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Eddie 9V Little Black Flies

Rhetta Akamatsu Atlanta blues, blues, blues rock, Eddie 9V, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, Ruf Records April 28, 2021

Eddie 9V Little Black Flies Atlanta blues man Eddie 9V is set to release Little Black Flies on Ruf Records May 28. While this is not Eddie ‘s first record, it is his first for an established record label. It was produced at Atlanta’s Echo Deco Studios Eddie’s brother, Lane Kelly. Even though he is […]

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Ally Venable Heart of Fire

Rhetta Akamatsu Ally Venable, americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, Ruf Records February 12, 2021

Ally Venable Heart of Fire Ruf Records The past year has left us needing music that is bold and uplifting and Heart of Fire is surely that. From the first sizzling notes of Venable’s guitar, you know you are hearing a guitarist skilled enoughto equal her Texas heroes, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, […]

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Ghalia Volt One Woman Band

Richard Ludmerer blues, blues rock, ghalia volt, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, Ruf Records January 20, 2021

Ghalia Volt One Woman Band Ruf Records Belgian born Ghalia Vauthier spent her days busking the streets of Brussels, and the nights playing that cities clubs and venues. As a lover of U.S. R n’ B and blues, the singer-songwriter was drawn stateside. Visiting Chicago, Memphis and Nashville she finally found her groove in New […]

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Ryan Perry High Risk, Low Reward

Richard Ludmerer blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, Ruf Records, ryan perry March 25, 2020

Ryan Perry High Risk, Low Reward Ruf Records In 2007 The Tupelo Mississippi based Homemade Jamz Blues Band, comprised of sixteen-year-old guitarist Ryan Perry and his two younger siblings, fourteen-year-old bassist Kyle, and their nine-year-old sister Taya on drums; came in second place at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. The following December they became […]

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Whitney Shay Stand Up!

Richard Ludmerer blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, Ruf Records, Whitney Shay February 27, 2020

Whitney Shay Stand Up! Ruf Records Whitney Shay began fronting a band and singing blues and jazz in 2009. In 2012 she released her debut recording “Soul Tonic”. She performs over 200 dates a year and is a four-time winner at the San Diego Music Awards. She released her follow-up album 2018’s “A Woman Rules […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Whitney Shay Is Making a Scene!

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, Ruf Records, Whitney Shay February 16, 2020

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Whitney Shay! Stand Up! It’s not just an album title, it’s an order, forcing anyone who hears Whitney Shay’s brand of rocket-fuelled R&B onto the dancefloor. A flame-haired stick of dynamite in a sparkling dress, this San Diego phenomenon has made a record for dancing, drinking […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Mike Zito is Making a Scene!

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, mike zito, Ruf Records November 3, 2019

Home Page Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mike Zito! He may be one of the most lauded artists in the contemporary blues arena today, and rightfully so, but for Mike Zito, the thing that counts the most is maintaining his honesty, authenticity and integrity. Those are the qualities that have steered Zito’s career […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

Brandon Santini is Making A Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, Brandon Santini, indie Blues, making a Scene, Ruf Records April 29, 2019

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Brandon Santini There are many different opinions as to what the future of the blues harmonica will be. International touring vocalist and harmonica player Brandon Santini is undeniably a worthy player to keep an eye on as the latest surge of young blues artists leave their […]

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Big Daddy Wilson IS Making A Scene!

Richard L'Hommedieu Big Daddy Wilson, blues, germany, indie Blues, Ruf Records April 29, 2019

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Big Daddy Wilson! Big Daddy Wilson was born more than 50 years ago in a small town called Edenton, North Carolina. The population of Edenton counts less than 6000, 55% African Americans, 25% below the poverty line. “We were very poor but I had a very beautiful […]

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Ally Venable Texas Honey

Rhetta Akamatsu Ally Venable, blues-rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots, Ruf Records March 28, 2019

Ally Venable Texas Honey Ruf Records Ally Venable is a powerful young blues singer from Texas with roots that clearly show that proud tradition of blues-rock fostered by Stevie Ray Vaughan, ZZ Top, and so many others. Now, at not yet twenty, Venable is releasing her third album, Texas Honey, produced by fellow Texan Mike […]

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Ally Venable is Making a Scene!

