The Hungry Williams Let’s Go Rochelle You might not think that New Orleans and Milwaukee have much in common. Once you’ve heard the band Hungry Williams, however, you’ll change your mind. That’s because bandleader and drummer John Carr heard the New Orleans Chess Anthology in 1995 and was completely transformed. Yet, he played all over […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Breezy Rodio By any standard, Breezy Rodio’s blues odyssey has encompassed quite a few more miles than that of most up and coming musicians now riding the competitive Chicago circuit. In 2007 Rodio joined the band of guitarist Linsey Alexander, known as “The Hoochie Man” to […]
Blue Moon Marquee Scream, Holler & Howl Blue Moon Marquee Music Okay, based on several reviews in the past few weeks, this writer is a bit humbled as traditional blues releases are more plentiful than originally indicated. Here’s another, this time with an augmented duo. Blue Moon Marquee is a Canadian Gypsy blues duo with […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #157 and his Guest Jack J Hutchinson! Anthony Gomes Painted Horse Lansdowne Medicine The Cold Stares Nothing But The Blues Shemekia Copeland Pink Turns To Red Walter Trout High Is Low Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado Fire Inside Near Dusk Spiff Em’ All […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Jack J Hutchinson Jack J Hutchinson unleashes a brand new studio recording ‘Days Of Thunder’, taken from his new 4 track ‘What Doesn’t Kill You’ EP mixed by legendary producer Kevin Shirley. It is his first new studio recording since his critically acclaimed album ‘The Hammer […]
Bob Corritore and Friends You Shocked Me Bob Corritore and Friends features harp master Corritore and various vocalists including Alabama Mike, Diunna Greenleaf, John Primer and Sugaray Rayford, and Johnny Rawls. Additional vocalists include Willie Buck, Oscar Wilson and others. Contributing musicians include bassist Bob Stroger, and guitarists Bob Margolin, Jimi Primetime Smith, Kid Ramos, […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Derrick Procell A soulful singer with a big, hairy baritone voice. A harmonica player who’s melodic & tasty while playing down & dirty. A two-fisted piano player who drives the rhythm home. A smart songwriter who digs deep into soul and blues. Music you hear and […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mick Kolassa “Michissippi Mick” Kolassa lives in Memphis but was born in Michigan and lived in Mississippi for nearly 30 years, where he was given his nickname. He has played blues in solo and duo acoustic formats and with his bands for years. Mick has performed […]
South Island Rhythm Kings Still That Way Today Self-released Having begun a review recently with – “There are still traditional blues albums,” we now find a new surge of them. This writer can point at least four more that will be forth coming in the next month. The South Island Rhythm Kings bring that count to […]
Bad Daddy It’s a Mad Mad Bad Daddy World PieHole Records With roots in Maine and Chicago, Paul Waring, aka Big Daddy, has fully captured my attention with his stunning new blues album, It’s a Mad Mad Bad Dad World. Big Daddy packs a hell of a wallop with Waring on guitar and vocals, featuring engineer Pete Galanis on guitars as well. The rest of […]
Mike Morgan and The Crawl The Lights Went Out in Dallas MC Records Mike Morgan and The Crawl: is brought to us from Mark Carpentieri and MC Records. Although he never won a Blues Music Award I was overwhelmed upon meeting his harp played the great Lee McBee at the award show in 2007. Guest […]
Jimmy Carpenter The Louisiana Record Gulf Coast Records A two-time Blues Music Award-winning sax player Jimmy Carpenter, who’s also been nominated recently for a Blues Blast Magazine award for best horn player, has something special in-store for his fans with the release of his new CD Jimmy Carpenter was an important part of Mike Zito […]
The Rock House All Stars Let it Bleed Revisited: An Ovation from Nashville Back in 2003 an album appeared on Telarc Records. It was various artists covering blues renditions of songs made popular by the Rolling Stones. The vocals were by blues artists including the late Lucky Peterson, Tommy Castro, Tab Benoit, Joe Louis Walker, […]
Marcus King Youngblood American Records/Republic We don’t hear too many of these kinds of rock records anymore. In fact, there are probably better writers on these pages than this one to cover it. But, given Marcus King’s previous forays into blues and his collaborations with Dan Auerbach are compelling factors in giving this, Youngblood, a […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #156 David Bowie Watch That Man Paddy Goodwin & The Holy Ghosts Running Up The Hill Brush Shiels Rocky Road To Dublin Bernie Marsden Rock n’Roll Hoochie Koo Thin Lizzy Warriors Gary Moore Out In The Fields John Nemeth May Be The Last Time […]
The Dig 3 The Dig 3 Self-released There are still traditional blues albums. John Primer has one coming as does Bob Corritore, John Nemeth, and a handful of other artists who ply their craft apart from the blues rockers who dominate the airwaves. This is not to diminish other “real deal” efforts we’ve heard this […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Alex Lopez “The soul of a singer/songwriter combines with the emotion of blues and the power of rock” – Alex Lopez is an acclaimed guitarist, prolific songwriter and emerging artist recognized for his electrifying live performances. Critics have said he is “capable of revitalizing the blues […]
