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 […]
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 […]
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 Avey and Grouws! Avey Grouws Band met at a blues jam on the Iowa side of the Quad Cities along the Mississippi River, and have since put their Quad Cities sound into the world with the release of their debut album ‘The Devil May Care’ in […]
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 […]
Brad Vickers and his Vestapolitans The Music Gets Us Thru Man Hat Tone This is the seventh release for Brad Vickers and his Vestapolitans, a throwback sound as indicated by the 1950-ish red pickup truck on the CD cover. The core band includes Vickers on guitar, bottleneck guitar and vocals, bassist Margery Peters, drummer Bill […]
Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers VizzTone These two names, Lindsay Beaver and Brad Stivers, should be familiar to blues fans, especially the former who caught attention with her 2018 Alligator release, Tough as Love. Stivers released his VizzTone release a year earlier. Both played on Beaver’s album and are considered two of the hottest musicians […]
George Gritzbach Full Circle The thing l love about this job, is receiving music that’s completely new to me . A blank canvas so to speak . No preconceived ideas about either the album or the artist. Listening to this album one word comes to mind quality. Each song is crafted with such feeling and passion, even the […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Emily Frembgen After a successful tour and two albums with Denver indie-rock band Language of Termites (“In a Different Time and Place”, 2009 and “Preterito Perfeito,” 2012) and a string of DIY solo albums and EP’s (“Emily Frembgen and the Spiky Little Pinecone,” 2009, “Always With You,” 2010, […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his guest Rob Strong! Ireland has had more than its fair share of world class artists. Names like Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore , Van Morrison, bands like Thin Lizzy and U2. But there is another artist that stands tall alongside these legends. Rob Strong […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Sam Barron Sam Barron was born in NYC. His father was a former folk musician turned forensic criminal investigator. His mother worked with severely handicapped children. Stories from the autopsy table and the macabre reality of God’s misfits left a significant imprint on his developing mind. […]
Dale Webb Take a Little Chance Today I want to introduce you to Dale Webb, singer / songwriter who was born in Wales and raised in Ireland. Dale didn’t have an easy life and started playing guitar after a stroke he suffered as a child when he was just 12 years old. He knew that […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Shaw Davis of Shaw Davis and the Black Ties Formed in 2017 and hailing from Pompano Beach, Florida, Shaw Davis & The Black Ties feature an incendiary fusion of Progressive Hard Rock and Roots Rock that embodies the soul found within Blues Rock icons of the […]
HOME PAGE MAKING A SCENE PRESENTS AN INTERVIEW WITH SETH JAMES AT FIRST, SETH JAMES’ STORY READS LIKE PLOT LINES HAVE GOTTEN THEIR WIRES CROSSED OR TRANSLATIONS MUDDLED: COULD A WORKING COWBOY FROM DEEP WEST TEXAS REALLY BE A ROCK-AND-SOUL ROOTS FUNK MASTER, EDUCATED BY THE BLUES? One listen to James’ new album Different Hat […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his Guest Gerry McAvoy For well over two decades Gerry McAvoy rode shotgun as the bass player to the legendary Rory Gallagher. Rory’s hell for leather stage presence was matched by the rock n roll dynamo that is Gerry McAvoy . In this heartwarming […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Tori Evans Tori Evans is an incredibly talented young singer / songwriter from Minneapolis. Writing songs since she was 7 years old, Tori made her public stage debut at 15 with a set at Ukefest 2017 at The Hook & Ladder Theater. With a jaw dropping […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Colin Bracewell At only 20 years old, Colin Bracewell has established himself as a Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter whose raw vocals and production reflect the sound of Bon Iver and Jeff Buckley. Born in Ontario, Canada, he began writing and performing during his time in high school and […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Gerry McAvoy! Gerry McAvoy (Bass Guitar) played, recorded and toured with Rory for 20 years, from 1971 to 1991.Gerry played on every album Rory ever made. His 2005 book, ‘Riding Shotgun’ follows his career and life with Rory (available from www.ridingshotgun.co.uk). Gerry also played with […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Polly O’Keary of Polly O’Keary and the Rhythm Method! A century ago, blues was born in the fields of the South, played on porches and in little backwoods bars by kerosene lamp. The times have changed, and it’s a rare blues musician who grew up picking […]
