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Erika Olson is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter 0 Comments May 29, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Erika Olson Erika Olson, an American Expat, raises babies and write songs in the high weald of East Sussex. Erika combines vulnerable vocals, contemporary storytelling, and musical influences spanning indie, folk, country, blues, Americana and pop. When pressed to describe her music, Erika likes to call […]

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Gerry Casey Interviews Jonny Parry

Gerry Casey americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter 0 Comments May 21, 2023

Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey’s Interview with Jonny Parry Living and working in Liverpool for a number of years now, he’s ‘living the dream’, playing the Cavern Club and Pub at various times throughout the week. Jonny has had the opportunity to work for many well established tribute bands throughout the years, […]

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Robert Ellis Yesterday’s News

Jim Hynes americana, making a Scene, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter, Texas 0 Comments May 19, 2023

Robert Ellis Yesterday’s News Niles City After a string of five strong and truly varied albums for New West, Texas troubadour, the enigmatic Robert Ellis issues his first album, the richly intimate Yesterday’s News on his own label, Niles City Records. This writer once heard an artist state that every album should be different from […]

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Carter Sampson is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter May 13, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Carter Sampson Carter Sampson is an Oklahoma born and raised, award winning singer songwriter. She tours nationally and internationally playing both solo and with her trio & band. Sampson won 1st place in the Chris Austin Song Contest at Merlefest and was a top 5 finalist in the […]

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Michelle Malone Fan Favorites Vol. 1 Unplugged

Jim Hynes americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter May 11, 2023

Michelle Malone Fan Favorites Vol. 1 Unplugged SBS/The Orchard Independent Atlanta bluesy singer-songwriter Michelle Malone, like many musicians, got resourceful during the pandemic. Riding the success of her singer-songwriter album, 1977, and especially the single/video “Dust Bowl Man,” Malone began streaming her stripped-down songs from her living room during the shutdown, satisfying fans and amassing […]

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Sarah Morris is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter May 8, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Sarah Morris Sarah Morris has a habit of missing the forest. From the day the Minneapolis based singer-songwriter picked up a guitar, armed with the bone-deep memory of her parents’ well-loved record collection and rooted in the storytelling fire of a Mary Chapin Carpenter tune, she’s […]

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Rodney Crowell The Chicago Sessions

Jim Hynes americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter May 7, 2023

Rodney Crowell The Chicago Sessions New West The title of Rodney Crowell’s new album speaks to a collaboration with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco who produced the album that was recorded in Wilco’s Loft by Tom Schick. In terms of sound, knowing that, you might not expect that it is more in line with Crowell’s first […]

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Top 10 Songwriting Tips

Richard L'Hommedieu music business, songwriter, songwriters, songwriting, Songwriting tips May 4, 2023

Top 10 Songwriting Tips Songwriting is a craft that can be a fulfilling and rewarding experience for musicians. Whether you are a seasoned songwriter or a beginner, it is essential to understand the art of songwriting to create a masterpiece. Here are the top 10 songwriting tips that will help you to take your songwriting […]

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Kevin Bowe is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, pop, pop rock, producer, roots, roots rock, songwriter May 1, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Kevin Bowe Kevin Bowe is a writer/producer/mixer/musician from Minneapolis. He has written songs on 3 platinum records and 2 Grammy winning albums working with Johnny Lang, The Replacements, Etta James, Joe Cocker, Paul Westerberg, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 3 Dog Night, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Little Steven Van Zandt, […]

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The Wood Brothers Heart is the Hero

Jim Hynes americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 18, 2023

The Wood Brothers Heart is the Hero Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers The Wood Brothers admonish us to slow down in the rollicking opener “Pilgrim” on their eighth album, and that slowing down to appreciate the little, oft overlooked aspects of life, is essentially the theme of this infectious record stock of songs with the kind of […]

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The Infamous Stringdusters A Tribute to Flatt & Scruggs

Tom Clarke americana, bluegrass, Country, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 18, 2023

The Infamous Stringdusters A Tribute to Flatt & Scruggs Americana Vibez Records Here they go again, those Infamous (and incredible) Stringdusters, demonstrating that to rock as creatively and successfully as they do in the progressive bluegrass realm, frequent trips back to the music’s Appalachian sources to really know the stuff, are an obligation. Besides enormous […]

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Hilary Tipps and Steve Obermiller are Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, Country, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 17, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Hilary Tipps and Steve Obermiller It took no time at all for Fort Worth, Texas songwriters Hilary Tipps and Steve Obermiller to fall in love and start their lives together. But it was a decade of trying to create life, deal with death and build careers […]

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Mike Miz Only Human

Jim Hynes americana, Country, Rock, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 14, 2023

