HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Brian Mullen of The Cold Stares Authenticity. A word that is frequently used in describing The Cold Stares, and frequently missing from modern music discussions. “We’re not just a blues band, or just a rock band, or anything other than who we are”, front man […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Kris Gruen It was in Vermont’s rural backcountry woods, mountains, and fields that surround his family’s organic farm, that Kris Gruen began writing his fifth studio album, Welcome Farewell. “I felt like a naturalist,” says the alt-folk songwriter, who had spent much of the previous decade […]
Joe Farnsworth City of Sounds Smoke Sessions Drummer and composer Joe Farnsworth has done a great job of branding himself with ‘swing.’ His 2020 album and accompanying emblazoned merchandise are entitled “Time to Swing.” So, it’s that time again as Farnsworth reenlists pianist, NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron, and renowned bassist Peter Washington for another […]
Miki Yamanaka Stairway to the Stars Outside in Music This is our second entry for Miki Yamanaka, who’s stunning 2020 Human Dust Suite we covered on these same pages. She returns with a more intimate recording, Stairway to the Stars, her third album, this time with a drumless trio featuring returning bassist Orlando le Fleming […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Hector Anchondo For Héctor Anchondo, the third time really became the charmed one. Anchondo entered the 2020 International Blues Challenge in the solo/duo category and came away with the top prize: winning the solo/duo category. He also took home the Memphis Cigar Box Guitar Award […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #583 – 09/27/2021 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11996821 ROBERT BILLARD & THE COLD CALLS From Halifax we will meet Robert and talk about his incredible musical journey and the new music on Stop. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE MICK KOLASSA – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Segment Begins At The 46:12 Mark Mick […]
Chet Doxas You Can’t Take It With You Whirlwind Tenor saxophonist Chet Doxas leads a drumless trio featuring bassist Thomas Morgan and pianist Ethan Iverson for You Can’t Take It With You, his twelfth album as leader or co-leader. Doxas plays in another esteemed band, Riverside, with his brother Jim and Dave Douglas and while […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Elly Wininger Elly Wininger’s third album “Little Red Wagon” was #8 on the Folk Music DJ Chart for January 2018 and in the top 100 for that year. Her upcoming album, “The Blues Never End” including the award-winning song “Right Kind of Trouble” will be released in September […]
Eric Wyatt A Song of Hope Whaling City Sound Saxophonist and composer Eric Wyatt bursts out firing on A Song of Hope, his follow-up to 2019’s The Golden Rule, which was a tribute to his self-described godfather, Sonny Rollins. Here, with mostly different bandmates, he moves in a more eclectic direction, honoring Rollins at times, […]
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 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 […]
Raymundo Sodré Dengo Ropeadope Listening to the uplifting music of Raymundo Sodré for the first time evoked two references. His Brazilian music hails from the Nordeste (Northeast) and resembles the juju music from Nigeria. Casual listeners may in fact think that it is African music. Also, Charlie Musselwhite once explained to me in an interview […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Lindsay Beaver and Brad Stivers 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 […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Jeff Chaz 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 […]
MARRANDRO Dark Light Emotions When two musicians meet who could hardly be more different … The result is something that can justifiably be called incredible … the new album by the duo MARRANDRO. Who is this duo? MARRANDRO is on the one hand the songwriter Andrea Hager who has an unmistakable tendency towards the mystical […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Mike ZIto! Mike Zito is one of the most lauded artists in the contemporary blues arena today and rightfully so, but for him, the thing that counts the most is maintaining his honesty, authenticity and integrity. Those are the qualities that have steered Zito’s career […]
Kris Gruen Welcome Farewell Mother West When we use the term country & western, we do not often think of a place like Vermont. That’s not to say Kris Gruen’s Welcome Farewell falls into the country & western camp but the predominant presence of the pedal steel guitar and rootsy accompaniment deliver a similar refreshing, […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Jeff Chaz There is a southern gentleman on Bourbon Street. He is soft spoken, with just a bit of a south Louisiana accent, He still opens doors and holds chairs for the ladies. But when Jeff Chaz plugs in his guitar and steps before the microphone, […]
