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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Lisa Biales

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock 0 Comments December 5, 2023

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Lisa Biales 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 […]

Americana Artist/ Artist Interviews

Michelle Malone is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter 0 Comments December 4, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Michelle Malone about her new Hot Toddies Christmas Release A mainstay of American roots music for more than 30 years, Michelle Malone has built an award-winning career as a singer, songwriter, and road warrior. Her music is ingrained in the soundtrack of the American South, […]

Music Business/ On the Scene

No Words Atlanta – Instrumental Music Festival!

Richard L'Hommedieu cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene 0 Comments December 4, 2023

Making a Scene brings you a preview of No Words Atlanta – an Instrumental Music Festival! Atlanta has the Only Instrumental Music Festival Anywhere! Music without words connects directly with the listener, creating a powerful experience. No Words Music was an light-bulb idea that occurred to life-long instrumental guitarist, Ann Wood (PerkinsWood) while attending […]

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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Big Harp George

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock 0 Comments December 4, 2023

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Big Harp George 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 […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Lisa Hilton Coincidental Moment

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene 0 Comments December 4, 2023

Lisa Hilton Coincidental Moment Ruby Slippers Productions It is to the point now that we can mark the beginning of December on our calendars and know that we’ll have a new release from pianist and composer Lisa Hilton. She returns with Coincidental Moment featuring her mainstay bass-drum tandem of Luques Curtis and Rudy Royston, along […]

Podcasts/ Turn it Up

Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #223

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock 0 Comments December 4, 2023

Making a Scene Brings you Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #223 with his Guest Tommy Womack Harlem Lake Carry On Dolly Parton & Melissa Etheridge Tried To Rock n’ Roll Me Blackberry Smoke Hammer And The Nail Preacher Stone Rise Up Firewind Come Undone Judas Priest Trial By Fire The 355’s Jig A […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Rich Halley Fire Within

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene 1 Comment December 3, 2023

Rich Halley Fire Within Pine Eagle The expression “three strikes and you’re out” becomes “three and you’re on again” as force-of-nature tenor saxophonist, Oregon based Rich Halley once again teams with leading creative music scene improvisors pianist Matthew Shipp, bassist Michael Bisio and drummer Newman Taylor Baker for the more than aptly named Fire Within. […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Gerry Casey interviews Tommy Womack

Gerry Casey americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter 0 Comments December 3, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Tommy Womack Right, I’m not going to say it stinks, am I. If you like me, you’ll love this new one. If you don’t like me, you might be surprised. If you’ve never heard of me (that’s most of you), this could be the start […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Lisa Biales is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, Christmas, holiday music, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock, Xmas 0 Comments December 2, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Lisa Biales about her new Christmas Release At Christmas contains nine newly written songs for the season plus a remake of Louis Prima’s swing classic “Shake Hands with Santa Claus.” The Ohio-based Biales’ and her band of ace Los Angeles musicians move easily through various musical […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

The Flying Horse Big Band – A Message From

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene 0 Comments December 2, 2023

The Flying Horse Big Band A Message From Flying Horse Records This writer is struck by the seemingly recent trend for large ensembles to tackle material from the great hard bop combos of Horace Silver, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Cedar Walton, and others. Just last week we reviewed Cory Weeds’ Little Big Band […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia Blood Brothers Live in Canada

Tom Clarke americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock 0 Comments December 1, 2023

Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia Blood Brothers Live in Canada Gulf Coast Records Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia’s Blood Brothers Live in Canada feaqtures ten of the eleven songs on their award-winning Blood Brothers studio album released earlier this year. But in no way is this a superfluous move. Zito and Castiglia’s sweltering blues/rock performances […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Big Harp George is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock 0 Comments December 1, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Big Harp George about his new Christmas Release George Bisharat/Big Harp George is a San Francisco Bay Area blues singer, songwriter, and chromatic harmonica player. The chromatic, compared to the 10-hole diatonic more common to blues, has a distinctive voice, giving Big Harp George a jazzy […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Sullivan Fortner – Solo Game

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene 0 Comments November 30, 2023

