Posting the blues around Atlanta for the weekend is beginning to feel like writing a book. So much is going on. But I want to tell you about one that is a short road trip away as well, just in case you don’t have enough Saturday choices. That is the Blue Ridge Blues and BBQ […]
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 […]
Making a Scene Presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus – The 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Making a Scene presents the PODCAST of LIVE From the Midnight Circus “Indie Blues Double Shot” 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 […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues artist Whitney Shay A two-time San Diego Music Award winner for Best Blues Artist, vivacious young vocal phenom Whitney Shay sings with a commanding authority that’s usually associated with artists twice her age. No less an authority than soul legend Candi Staton […]
Making a Scene presents LIVE from the Midnight Circus JP Soars 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 Diversity of the […]
Making a Scene presents LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring The Proven Ones 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 Diversity […]
Making a Scene presents LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Steve Howell 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 Diversity of […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist JP Soars! Not every blues artist can create a cohesive sound in the genre by weaving in a diversity of other influences, but guitarist and vocalist JP Soars is obviously not just any blues artist. A 2009 winner of the International […]
Making a Scene presents 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 artists embrace the […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Steve Howell When Steve Howell first heard Mississippi John Hurt’s happy style of fingerpicking country blues in 1965 at the age of thirteen, he immediately knew that the tame, folky style of strumming the guitar was a thing of the past […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Jimi Bott of “The Proven Ones” Kid Ramos, Anthony Geraci, Willie J. Campbell, Jimi Bott, Brian Templeton The Proven Ones are truly an all-star ensemble. Vocals by the dynamic Boston blues legend, Brian Templeton. Legendary modern blues guitarist, Kid Ramos, drives the tunes, […]
Making a Scene Presents – Sync up: Your Band as a Business – Samantha Fish Interview It is not often I post a single video as an article on Making a Scene. Usually I would put something like this in the Video of the week on the main page (which this video is on). or […]
Tobias the Owl Safe Harbor for Wayward Echoes Megaforce The band name connotes mystery and intrigue and Elijah Dhavvan’s collective sound, as Tobias The Owl, doesn’t let the listener down. It can be deceptively straightforward, built around an acoustic underpinning, but can also move into engulfing, ethereal realms. A Safe Harbor for Wayward Echoes, while offering some […]
Making a Scene presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Indie Blues Artist Steve Krase! This is the voice of indie blues the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by those artists who are out there creating new original music from it’s roots. These are the artists […]
Making a Scene presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Indie Blues Artist Cece Teneal! This is the voice of indie blues the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by those artists who are out there creating new original music from it’s roots. These are the artists […]
Making a Scene presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Indie Blues Artist Kat Riggins! This is the voice of indie blues the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by those artists who are out there creating new original music from it’s roots. These are the artists […]
Making a Scene Presents “On the Road with an Indie Blues Band – Part 3” – The John Pagano Band When we left off in Part 2 The band made it back to Long Island NY and had the day off for rest and Recuperation. We had a few Gigs in the NY Area before […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Kat Riggins! Kat Riggins was born Katriva Riggins in Miami, Florida on February 7, 1980. She grew up in a household where there was always background music. Because of the wide range of genres in her parents collection, Kat developed a […]
Home Page Facebook page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Cece Teneal! CeCe Teneal & Soul Kamotion has been captivating the globe with original, live music for more than 16 years. Their blend of blues, soul and roots music uplifts and inspires audiences with messages of hope, love and the belief […]
Billy Hector Some Day Baby Ghetto Surf Music Billy Hector was born in Orange New Jersey. He started taking guitar lessons at the age of nine. In the 1970s Hector was the guitarist for “The Shots” the house band at the renowned Stone Pony in Asbury Park. Hector began to identify more with the blues […]
Terry Blersh Play It All Day Independent Terry Blersh is a Canadian guitarist who formed his first band in 1992. He also worked with both Rita Chiarelli, and the Cameo Blues Band. His self titled debut album, released in 2008, received three stars from Frank-John Hadley of DownBeat Magazine. Blersh while Blues orientated is not […]
Home Page Facebook page Making A Scene Presents an Interview with Steve Krase Steve Krase was born in Brooklyn, NY and has spent time in Ohio, California and Louisiana. Now almost 30 years in Houston, Krase has blended his high-energy style with the soulful vibe that runs through the great city. “The Houston scene is […]
Midnite Johnny Morana Long Road Home Mosher St. Records Johnny Morana a.k.a. Midnite Johnny has had a long career playing the blues. From 1986 to 1988 Morana worked with Harvey Mandel of Canned Heat. Morana was also a fill-in guitarist for both James Cotton and Bo Diddley. From 1990 to 1994 Morana was a member […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Jeremiah Johnson This is the voice of indie blues the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by those artists who are out there creating new original music from it’s roots. These are the artists who understand that […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Damon Fowler This is the voice of indie blues the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by those artists who are out there creating new original music from it’s roots. These are the artists who understand that […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Brigitte Purdy This is the voice of indie blues the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by those artists who are out there creating new original music from it’s roots. These are the artists who understand that […]
Photo By Cathrine Gosselin MAKING A SCENE Presents On the Road with an Indie Blues Band – John Pagano Band Part 2 We pick up the band as they head to Boston via the Cross Sound Ferry from Orient Point. This is the second week of a three week tour on the road. This is […]
Kevin Kearney Band “Black – Revised” DWAZ Entertainment Slide guitarist Kerry Kearney has been writing and performing for over 40 years. Although not as well-known as Sonny Landreth or Roy Rogers, Kearney first formed The Kerry Kearney Band back in 1997. In 2001 Kearney released his breakthrough album “Welcome to the Psycodelta” on Relix Records. […]
Willie Nile Children of Paradise River House Records Willie Nile was born Robert Noonan in Buffalo New York in 1948. Nile attended the University of Buffalo and latter moved to Greenwich Village to begin his music career. He frequented New York’s CBGB’s were he first heard the Ramones. The singer songwriter Nile released his self […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Indie Blues Artist Jeremiah Johnson! Born and raised in St. Louis, Jeremiah Johnson is the voice of Mississippi River blues blending with the struggles of everyday life. He began learning guitar at age 6, drawing inspiration from his rich St. Louis blues heritage and […]