Richard L'Hommedieu Ally Venable, artist interview, blues, blues-rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, mike zito, Ruf Records, texas honey March 25, 2019

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Ally Venable! There’s something about Texas. Open up the history books and you’ll find the Lone Star State at the eye of every rock ‘n’ roll storm. Pull up a stool in any bar-room and you’ll still hear Southern gentlemen spin stories of ZZ Top, Johnny […]

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Katarina Pejak is Making A Scene!

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, indie Blues, Katarina Pejak, making a Scene, Ruf Records March 3, 2019

HOME PAGE Making A Scene Presents an Interview with Katarina Pejak! Katarina Pejak is a singer/songwriter and piano player who combines genres of the American roots music, filtering them through her Balkan descent and a classical musical training. Inspired by Tom Waits, Bessie Smith, Norah Jones, Otis Spann and many other artists whose music she […]

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Katarina Pejak Roads That Cross

Richard Ludmerer cd review, Katarina Pejak, making a Scene, roads that cross, Ruf Records February 17, 2019

Katarina Pejak Roads That Cross Ruf Records Katarina Pejak hails from the Serbian city of Belgrade, where her father ran the local jazz and blues nightclub. Listening to her father’s record collection she became inspired by Tom Waits, Norah Jones, Bessie Smith, Otis Spann and others. She decided she should stretch her classical piano […]

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Ina Forsman IS Making A Scene!

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, finland, ina forsman, indie Blues, making a Scene, Ruf Records February 11, 2019

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Ina Forsman! It takes a special artist to snatch triumph from the jaws of disaster. Rewind to 2016 and everything was going right for Ina Forsman. The 24-year-old singer had gone from Finland’s best-kept secret to Ruf’s hottest new signing. Her self-titled debut had […]

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Ina Forsman Been Meaning To Tell You

Richard Ludmerer blues, ina forsman, indie Blues, making a Scene, Ruf Records January 27, 2019

Ina Forsman Been Meaning To Tell You Ruf Records Nine years ago when vocalist Ina Forsman was only 17 she performed Etta James’ “All I Could Do Was Cry” on a Finnish TV talent show. Since then she began touring with Helsinki’s harp master Helge Tallqvist and Belgian guitarist Guy Verlinde, all the while honing […]

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Mike Zito First Class Life

Richard Ludmerer blues, blues-rock, First Class Life, indie Blues, mike zito, roots rock, Ruf Records May 15, 2018

Mike Zito First Class Life Ruf Records Mike Zito signed with the Delta Groove subsidiary Eclecto Groove in 2008. The album “Today” co-produced by David Z and Tony Braunagel was his first internationally distributed recording. The title track on his follow-up, “Pearl River”, co-written with Cyril Neville, received a 2010 Blues Music Award for “Song […]

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An Interview with Ghalia Vauthier

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, blues-rock, Ghalia and mama's boys, Ghalia Vauthier, indie Blues, making a Scene, roots rock, Ruf Records February 24, 2018

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Some albums stop you in your tracks. Like the smoky thump from a New Orleans juke-joint as you pass by on the sidewalk, Let The Demons Out is a rock ‘n’ roll siren call that pricks up your ears and puts you under its spell. And with Europe’s fastest-rising young vocalist and Louisiana’s […]

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Ghalia & Mama’s Boys Let the Demons Out

Jim Hynes blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, cd review, cd reviews, celebration of Blues and Soul, Circus americana, david Maxwell, Funk, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, Indie Rock, internet Radio Free, jazz, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, r&B, red clay soul, Rock, roots, roots music, roots rock, Ruf Records January 4, 2018

Ghalia & Mama’s Boys Let the Demons Out Ruf Ghalia Vauthier, the Belgian singer-songwriter/guitarist, is the newest signing for Ruf. This emerging artist from Brussels splits her time between her native country and New Orleans where she recorded this album with acclaimed harmonica band Johnny Mastro & Mama’s Boys. Ghalia has steadily built a fan […]

