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Features

Making a Scene and Reverbnation Team up for the INDIE BLUES VOL 2 Compilation!

  In order to help discover new “indie blues” artists, Making A Scene is searching for independent artists that are creating new, original music that is rooted in the blues. The focus is not on traditional blues, but original blues that has the ability to appeal and be relevant to a new younger fan base. […]

 

Interviews

 

An Exclusive Interview with Tweed Funk!

  https://www.tweedfunk.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tweedfunk/   Joseph “Smokey” Holman Vocals – 2013 WAMI Award Winner for Male Vocalist of the Year Smokey has been featured in some of the top blues publications including Living Blues Magazine, Big City Rhythm & Blues Magazine, and Blues Blast Magazine. “With a fascinating story singing with soul greats at both Motown […]

An Exclusive interview with Chase Walker

https://www.chasewalkerband.com/ https://www.facebook.com/chasewalkerband/?fref=ts This is a story about what a kid and a guitar can accomplish in a few short years. Born in August, 1998, Chase Walker, of Riverside CA grew up minutes away from the Fender Guitar factory in Corona, CA yet he didn’t start playing guitar until 2010. Today, he is a triple threat. […]

An Exclusive Interview with Ken Valdez

 

  https://www.kenvaldez.com/ https://www.facebook.com/kenvaldezmusic/?fref=ts Ken Valdez has been called “The Best Kept Secret” by well known/respected names in the industry. This guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer is grateful for the title, however, it is one he wishes to break free from. Born and raised in Santa Fe, NM, now a resident of St. Paul, MN, his love for music was […]

An Exclusive interview with In Layman Terms!

https://www.3inlaymanterms.com/ https://www.facebook.com/3InLaymanTerms/?fref=ts Cole and Logan Layman have grown up making music together. They are both multi-instrumentalists and write original music. They are young, passionate, and all about the blues. Their unique and diverse sound ranges from gritty, foot-stomping acoustic work, to an electrified big-band sound. They perform nationally as a duo, as a trio with […]

 

CD Reviews

 

Festival Express New Line Entertainment

Festival Express New Line Entertainment DVD In 1970 the following bands got on a train and rode across Canada stopping to play in Toronto, Winnepeg and Calgary. The film which shows footage of them both in Concert and “ridin that train”, sat in a garage for thirty years. Imagine being on a week long train […]

Review: Carlos Calvo – “Further Down the Road”

Carlos Calvo – “Further Down the Road” by Rhetta Akamatsu Carlos Calvvo has a life that sounds like the plot of a book. He  provides music for TV  and film, is a guitar coach for actors like David Duchovny and Marg Helgenberger , has taught guitar to the children of stars like Joe Perry and […]

Sugar Blue Yoyage

Sugar Blue Yoyage MC Records James Whiting aka Sugar Blue was raised in Harlem, NY. His mother was a singer and dancer at the Appollo Theater. Blue’s aunt gifted him with his first harmonica and he wailed along with Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder songs. He was further influenced by Jazz greats Dexter Gordon and […]

The Record Company Give It Back To You

The Record Company Give It Back To You Concord Music Group The Record Company’s Chris Vos grew up on a Wisconsin dairy farm outside of New Munster, 50 miles south of Milwaukee. He was first inspired by Hendrix, Harrison, Fogarty, and Winter; so he got himself a guitar. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and […]

Blues For Big Walter Various Artists

Blues For Big Walter Various Artists Ellersoul Records This album follows on the success of 2013’s “Remembering Little Walter” released on Blind Pig Records. That Grammy nominated album was produced by Mark Hummel. It featured harmonica aces Hummel, Charlie Musselwhite, Billy Boy Arnold, James Harman and Sugar Ray Norcia. This new Big Walter tribute on […]