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with “The Texas Horns” The Texas Horns, widely recognized as the preeminent hard-blowing three-piece blues, soul, and roots music horn section, bring 25 years of stellar live performances, acclaimed session work, and solid album production to their every effort. Based in Texas in Austin and San Antonio, The Texas […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Too Slim of Too Slim and the TailDraggers Tim “Too Slim“ Langford is a monster guitarist and unabashed blues rocker whose influences run the gamut from Lightnin’ Hopkins, Freddy King, Duane Allman, and Lynyrd Skynyrd to Robin Trower. He is a prolific singer/songwriter whose songs have […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his guest Sugaray Rayford Anthony Gomes Blues Sujata Songstress Too Much Rain Ben Reel Fish Out Of Water Big Joe Shelton Put The Chairs In The Wagon The Ruby Tuesdays Got You Robert Jon & The Wreck Rescue Train The Plague Can’t Stop Loving […]
Herman Hitson Let the Gods Sing Herman Hitson is a psych rock and funk pioneer who worked the chitlin circuit with James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Joe Tex and others. The recovering addict also worked with Hank Ballard and is a music maker foundation partner artist. Co-producer and guitarist Will Sexton calls Hitson a music communicator […]
John Primer Hard Times John Primer “Hard Times” is produced by Rick Barnes at his Rax Trax Studio in Chicago. Featured are Primer’s brother Steve Bell, Harp; Lenny Media, drums; and Dave Forte, bass. Special guests include Rick Kreher, rhythm guitar, the sensational Johnny Iguana, piano; and Primer’s daughter Allya on one vocal. Primer is […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Sugaray Rayford Texas born Caron “Sugaray” Rayford began his musical career at the age of 7 singing & playing drums in church, and his gospel influence can be heard and felt in his music. Rayford’s phrasing is intimate and conversational and the soulful gravel in […]
Shemekia Copeland Done Come Too Far Alligator Records Today Shemekia Copeland is the soul blues voice of her generation. A sort of understatement since early on she has won numerous accolades. She is the second female Entertainer of the Year and first black woman to combine her talent and deep social conscience. Most of the […]
Demetria Taylor Doin’ What I’m Supposed to Do Delmark Blues vocal powerhouse Demetria Taylor is back, following up her Delmark debut, Bad Girl, with Doin’ What I’m Supposed to Do. Yes, it’s been a decade between albums, but the debut earned a BMA nomination for Best New Artist Debut. This release has many of the […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Janice Harrington “Age is only a number. I am 80 years old and still ready to rock the house!” Described by the international press as warm-hearted and unique, it is hardly surprising that every audience celebrates Janice Harrington’s performance and that at 80 years old she […]
The Texas Horns Everybody Let’s Roll Blue Heart Everybody Let’s Roll is the third album for the vaunted three=piece horn section, The Texas Horns –Mark “Kaz” Kazanoff (tenor saxophone, harmonica, vocals), John Mills (baritone saxophone), and Al Gomez (trumpet). Each of these members pens originals, together making up eleven of the thirteen tracks. You’ve likely […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #154 Thundermother Black And Gold Endenbridge The Call Of Eden NItroverts Helladreniline Nick Perry & The Underground Thieves My My Hey Hey Dirty Streets Tell The Truth Otis Taylor Hey Joe Stone Broken Stay All Night Alfonzetti Santified Broken Witt Rebels Loose Change […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Dylan Triplett Influenced and tutored by his father, Dylan began branching out towards other young artists like Blues Phenom, Marquise Knox. Not long after, Dylan began performing regular guest spots with Marquise and continued to sharpen his craft. Dylan also found motivation and influence from other […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Matt Lomeo Matt subsequently became the youngest artist ever invited to perform at a Woodstock Festival, taking the stage for Woodstock ’99 alongside his brother at the age of 10. Now in his early thirties, Lomeo has played enough gigs for a man twice his age. […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Lauren Glick Lauren Glick a native of Salisbury MD., and now back living on the Eastern Shore entertains crowds in and around the Ocean City, MD area. Lauren became serious about music in college where she attended Berklee College of Music. She studied under the best […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his Guest the Dead Show Dealers The Dead Show Dealers Spark Of Rage Larkin Poe Blood Harmony Bonafide Bottle Of Jack Roky Erickson Don’t Slander Me Mark Selby Kink In The Chain Roomful Of Blues Lower On Your List Of Priorities ZZ.Top Tush Bad […]
Breezy Rodio Underground Blues Windchill/Bloos The Italian born blues, soul and reggae guitarist Breezy Rodio first made his mark with Linsey Alexander for a decade before debuting solo in 2011 and importantly on Delmark in 2018. So, yes, he is steeped in Chicago blues with a unique guitar style that according to producer of this […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Christian Michael Berry of the Swamp Poets Christian Michael Berry started his professional musical career in San Francisco circa 1969 as a solo artist playing roots based country rock and blues. His early influences were 50’s and early 60’s era “old school” country, (Ferlin Husky, Buck […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Angel Forrest In 1988, Angel Forrest began a musical career which would span over three decades – and counting. Her first album, Secondhand Blues, featured several classics. The energic vocalist’s work immediately gained attention from critics and new fans. Her tribute show to the legendary Janis Joplin brought Angel into the […]