Mike Miz Only Human Blackbird The singer/songwriter/guitarist Mike Mizwinski, better known as Mike Miz, took a major step by moving to Nashville three years ago. Miz has a strong following in his native Northeastern Pennsylvania as a jam band icon, from early band Morning Pride to his various Miz band lineups to Phish and Grateful […]

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Jake Ybarra is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 8, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Jake Ybarra It can be hard for an artist to pinpoint when the muse first struck and launched them into a creative life. For 25-year-old Jake Ybarra, the first step on his journey came in Harlingen, Texas, where Ybarra (pronounced “e-BAR-a”) was born into a musical […]

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David Haerle El Camino Sierra

Jim Hynes americana, Country, Rock, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter April 6, 2023

David Haerle El Camino Sierra Edendale Los Angeles singer/songwriter/guitarist and indie-label owner David Haerle releases his third album, El Camino Sierra, his follow-up to 2020’s Death Valley. Like that album, the themes are rooted in California geography and personal experience. While this writer described his previous effort as “an uneven set of songs, some of […]

Americana Artist/ Artist Interviews

Sarah Rogo is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 25, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Sarah Rogo Sarah Rogo is an artist, composer, and guitar player residing in Los Angeles, CA. With her haunting and unique slide guitar work, she defies genres and reshapes how the guitar can be used in composition and songwriting. You can find her as one of […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Steve Dawson Eyes Closed, Dreaming

Tom Clarke americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 23, 2023

Steve Dawson Eyes Closed, Dreaming Black Hen Music Steve Dawson’s status in his home country Canada could decorate the face of a skyscraper. Dawson has played remarkable guitar on, and/or produced, over 200 albums since emerging in the late 1990s, winning a cabinet full of trophies including seven Juno Awards for his efforts. Now in […]

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Martha Groves Perry is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, Rock, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 18, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Martha Groves Perry Martha Groves Perry is a singer-songwriter, entertainer, and multi-instrumentalist based in San Francisco, California. Her original music has a straightforward, compelling and sometimes edgy clarity with strong blues, southern rock, and experimental influences and a badass Americana flavor. Her penetrating lyrics, described by her producer, Kenny […]

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Scarlett Woods is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 11, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Skarlett Woods Entwining Swing and Jazz into folk-themed stories of love, she has a stage presence that demands the attention of a room. Taking her listeners on up-beat rhythmic rides over heart- swelling arrangements of originals and covers, Skarlett has simply become more comfortable showing herself […]

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JP Ruggieri Gradually Descend Into Chaos

Jim Hynes americana, Indie Rock, Rock, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 11, 2023

JP Ruggieri Gradually Descend Into Chaos Self-released For those who follow The Wood Brothers or the excellent album from singer/songwriter Jarrod Dickenson, guitarist and fellow singer/songwriter JP Ruggieri may be a familiar name. To the rest of the you, this may serve as an introduction although Gradually Descend Into Chaos is his second full-length album. […]

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The Band of Heathens Simple Things

Tom Clarke americana, Indie Rock, pop, roots, roots rock, songwriter March 9, 2023

The Band of Heathens Simple Things BOH Records The title to the 1978 Nick Lowe classic, Pure Pop for Now People, popped into my head while listening to Simple Things, The Band of Heathens’ eighth album of original material and 13th overall. If this isn’t pure popular music for everyone right now, I don’t know […]

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Jann Klose is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, pop, Rock, roots, roots rock, songwriter March 4, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Jann Klose JANN KLOSE is an award-winning* pop singer-songwriter, who has released seven albums and two EPs. Klose was raised in Kenya, South Africa, Germany and the United States. His recent singles “Sugar My,” “Flesh and Blood,” “Love You the Most,” and “Pilot Light” have accumulated […]

Americana Artist/ Artist Interviews/ CD Reviews Indie Country

Jaimee Harris Boomerang Town

Jim Hynes americana, Country, indie country, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter March 2, 2023

Jaimee Harris Boomerang Town Folk N’ Roll/Thirty Tigers On just her second album Jaimee Harris has proven to be an impressive singer-songwriter, creating vivid character sketches, a myriad of emotions, and an honest way of expressing her own personal feelings through her narratives. She echoes Springsteen and Gretchen Peters to name just two. Those alone […]

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Buddy Mondlock is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 25, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Buddy Mondlock Buddy Mondlock writes songs. He does it so well that some great songwriters have recorded his songs on their own albums. Guy Clark, Nanci Griffith, and Janis Ian, to name just a few. You might’ve heard his song “The Kid” (recorded by David Wilcox, Peter, […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Americana

Various Artists Tribute to a Song Poet: Songs of Eric Andersen

Jim Hynes americana, roots, roots rock, songwriter February 24, 2023

Various Artists Tribute to a Song Poet: Songs of Eric Andersen Y&T Music / EARecords This massive 3-CD and digital tribute to the living legend folk artist Eric Andersen has been available since early in 2023 but we’d be remiss not to inform you about it, even now. It’s a staggering list of artists paying […]

