HOME PAGE Texas born Caron “Sugaray” Rayford began his musical career at the age of 7 singing & playing drums in church, and his gospel influence can be heard and felt in his music. Rayford’s phrasing is intimate and conversational and the soulful gravel in his voice hints at his firsthand experience with hardship. HARD […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Peter Rogan is a guitarist/songwriter living outside the Philadelphia area near Reading, Pa. Peter’s music is a blend of Americana, blues, funk, and jazz. He is currently producing his first full length CD for release in mid 2018. He is also a two-time finalist in the Great American Song Contest in 2014 and 2016. And […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #462 – 03/04/19 LISTEN HERE: SANDY CARROLL – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Rescheduled from last year, Sandy returns to The Couch to talk about Blues & Angels, her time at the IBC and more as we listen to tunes from the album. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE SAUCE BOSS Bill ‘Sauce […]
IS Your Single Release “Making A Scene”? The buzzword in the indie industry seems to be the Single Release. Many artists believe that the “Single” is the pathway to that elusive hit in the streaming playlist world. I will be honest with you, there is nothing further from the truth. Let’s take a look at […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Katarina Pejak! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Khalif Wailin’ Walter! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living […]
HOME PAGE Making A Scene Presents an Interview with Katarina Pejak! Katarina Pejak is a singer/songwriter and piano player who combines genres of the American roots music, filtering them through her Balkan descent and a classical musical training. Inspired by Tom Waits, Bessie Smith, Norah Jones, Otis Spann and many other artists whose music she […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE SOUNDCLOUD YOUTUBE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Khalif “Wailin’” Walter! Khalif “Wailin’ ” Walter without a doubt belongs to the the new generation of Blues players coming from the Windy City and contributing to it’s rich legacy of Chicago Blues. This definitely ain’t your grandaddy’s Blues though. Khalif’s music, […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE INSTAGRAM Making a Scene presents an Interview with Jane Kramer! Lauded by UK music reviewer Three Chords and the Truth as sounding like she was “…born to gypsy poets and raised by Emmylou Harris,” Asheville, North Carolina songstress Jane Kramer has garnered international recognition for the sultry, heartrending originality of her […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Dee Miller! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Steve Conn! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art […]
Road Dawg Touring Website Road Dawg Touring Facebook Making a Scene presents an Interview with a Pro Doug Tackett – Road Dawg Touring One of the most important person in an artist’s career is the Booking Agent! Getting to the point where you are ready for one is a whole different story. Doug Tackett is […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Steve Conn! “It’s a bad neighborhood, but I keep coming back,” Steve Conn sings in the title cut to his fifth album, Flesh and Bone. “Searching for mercy, in spite of the facts,” he declares, inviting listeners on a guided tour of flowing grooves and […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making A Scene Presents an interview with Dee Miller! Dee Miller is a Minnesota musician who has a performance pedigree that spans many years on the local and Midwest Blues scene. Dee’s “barrelhouse” style of singing has earned her the label “Duchess of the Blues” in the Twin Cities and regionally. […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making A Scene Presents an Interview with Eric Brace A Grammy-nominated producer, the front man of the acclaimed roots-rock band Last Train Home, half of a duo with songsmith Peter Cooper, and founder of East Nashville indie label Red Beet Records, Eric Brace is a prolific and admired artist. A former music journalist […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #459 – 02/18/19 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11182487 LARKIN POE Megan & Rebecca Lovell truly came to the attention of the Blues world with the release of Peach. They followed that up with the November release of Venom & Faith. What a great conversation I had with these two women. We discussed […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Watermelon Slim! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Seth Walker! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE INSTAGRAM TWITTER Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Seth Walker! “Are You Open?” Seth Walker sings on his transfixing new album of the same title. More than just a question, it’s a challenge, an invitation, a dare. “To me, being open means being vulnerable and exposed,” explains Walker, “but that’s […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Watermelon Slim! Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans has built a remarkable reputation with his raw, impassioned intensity. HARP Magazine wrote “From sizzling slide guitar…to nitty-gritty harp blowing…to a gruff, resonating Okie twang, Slim delivers acutely personal workingman blues with both hands on the wheel of […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These […]
