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Cary Morin – When I Rise

Viola Krouse blues, Cary Morin, cd review, indie Blues, making a Scene, when I rise October 26, 2018

Cary Morin When I Rise When I Rise is the newest album by singer/songwriter Cary Morin and delivers a potent Blues/Roots Message. The Music that shapes our formative years stay with us forever. These songs reflect Cary Morin’s upbringing. Shaped by life’s experiences, these songs are given breath by a world traveler with a keen […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana/ CD Reviews Indie Rock

Tim Carroll Keeping Time

Viola Krouse americana, Indie Rock, making a Scene, tim carroll September 25, 2018

Tim Carroll Keeping Time “Keeping Time” is the 2018 release by Tim Carroll and whoever said Rock and Roll is dead or speaks of the demise of the electric guitar, has never been to the longest running residency in Nashville. The “Tim Carroll Rock ‘n’ Roll Happy Hour” at the famed Five Spot is local […]

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CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Indie Country

Carry Me Back by Jeff Mamett

Viola Krouse Country, country western, indie country, jeff mamett, making a Scene September 23, 2018

Carry Me Back Jeff Mamett As evident from the opening song from “Carry Me Back”, Jeff Mamett is the real deal. This album is pure country not forced country. This is heartfelt country not sit in a cold windowless room on music row working through a formula country. This isn’t about driving trucks and drinking […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Jim Lauderdale’s “Time Flies” and “Jim Lauderdale and Roland White

Viola Krouse americana, cd review, jim Lauderdale, making a Scene August 3, 2018

Jim Lauderdale’s new releases “Time Flies” and “Jim Lauderdale and Roland White” (originally recorded in 1979) are bookends to a career well sung. – Yep Roc Records This latest release, “Time Flies” is aptly named and bundled along with his first album as still-life to a career just visible on the radar. Jim Lauderdale has […]

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CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana/ CD Reviews Indie Country

Los Cuates – by Sergio Webb 2018

Viola Krouse americana, Country, making a Scene, sergio webb July 31, 2018

Los Cuates – the latest release by singer-songwriter sometimes guitar slinger Sergio Webb paints the landscape of the American West. These are songs written from the road. Whether you’re traveling through this landscape on horseback or car listening to Los Cuates will transport you to a place somewhere on the road that’s as comfortable as […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

KEVIN GORDON – Tilt and Shine

Viola Krouse americana, kevin gordon, making a Scene July 13, 2018

Tilt and Shine Crowville Media Kevin is an artist who immerses himself into a performance. There are bits of him left on stages at concert halls and dive bars around the country. The Kevin Gordon band is well oiled and loose, you can get lost in the groove of these songs. All the better to […]

INDIE Blues Scene/ Music Business/ On the Scene

Briggs Farm Blues Festival – July’s Best Music Scene

Viola Krouse blues, briggs farm, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots July 13, 2018

Briggs Farm Blues Festival has been a fixture in Nescopeck PA for over Twenty years. It’s not about the farm, it’s about the music. Richard Briggs knows great music and hand culls some of the nation’s best artists selling out shows around the country. Artists who are well known and respected by the people paying […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

The High Cost Of Living Strange by Ben de la Cour released spring 2018 on Flour Sack Cape Records

Viola Krouse ben de la cour, blues, blues-rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots June 26, 2018

A boxer and a rocker who was born in London, raised in Brooklyn, Ben de la Cour played dive bars underage and dropped out of school to join a Heavy Metal Band. His formative years were deftly shaped by Bob Dylan the Everly Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Turning his steely eyed intensity towards an acoustic […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Giulia Millanta’s “Conversation with a Ghost”

Viola Krouse americana, giulia millanta, indie, making a Scene, singer-songwriter June 17, 2018

Giulia Millanta is a cosmopolitan Americana artist. Her newest album “Conversation with a Ghost” is crisp and refreshing. The melodies are masterfully executed. Each instrument is selective in accentuating Giulia’s ethereal vocal. As expected from having a “Conversation with a Ghost“, the tempo and vibe of the songs are hauntingly familiar. https://www.giuliamillanta.com/ “Conversation with a Ghost” […]

Americana Scene/ Music Business/ On the Scene

Nowhere Else Festival – It takes some dedication to get there, but it’s exactly where it needs be.

