Texas-born Steve Howell, a master of early acoustic blues, teams up with versatile multi-instrumentalist Fats Kaplin in their album “Know You From Old.” Their thirteen heartfelt duets blend folk, blues, gospel, and jazz, celebrating the roots of American music while honoring timeless traditions and preserving musical history.
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Steve Howell Steve Howell was thirteen when he first heard Mississippi John Hurt fingerpicking country blues. The year was 1965, and the experience became a revelation that opened the door to a new musical universe. Steve knew immediately that tame, folky strumming of the guitar was […]
Making a Scene presents LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Steve Howell This is the VOICE of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues being made by artists who believe the blues is a living art form that is driven by Innovation and Creativity. These artists embrace the Diversity of […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Indie Blues Artist Steve Howell When Steve Howell first heard Mississippi John Hurt’s happy style of fingerpicking country blues in 1965 at the age of thirteen, he immediately knew that the tame, folky style of strumming the guitar was a thing of the past […]
Steve Howell and The Mighty Men featuring Katy Hobgood Ray Good as I Been To You Out of The Past Music Steve Howell is from the area around Texarkana. That region is steeped in tradition and so is Howell’s music. Howell finger picks the guitar and usually is content to recreate traditional country blues. This […]
Steve Howell and The Mighty Men Friend Like Me Out of The Past Music/Burnside Distribution Steve Howell was born in Texas and lives in the greater Shreveport, La. area. Howell has immersed himself in the rural blues of the south. Howell’s first recording was the independently produced 2006 “Out of The Past. Howell followed up […]
LIVE from the Midnight Circus 1/10/2016 With Steve Howell by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud This is the only show that believes we have to embrace and showcase the diversity of music that is created with it’s roots in the blues. We also believe it is important to support those artists who are out there touring […]
AN Exclusive interview with Steve Howell by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud When Steve Howell first heard Mississippi John Hurt’s happy style of fingerpicking country blues in 1965 at the age of thirteen, he immediately knew that the tame, folky style of strumming the guitar was a thing of the past for him. This revelation opened […]