Veronica Lewis You Ain’t Unlucky Blue Heart Records/Nola Blue Veronica Lewis hails from Haverhill, Ma. located thirty-five miles north of Boston on the New Hampshire border. Encouraged by her mother (and manager) Nancy Leotta she began playing piano when she was 6 years old. The performer has been honing her rhythmically complex piano chops and […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Erin Harpe “When I listen to the blues, it makes me want to cry—it’s a part of me—but before making this album, I felt I was neglecting the acoustic blues woman in me,” award-winning blues artist and educator Erin Harpe shares. Erin proudly acknowledges the acoustic blues […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #555 – 02/01/2021 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11885932 MISTY BLUES BAND – WORLD PREMIER Gina Coleman joined me to share the new album from Misty Blues Band. The album, entitled None More Blue, will be released in about a week, but we got to share it first and talk about […]
Skylar Rogers Firebreather Independent Skylar Rogers was born and raised in Chicago. Her main influences include Koko Taylor, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston and B.B. King. Rogers’ listened to these and other soulful artists whom she credits for becoming as passionate a vocalist as she is. Rogers’ released her debut EP in 2018, and began touring […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Joyann Parker JOYANN PARKER believes music helps people carry on through troubled times. With that in mind, the Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter is releasing OUT OF THE DARK (Hopeless Romantic Records) on FEBRUARY 12, 2021, the rootsy, genre-blending sequel to her acclaimed debut release, Hard to Love. “It’s a great time to release the album,” Parker says. “People need music right now.” […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Paul Joseph Founding member of the band 100 Watt Vipers, that over the span of 2013 to 2018 released 5 albums. The band gained a large indie following worldwide for their stripped down 2 piece heavy garage blues. Paul wrote and produced, as well as […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Jeremy Parsons Born in San Antonio, Texas, Jeremy Parsons grew up soaking in the sounds of Country Music. Driven by his passion, he taught himself to play the guitar and began to write and perform regularly by high school. In 2011 he was awarded a Texas Music […]
Joyann Parker Out of the Dark Hopeless Romantics Records Joyann Parker is a classically trained pianist with a degree in music from the University of Wisconsin. Before 2014 she had only sang with a wedding band. After hearing her sing Aretha Franklin’s soul classic “Chain of Fools” she was asked to join a Minneapolis based […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Johnny Never East coast bluesman John Carleton, (aka Johnny Never) has a mission to deliver pure, unadulterated vintage blues to those who already love the blues as well as those who have never heard it. Whether solo or with accompaniment, Johnny has energized audiences in Northern […]
Greg Sover Band The Parade Grounded Soul Records Pennsylvania based Greg Sover has been influenced by multiple genres including classic rock, blues, and reggae. He released his debut album “Songs of a Renegade” in 2016. His follow up recording was 2018’s “Jubilee”. “The Parade”, an EP completed during the pandemic, is only Sover’s third release. […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Ghalia Volt Never underestimate the power of a woman with her back to the wall. In March 2020, as Covid blew across the planet, the shutters came down on live venues and recording studios, and the music scene fell suddenly silent, Ghalia Volt faced the same dilemma as every other […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Aaron Flanders of the Burnt Pines THE BURNT PINES is a multicultural marvel, chiefly comprised of a trio of talented musicians who first came together at a Lisbon recording studio in the summer of 2018, and in a relatively short period of time rose to the challenge of […]
HOME PAGE Making A Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Ben Reel ‘The Nashville Calling` is the title of the ninth studio album by Irish artist Ben Reel. Released on 27th March 2020. Produced by Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack and featuring Garry W Tallent on bass from the legendary E Street Band. The album contains 11 […]
The Mountain Goats Getting Into Knives Merge Records The Mountain Goats are an Indie Folk Rock band and the brain-child of singer-songwriter John Darnielle. Currently the band is based out of Durham, North Carolina. The band’s name is derived from the Screamin’ Jay Hawkins song “Yellow Coat”. Despite their plural moniker, their earliest home recordings […]
Steve Strongman Tired of Talkin’ Stony Plain Records/Ontario Creates Steve Strongman didn’t start playing guitar until he was sixteen when he was mentored by the Mississippi born Mel Brown. Brown both a sideman, and bandleader with thirteen albums of his own, was asked to play a gig in Kitchener, Ontario; fell in love with the […]