Viola Krouse americana, making a Scene, nowhere else festival June 5, 2018

Nowhere Else Festival. A boutique gathering of some of the finest craftsmen and women in the artistic community. If over the river and through the woods takes you home, rivers and oceans take you to Nowhere Else Festival. A family musical reunion on a historic pre-Civil War farm located, well, in the middle of nowhere […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

SOUTHBOUND – Nashville Songwriter-Singer Bob Rea

Viola Krouse americana, bob rea, making a Scene, southbound June 3, 2018

Nashville based Songwriter-Singer Bob Rea is as Americana as cherry pie. He is the Country without the “Bro”. He might not fully rock but he sure does roll. He’s the folk singer with a driving beat and a bit of soul. Through it all is a web of finely crafted lyrics in the vein of […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues/ CD Reviews Indie Rock

Madeleine Besson Journey Home

Viola Krouse .blues, indie Blues, made, Madeleine Besson, making a Scene, soul June 3, 2018

Madeleine Besson’s “Journey Home” is sultry and soulful. Influences such as Etta James, Otis Redding, and Ray Charles are evident throughout. It is an album that can stand in for your best friend. An album for anyone who’s been going through some rough times and are emerging more trusting and believing and stronger. Those of […]

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Country Scene/ Music Business/ On the Scene

The Art of Song with David Olney – A Songwriters Workshop

Viola Krouse art of song, David Olney, making a Scene, songwriters workshop May 18, 2018

If you’re a songwriter, (or a song enthusiast), and you can go to a songwriter workshop with David Olney, you go, period. “Anytime anyone asks me who my favorite music writers are, I say Mozart, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Bob Dylan and Dave Olney. [David] Olney is one of the best songwriters I’ve ever heard – and that’s true. […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana/ CD Reviews Indie Country

Tarrant County – The newest album by Mark Currey

Viola Krouse americana, indie country, making a Scene, mark currey, Tarrent county May 15, 2018

There’s nothing like a great Texas storyteller. Tarrant County combines masterful songwriting and refreshingly accomplished musicianship with a voice that’s as comforting as your best childhood memory. Tarrant County is the newest album by Texas Heritage songwriter finalist Mark Currey. Tarrant County is a songwriters delight. This album is an essay in Americana. The songs […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana/ CD Reviews Indie Country

Let’s Do This – the brilliant new album by DADDY

Viola Krouse americana, Daddy, let's do this, making a Scene May 1, 2018

DADDY “Let’s Do This” What would it sound like if Mick Taylor and Keith Richards were in a juke-joint, rock-‘n’-by-god-roll band, a band that preaches the gospel according to Muddy Waters? It would sound like Let’s Do This, the newest album from the Americana supergroup “DADDY”. DADDY is Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack at their […]

Jam Scene/ On the Scene

Gatos Blancos at the Sherman Theater

Viola Krouse Funk, indie, Indie Rock, jam band, making a Scene, roots music April 24, 2018

Photos above by Sam Watson Gatos Blancos is a jam band with soul and an evolving groove that is refreshingly unpredictable. Gatos Blancos brilliantly interpret the tone and resonance within each instrument. They play the sweet spots. Each song was unique, each had a good groove. Stage lighting was purposely dark to create mood for […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Bluegrass

Back to the Basics a new album by multi-instrumentalist Pappy Biondo

Viola Krouse americana, BLuesgrass, Country, making a Scene, pappy and the pards, pappy biondo April 24, 2018

Back to the Basics, the newest album of original bluegrass music from multi-instrumentalist Pappy Biando is everything you expect and a few things that find you searching your own soul. Pappy’s music is consistently fresh, new, and familiar. His new album “Back to the Basics” is exactly that. Pappy is a young man with an […]