Chick Corea Chick Corea Akoustic Band LIVE Concord We are still mourning the sudden, unexpected passing of Chick Corea earlier this year and his smiling face that adorns the cover and photos within, not to mention his spirited playing, deeply reminds us how much we miss him. However, not surprisingly there is Corea music left […]
Satin Origami Heart Satin is a four-piece band from Los Angeles, California. Band members: Robert Cross, vocals / guitar David Bucci, lead guitar Scott Wintermute, bass Tim Frantz, drums They released their debut album “Drop Dead Gorgeous” in 2019 and started the production for the second album “Origami Heart” shortly before the lockdown due to the pandemic and one of […]
David Sanford Big Band (Featuring Hugh Ragin) A Prayer for Lester Bowie Greenleaf Music We must warn you that this is so far from your father’s big band music, that you need to be ready for progressive, improvised jazz that weaves in modern classical and defiant flavors of both avant-garde and punk. Okay, so with […]
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 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 […]
Roseanna Vitro Sing a Song of Bird Featuring Sheila Jordan, Bob Dorough, Marion Cowings, Gary Bartz, Mark Gross Skyline Sing a Song a Bird is a collaboration of four vocal and two saxophone giants as they celebrate the music of the iconic Charlie Parker. The main mover here is Grammy nominee vocalist Roseanna Vitro who […]
IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU ENTER ANY NOMINATIONS The independent Blues Awards celebrate the diversity and power of the music that is created by those artists that acknowledge their inspiration and roots are in the blues. These awards will represent not only those “touring” artists who work within the established blues community, but embrace working artists […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Gabe Stillman 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 […]
Marc Cary Life Lessons Sessionheads United Keyboardist Marc Cary is veteran who built his reputation backing such giants as Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, Roy Hargrove, Jackie McLean, and Randy Weston. Yet, with now 18 albums as a leader, this trio debut Life Lessons, with bassist Dan Chmielinski and drummer Diego Joaquin Ramirez reveals a very […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Brad Vickers and his Vestapolitans 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 […]
Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette Skyline 5Passion Skyline is the first of a planned trilogy of piano trio albums for his own label, 5Passion Records, that the Cuban-born pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba founded in 2010. Rubalcaba tapped two living legends to deliver this inaugural foray, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jack DeJohnette. They were two […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Stephen Jacques A rising star in the indie music scene, frontman Stephen Jacques and multi-instrumentalist producer Alan Weatherhead (The Cardigans, Cracker, Sparklehorse) collaborate on this exceptional body of work. These alt-rock recordings are a manifestation of material Stephen gathered throughout his career as engineer, custom builder, […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it Up with Gerry Casey and Part 2 of his interview with Michael Katon The Rolling Stones Brown Sugar Wayward Saints In The Wild Jimmy C. Bad Led Zeppelin Bring It On Home The Porkroll Project Papa Didn’t Raise Me Right George Gritzbach Black Rose Brian Reynolds War Crimes Fleetwood […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Michael Katon Part 2! Last week Michael told us about it all started for him, now in part two we hear how eventually the man from Hell Michigan set the world on fire with his red hot blues rock ! Your not gonna want to […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Doc Carter Since bursting onto the music scene with his debut EP, “Blue Eyes” in 2017, Texas singer-songwriter Doc Carter has gone on to generate a ton of attention over the years, with several ofhis releases capturing 30,000 plays or more on streaming platforms, and over […]
Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge Within Us Summit Chuck Owen reconvenes his 19-piece big band along with special guest Warren Wolf to commemorate the five-time Grammy-nominated band’s 25th anniversary with Within Us. This is the Florida-based ensemble’s seventh recording and marked the first time many had recorded with other musicians in the same room […]
