americana, david g smith, making a Scene, singer-songwriter
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David G Smith Who Cares Singer-Songwriter-Guitarist David G Smith releases his fourth studio album, Who Cares, on August 23, 2019. As a successful songwriter, David G Smith was losing his soul writing songs for other singers. On the advice of fellow songwriters Darrell Scott and Mary Gauthier, (who sings duet on “Shine”), he stopped chasing […]
americana, ben davis jr., Country, making a Scene
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HOMEPAGE Making A Scene Presents an Interview with Ben Davis Jr.! At the crossroads of the cosmic stylings of The Grateful Dead and the vulnerable sonic truths of Todd Snider lies Ben Davis Jr. and the Revelry: a genre-defying psychedelic fivesome brewed in the creative pressure cooker of Appalachian Ohio. Before Ben Davis Jr. and […]
alt country, americana, Country, making a Scene, The Nickel Slots
HOME PAGE Making A Scene Presents an Interview with “The Nickel Slots” The Nickel Slots take you on a journey through hard times and desperation that always carries hope that better things are just around the corner. With influence from early roots Americana music as well as a touch of rebellious ’70s punk, The Nickel […]
americana, Chris Carroll, interview, making a Scene
HOME PAGE Making A Scene Presents an interview with Chris Carroll For most kids, a broken radio in the family van might get in the way of singalongs. But Chris Carroll’s dad loved John Prine, and she’d fill the dead air with “Sam Stone,” entertaining a pair of younger brothers. Carroll was born in Toronto, […]
americana, making a Scene, singer-songwriter, Terri Hendrix
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Terri Hendrix! Terri Hendrix is a pioneering independent Texas songwriter who spins sorrow into joy and wrings wisdom from the blues with a poetic grace and engaging melodic flair that has endeared her to three generations of loyal fans around the globe. A classically trained vocalist […]
americana, forty below records, making a Scene, the hawtThorns
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Present an interview with “The HawtThorns”! An Americana band whose sun-kissed songwriting, fiery electric guitar, and lush vocal harmonies evoke the California coastline as much as the Bible Belt countryside, the HawtThorns are rooted in the collaborative chemistry of husband-and-wife duo KP and Johnny Hawthorn. Before forming their band in […]
americana, jazz, making a Scene, maryjo mundy
Maryjo Mundy The Fourteenth Confession – Songs of Laura Nyro Bluejazz Sometimes it takes a tribute or interpretations from another artist for one to truly appreciate the beauty and power of the songs left behind by the original. Thus is the case for this live performance by Maryjo Mundy last year at the Gardenia in […]
americana, Ben whinship, bluegrass, making a Scene, roots
Ben Winship Toolshed + Acorns (two complete and separate albums) Snake River Most musicians have their own kind of tool shed we suppose. Roots musician, recording engineer and in-demand sideman Ben Winship is perhaps titling one of these two albums about his backyard studio in Idaho that he calls The Henhouse. Like most studios, contrary […]
americana, Chuck Hawthorne, making a Scene, songwriter
HOMEPAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Chuck Hawthorne! On July 26th, Austin songwriter Chuck Hawthorne will release the follow up to his critically acclaimed 2015 debut, Silver Line…the long awaited full length album, Fire Out of Stone. Stories of Hawthorne’s military career and his chance meeting with Silver Line producer Ray Bonneville may have originally drawn listeners […]
americana, david g smith, making a Scene, singer-songwriter, songwriter
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with David G Smith! “I’m a songwriter first and foremost. I like to think I write with intention tempered with abandon. Let the song say what it wants to say. It’s that simple. It’s that hard.” Raised in a musical family in northeastern Iowa, David G Smith […]
