Interview with Reverend Freakchild highlights his solo acoustic performances, collaborations with top musicians, albums “The Bodhisattva Blues” and “Supramundane Blues,” and past band involvement. He’s performed at iconic venues, his music featured in media, and he currently studies divinity in Colorado, proclaiming music as his path to transcendence.
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with the Reverend Freakchild In the tradition of such Holy Blues Reverends as Reverend Gary Davis – such is the irreverent Reverend Freakchild. The Rev. primarily performs solo acoustic these days but has also recently recorded with some amazing musicians including Melvin Seals, Mark Karan, Chris Parker, […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Reverend Freakchild In the tradition of such Holy Blues Reverends as Reverend Gary Davis – such is the irreverent Reverend Freakchild. The Rev. primarily performs solo acoustic these days but has also recently recorded with some amazing musicians including Melvin Seals, Mark Karan, Chris Parker, Hugh […]
Making a Scene Presents the Podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Reverend Freakchild This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who embrace the diversity of the blues and are creating new original music from it’s roots. These are the […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist The Reverend Freakchild! In the tradition of such Blues Reverends as Rev. Gary Davis – such is the irreverent Reverend Freakchild. The Rev has played in many bands including an early incarnation of Soul Coughing with M. Doughty leaving to form […]
Photos by Takesi Ken Akamatsu Friday, June 16, Reverend Freakchild returned to Darwin’s as the opening act before The Mike Lowry Band. My husband and I got to talk to him before after his performance and it was like re-uniting with an old friend, even though we only met him once before, at the former […]
Reverend Freakchild has just released a new album called Preachin’ Blues, and on it, that is exactly what he does. Preachers have always found music a powerful tool to share a message, and so does Freakchild. Freakchild has experimented with many blues-based styles but this one is purely traditional..The songs were all recorded live in […]
It’s hard to think how to even start reviewing Reverend Freakchild’s Illogical Optimism. And not because I don’t like it, I love it. This is a 3-disc set. The first disc contains an eclectic mix of 15 songs. The second consists of a dozen radically different versions of the Reverend’s popular song, “Everything Is Now.” […]
This is the #1 and Original INDIE Blues radio show! We are dedicated to celebrating and showcasing the diversity of music that exists in blues. We ONLY play currently touring INDIE Blues artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. This is the blues of the 21st Century. Blues the reflects the […]
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 10/11/2015 with Reverend Freakchild by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud INDIE Blues – Currently Touring Musicians who recognize they are influenced by The Blues artists that came before them and in the time honored tradition of The Blues, are creating New Original Music that reflects their reality. The music they create […]
An Exclusive Interview with Reverend FreakChild by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Reverend Freakchild (a.k.a. Billy, Bhoomisparsha, Fordham, Sal Paradise, Swaraj, Floyd Graves) In the tradition of such Blues Reverends as Rev. Gary Davis – such is the irreverent Reverend Freakchild. Like John Hammond Jr. he is a student of the Blues. He has played in […]