Seth James Different Hat Tiny Ass Seth James has all the trappings of a West Texas cowboy and looks the part attired in his white Stetson. He is a life-long working rancher. Somehow, though James picked up the same kind of roadhouse blues bug as that mostly retired singer from Ft. Worth, Delbert McClinton. Yes, […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Johnny Ray Jones Johnny Ray Jones grew up in the LA blues music scene. Sam “Bluzman” Taylor, Johnny’s voice coach & mentor, traded him lessons for driving Sam to his shows & recording sessions. Percy Mayfield’s widow Tina Mayfield, Johnny’s godmother, booked Johnny Ray his first […]
Gabe Stillman Just Say the Word VizzTone Pennsylvanians are well acquainted with guitarist Gabe Stillman’s energetic, acrobatic, showman-like performances. He leaves no doubt that he can wield an axe gracefully, swaggeringly, and demonstratively depending on the tune. Nonetheless, this debut, Just Say the Word, will surprise even his most ardent fans due to his accomplished […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Evan Walton of Once More Autumn Once More, Autumn is the brainchild of Minneapolis-based artist and songwriter Evan Walton. A transplant of Dayton, Ohio and a student of Berklee College of Music, Walton is dedicated to bridging indie-folk music with alternative soundscapes. “Love is a Sea,” […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey and his guest AC/DC Drummer Tony Currenti Bon Live Wire(High Voltage 1976) Brian Shoot To Thrill(Back In Black 1980) Bon It’ s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock n’ Roll)(High Voltage 1976) Brian Sink The Pink (Fly On The Wall 1985) […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Rodd Bland! From Blues Royalty, the son of Bobby “Blue” Bland and godson of B.B. King, Rodd Bland rose up from the age of 3 learning traditional blues from his father’s drummers, John “Jab O” Starks, Harold “Peanie” Portier, and Rodd’s brother, Tony Coleman, to become […]
Tom Cohen My Take Versa Music Philly drummer Tom Cohen leads the modern incarnation of the jazz organ trio across three different configurations on My Take, for extended versions of jazz classics from Gigi Gryce, Benny Golson, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Stitt, and Vincent Youmans. Featured are master organist and fellow Philadelphian Joey DeFrancesco, tenor giants […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Stevie J of The Urban Ladder Society Urban Ladder Society is an all star band with the most diverse and unique musical style ever!! this band offers Blues, classic rock, and R&B all with a heavy saturation of metaphoric hip hop lyrics. front man Victa […]
The Furious Seasons Home All Day, Home All Night Stonegarden Home All Day, Home All Night, the pandemically named and recorded eighth album and fourth as an acoustic trio for The Furious Seasons, finds them stretching out more into a full band mode. Bandleader/ guitarist/songwriter and vocalist David Steinhart sees this as a more eclectic effort […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCHSHOW #578 – 8/16/2021LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11984763 TOBACCO ROAD BLUES BANDBrand new to The Couch, out of Austria Mike Diwald and Peter Prammerdorfer joined me to talk about the band’s history and the music on their new album, Papa Legba. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE LAUREN ANDERSON – Segment Begins At The 50:15 MarkLauren […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Lea McIntosh It’s only natural that pundits attempt to put artists in boxes and define them within a specific scenario. Yet when an individual is as multi-talented as Lea McIntosh, confining them to any one niche becomes a challenging proposition. An exceptional entrepreneur, Lea initially made […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Thomas Abban “With Everything I did and with everything happening how it did, where it did, and with all those involved who did it, this work seemed like the only thing to do.. There’s not much I can say about this album other than it’s been […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #103 with his Guest Pierce Kelly Pierce Kelly drummer with The Gary Moore Band . Pierce was the drummer for Gary in the early seventies. Grinding Stone was the only album to feature Pierce on drums . He’s a lovely man,so humble and full […]
Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Pierce Kelly! Pierce Kelly drummer with The Gary Moore Band . Pierce was the drummer for Gary in the early seventies. Grinding Stone was the only album to feature Pierce on drums . He’s a lovely man, so humble and full of great stories Another interview you […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Ericson Holt Though his music may be steeped in the blues, it’s the gray areas that fascinate Ericson Holt the most. “There are very few moments in this life that are purely good or bad,” Holt reflects. “There’s always some kind of dichotomy going on, some […]