Home Page Making a Scene presents an interview with the Legendary Producer/Engineer Jim Gaines! We talk to Jim about his career, his approach to producing and engineering that has become that “Jim Gaines” sound! I have been an audio engineer for the last 30 years, there are a few names in the industry that have […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE INSTAGRAM Making a Scene Presents an interview with Berry Boo! Meet this Singer/Songwriter/Swagstress from Brooklyn, NY. Having already made a name for herself by performing and touring the world as a supporting vocalist for today’s top artists such as: Nicki Minaj, One Republic, Melanie Fiona, Robin Thicke just to name a […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #458 – 02/11/19 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11182377 JACINTA GRIFFIN Ms. Hy-C & Fresh Start were the winners of the Band Challenge in the 35th International Blues Challenge. She and I will talk about the band’s journey and what they see is their next goals. FACEBOOK PAGE TOM STEPHEN – Segment Begins […]
Establishing your brand has always been part of creating a successful music career. Today it may be more important than ever. Now I can hear some of you already! “We(I) Let our(my) Music do the Talking, I don’t have to create a Brand!” Nothing can be further from the truth in today’s music industry. Before […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ina Forsman! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Willa Vincitore! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Ina Forsman! It takes a special artist to snatch triumph from the jaws of disaster. Rewind to 2016 and everything was going right for Ina Forsman. The 24-year-old singer had gone from Finland’s best-kept secret to Ruf’s hottest new signing. Her self-titled debut had […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making A Scene Presents an Interview with Willa Vincitore Singer/songwriter Willa Vincitore has been building a fan base across the Hudson Valley for nearly two decades. While her songwriting is an eclectic mix of blues, soul, rock, funk and (occasionally) pop, there’s one thing that ties it all together—that voice. Willa’s […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents An Interview with Kaz Murphy! A thoughtful storyteller with a heart for the underdog, singer songwriter Kaz Murphy explores life’s predicaments with a fine toothcomb and works at weaving a path that will somehow make sense in the long run. No Depression wrote this about “One Happy […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making A Scene Brings you an Interview with Amelia White! THE EAST NASHVILLE STANDARD-SETTING SONGWRITER BRINGS SHARP EDGE OF TRUTH AND GRITTY POETRY TO HER SEVENTH ALBUM SET FOR RELEASE JAN. 25TH, 2019 IF THERE WERE AN EAST NASHVILLE MUSIC HALL OF FAME, AMELIA WHITE WOULD ALREADY BE IN IT. THE NOW-FAMOUS […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These […]
Making a Scene Presents Understanding The New Music Consumer Introduction My frame of reference as a music consumer has always been that tactile experience of holding the physical product in my hands. I would read the liner notes, look at the pictures and would have a sense of ownership of the music. With each change […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Vin Mott! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Trevor B Power This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene brings you an interview with Vin Mott! Vin Mott was born and raised in Pequannock, NJ. Starting drum lessons at the age of seven, it was in high school when Vin discovered his love for the blues and blues harmonica. From 2007-2011 he attended Berklee College of Music […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene brings you an interview with Trevor B Power! Music was part of everyday life for Guitarist and Singer Songwriter Trevor B. Power. As the youngest of six in a bustling New Jersey household “Blues, Classical, Flamenco, Jazz, Opera, Pop, Swing, and even Rock & Roll all spun on […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These […]
Making a Scene Talks with Heli Del Moral VP of International Opportunities for CD Baby! Heli Del Moral has served in leadership positions at some of the most influential brands in the media industry. For more than a decade, Del Moral worked at Disney as director of international marketing and promotion for ESPN and ESPN […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Melody Guy! A uniquely gifted songwriter and performer, Melody Guy continues to reach fans and inspire them to follow her through a life’s journey of love, loss and independent triumph of the spirit. Artists of varying genres have recorded her songs from Sherrie Austin to Jesse James. Melody […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Eric McFadden! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Benny Turner! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art […]
Home Page FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Legendary Benny Turner! A veteran musician of more than fifty years, Benny Turner has played everywhere from the Chitlin’ Circuit, to Europe, Japan, Australia, and all points in between. Content to be a sideman in support of the many giants he has worked […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These […]
Home Page Facebook Page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Eric McFadden! Eric McFadden is a virtuoso of the six-string. He has toured the world both as a solo artist, as well as traveling with funk legend George Clinton (Parliament/Funkadelic), and rock legend Eric Burdon (The Animals). McFadden is a member of the new […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Kalyn Fay! Oklahoma-bred songwriter Kalyn Fay has a voice that commands rapt attention, whether filling a theater or piercing the din of a dive bar. It’s a tenor timbre a first-time listener once aptly described as “butterscotch,” all rich and velveteen, bold, singular. Fay’s […]
Intrepid Artists Intrepid Facebook Page Camerons Facebook Page Making a Scene presents “Interview with a Pro” Cameron Farquhar – Booking Agent – Intrepid Artists International Growing up in South Carolina, Cameron began playing percussion at the early age of 11. With the support of his father who was also a musician, he formed many bands […]
