Chris Bergson All I Got Left 2 Shirts Coincidentally as we sit down to write on this day of Levon Helm’s birthday, we have one of his many disciples – singer-songwriter, blues guitarist Chris Bergson, offering his new solo effort, All I Got Left. It’s solo in the true sense of the word as you […]
Etta James The Montreux Years Montreux Sounds/Montreux Media Ventures Jamesetta Hawkins was born in 1938, known professionally as Etta James, she was an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, and Jazz. Starting in 1954, she gained fame with hits such as ”At Last”, “Tell Mama”, “Something’s Got a Hold on […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Chris Gill 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 Patti Parks Patti has had an exciting year recording her next album, Whole Nother World. Recorded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, it will be released on Booga Records/Vizztone. American Bluesman Kenny Neal signed Ms. Parks to his own label and produced, arranged and performed on this eclectic […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Sarah Krueger of Lanue! Lanue is the latest project from Duluth, Minnesota’s Sarah Krueger. These songs were recorded in the course of two separate sessions, (the first on the cusp of a long winter, and the second on the fringe of summer’s swell). Lanue – a name […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Breanne Marie of the Front Porch Sinners Great Lakes country music from a front porch in Duluth, MN. Breanne Marie broke into the Minnesota music scene as a solo performer with an acoustic guitar and a repertoire of country covers and originals. Her 2013 debut album […]
Wee Willie Walker Not In My Lifetime Blue Dot Records Born in Hernando, Mississippi, Wee Willie Walker’s career spanned six decades as he was one of the last real soul singers. He recorded nine sides for the Memphis based Goldwax label in 1968. More recently, between 2004 and 2011, Walker recorded three albums with the […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Chris Gill Guitarist, singer, and songwriter Chris Gill has been lighting up stages in the mid-South for over twenty years. Armed with sweet guitar rhythms, a soulful voice and a clever, unique songwriter’s perspective, Chris is well-known as one of Jackson, Mississippi’s most entertaining performers. His […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #570 – 05/24/2021 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11938704 PAUL BENJAMIN – COUCH KID NEWS Paul stopped by to talk about the return of the North Atlantic Blues Festival after the cancellation of last year. All the bands are ready and so is Rockland, ME. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE TIA CARROLL Tia has […]
Shannon McNally The Waylon Sessions Compass Records Shannon McNally and Compass Records released her newest album, The Waylon Sessions, on May 28, 2021. Having always been intrigued by the man, Shannon’s interpretations add a great deal of feminine mystique to the songs. Hell, these songs have always been universal, it’s nice to hear a woman’s […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Eddie 9 Volt 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Rev Freakchild 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 Gerry Casey’s Interview with Jessica Lee Morgan! Jessica Lee Morgan is a whole-hearted singer songwriter who doesn’t beat around the bush. She’s been raised on rock and folk by legendary parents (Mary Hopkin and Tony Visconti) and writes songs that reflect her upbringing and jobs in the real world. […]
Various Artists 50 Years of Genuine Houserockin’ Music Alligator Records Alligator, the Chicago based label, is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. In 1971 Alligator President Bruce Iglauer started operating out of his efficiency apartment. The first album issued was “Hound Dog Taylor and The Houserockers”. The catalog now contains over 350 titles. Iglauer has stuck to […]
Oliver Wood Always Smilin’ Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers Okay, before anyone gets too worried and jumps off the next cliff, the Wood Brothers remain intact as an ongoing band. That said, Always Smilin’ is the first solo outing for one of the three members, Oliver Wood. As you likely know, brother Chris has long had side […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Reverand Shawn Amos 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 […]
Maria Muldaur Let’s Get Happy Together Stoney Plain Records Six-time Grammy nominee Maria Muldaur was raised in Greenwich Village. In 1963 she began her recording career as a member of The Even Dozen Jug Band. She left the following year and joined The Jim Kweskin Band where she married Geoff Muldaur. As a duo she […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Brianna Kocka Brianna Kočka is a singer-songwriter and producer from Minneapolis, MN. She has shared the stage with Marc Cohn, The Cult, and has had her music featured on General Hospital, 20/20, Betrayed, Siesta Keys and many other television shows. Evoking the instrumentation of Joni Mitchell, the intimacy […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Clarence Spady 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 Josie Bello Josie Bello has been musical from an early age. She would often walk around the house, humming or singing some tune she had formed in her head, so frequently that her mother would ask her to “please pipe down”. At 7 years old she […]
Declan O’Rourke Arrivals Miesta Music/Warner UK Arrivals is the seventh album for Irish singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke and represents his first new material in two years, and importantly, a new raw, intimate sound encouraged and realized by producer Paul Weller of Jam fame. Weller is also a multi-instrumentalist who chips in now and then along with […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Clarence Spady Described as “the future of the blues” by Bill Dahl (Chicago Tribune) circa 1996, Clarence’s sound has become more distinguishable now than ever before. He plays with a depth and sensitivity that can’t be taught, effortlessly combining blues, jazz, funk, latin and rock into […]
Maia Sharp Mercy Rising Self-Released Maia Sharp just did two years ago what many singer-songwriters do. She moved to Nashville to be in the company of kindred spirits, hoping her change in scenery from L.A. would inspire her musically and give her personal life a necessary reboot. This is not to say she hadn’t enjoyed […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Tom Craig 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 […]