Color Green Color Green I love it when music like this new self-titled album from Color Green comes my way. Their music is cut from the same fabric as many of my favorite bands, such as Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, Phish, and Flaming Lips. Formed in Queens, but now based in Los Angeles, Color Green is comprised of co-founders Noah Kohll and Corey Madden. Together this duo creates a […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his Guest Deborah Morganfield The Poor Cry Out Fight The Fade Not Enough Dead City Ruins The Sorcerer Ray Wylie Hubbard Naturally Wild Shemekia Copeland Too Far To Be Gone The Cult Give Me Mercy Bad Luck Friday Bad Luck Friday The Hellacopters Eleanor […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Deborah Morganfield Most of our interviews are with artists or bands. So on this occasion it’s a little bit different because I spoke with the widow of Joseph Mojo Morganfield. Being the wife of the youngest son of the legendary Muddy Watters is certainly […]
Cliff Stevens Better Days Montreal-based blues-rocker Cliff Stevens has recently released his fifth studio album Better Days. Loaded with eleven brand-new originals, this record is a genuine dose of heart-tugging blues, reminiscent of the album-oriented music popular in the Seventies. The music ranges from old-school delta blues to that inspired by the likes of Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan. It surely makes for […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Emanuel Casablanca Emanuel Casablanca is an ideal example of an artist who possesses the ability, ingenuity and the passion that drives him to succeed. Happily, the combination has paid off. The Brooklyn-based guitarist, singer and songwriter has worked with an array of A-list performers over the […]
Mick Kolassa I’m Just Getting Started Endless Blues Eleven albums in, bluesman Mick Kolassa is proclaiming a reset of sorts with his latest, I’m Just Getting Started. Having just moved to Memphis from Mississippi and having overcome his wife’s passing due to cancer and his own battle with COVID-19 in recent years, no one can […]
Derrick Procell Hello Mojo Catfood This is a powerful blues triumvirate – blues singer/songwriter/instrumentalist Derrick Procell, BMA winner and producer Zac Harmon, and label owner/bandleader Bob Trenchard collaborating on Procell’s Catfood Records debut, Hello Mojo. As you likely realize, given those names, the album was recorded at Trenchard’s go-to studio, Sonic Ranch in Tornillo Texas […]
Kirk Fletcher Heartache by the Pound Ogierea Kirk Fletcher is in a bit of a paradox. While he has all the tools of the best bluesmen and the acclaim to prove it as a five-time BMA nominee and one hailed by such outlets as Guitar World Magazine and Guitar.com, he seldom rises to the top […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his Guest Nathan Pope Laurence Jones Anywhere With Me Too Slim &The Taildraggers Cowboy Boot Live! Todd Sharpville Get Out Of My Way The Dead Daisies Shine On Mellisa Etheridge No Souvenirs Live! Thorbjorn Risager& The Black Tornado Watch The Sun Go Down Laura […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Nathan Pope EDGY. DYNAMIC. POWERFUL. These are all common adjectives used to describe the music of blues-rock guitarist, Nathan Pope. Originally from the heart of North Carolina, Nathan received his first guitar at the age of 2 and was teaching himself to play by the age […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Nathan Kalish Nathan Kalish is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer, and wandering storyteller. Born in Milwaukee, WI, to missionary parents, he was moved around for most of his formative years. By the time Kalish had graduated high school, he had already lived all over the Midwest, as […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Todd Sharpville Sharpville first came to public prominence with his 1994 debut blues album release, Touch of Your Love (Red Lightnin’). The album achieved critical acclaim, winning “Best Album” in 1994 in the British Blues Connection awards (Britain’s equivalent to the W.C. Handy Awards). At this […]
Silent Partners Changing Times Little Village Little Village unerringly brings us genuine blues and soul once again with Silent Partners and their album Changing Times, yet another example of sidemen reaching the bright lights. But these aren’t just any sidemen. Between the three of them, they have over 100 years of experience on the road […]
The Steve Strongman Blues Remedy Volume 1 Stony Plains Music “Hard Luck” opens this rocking good time. On most of the tracks Strongman plays guitar, harmonica and bass and takes writing credit. The only co-writes are when he features a special guest. Special guests include fellow Canadians; Steve Marriner on one track. Vocalist Harrison Kennedy […]
Starlite Campbell Band LIVE I’ve been hooked on Starlite Campbell Band since reviewing their first album, Blueberry Pie five years ago. That was such an amazing album. For their third release, wife and husband Suzy Starlite, and Simon Campbell took their songs on the road across the UK and wove together this delightful eight-track album of live performances with drummer Steve Gibson (Buzzcocks, Jack Bruce) and […]