Sullivan Fortner Solo Game Artwork We’ve covered many pianists this year in 2023, remarking often about this new generation that includes the likes of Isaiah J. Thompson, Sean Mason, Joey Alexander, and several others. Yet, the generation that preceded them, the ‘thirty somethings’ if you will, point to Sullivan Fortner with the utmost admiration. His […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot November 2023 #5

Richard L'Hommedieu blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, podcast, roots rock 0 Comments November 30, 2023

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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Tom Hambridge

Posted by Editor .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock 0 Comments November 28, 2023

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Tom Hambridge 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 […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Tom Hambridge is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock 0 Comments November 27, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Tom Hambridge What do Buddy Guy, Delbert McClinton, ZZ Top, Hank Williams Jr., BB King, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Billy Ray Cyrus, Meat Loaf, Rascal Flatts, Johnny Winter, Rodney Atkins, George Thorogood, Keith Anderson, Susan Tedeschi, Van Zant, American Idol and Walt Disney Pictures all have in common? […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Roots Show Nov 2023 #4

Richard L'Hommedieu blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, podcast, roots rock 0 Comments November 27, 2023

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Podcasts/ Turn it Up

Turn it Up with Gerry Casey Show #222

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock 0 Comments November 27, 2023

Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #222 and his guests Sunflower Fox and the Chicken Leg Jaime Kyle Change The Answer Wild Heart Soul Extract Supernova Masterplan Spirit Never Die Bootleggers & Baptists Body Song Blue Note Society Hide No More Peer Gynt Billy Sheehan Socrates Drank The Conium Bazaar […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Benjamin Koppel White Buses – Passage to Freedom

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene 0 Comments November 26, 2023

Benjamin Koppel White Buses – Passage to Freedom Cowbell Music Often music is the best conveyor of stories. And, if there were justice in the music world, Danish saxophonist and composer Benajmin Koppel’s White Buses – Passage to Freedom would accrue the kind of publicity that Silk Road Ensembles’ American Railroad (that amplifies the untold […]

Artist Interviews/ Indie Rock Artist

Gerry Casey Interviews Sunflower Fox and the Chicken Leg

Gerry Casey americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter 0 Comments November 26, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Sunflower Fox and the Chicken Leg In the beginning, or at least following the Big Bang of 1970s FM radio more than 50 years ago, there were three elements: Olympia beer, shag carpeting you can’t possibly vacuum, and unpasteurized rock and roll. Over the years, […]

Americana Artist/ Artist Interviews/ Indie Rock Artist

The Rockford Mules are Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter 0 Comments November 25, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Rockford Mules They are a band molded from the days when being in a band meant more and went beyond just playing music together. Music formed from friendships and friendships molded by music, The Rockford Mules are a throwback to a day when bandmates were […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Geri Allen + Kurt Rosenwinkel A Lovesome Thing – Live at the Philharmonie de Paris

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene 0 Comments November 25, 2023

Geri Allen + Kurt Rosenwinkel A Lovesome Thing – Live at the Philharmonie de Paris Motema Sometimes it seems pointless to describe in words music that is so sublime, delicate, and intricately woven into gorgeous layers. That’s the case with this recently unearthed recording from the late, revered pianist Geri Allen and guitar great, master […]

Americana Artist/ Artist Interviews

Mark Joseph is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter 0 Comments November 24, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mark Joseph American Soul is a fitting brand for Mark Joseph; since his 2017 album by that title, he has charted a relentless and soulful course through America, and Americana, from blues to country to psychedelic rock and everything in between. On his newest offering, “Palisade […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Cory Weeds and his Little Big Band Home Cookin’

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene 0 Comments November 23, 2023

Cory Weeds and his Little Big Band Home Cookin’ Cellar Music You’ve seen Vancouver-based Cory Weeds’ name often on these pages but typically in the producer role as he is also the label owner of Cellar Music. Weeds is a terrific tenor saxophonist as well as you may also realize. So, here on Home Cookin’ […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot November 2023 #4

Posted by Editor blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, podcast, roots rock November 23, 2023

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CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Country Rock

Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Café in Philadelphia March 16th, 1973

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 22, 2023

Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Café in Philadelphia March 16th, 1973 Amoeba Music Fifty years after Gram Parsons’ passing, Amoeba Music and Polly Parsons have unearthed the only live-to-an-audience recording of Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels – The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Café in […]

