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Features

 

VOTE NOW for the Independent Blues Awards!!

The Independent Blues Award Nominations are now in and we are ready for YOUR VOTE!  What makes us different than all the other voting awards is we give you a chance to listen and learn about the nominees with clickable links to their websites and streams to listen to their music. If you are not […]

Making a Scene is 2 years OLD!

That’s Right! Making a Scene is now 2 years old! And what a great 2 years it has been. I am so excited about all that we have accomplished over the course of the last 2 years. Let me give you a rundown of how successful we have been since our launch in May of […]

 

Interviews

 

An Exclusive Interview with Angel Forrest!

  https://www.angelforrest.ca/ https://www.facebook.com/angelforrest2/?fref=ts With a career spanning 27 years, nine albums and the winner of the Maple Blues Award for Female Vocalist of the Year in 2013, 2014 and 2015, Quebec blues belter Angel Forrest releases her new album, Angel’s 11 on March 11th, 2016. Ambitious and original, this project demonstrates the friendship shared between […]

An Exclusive Interview with Cecile Doo-Kingue!

https://www.cdkmusik.com/home https://www.facebook.com/ceciledookinguemusik/?fref=ts An exceptional stage presence, guitarist / singer-songwriter Cécile Doo-Kingué blends blues, afro-roots and soul to create a unique sound. Born and raised in New York City, first generation from Cameroon, she has lived in the USA, France, and is now an adopted Montrealer. Considered one of Canada’s most electrifying and versatile guitarists, she […]

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. […]

 

CD Reviews

 

The Bo-Keys Heartaches By The Number

The Bo-Keys Heartaches By The Number Omnivore Recordings The Bo-Keys are a soul/jazz band from Memphis, Tennessee. They were originally formed in 1998 by bassist Scott Bomar to be a backup band for the legendary Stax artist and songwriter Sir Mack Rice; best known for “Mustang Sally”. The Bo-Keys were comprised of veteran Memphis sidemen […]

Gil Scott-Heron in “Black Wax”

Gil Scott-Heron in “Black Wax” www.MVDvisual.com Blu-Ray Disc, Eighty-nine minutes Robert Mugge’s film of Gil Scott-Heron’s 1982 concert performance at the Black Wax in Washington D.C. bounces back and forth from the club to Heron’s jaunts around his D.C. neighborhoods with boom-box in hand singing along with the battery powered portable, adding commentary to setup […]

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 Voyage

Sugar Blue Voyage 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 […]

 

On the Scene

 

This week: Blues around Atlanta May 2-8

It’s the beginning of the month and that means that my information for some clubs, like Fat Matt’s, is spotty. if your favorite club is not mentioned here, please call them so you can find out even more great blues events around town. Here are the events I do know about:  Monday Brandon Reeves is […]

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 […]

 

Podcasts

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of INDIE BLUES” 4/25/2016

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 […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Angel Forrest!

This is the #1 and Original “Voice of INDIE Blues“! This is the show that celebrates the diversity of music that is being created today by artists out there touring, that is rooted in the blues. This is not the blues of old, this is the show that honors the past by supporting the future […]

This is the #1 and Original VOICE of INDIE Blues! We believe in showcasing new artists who are touring and creating new original music rooted in the blues .. we bring you the true power of INDIE Blues by showcasing the diversity of music that is being created from these roots … This week we […]

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 […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Tweed Funk!

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 […]

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!! .. […]