J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters Blue Eyed Soul Vol. 2 Hunter Records Jan Tore Lauritsen, better known as JT, hails from Lillestrom, Norway. He began playing piano at an early age but soon switched to the Hammond B-3. Lauritsen had his first paying gig at the age of fourteen. Because the B-3 was too […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Jared Tyler of Saugeye! Saugeye is the self-titled debut and collaborative project of veteran Tulsa musicians Jared Tyler, Seth Lee Jones, Jake Lynn, and Casey Van Beek. The band is named after avid fisherman and frontman Tyler’s favorite catch, a hybrid cross of the sauger and […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Bob Angell BOB “SnakeShaker” ANGELL started BLUES OUTLET in the spring of 1966. The original idea, as Angell recalls, was to “Take Chuck Berry material and explore it all the way back… through Muddy, Jimmy Reed, Howlin’ Wolf et al…and see just how far back […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Legendary Margie Singleton Forget that old saying, “Life Begins at 40.” Try doubling that age, as the gifted Margie Singleton has done. Now at age 85, the singer-songwriter has released new music -a five-song EP, Never Mind.. “This is an incredible time in my life,” Margie […]
Brian Smalley Chosen Independent Brian Smalley grew up in a military family; by the time he was eighteen, he had moved over twenty times. Smalley’s father played accordion, and his brother piano, and so he acquired his first guitar at the age of nine, and it became his best friend. Smalley’s music includes multiple genres. […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #548 – 01/04/2021 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11868157 MEG WILLIAMS – COUCH KID NEWS Meg has released the single, “Fuel For My Fire” and she came by to talk about her 2020, her look at 2021 and the new single. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE COYOTE MOTEL – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Segment Begins […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Randall Bramblett When singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Randall Bramblett began compiling the songs that would eventually make up his 12th and newest studio album, Pine Needle Fire, it wasn’t with any particular musical or lyrical direction in mind. But viewed through the lens of the dozen tracks on the […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Layla Zoe! Give Layla Zoe a stage and she’ll show you magic. In a world of choreography and autotune, this is one performer who does it the old-fashioned way, digging deep, summoning a smoke-and-whisky vocal, leaving it all on the stage and sending breathless fans out […]
Peter Roland I Don’t Like What’s Going On Bluzpik Media Group Ex-New Yorker and multi- Instrumentalist Peter Roland has had a varied career. He opened for John Mayall, Eric Burdon, and Buddy Miles. As a Jazz Society member he played with John McLaughlin, Tony Williams, Jaco Pastorious, and Herbie Mann. He has also played in […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #546 – 12/21/2020 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11861139 HEAD HONCHOS I got to speak with the father/son duo Rocco Calipari Sr. & Jr. about their journeys and the new music from their band Head Honchos and the album, Blues Alliance. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE DICK EARL’S ELECTRIC CIRCUS Segment Begins At The […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Daryl Mosley Calling Daryl Mosley a singer/songwriter is only correct in the most basic sense. Daryl is a gifted songwriter and storyteller who paints vivid pictures of life as it could be, used to be, or might have been. He’s not flashy; just a man with […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #545 – 12/14/2020 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11856398 SISTER LUCILLE – COUCH KID NEWS Kimberley & Jamie will come by to talk about the release of their 45 single that contains “Gone” & “Grandpa’s Song”. We will talk about their recent success and how they are dealing with the pandemic. WEB […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene presents an Interview with Duke Robillard Whether it’s a song, a style, an idiom or an image, Duke Robillard will render it with mastery, power, nuance and an unerring grasp of its essence. Born Michael John Robillard on October 4, 1948, in Woonsocket, R.I., Duke has carved out one of […]
Dave Keller You Get What You Give Tasty Tone Records Montpelier, Vermont’s Dave Keller has been schooled by the very best. He studied acoustic blues with guitarist Paul Rishell; and soul blues with guitarist Robert Ward. After releasing the Dave Keller Band debut in 1998 he began to be mentored by Mighty Sam McClain who […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Interviews Grainne Duffy Grainne Duffy was born in Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, Ireland and raised in a family of seven. As a schoolgirl she sang in her local choir and also in a family band with her sisters. The band was bred from their love of music, which Duffy accredits to […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Matt Eckstine Continually inspired by the shifting waves of his life, the Lowcountry and the coast he calls home, Matt Eckstine’s evolution as a songwriter has reached a new peak on his second solo album “Lil’ Blue.” Eckstine moved to Lowcountry from his native Ohio nearly […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #543 – 11/30/2020 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11850322 PATRICIA WILSON ADEN & MICHAEL FREEMAN This segment turned out even better than I could have hoped. We had a number of callers who asked some pointed questions and, I believe, got honest open responses from both my guests. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE BRADLEY […]
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 […]
Making a Scene presents TURN IT UP with Gerry Casey with an interview with John Campbelljohn John Angus Blues Band Mann Mama’s Blues( It’s About Time 2017) Betty Fox Band Green Light (Peace In Pieces 2020) John Hiatt Over The Hill( The Eclipse Sessions 2019 Black Country Communion Song Of Yesterday ( Self titled 2010) […]