Brothers Brown Dusty Road

Brothers Brown Dusty Road Funky Joint Records/335 Records This is a great recording by four fabulous musicians. They aren’t brothers and should not be confused with the Brown Brothers, a country rock duo, from Virginia. The bands sound is a combination of blues, jazz, Americana, and rock n’ roll. To further confuse the issue two […]

Laura Rain & The Caesars Gold

Laura Rain & The Caesars Gold LRC Records Laura Rain grew up in the Detroit suburbs. Her mother loved Funk and took Laura to see live music as often as possible. Her dad loved Opera. Rain started listening to Aretha Franklin when she was fifteen. Rain got started in the Detroit blues scene as a featured […]

Tangled In Layman Terms

Tangled In Layman Terms Independent The 2015 Bradenton Blues Festival was held on December 5th. It was produced by Paul Benjamin for Realize Bradenton. The headliners included Mike Zito, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, and Janiva Magness. In between the sets we were introduced to the young duo of Cole and Logan Layman whom are […]

I believe that Jeff Jensen, Bill Ruffino, and Robinson Bridgeforth are the most exciting  group to hear or see live on the contemporary blues scene. Having had the pleasure of seeing them a number of times, I can assert that this CD does a great job of capturing the sheer exuberance of Jensen live, although, […]

 

On the Scene

 

This week: Blues all around Atlanta, April 25-May 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Jeff Jensen Band spreads the love at Darwin’s in Marietta April 23

  You can feel the excitement whenever Jeff Jensen and his band comes to Darwin’s, and you can be sure that the fans will be out in full force! Jeff and his band are favorites in the Atlanta area, and they always come to Darwin’s, where they know they are going to have a good […]

Review: Voo Davis at Darwin”s in Marietta April 16

by Rhetta Akamatsu The moment we pull into the parking space at Darwin’s and before  we are even out o the car, we here a shout, “Well, hey there” and Voo Davis is headed across the parking lot, ready with hugs and handshakes and that great, wide-open grin Are we life-long buddies? No, we met […]

Concert review – Eliza Neals and The Narcotics at Darwin’s in Marietta, Ga April 9

Eliza Neals is like a small dynamo on the stage. Looking at the photos we took Saturday night, most of them show only a mass of blond hair and a slightly blurred body.. Since the stage at Darwin’s in not huge, this means that guitarist Howard Glaser and bassist Daryl Lee did not have a […]

 

Podcasts

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The VOICE of INDIE BLUES” 4/24/2016

This is the #1 and Original Voice of INDIE Blues! .. The only show that celebrates the diversity that exist in the blues and brings you ONLY new artists who are creating original music rooted in the blues! .. We honor the past by supporting the FUTURE of the blues .. and that future is […]

This is the #1 and Original “Voice of INDIE Blues“!! The only show that celebrates the diversity that exists in the blues by showcasing currently touring artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. this is the show that is redefining blues for the 21st century .. we play only NEW […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus featuring Chase Walker!

This is the #1 and original “VOICE of INDIE Blues! The only show that is dedicated to playing only touring artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. We ARE INDIE BLUES RADIO the way it is suppose to be .. honoring the past by supporting the future of the Blues!! .. […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The VOICE of INDIE BLUES” 4/16/2016

This is the #1 and original VOICE OF INDIE Blues! The only show that brings you nothing but New Exciting artists who are currently touring and creating new original music rooted in the blues. This is NEW BLUES .. Artists who are continuing the true tradition of the blues by creating music with honesty and […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus featuring Ken Valdez

This is the #1 and Original Voice of the Independent blues artist .. the INDIE Blues artist! .. Each week we bring you ONLY the best in what is happening in TODAY’s Blues .. by artists who are out there touring and creating new original music .. This is not just any blues show .. […]

LIVE from The Midnight Circus Featuring In Laymans Terms!

This is the #1 and Original VOICE OF INDIE Blues .. The VOICE OF NEW BLUES!! We are the only show that is dedicated to bringing you ONLY touring artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. What do we call these artists… INDIE Blues This week we start off with […]