Muddy Waters Home Granted Landmark Status – To Become a Museum Dedicated to the Father of Chicago Blues! The North Kenwood home where blues legend Muddy Waters once lived is planned to be converted into The MOJO Muddy Waters House Museum has been granted a final landmark status by the Commission on Chicago Landmarks. This […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #577 – 8/09/2021 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11952959 BRIGITTE PURDY – COUCH KID NEWS Brigitte came by to talk about her new single, Time For Love, and the world around her. The single is getting HUGE airplay. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE GUY KING – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC SEGMENT BEGINS AT THE […]
Jeff Pearring Pearring Sound – Socially Distanced Duos Self-released Alto saxophonist Jeff Pearring usually leads groups ranging from trio to quintets under the group name Pearring Sound, but the pandemic intervened. So Pearring took a safe approach instead, deciding to play duos with six diverse musicians across eight selections, each recorded in a socially distanced […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with George Gritzbach The George Gritzbach Band plays inventive takes on classics and a healthy helping of innovative originals offering a great mix of blues, roots, and R&B. The band has appeared at a wide variety of venues and Festivals across North America, including opening for B.B. […]
Andy Peake Mood Swings Big Little Mood Swings is the debut for singer/songwriter/drummer/percussionist Andy Peake who invites a wide cast of mostly Nashville-based musicians to join him in his eclectic mix of blues and roots tunes. Seven of the eleven are either penned or co-written by Peake with two highly recognizable cover tunes and two […]
Johnny Tucker Featuring Kid Ramos & The Allstars 75 and Alive Blue Heart/ HighJohn There are not that many seventy-plus original bluesmen, certainly few with the pipes of venerable Johnny Tucker who still has plenty left in the tank based on 75 And Alive, recorded on his 75th birthday in October of 2020. For that […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Tiffany Pollack! Tiffany Ann Pollack is New Orleans. She’s the beauty that lies deep down within old pain – the letting go and kicking your heels up despite it all that defines the most mysterious American city. She’s been a foster daughter. A teen mom. A […]
GUISE “By Your Side” Writing this review makes me realize how the universe works it’s magic in bringing like minded souls together. A short few weeks ago I made my first trip to the Uk in almost 18 months. While visiting a friends home in Liverpool I was introduced Jassy G guitarist with Liverpool pop/rock […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Chris Daniels Chris Daniels & The Kings (now with Freddi Gowdy) are celebrating their 37th year with live performances over the summer, playing songs from BLUES WITH HORNS – our 15th Kings album and our second with Freddi Gowdy of the Freddi Henchi Band. In December […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it UP with Gerry Casey and his Guest Christine Ries of Circuitrex In this interview the Melbourne base powerful rock / Metal trio fronted by Christine Ries tells the story of how over a period of time the band found its true identity a energetic three piece metal rock band […]
Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Christine Ries of Circuitrex In this interview the Melbourne base powerful rock / Metal trio fronted by Christine Ries tells the story of how over a period of time the band found its true identity a energetic three piece metal rock band ready to make some waves […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Executive Director of the Kerrville Folk Festival Foundation Mary Muse Mary Muse is responsible for all Kerrville Folk Festival Foundation events, programs, fund-raising and projects which includes the Kerrville Folk Festival, Welcome Home Fest, The Grassy Hill New Folk Songwriting contest, Music Camp for Teens, […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Blind Lemon Pledge Throughout his recording and performing career, Blind Lemon Pledge, aka Bay Area bluesman James Byfield, has gained critical recognition for the broad scope of his stylistic skills; and for his ability to capture the essence of American Roots Music in his compositions. From […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Lauren Anderson This soulful rocker, originally from Chicago, has had a passion for singing throughout her entire life. Growing up in a household that was rich in music, her influences were widely varied from artists such as Susan Tedeschi, Bonnie Raitt, The Pointer Sisters, Eva Cassidy, Etta James, Joss […]