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Mike Zito Make Blues Not War

Richard Ludmerer americana, blues, blues foundation, blues hall of fame, blues music, blues radio, blues-rock, IBA, independent blues awards, indie, Indie B, indie Blues, indie blues movement, making a Scene, mike zito, Ruf Records, soul December 13, 2016

Mike Zito Make Blues Not War Ruf Records Mike Zito worked ten years at a downtown St. Louis guitar shop where an older employee taught him an appreciation for The Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton and B.B. King. He released “Blue Room” his first independently produced album in 1997. Follow up albums included 1999’s “America’s Most […]

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Honey Island Swamp Band Demolition Day

Richard Ludmerer blues, blues-rock, indie Blues, making a Scene, neo blues, new Blues, nu blues, Ruf Records July 5, 2016

Honey Island Swamp Band Demolition Day Ruf Records The Honey Island Swamp Band was formed when four New Orleans residents found themselves stranded in San Francisco. Hurricane Katrina had wrecked havoc to their city and they were unable to return home. They hardly knew each other when they established a Sunday night “residency” at John Lee […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus featuring Albert Castiglia!

Richard L'Hommedieu albert castiglia, blues, blues-rock, Funk, indie Blues, Indie Rock, live from the midnight circus, making a Scene, neo blues, new Blues, new music, nu blues, original music, RNB, Rock, roots music, roots rock, Ruf Records, soul May 21, 2016

This is the #1 and Original INDIE BLUES RADIO show! We celebrate and support the diversity of music that is being created in the blues by artists who are out there touring and performing new original music. We honor the past by supporting the future of the blues .. we call that future INDIE Blues […]

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An Exclusive Interview with Albert Castiglia!

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, albert castiglia, blues-rock, indie Blues, Live from the Midnight Circus., making a Scene, neo blues, new Blues, nu blues, RNB, roots rock, Ruf Records, soul May 21, 2016

Born August 12, 1969, in New York, he was a product of that city’s great melting-pot community, the son of a Cuban mother and Italian father. At five, the family moved to Miami, Florida, and when the twelve-year-old Albert took his first guitar lesson, a spark was lit that couldn’t be snuffed out. Even so, […]

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Albert Castiglia Big Dog

Richard Ludmerer albert castiglia, americana, blues, blues-rock, Funk, indie, indie Blues, making a Scene, Rock, Ruf Records, soul May 13, 2016

Albert Castiglia Big Dog Ruf Records Albert Castiglia’s big break came when he was hired to play guitar for Junior Wells. Castiglia stayed with Wells until his passing in 1998. After moving to Chicago Castiglia joined Sandra Hall’s band and toured with her until 2000. Castiglia released his debut album “Burn” in 2004. He collaborated […]

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Mike Zito & The Wheel Keep Coming Back

Richard Ludmerer blues, Indie B, indie Blues, keep coming back, making a Scene, mike zito, mike zito and the wheel, richard ludmerer, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Ruf Records December 14, 2015

Mike Zito & The Wheel Keep Coming Back Ruf Records Guitarist Mike Zito began his career in the St. Louis area, where he released some recordings on his own before signing with Eclecto Groove Records. Eclecto Groove was a new subsidiary of Delta Groove and in 2008 they released Zito’s first internationally distributed album. “Today” […]

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Royal Southern Brotherhood Don’t Look Back

Richard Ludmerer americana, blues, Indie B, indie Blues, jam band, making a Scene, richard ludmerer, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Ruf Records June 18, 2015

Royal Southern Brotherhood Don’t Look Back Ruf Records This is the Royal Southern Brotherhood’s third studio recording. A lot has happened to them since their last album “Heart Soul Blood”. Led by Cyril Neville, the youngest of the Neville Brothers, and the strong rhythm section of Charlie Wooton, bass, and Yonrico Scott, drums, the Royal […]

Artist Interviews/ INDIE Blues Artist

An Exclusive Interview with Samantha Fish

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, Indie B, indie Blues, making a Scene, Ruf Records, samantha fish, Wild Heart June 14, 2015

An Exclusive interview with Samantha Fish! by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Ruf Records recording artist singer-guitarist Samantha Fish, will raise eyebrows with her third studio release, Wild Heart, produced by Luther Dickinson (The North Mississippi Allstars/Black Crowes). Having Samantha on guitars and Luther on various stringed instruments, they rounded out the lineup with Grammy Award-winning […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus

LIVE from the Midnight Circus 6/14/2015 with Samantha Fish!

