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that showcases the future of the blues .. we play the artists who are the new songwriters and performers that are keeping the blues alive who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These are the […] 

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 5/21/2017

This IS The Voice of Indie Blues this is the show that brings you those artists that Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from these roots .. These are the innovators not the imitators .. these are the Indie Blues Artists We have a 3 hour show […]

Music on the Couch Show #374 5/22/2017

Music On The Couch 05/22/17 SHOW # 374 LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/M4NSn4   TALL CITY BLUES FEST Tall City Blues Fest enters its 7th year with another stellar lineup.  Lisa Grissom and Ronn Reeger joined me to talk about the lineup and all of the other events happening the weekend of July 14-16.  Music On The Couch is a […]