Making a Scene presents the PODCAST of Live from the Midnight Circus featuring Markey Blue and Ric Latina! This is the voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists that embrace the diversity of the blues. These artists understand the true tradition of the blues […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Markey Blue and Ric Latina! It’s been an Incredible Year for the Markey Blue Ric Latina Project, Receiving Several Honors Including A Spot in the National Blues Museum exhibit “Women of the Blues: a Coast-to -Coast Collection,” a TV show in the works and several songs picked up […]
Markey Blue and Ric Latina are a true performing and songwriting team, and recently changed the name of their group from just Markey Blue to Markey Blue Ric Latina Project to reflect that. They also recently signed with EllerSole Records, and on April 20 they will release their newest album, “Raised in Muddy Water.” This […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #420 – 04/16/2018 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/10720015 EXIT 56 BLUES FEST Sonia Outlaw-Clark came by to talk about the Exit56 Blues Fest which takes place in Brownsville, TN on May 26-27. The festival is a Music On The Couch Partner. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE MARKEY BLUE/RIC LATINA PROJECT – COUCH KID […]
The Markey Blue Ric Latina Project was at Darwin’s Saturday night and thrilled old fans and new with their usual powerful, energetic show. they professed to be exhausted, having left Florida and headed for Atlanta in the cold rain for what turned out to be an 8 hour trip due to traffic. They got in […]
By Rhetta Akamatsu Photos by Takesi Ken Akamatsu Markey Blue has changed its name to The Markey Blue Ric Latina Project but the high-energy, nonstop joy of the group live hasn’t changed a bit! Lead singer Markey and lead guitar player Ric Latina still lead the charge into electrifying blues and blues-rock with Ron De […]
It was a beautiful day in Blue Ridge, GA. The sky was clear and the temperature was moderate. The air smelled like BBQ and filled with music. It was a blues lover’s dream. It was the Blue Ridge BBQ and Blues Festival and the theme was “Women Of Da Blues” so every band had a […]
We took my husband Ken’s sister and brother-in-law to Darwin’s with us for the International Blues Challenge fundraiser to raise money to help our representatives get to the challenge in Memphis at the end o the month. The competitors were playing – Blind Cadillac,, No Solution and Markey Blue – and everyone was celebrating Darwin’s […]
Markey Blue is one dynamic and unstoppable group and they blew the crowd at Darwin’s Burgers and Blues in Marietta away Saturday night. Beautiful Markey danced and sang her heart out. She never stopped moving! She is so tall that with her heels on she kept bumping her fist on the ceiling henever she raised […]
Due to technical issues I was not able to write reviews last week of two great events, the Little G Weevil Band at Darwin’s Blues Club in Marietta and the Atlanta Blues Society Holiday party. Both of these events deserve reviews and so I am combining them in this article. Friday,, December 5, was Little […]
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 8/30/2015 with Markey Blue by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came before them and in the time honored tradition of The Blues, are creating New Original Music that reflects their reality. The music they create […]
An Exclusive interview with Markey Blue by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Winners of the Atlanta Blues Society Blues Challenge! HIGH-ENERGY DEBUT FROM MARKEY BLUE BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO CLASSIC SOUL Hey Hey propels co-leaders Markey and Ric Latina into the international spotlight with original songs, fresh grooves and some help from Stax legend Steve Cropper […]
I love female blues singers I wrote a book about them (my T’ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do,) but not every new artist I get to review really stands out. Many are good, but they just don’t hit me in a special sort of way. This is not so with Markey Blue. Markey Blue is […]