Home Page Facebook page Making a Scene presents an interview with Anthony Geraci For almost 40-years pianist, Hammond organist and composer Anthony Geraci has played behind some of the most influential blues musicians of the 20th century. He is an original member of both Sugar Ray & the Bluetones and Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, and has […]
JW Jones Live Solid Blues Records At thirty eight years old JW Jones’ influences include fellow Canadians Ronnie Hawkins and Colin James. He has also absorbed most of the roots rock, blues, and country music that has come before him. He has recorded with Kim Wilson, David “Fathead” Newman, Little Charlie Baty, Hubert Sumlin and […]
Making a Scene Presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus “Indie Blues Double Shot” This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists […]
Colin James Miles To Go True North Records One of the best Canadian interpreters of traditional blues is Colin James. On his last album 2016’s “Blue Highway” James paid tribute to some of his influences. That album spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the Roots Music Report’s Blues Chart. This is James’ sequel to […]
Tony Joe White Bad Mouthin’ Yep Roc Many of us have long thought of Tony Joe White as a blues artist. After all, Eric Clapton covered White’s “Did Somebody Make a Fool Out of You” and more recently Robert Cray covered two songs and invited White to play on his album with the HI Rhythm […]
Josh Smith Burn to Grow VizzTone Put versatile southern Californian guitarist Josh Smith together with brilliant players like Davey Faragher and Pete Thomas from Elvis Costello and more recently their band, Jackshit, and other top L.A. musicians and you have the makings of some inventive, genre-crossing blues influenced music. Smith proves to be a quadruple […]
Philipp Fankhauser I’ll Be Around Sony Music/Funk House Blues Productions Philipp Fankhauser is a Swiss soul blues singer, guitarist and songwriter. He began singing in 1987 and produced his bands first album “Blues for the Lady” in 1989. After touring with Johnny “Clyde” Copeland in 1994 Fankhauser recorded his first solo album. Four of his […]
Making a Scene Presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus featuring Crystal Shawanda 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 art […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #438 – 09/24/18 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/10985181 PEGGY BROWN – COUCH KID NEWS Peggy manages promotion and publicity for the Central Mississippi Blues Society…and is a huge part of the Blues Family. Peggy stopped by to fill us in on all that is happening within the society and their Blue Monday […]
Celso Salim Band Mama’s Hometown Tower High Music Based in Southern California for the past four years, Brazilian guitarist Celso Salim and his band introduce their first album recorded here in the states. This is deep blues, not Brazilian music, and it’s fused with elements of soul, country, jazz and rock. There are eight originals […]
Making a Scene presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Johnny and the Headhunters! 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 […]
Billy F. Gibbons The Big Bad Blues Concord Records Guitarist/Vocalist Billy F. Gibbons formed the rock band ZZ Top in 1969. Their debut recording “ZZ Top’s First Album” was released two years later. Their discography includes fifteen studio albums and four albums recorded live. The rock n’ boogie band has sold over twenty-five million albums […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Crystal Shawanda! Crystal Shawanda grew up on the Wikwemikong reserve on an island in Ontario, Canada, Her parents raised her on Country music and taught her to sing and play guitar, but it was her oldest brother who introduced her to […]
The Weight Band World Gone Mad The Weight Band Records The Weight Band was inspired to carry on the legacy of The Band. Formed in 2013 when Jim Weider (1985 -1999) and Randy Ciarlante (1991 to 1999) both members of the re-united Band decided to form a new group to perform “Songs of The Band” […]
Making a Scene Presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus featuring Indie Blues artist Bob Corritore! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with John Ticktin of Johnny and the Headhunters There’s more to Johnny Ticktin than meets the eye. Well-versed in the blues, having once served as lead guitar player for the legendary Louisiana Red, the open-minded Ticktin is a sponge, soaking up the subtle six-string nuances […]
Rachelle Coba Blink American Showplace Music Rachelle Coba hails from Fon du Lac, Wisconsin. She is the daughter of a Kansas mom and a Cuban born dad. As a child she studied the violin but got her first guitar at fifteen when her mom took her to see Lonnie Mack and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Rachelle […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues artist Bob Corritore! Bob Corritore is one of the most active and highly regarded blues harmonica players on the scene today. His style passionately carries forward the old school of playing that Corritore learned as a young man directly from many of […]
Making a Scene Presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus “Indie Blues Double Shot” This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These artists […]
Making a Scene presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Shari Puorto! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
Scott Sharrard Saving Grace We Save Music Scott Sharrard was born and raised in Michigan and attended the High School for the Arts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He played and sang with touring musicians, when they came to town, including Clyde Stubblefield, Buddy Miles, Luther Allison and Hubert Sumlin. He and his band moved to New […]
Various Artists Chicago/The Blues Legends/Today! West Tone Blues collectors will recognize the cover art work reminiscent of the Vanguard three album set, compiled by Samuel Charters and released in 1966. That project, like this one, shed light on some artists that didn’t have the reputations of Muddy or Wolf, who later went on to become […]
Making a Scene presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mark Wenner! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