Jesse Terry When We Wander Wander Recordings When We Wander marks a series of first for New England-raised, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jesse Terry. It’s the first album of his seven, that he wrote since becoming a parent, the first he ever recorded live in the studio, and likely the first that was delayed for a year. […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Alex Lopez 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 Tom Craig Philadelphia native Tom Craig plays a special brand of Blues, Soul and R&B. Tom got his first guitar for his eleventh birthday. With 40 years of guitar playing, formal training as a jazz vocalist and his passion for the Blues, he gives you all […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Halley DeVestern 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 […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #567 – 05/03/2021 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11926773 MARIA MULDAUR – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Maria returned to The Couch to talk about the last couple of years and her new album, Let’s Get Happy Together. Always a great time speaking with this incredible vocalist. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE EDDIE TURNER – […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Michele Biondi 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 Halley DeVestern The Halley DeVestern Band is a high-energy Blues/Funk/Roots/Rock band featuring ex members of Roger Waters, Shawn Mullins, Deni Bonet, and more. Halley had the honor of touring with Janis Joplin’s original band, Big Brother and The Holding Company as their lead singer, filling some […]
Tony Joe White Smoke from the Chimney Easy Eye Sound Smoke from the Chimney, a nine-song album of never-before-heard Tony Joe White tunes, is the posthumous album that most thought never existed. Produced by Dan Auerbach and rounded out by Nashville’s most seasoned studio musicians, Smoke from the Chimney started as several unadorned voice and guitar demos […]
Van Morrison Latest Record Project: Volume 1 BMG Perhaps no artist was more upset about the pandemic lockdown, at least to the point of railing against it in song, as the ever prolific Van Morrison. And yes, he used the time to generate a ton of new material, indicating that this tongue-in-cheek entitled Latest Record […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Popa Chubby 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 Popa Chubby Popa Chubby, born Ted Horowitz, has been hard rocking the blues in his fierce and soulful way for more than 30 years. Over the course of a career that dates back to 1994, he has been a force of to be reckoned with on […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Dexter Allen 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring The Tokyo Tramps 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 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Dexter Allen Dexter Allen, born in Crystal Springs, MS. the son of musical Pastors Lee and Ruthie Allen, was raised on a farm and grew up understanding that life can still be wholesome with only the bare necessities. Dexter began playing the bass guitar at the […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Charlie Bedford The music business long term survival depends on young blood entering the business. The blues is normally a genre for the more mature artists, so it’s really exciting to see young artists of the age group and obvious talent that Charlie possess becoming […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Smiling Jack Smith 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 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with The Tokyo Tramps Hailing from the Land of Rising Sun (Japan), TOKYO TRAMPS is a group of American roots music fanatics. The musical journey started when Satoru left Japan to go to Louisiana searching for the spirit of Rock’n’Roll. Soon he found the key, Blues. Yukiko […]
Making a Scene Presents the 2021 Independent Blues Awards! Congratulations to all the nominees! The 2021 Independent Blues Awards nominations are now in and ready for you to vote on. We do things a bit different than other awards in that we give you the opportunity to explore and experience artists and music […]
Bob Corritore & Friends Spider In My Stew Vizztone Label Group/SWMAF Records Bob Corritore was born in Chicago and as an adolescent got hooked on blues harmonica. He studied and received playing tips from some of the cities finest, including Carey Bell, Big Walter Horton, and Junior Wells. Corritore moved to Pheonix when he was […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Smiling Jack Smith Smiling Jack Smith has been around for a while and he has been paying attention. After 70 years he has gained an interesting perspective on life and a fertile ground for his writing. He can touch your heart and tickle your funny […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Sam Morrow 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 […]
Ben Cosgrove The Trouble with Wilderness Self-released Ben Cosgrove is a traveling composer, pianist, and multi-instrumentalist from New England. He travels constantly all over the country, performing a unique variety of original instrumental music that explores themes of landscape, geography, and environment while straddling a line between folk and classical music. He has delivered several […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring The Hungry Williams 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 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Sam Morrow Two years before releasing Gettin’ By on Gettin’ Down — the most guitar-driven, groove-heavy album of Sam Morrow’s catalog, with songs that roll just as hard as they rock — Morrow hit the highway in support of his third record, Concrete & Mud. Despite […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring The John Paul Jones Group 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 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Michelle and Jason Hannan Michelle’s last album with her husband, Jason (entitled You Can Go Home: The Quarantine Sessions) recently reached number 1 on Airplay Direct’s Country/Americana radio airplay chart. The band features the warm, soulful vocals and songwriting of Michelle Hannan, along with her husband; singer, songwriter, […]