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LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring D Scott Riggs

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock November 21, 2023

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring D Scott Riggs 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 […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Roots Show Nov 2023 #3

Richard L'Hommedieu blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, podcast, roots rock November 20, 2023

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Americana Artist/ Artist Interviews

Karyn Oliver is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 20, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Karyn Oliver 2020 South Florida Folk Festival Songwriters’ Competition winner Karyn Oliver is part Joan Osborne, a touch of Janis Joplin and a bit of Emmylou Harris – effortlessly oscillating from bluesy to country and back. Her musical inspirations come primarily from the eclectic mix of […]

Podcasts/ Turn it Up

Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #221

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock November 20, 2023

Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #221 with his Guest Anthony Gomes The Beatles Now And Then The Scratch Cheeky Bastard Southbound Snakecharmers Back For More Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds We’re Gonna Get There In The End Brad Staley Jail Red Red Lay Me Down Marie Parker Lee Prison […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Trio Grande 2.0 Urban Myth

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene November 19, 2023

Trio Grande 2.0 Urban Myth Whirlwind We brought you the first foray of Trio Grande with their eponymous 2020 album featuring co-leaders guitarist Gilad Hekselman and saxophonist Will Vinson (also on synths and Wurlitzer). For that date they had Grammy-winning drummer Antonio Sanchez. That was their only showing as the pandemic precluded any chance of […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Gerry Casey Interviews Anthony Gomes part 2

Gerry Casey .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock November 19, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Anthony Gomes Part 2 With a guitar slung over his shoulder and the amps turned up full tilt, Anthony Gomes electrifies blues and rock at a 21st century crossroads of his own. The Canadian vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and producer wails with all the force […]

Americana Artist/ Artist Interviews

Joshua Ray Hudson is Making A Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 18, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Joshua Ray Hudson Award winning singer-songwriter, Joshua Ray Hudson was born in the rural mountain town of Casar, North Carolina. Winning the Don Gibson singer songwriter award three times, writing over 350 songs and recording four studio albums, Joshua is already an accomplished musician on the rise.

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Mike DiRubbo Inner Light

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene November 18, 2023

Mike DiRubbo Inner Light Truth Revolution Inner Light is alto saxophonist and composer Mike DiRubbo’s tenth album as a leader, fronting a quartet of long-held collaborators. DiRubbo cut his teeth as a sideman for the likes of Al Foster, Harold Mabern, and Cecil Payne among others before proving to be a steadily prolific leader in […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

D Scott Riggs is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock November 17, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with D. Scott Riggs D. Scott Riggs is a Gulf Coast based songwriter/musician that plays Panhandle Blues, a rich gumbo of Pre-War Delta, Piedmont, and Country Blues, with doses of Jazz, Gospel, Hokum, Cajun, and Jug music thrown in for flavor. As frontman/songwriter for the road-tested band Spearman Brewers and […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Dori Freeman Do You Recall

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 17, 2023

Dori Freeman Do You Recall Blue Hens Music Do You Recall is the fifth album from evolving singer-songwriter Dori Freeman. Here first three were recorded in NYC and produced by Teddy Thompson but Freeman began to blend electric with acoustic sonics on her 2021 Ten Thousand Roses and continues in that direction with this electrified […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Silvan Joray UPDRAFT

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene November 17, 2023

Silvan Joray UPDRAFT Ubuntu Music The Swiss-born, NYC-based guitarist Silvan Joray is releasing UPDRAFT, his second album as leader. Having established considerable acclaim in Europe, Joray is poised to expand his footprint in the U.S. and globally. Beginning as many Europeans do, he studied classical guitar but when hearing jazz, he switched to electric guitar, […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot November 2023 #3

Richard L'Hommedieu blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, podcast, roots rock November 16, 2023

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CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Ray Gallon Grand Company

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene November 16, 2023

Ray Gallon Grand Company Cellar Music Group Pianist and composer Ray Gallon collaborates with the legendary bassist Ron Carter and nearly legendary drummer Lewis Nash, for this trio release, Grand Company. Gallon, previously not covered on these pages, is known for his work with such luminaries as Art Farmer, Lionel Hampton, George Adams, Wycliffe Gordon, […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana/ CD Reviews Indie Country