Eric Lindell Revolution in Your Heart Alligator Records Eric Lindell was born in San Mateo, California and spent his formative years in the greater San Francisco area absorbing sounds and learning how to craft a song. He formed a few punky garage bands as his influences included rock, blues, soul and R n’ B. In […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Talks with Indie Blues Artist Shari Puorto Shari, originally from Connecticut, is an American award-winning Roots/Rock/Blues singer and songwriter, who has been performing professionally since early 2000. Shari has performed continuously all over California across the U.S and abroad. You would think Shari’s been doing this forever. She […]
Making a Scene Presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Billy Price This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene talks with Indie Blues Artist Mark Wenner Mark was born and raised in Maryland’s D.C. suburbs. At age ten, a budding rebel and biker-to-be, he was already listening to the amazing ferment of blues-based music that was coming out of the Washington-Southern Maryland music scene. In his words, […]
Barbara Blue Fish in dirty H20 Big Blue Records Barbara Blue moved to Memphis in 1997 and has been performing there ever since. She has been named “The Reigning Queen of Beale Street” and on Friday, May 8th, 2015 after the ribbon was cut on the brand new Blues Hall of Fame, Blue was honored […]
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 […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Talks with Indie Blues Artist Billy Price! 2016 Blues Music Award Winner Billy Price first attracted national attention during his three-year association with guitarist Roy Buchanan. Price is the vocalist on two of Buchanan’s LPs, That’s What I’m Here For and Live Stock. Since then, with the Keystone […]
Making a Scene Presents The Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH 09/10/18 – SHOW #436 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/10962253 ANTHONY GERACI – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Anthony’s new album, Why Did You Have To Go, has not even dropped (September 21st), and it is already sitting at #5 on The Roots Music Report Blues Album Chart. Meanwhile, Anthony’s summer has been a whirlwind […]
Making a Scene Presents The Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Rory Block! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
Making a Scene presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Travis Bowlin This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
Home Page Facebook Page Making a Scene presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Rory Block I was born in Princeton NJ in 1949 and spent the beginning of my life in a small wood house with no plumbing, hidden deep in the woods on a hillside in Neshanic. At the time, nothing but endless […]
Making a Scene presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Dennis Jones! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
Frank Bey Back in Business Nola Blue Records Frank Bey was born in Millen, Georgia in 1946. His mother, gospel singer Maggie Jordan, had him singing with The Rising Son Gospel Singers when he was four years old. Bey was brought up in a strict household, and at the age of fourteen he had to […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Travis Bowlin In 1988, Travis Bowlin was born in a little river town just off the Ohio River called Aurora, IN near Cincinnati, Ohio. He found his love for roots music at the age 11, when he starting singing for the […]
Anthony Geraci Why Did You Have To Go Blue Duchess/Shining Stone Records Anthony Geraci is both a founding member of Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters and Sugar Ray and The Bluetones. He has been with the latter for over thirty-five years. Geraci also has six albums of his own the last being 2015’s “Fifty Shades […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Dennis Jones of the Dennis Jones Band! I was born and raised in the small town of Monkton, Maryland, population 4,856. My family didn’t have much money, but we always had what we needed. Monkton was a great place for a […]
Mick Kolassa & The Taylor Made Blues Band 149 Delta Endless Blues Records On Mick Kolassa’s last two albums he collaborated with fellow musicians and recorded covers of both Beatles tunes (with Mark Telesca); and blues classics (as duets with various contemporaries). On this, his sixth studio album, Kolassa and The Taylor Made Blues Band […]
Making a Scene presents the PODCAST of LIVE From the Midnight Circus Featuring Sugar Brown! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
Geoff Achison Sovereign Town Landslide Geoff Achison hails from Down Under and his album from last year, Another Mile, Another Minute was nominated for Album of the Year in the 2017 Australian Blues Awards. It was brilliantly eclectic and wide ranging, clearly one of the best albums in 2017. His electric guitar tone was so […]
Jonathon Long Jonathon Long Wild Heart We should know better than try to predict what Samantha Fish will do next. This is her first foray in the producer chair and as label owner. That’s right. She’s started her own label, Wild Heart Records. And, conventional wisdom (let’s say from two or three years ago) would […]
Making a Scene presents the PODCAST of LIVE From the Midnight Circus Featuring Bruce Katz! This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
The Bob Lanza Blues Band Kids, Dogs & Krazy Women Connor Ray Music Bob Lanza hails from New Jersey. This is his fifth studio recording and third for the Connor Ray Music label. His last album was 2016’s “It’s Time To Let Go”. Once an artist has full control of their music and has several […]
Making a Scene presents the PODCAST of LIVE From the Midnight Circus Featuring Whitney Shay This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and creativity. These artists embrace […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Sugar Brown! It’s a blues world, and Sugar Brown is living in it and “calling all blues” with real grace and style. The Toronto-based vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has found his full creative voice on It’s A Blues World (Calling All […]
Gina Sicilia Heard The Lie Blue Elan Records Philadelphia’s Gina Sicilia released her first recording “Allow Me To Confess” in 2007. That well received debut, resulted in her receiving a Blues Music Award nomination as “Best New Artist” and begin touring. Today she tours all over the world playing over a 150 shows a year. […]
Home Page Facebook Page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Bruce Katz Bruce Katz is a four time (2008, 2009, 2010, 2015) Nominee for the Blues Music Award (W.C. Handy Award) for “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year”, selected by the Blues Foundation of Memphis, TN. While Blues is a […]