The Delerium Trees “Tales From The Western Isles” Today I would like to invite you to discover the new album by The Delerium Trees. I’ve already written a few reviews of this band and I’m always thrilled, but I have to say that “Tales From The Western Isles” is something very special. After the debut […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Brad Vickers of Brad Vickers and his Vestapolitans Brad Vickers learned on the job playing, touring, and recording with America’s blues and roots masters: Jimmy Rogers, Hubert Sumlin, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Odetta, Sleepy LaBeef, Rosco Gordon, and Pinetop Perkins—with whom Brad had the good fortune to […]
Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps Rose Colored Glasses Vol. 1 Blue Heart Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps are a Los Angeles-based band, but James was raised in Houston and has been able to mix Texas style blues with a West Coast jump and swing sound for over five decades now. They have received […]
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 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 […]
Hector Anchondo Let Loose Those Chains VizzTone Every so often a wonderful surprise comes along, and this is one of them. Let Loose Those Chains is one of the most finely crafted, song driven blues releases of this year. Hector Anchondo is the 2020 IBC winner in the solo/duo category, and this is his first […]
Ray Obeido Latin Jazz Project Vol. 2 Rhythmus Latin Jazz Project Vol. 2 is the tenth release by the Bay Area guitarist and composer Ray Obeido, his originals plus one from producer/arranger Gerald Wilson. Of the 29 musicians in the credits, 15 of them return from Volume 1, they being mostly Bay Area veterans but […]
Making a Scene Presents the 2021 Independent Blues Awards! Congratulations to all the Winners and Nominees! The 2021 Independent Blues Awards We do things a bit different than other awards in that we encourage you to not only explore and experience winning artists, but all the nominated artists as well. Under each winning Artist is […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Avey Grouws Band 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 […]
Elly Wininger The Blues Never End Earwig New York Hall of Fame Inductee (2014) Elly Wininger is socially conscious, highly skilled acoustic guitarist and songwriter based in the Woodstock area. She’s been at her craft for decades now but The Blues Never End is only her fifth album since the end of the ‘90s, the […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mick Kolassa 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 […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Rigby Summer Rigby Summer weaves an Americana soundscape that reflects the road she’s traveled, from her Kansas City jazz upbringing to the beach pop of her former home in southern California to the red dirt roots of her current home in Stillwater, Oklahoma. While her […]
Making a Scene Present Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his Guest Michael Katon! The Dead Show Dealers Anthem 85 Kryptos Force Of Danger Nitroverts What’s Going On Cavalcade Feels Like Home David Gogo Sulfite Boogie Victory Gods Of Tomorrow The Crooks Better Days Oasis Champagne Supernova Primal Scream Rocks Michael Katon Rip It […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Michael Katon! While it’s entirely accurate to describe the music of Detroit legend Michael Katon as ‘blues’, it also fails to do justice to the power, intensity and raw Motor City attitude that Katon commands with every note and chord. Ever since he first started […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mick Kolassa Mick Kolassa, a lifelong musician and hardcore blues fan who, in addition to being an active blues artist, is also the head of Endless Blues Records and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Blues Foundation. He lives in Memphis […]
Pat Metheny Side-Eye – NYC (V1-IV) Modern Recordings No ‘jazz’ musician except Chick Corea has amassed more Grammy awards than Pat Metheny but the use of quote marks around jazz indicates that both for Corea and Metheny, some of these awards were due to projects in other genres besides jazz. Our greatest artists are both […]
Aakash Mittal Nocturne Self-released This unique project, Nocturne, from alto saxophonist and composer Aakash Mittal and his Awaz trio transports you to the nighttime streets of Kolkata, (formerly Calcutta), India. The instrumentation is unusual to say the least as Mittal fronts the trio of guitarist Miles Okazaki and percussionist Rajna Swaminathan (playing mridangam and Kanjira). […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show! Tito Jackson Love One Another Tito Jackson Under Your Spell Altered Five Blues Band In The Name Of No Good Altered Five Blues Band Holler If You Hear Me Pat Fulgoni Still in Love with you Pat Fulgoni […]
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Shaw Davis and The Black Ties 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 […]