Ned Hill Band Thousand Watt Town

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 16, 2023

Ned Hill Band Thousand Watt Town Self-released Troubadour Ned Hill delivers a country-tinged rock n’ roll record with a touch of his native Kentucky twang. Even the opening chords of “Gotta Get Out of This Town” will evoke Steve Earle’s Guitar Town or Copperhead Road. On Hill’s Thousand Watt Town the singer-songwriter collaborates with the […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Michelle Malone & The Hot Toddies Toddie Time

Tom Clarke americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 14, 2023

Michelle Malone & The Hot Toddies Toddie Time SBS Records/BFD Snowflakes float on a chilly upstate New York Halloween morning, and this cheery and bluesy Christmas album creates a perfect soundtrack. Atlanta’s Michelle Malone & the Hot Toddies’ Toddie Time features inspired twists on the tried and true. Malone croons “Jingle Bells” clearly and with […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ray Cashman

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, americana, blues-rock, indie, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock November 14, 2023

Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ray Cashman 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 […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus/ Podcasts

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Roots Show Nov 2023 #2

Richard L'Hommedieu blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, podcast, roots rock November 13, 2023

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CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jam Band/ CD Reviews Jazz

Adam Deitch Quartet Roll the Tape

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene November 13, 2023

Adam Deitch Quartet Roll the Tape Golden Wolf Drummer and composer Adam Deitch is best known as the leader of the jazz/funk/jam band Lettuce, but he leads his soul-jazz quartet for the second time here on Roll the Tape. This is organ-oriented music featuring organist Wil Blades and two of Deitch’s Lettuce bandmates, Eric ‘Benny’ […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Yuhan Su Liberated Gesture

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene November 13, 2023

Yuhan Su Liberated Gesture Sunnyside What are the odds of us covering two female Taiwanese-born, NYC-based vibraphonists leading quintets and releasing albums in the same week? However low those odds may have been, we bring you Liberated Gesture, the fourth album (and second for Sunnyside) from Yuhan Su, and you will also see on these […]

Podcasts/ Turn it Up

Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #220

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock November 13, 2023

Making a Scene Brings you Turn it Up with Gerry Casey Show #220 with his Guest Anthony Gomes Atomic Freak When It All Goes Down Derrick Dove & The Peacekeepers Blindsided Greer Sullivan Lay Me Down Taylor McCall Mellow War Kardang Scandinavian Girls The Great Affairs Sleepwalker La Chapelle Alive Is Where We’ve Been The […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Mareike Wiening Reveal

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene November 12, 2023

Mareike Wiening Reveal Greenleaf Music Reveal is drummer and composer, the German-based Mareike Wiening’s (Mar-eye-kuh Vee -ning) third album for Dave Douglas’s Greenleaf Music. We covered her second, 2021’s Future Memories, on these pages and much remains intact not only in terms of personnel but also in outlook, namely that her band, spread throughout the […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz/ World Music CD Reviews

Susan Alcorn CANTO

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene November 12, 2023

Susan Alcorn CANTO Relative Pitch We are revisiting the creative pedal steel guitarist Susan Alcorn, who presents an altogether different set of sonics than she did on her 2020 quintet rendered Pedernal which we covered on these pages. This time Alcorn leads a septet, labeled here as Septeto del Sur, a group of Chilean improvisers […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Gerry Casey Interviews Anthony Gomes part 1

Gerry Casey americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock November 12, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Anthony Gomes Part 1 With a guitar slung over his shoulder and the amps turned up full tilt, Anthony Gomes electrifies blues and rock at a 21st century crossroads of his own. The Canadian vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and producer wails with all the force […]

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CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Jazz

Hassan Ibn Ali Reaching For the Stars: Trios/Duos/ Solos

Jim Hynes cd review, jazz, jazz CD, Jazz Review, making a Scene November 11, 2023

Hassan Ibn Ali Reaching For the Stars: Trios/Duos/ Solos Omnivore This writer’s two previous reviews of the legendary pianist Hassan Ibn Ali appeared in another outlet so it’s probably best to provide some background information. Reaching For the Stars: Trios/Duos/ Solos is the third collection released by Omnivore Records, another look into the previously unheard […]

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