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Buddy Mondlock Filament

Jim Hynes americana, indie country, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 18, 2023

Buddy Mondlock Filament Self-released Buddy Mondlock is one of the better, albeit lesser known Nashville-based singer songwriters. After all, any songwriter who co-writes with Guy Clark is in a lofty category, just be virtue of that. Yet, there’s much more here on Mondlock’s latest, Filament, than just “The Dark,” the co-write with Clark. The album […]

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Scott Allen is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, Indie Rock, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 11, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Scott Allen As a Minnesota music fan, singer/bassist and live sound engineer, Scott’s had a unique exposure to Minnesota music and the artists performing it. On the bass and backing vocals, he’s played in bands with songwriters like Tom Mason, Mark Hasbrouch (Surahoolies), Phil Solem (The […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Country Rock/ CD Reviews Indie Country

The Shootouts Stampede

Tom Clarke americana, asleep at the wheel, Country, indie country, roots, roots rock, songwriter February 4, 2023

The Shootouts Stampede Soundly Music The Shootouts never expected to engage in this level of glittering hoedown showdown, and certainly not so quickly following the success of their 2021 Top 10 Americana album, Bullseye. But they could not get out of the way of this Stampede, certainly not with Ray Benson driving it. The renowned […]

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Laura Zucker is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 4, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Laura Zucker Singer-songwriter Laura Zucker wins audiences over with a hard-won perspective and a positive spin. The powerful imagery of her songs and stories ring so true you might think she’s read your diary – and you’ll find yourself humming her infectious melodies for days to […]

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Helene Cronin Landmarks

Jim Hynes americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter February 2, 2023

Helene Cronin Landmarks Self-released Landmarks is the follow-up to singer-songwriter Helene Cronin’s acclaimed 2019 debut, Old Ghosts and Lost Causes, yet she brings a more fully realized louder and denser sound to this effort. Comparing the two, one notices several similarities though as the main drivers for both are Cronin and producer Matt King who […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Pocono Jones & The Bear Live at Cambridge Sound Studios

Jim Hynes americana, Country, country blues, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 30, 2023

Pocono Jones & The Bear Live at Cambridge Sound Studios Self-released This is our second review for Pennsylvania-based folk/blues artist Paul Wilkinson, billed here as the The Bear in keeping with the solo effort from 2021, 400 Bears. He is joined by Pocono Jones, aka Brad Hinton for a live acoustic performance that took place […]

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Jim Brunberg Songs of Stupid Hope

Jim Hynes americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 29, 2023

Jim Brunberg Songs of Stupid Hope Self-released Portland-based singer-songwriter Jim Brunberg is no newcomer though he has been out of the limelight in terms of recorded music for the past fifteen years, but he hasn’t strayed from some aspect of music. He’s long been an owner of multiple music venues in Portland and has composed […]

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Austin Mayse is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, Country, country rock, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 28, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Austin Mayse Texas-born singer-songwriter Austin Mayse has returned to the studio for his second full-length album, Bridges & Kerosene. Produced by Hill Country music ace Chris Beall and engineered by Ron Flynt, it features songs that Mayse has brought to soulful solo life onstage in recent […]

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Humbletown is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 21, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Humbletown Humbletown is a folk/bluegrass duo featuring Morgan Carnes on clawhammer banjo and Dylan Lewis on flatpick guitar and mandolin. The duo primarily writes their own songs in eclectic styles but also plays traditional songs, fiddle tunes, and folk and country covers. The duo prides itself […]

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Gail Ceasar Guitar Woman Blues

Jim Hynes blues, indie Blues, roots, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 8, 2023

Gail Ceasar Guitar Woman Blues Music Maker Foundation Gail Ceasar is a self-taught Piedmont blues and bluegrass singer/guitarist, who through the help of the Music Maker Foundation is releasing an authentic blues album. Ceasar has been playing this regional style blend of bluegrass and the blues, learned from her uncle Joe, since she was ten […]

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Turn Turn Turn is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, Rock, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter January 7, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Turn Turn Turn Turn Turn Turn is a trio who bonded over their mutual love of close harmony 60s and 70s country, folk, and pop music and formed an original Americana band. To create their distinctive sound, the band “turns” to the distant past of early […]

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John Fusco is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, john fusco, Rock, roots, roots rock, songwriter January 2, 2023

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with John Fusco John Fusco is the writer-producer of 12 motion pictures, including “Crossroads”, “Young Guns”, “Thunderheart,” “Hidalgo”, “The Forbidden Kingdom,” the sequel to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” and the Academy Award-nominated “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.” Some of his other film productions include “The Shack” starring Octavia […]

