By Adam Signore The Jim Weeks Band This Jim Weeks Band introduction comes to you via one pandemic, one national tragedy and one heart attack and very late to the planned writing, but no less important. Almost the gritty fodder for a rock song. In my typical style we are going to dig a little […]
Making a Scene Celebrates 6 Years of Publication! It was May 1 2014 when I launched Making a Scene and since that day it has been one hell of a ride! We have been through 4 hosting services because of the growth of traffic which now averages over 8 million page reads a month! Our […]
Soul Box Good Stuff The band Soul Box is everything that the name implies. Simply put this band lays down some grooves that, uhm, well, are really great tunes to, ah… do it to. Soul Box has just released their second offering “Good Stuff” and yeah, you’re going to want to dig out the candles, […]
By Adam Signore Eliza Neals at 9 Wallis Eliza graced the north shore of MA recently and I had the honor of being there, a crazy trip getting there. Last year I had the opportunity to see Eliza Neals at the world renowned Chan’s in Woonsocket RI, a mere 15 minutes from my house. The […]
By Adam Signore Let’s talk about Tal Wilkenfeld. I had the distinct pleasure of seeing Tal Wilkenfeld at City Winery Boston the other night and you know how you go into a show with expectations? Well I expected quite a lot and yet my mind was still totally blown! Tal never ceases to amaze. Some […]
By Adam Signore Ladies’ & Gentlemen, Amanda Fish I was honored to get to see Amanda perform recently and also receive a copy of her new CD. Going to run you through a little history for the uninitiated, show review and talk about the new CD. Amanda Fish, Making A Scene Amanda Fish comes from […]
By Adam Signore Colin Blunstone, That Voice February 5th, 2019. A night I’ll never forget. State of the Union. Are you kidding me? Hometown team having their Super Bowl celebration. Nope. This was a night of great music that brought me back to my youth. I got to see in person a Rock and Roll […]
By Adam Signore The Simple Minds – New Music, great Concert So I had the distinct pleasure of catching the Simple Minds at Boston’s Orpheum Theater, A Historic venue with amazing sound. I’m a long time Simple Minds fan and knew the band for a lot more than “Don’t You Forget About Me”. This band […]
By Adam Signore Who is Joanne Shaw Taylor? Joanne Shaw Taylor, a young 30 something Rock & Blues guitarist from England, who bounces back and forth between Detroit, MI & England for residence is kicking butt on the music scene. She has been impressing audiences from the start. Discovered at age 16 by Dave Stewart […]
By Adam Signore The Dropkick Murphys Although I am a hometown Boston boy, The Dropkick Murphys admittedly was a band that I had not given enough attention to. I gladly downed a pint when “Shipping Up To Boston” came on and thought I knew all about them. When a chance came my way to see […]
By Adam Signore Shinedown Recently had the pleasure of catching Shinedown in concert opening for Godsmack and in a word, I was floored. Shinedown puts on a rock solid show that kicks A**. They were a perfect complement to the show. Circumstances prevented me from seeing the whole performance unfortunately but what I did see […]
By Adam Signore Godsmack, still rocking heavy! Godsmack, is that a new album or are you just glad to see me? Recently got to see the Godsmack – Shinedown tour and man was it amazing. More on the show in a sec… A little about Godsmack & I 🙂 So let me say that being […]
By Adam Signore Bad Marriage, Bad Boys From Boston Boston’s always had a rich music scene. No matter where you’re from you have heard of some of our biggest and brightest. Aerosmith, Boston, The Pixies, the Cars, The Dresden Dolls, The Lemonheads, The Del Fuego’s. I could go on but you get the idea. One […]
Making a Scene started out in May of 2014 as an idea to educate and support independent artists (and the fans that love them) with articles on Music Business, Recording Techniques, CD Reviews and Artist Interviews. We had no way of knowing how important the need was for such a resource. According to our Content […]
Allow me to introduce to you Laith Al-Saadi By Adam Signore But first let’s get this out of the way right now. Go see the indie Blues artist Laith Al-Saadi first chance you get. OK now that that is out of the way, here’s the skinny on Laith’s beginnings: Laith started singing at four years […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Barrett Anderson Barrett Anderson started playing the guitar at 13, and shortly thereafter discovered and fell in love with the blues. His first professional experience came at age 15, backing up the legendary Pinetoop Perkins and “Steady Rollin’” Bob Margolin. When he was 16, Anderson joined […]