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, Indie B, indie Blues, live from the midnight circus, Ruf Records, samantha fish, Wild Heart June 14, 2015

LIVE from the Midnight Circus with Samantha Fish by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Here it is! The #1 and ORIGINAL INDIE BLUES radio show on the internet! The only show dedicated 100% to the Touring INDIE BLUES artists. You are going to hear the best in NEW BLUES made by artists who “Keeping the Blues […]

Interview the Pros

Exclusive Interview with Jill Kettles of “Miss Jill PR”

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, cyril neville, dana fuchs, dani wilde, devon allman, Indie B, indie Blues, jill kettles, making a Scene, mike zito, miss jill pr, Public Relations, Publicist, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Ruf Records, samantha fish February 20, 2015

Exclusive interview with Jill Kettles by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud In a very short time “Miss Jill PR” has become a major force in the Blues industry by landing, as one of her first clients, the impressive roster of artists on German based Ruf Records. Jill Kettles is not new to the business, her move […]

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Dana Fuchs Songs From The Road

Richard Ludmerer accross the Universe, blues, dana fuchs, Indie B, indie Blues, making a Scene, richard ludmerer, Ruf Records, songs from the road February 9, 2015

Dana Fuchs Songs From The Road Ruf Records Back in April of 2001, the off-broadway production of “Love Janis” opened at The Village Theater. Dana Fuchs was one of several singer/actresses who alternated in the role of Janis Joplin. The performance included many of Joplin’s more familiar songs including “Piece of My Heart”, “Me and […]

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An Exclusive Interview with Thomas Ruf of Ruf Records!

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, making a Scene, Ruf Records, Thomas Ruf, where blues crosses over December 17, 2014

An Exclusive Interview with Thomas Ruf of Ruf Records! by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud We Talk with Thomas Ruf about Ruf Records, the Future of the Blues and so much more. This is an interview you really don’t want to miss if you believe in “Keeping the Blues Alive”. This is something Thomas Ruf Has […]

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An Exclusive Interview with Dana Fuchs!

Richard L'Hommedieu .blues, Across the Universe, bliss avenue, blues-rock, dana fuchs, dana fuchs band, making a Scene, Rock, Ruf Records, songs from the road November 18, 2014

An Exclusive Interview with Dana Fuchs! by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Dana Fuchs Gives You Audio / Visual Whiplash With Songs From The Road DVD/CD “You will love hearing Dana Fuchs sing like the big cats in all the range from a kittenish purr to her lioness’ roar.” American Blues Scene Ruf Records recording artist, […]

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Raise The Ruf for 20 Years of Music!!

Posted by Editor blues, Indie B, indie Blues, making a Scene, Ruf Records November 11, 2014

Raise The Ruf for 20 Years of Music: From the juke joints to world stages This label offers only the best for fans A Special double CD out on November 11th Ruf Records celebrates its 20th Anniversary on November 11th with a double CD release of tunes from the first line up in 1994 […]

Interview the Pros

Exclusive Interview with Jill Siegel publicist

Richard L'Hommedieu blues, Jill Siegel, mike zito, rolling stones, Ruf Records, samantha fish July 8, 2014

Making a Scene has an exclusive interview with Jill Siegel! Listen below as we talk with a powerhouse in public relations. [audio:JillSeigel.mp3] Jill Siegel is now the handling the Public relations in the US for Ruf Records. Ruf records has put together an impressive list of up and coming and established blues artists. No matter […]