CD Reviews/ CD Reviews Bluegrass/ CD Reviews Indie Country

The Gibson Brothers Darkest Hour

Posted by Editor bluegrass, Country, country rock, roots, roots rock, songwriter January 1, 2023

The Gibson Brothers Darkest Hour Bull Run / Rainmaker Music The Gibson Brothers began recording their 15th album just as everything hit the fan. But from that Darkest Hour came the purest expression of what makes The Gibson Brothers the multiple award-winning bluegrass vocal duo and band leaders that they are. As produced by the […]

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Barrel Flash is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter December 31, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Barrel Flash Sitting in the corner of a pub, your tapping foot follows a country beat. Suddenly, an unexpected melody and a turn of phrase hits you in the gut where the whiskey burns and that melancholy feeling (the one you thought you left at the […]

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Preston Gunderson is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter December 24, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Preston Gunderson Gunderson has been a fixture in the Minneapolis music scene for 10 years. He started his career early at the age of 15 playing in the bars of Northern Minnesota, a place known as the “Iron Range.” He has since forged his songwriting and […]

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Kelley Smith is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter December 10, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Brings you an Interview with Kelley Smith Spoken words have never come easy for folk musician Kelley Smith, so in her late 30’s she decided to become an artist. “I was tired of being tongue-tied,” she says, “…I just wanted to paint little word pictures of what was in my […]

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Madeline Rosene is Making a Scene

Posted by Editor indie pop, Indie Rock, pop, Rock, roots, roots rock, songwriter December 5, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Madeline Rosene Madeline Rosene is an “indie pop-n-roll” singer/songwriter known for her clever lyrics, catchy melodies, and genre-fluid style. She has been played on the radio throughout the US and performed at venues such as Hotel Cafe, Los Globos, The Echo, and The Viper Room. Her […]

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Chris Murphy is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, fiddle, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter, violinist December 4, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Chris Murphy For 25 years, and with no sign of slowing, violinist Chris Murphy has made a living by writing, performing and recording original music. For Murphy, the path forward is charted by looking backward, to the troubadours and minstrels of ages past. Forget the […]

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Amelia White Rocket Rearview

Jim Hynes americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter December 2, 2022

Amelia White Rocket Rearview Self-released Amelia White is a singer-songwriter who has emerged as one of the most honest and direct in the talented field of Americana artists, many of whom, like White, call East Nashville their hometown. Rocket Rearview is White’s eighth album, her pandemic album (just about all artists have one of those, […]

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Charlie Treat is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, Country, indie country, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 21, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Charlie Treat Before becoming one of East Nashville’s most genre-bending songwriters, Charlie Treat grew up on a farm in New England, listening to old-school crooners whose songs reflected his own rural surroundings. Years later, he salutes those influences with Into The Wild Mystic Mountain, an imaginative […]

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Dan Israel is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 19, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Dan Israel With Social Media Anxiety Disorder, Minnesota singer-songwriter Dan Israel returns with his 15th studio album, a mere 17 months after his acclaimed 2018 release You’re Free. Social Media Anxiety Disorder was recorded in the spring and summer of 2019 at two different Twin Cities studios, featuring […]

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Vince Herman Enjoy the Ride

Jim Hynes americana, roots, roots rock, singersongwriter, songwriter November 19, 2022

Vince Herman Enjoy the Ride LoHi The epitome of the Americana sound is present of Vince Herman’s Enjoy the Ride, the first solo album from the frontman of Leftover Salmon, a band that’s been with us for thirty years. Melding country, bluegrass, tinges of blues, and the kind of songs that echo John Prine and […]

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Doyle Turner is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 13, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Doyle Turner Doyle learned to love music listening to his father play guitar and listening to AM radio and 8 track tapes. He found a voice that’s gotten stronger through the years, as he’s realized he’s beholding to effort, listening close, and grace. The music that’s […]

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Gerry Casey interviews Mary Gantley

Gerry Casey americana, Country, indie country, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 13, 2022

Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview Mary Gantley Mary Gantley is a trained piano player at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. She also started life playing church organ in her home town of Tullyallen, Co.Louth amazingly at the young age of 10. An extraordinary talent who’s songwriting and voice now excels as much as her […]

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Andrew Browning is Making a Scene

Richard L'Hommedieu americana, Country, indie country, making a Scene, Rock, roots, roots rock, singer-songwriter, songwriter November 12, 2022

HOME PAGE Making a Scene presents an Interview with Andrew Browning Truly gritty, west-coast-noir dripping with creosote, this dusty Outlaw Country might be the unlikely result of a 20-year hiatus to hang up his gear, change careers and raise a family. But this band and these songs snuck up on Andrew Browning and hit him […]

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