Alastair Greene The New World Blues Whiskey Bayou Records Southern California’s Alastair Greene was first influenced by seventies guitarists Duane Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He found work backing James Harman before releasing his debut album “A Little Wiser” in 2001. He followed up with 2003’s “Bootleg: Live in L.A”. Greene also appeared on albums […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Michael Schatte Michael Schatte (pronounced SHAW-tee) has emerged as one of the most compelling guitarists and singer/songwriters on the North American roots music scene. His sound spans a number of styles: rock, blues, celtic, bluegrass, rockabilly – Eclectic Electric Roots Music is Schatte’s preferred descriptor – […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #542 – 11/23/2020 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11849378 DEB RYDER – COUCH KID NEWS Deb joined me to discuss her new single, Get Ready, which explores our current world, plus we talked about her time during the pandemic and her upcoming album. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE SUGAR RAY NORCIA – COUCH KID […]
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Go Analog! Eric Croft: vocals/guitar, Keith Kemmerer: guitar/vocals, Michael Osborne: bass, and James Watson: drums. We reside in various locations across Ohio. Go Analog has existed throughout the 2010’s. We have had a couple of highs, a few lows, and long stretches of being latent. When we began […]
Paul Wilkinson 400 Bears Self-released This is a pleasant surprise from a local artist to this Pennsylvanian-based writer. Normally these kinds of efforts are hit or miss at best but Paul Wilkinson, longtime guitarist for the West Chester-based roots rock band Mason Porter, debut solo album , 400 Bears, impresses from the opening notes and […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Sean Harrison Sean was born in Nashville and raised mostly in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he grew up in the literary home of the late novelist/screenwriter William Harrison, probably best known for the movie Rollerball. The father taught creative writing at the University of Arkansas, which put […]
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mary-Charlotte Young Mary-Charlotte Young, formerly Magic Girl, is a Southern singer-songwriter steeped in Texas Americana troubadour tradition with a punk rock edge. Magic Girl tells stories like Lucinda and Townes, songs of hard lives and experience, but with a true empathy that celebrates strength. All sung with a […]
John Calvin Abney Familiar Ground Black Mesa Oklahoma has produced some of the best roots music in recent years. Think John Moreland, John Fullbright, Michael McClure, Jason Boland, Turnpike Troubadours, and Carter Sampson to name a few. Yes, some notices that John Calvin Abney was missing from that short list. He is the multi-instrumentalist, solo […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Laura Tate Laura Tate, one of four daughters of a Southern beauty and an opera singer father, grew up in Dallas and began singing in front of audiences at the age of nine. While majoring in voice at the University of North Texas, she had the […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Dennis Mckee of The Mckee Brothers The roots of the McKee Bros. project go back to 70s Ann Arbor and Detroit, where Ralph McKee, inspired by his college roommate, guitarist Bob Doezema (now a Berklee professor who tours with Al Kooper), bought a cheap bass and […]
Last Year’s Man Brave the Storm Self-released Last Year’s Man is the moniker for Eugene, OR-based producer and singer-songwriter, Tyler Fortier. The Northwesterner has had his music featured on major television and film outlets. He enjoys working with emerging artists such as Jeffrey Martin, Anna Tivel, Beth Wood, and Jeff Crosby. Fortier has been involved […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Kevin Burt For more than 25 years Kevin Burt has been electrifying audiences throughout the Midwest dispelling the myth that true blues has no roots in Iowa. His soul-inspired presentation is unique which consistently get him compared to a range of artists like Bill Withers and […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Tyler Fortier LAST YEAR’S MAN is the pseudonym of Eugene, OR based producer and singer/songwriter, Tyler Fortier. He is a frequent collaborator with up-and-coming Northwest singer/songwriters and has produced recordings for artists such as Anna Tivel, Beth Wood, and Jeffrey Martin. OPB Music named Jeffrey Martin’s […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Tim Wright of Blind Fiction. Tim began his music career playing saxophone in front of his childhood home at the age of 10. Music became a focus when he attended Waukesha South High School where he earned the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award his senior year as […]
Tim Woods Vortex Independent Originally from Western Pennsylvania Tim Woods has been influenced by a variety of genre’s including blues, rock, bluegrass, and jazz. When Woods turned eighteen his family relocated to Macon, Georgia and he immersed himself in the music scene promoting national acts at a local nightclub. Later, Woods formed the Woods Family […]
Dennis Jones Soft Hard & Loud Blue Rock Records Dennis Jones hails from the rural town of Monkton, Maryland. His grandfather played an acoustic guitar and a thirteen-year-old Jones received his first guitar on Christmas Day. At the age of sixteen he was already in a cover band playing rock n’ roll. He joined the […]
