The Scene is a weekly public radio show produced in Indiana that features music in performance from around the great Hoosier state. Each week, we bring listeners an hour of live music performed in local venues catered by a team of human beings who simply love music. Our goal is to promote the Indiana music scene by focusing on the music itself. We want to tell the story of the music happening in our own backyards, to be a spark of conversation between fellow music-lovers, and to give listeners a bit of context about new and upcoming artists, sometimes through interviews with the musicians themselves. The Scene is produced at Indiana Public Radio in collaboration with Ball State's Music & Media Production department and is made possible in part by listeners (just like you!) and the Vice President for Information Technology at Ball State.
This week we are turning back the pages and reminiscing on the great show that has been The Scene. The Scene is unfortunately ending after this season but we couldn't leave without saying goodbye. Come hangout with past and current engineers as we celebrate The Scene and share stories from our time on air.
This week on The Scene, our producers will be featuring artists and bands that they have each worked with here on The Scene over the period of our last season. Given this is the last season of The Scene, we all enjoyed sitting down and listening to the various genres, and musical influences that Indiana has to offer. Join us!
Join us on this week's podcast episode where we'll be taking some time to look back and listen to some of the favorite tunes from Liam VanOverwalle's time here on The Scene in a Liam's choices episode. The lineup for this episode includes acts from Clint Breeze & the Groove, Seaux Chill, The Brothers Footman, Caleb McCoach, Jomberfox, Village Elder, and Lung.
For Paul's choices episode, we will be featuring six different local Indiana artists and bands. Paul has been an engineer and producer for the scene for two seasons now. He will be sharing music from the start of his time as an engineer and producer back from season 11 up through season 12 of The Scene. On this episode we'll be featuring both pre-released music from Johnny Macc, Monarch, and Overlook. We will also be featuring artists that have been recorded either live or in studio. This includes Porch Kat, Shoot Down the Sun, and Mickey Young. Tune in to get an inside scoop on Paul's choices and his time here on The Scene from Indiana Public Radio!
This week we are looking back on the time we shared with Scene Engineer Jacob Holtzman. Join us as he discusses and shares music from some of his favorite episodes. Come learn some behind the scenes info (no pun intended) and why being apart of The Scene meant so much to Jacob.
Tune in this week as we listen to KC King and Allison Victoria here on The Scene from Indiana Public Radio!
In this episode of the Scene, we're gonna be taking a look back and listening to a variety of rock music from some of the past artists featured on the scene for a special midwest rock variety rewind episode! We'll be diving into some music from bands like There are Ghosts, Dopacetics, and Blue Dream.
Our second of two featured artists on this week's Homegrown series episode is Meghan Cristeen Martin & the 1900, an alternative Americana trio based in Indianapolis. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the newly formed band from 2020 had to refocus their efforts to best represent themselves as a trio. With releases such as Lydia, Too Much Noise, and The Garage Country demos, Meghan Cristeen Martin & the 1900 have been able to resurge as a local Indianapolis-based band. This performance was taken from the 2021 Garfield Park Arts festival. With elements of garage rock, Americana, and country, this performance is one that you do not want to miss!
Our first of two featured artists on this week's Homegrown series episode is Native Sun, an Indianapolis-based band that intertwines traditional hip hop with gospel, rock, jazz, and soul. Led by bassist B Meeks, drummer Sleepy, and emcee B Young, Native Sun sets itself apart from other traditional hip-hop groups because of how they have implemented live instrumentation to beats and samples. Native Sun can be found on basecamp and on Facebook. This performance was recorded from the 2021 Garfield Park Arts Festival. With elements of soul, and the use of live instrumentation over traditional hip hop beats and samples, this live 2021 performance from Native Sun is one you do not want to pass up!
This week we are looking at Galaxy News Radio! A local band from Anderson, Galaxy News Radio was kind enough to sit down with us for an interview where we talk about origins of the band, recent live shows, and reminisce together on our recording session for The Scene. With good fun and better friends this is a fun episode to tune into!
On this episode of The Scene we are taking a special look at Galaxy News Radio! An Anderson based band, Galaxy News Radio spent some time with us this past fall cutting some of their favorite songs of theirs live! We had a bunch of fun as we recorded together in Ball State's MMP studios. Enjoy!
Join us this week as we delve into the music of Village Elder from their performance at the 2021 Wide Eyed Music Festival. Be sure to tune in to hear more from The Scene on Indiana Public Radio!
Join us this week as we delve into the music of Lung from their performance at the 2019 Virginia Avenue Music Festival. Be sure to tune in to hear more from The Scene on Indiana Public Radio!
Our third and final featured artist this week on The Scene from Indiana Public Radio, is that of Mickey Young, a hip-hop artist from Indianapolis. Drawing inspiration from Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and Chance the Rapper, Mickey Young aspires to offer positive energy and entertainment for his audience. Mickey Young can be found on SoundCloud at itsmickeyyoung, and on Instagram at @itsmickeyyoung. This performance was captured from the Chreece music festival hosted at the White Rabbit Cabaret from 2019. Tune in!
Our second of three featured artists this week on The Scene from Indiana Public Radio, is Manon Voice, the hip hop emcee, poet and social justice advocate from Indianapolis. According to manonvoice.com, she has become a trusted voice in the arts and activism community. She expresses her voice by participating in workshops and public speaking events to amplify the richness of the human narrative. Manon Voice can be found at https://www.manonvoice.com/. This performance was taken from the Chreece music festival hosted at the White Rabbit Cabaret in 2019. Tune in!
Our first of three featured artists this week on The Scene from Indiana Public Radio, is J Stokes, an alternative trap/hip hop artist from Indianapolis. Jeremiah Stokes can be found at: jeremiahstokes317 on SoundCloud, and online at https://do317.com/artists/jeremiah-stokes. This performance was taken from the Chreece music festival hosted at the white rabbit cabaret in 2019. Tune in!
This week on The Scene we are celebrating Black History Month by looking at Sleepy Nap Vibe's Juneteenth performance at The Jazz Kitchen! Scene regular Richard ‘Sleepy' Floyd put together a star studded cast of African American performers, musicians, and poets at The Jazz Kitchen to commemorate the nation's first official celebration of Juneteenth. With moving performances and a fantastic ensemble of Indiana's talent, this is an episode you do not want to miss!
Join us this week as we bring you music from Deadfoot, a punk rock group who the Scene was able to record at the Wide-Eyed Music Festival. This episode contains strong language that has been beeped, so listener discretion is advised.
Join us this week as we bring you music from Stealing Volume, an Indianapolis punk rock group who the Scene was able to record at the Wide-Eyed Music Festival. This episode contains strong language that has been beeped, so listener discretion is advised.
Join this week as we delve into the music of Caleb McCoach and his band! First up we will take a listen to Caleb's performance from the Johnsongs studio in the Murphy arts building in downtown Indianapolis. Then next up well take a look at their amazing performance at the 2021 Wide Eyed music festival. This is one of my favorite episodes this season so be sure to tune in!
This week, we're featuring the dance pop Ball State University Music Media Production alumni and artist Johnny Macc, and the music from his latest 202020s visual album. We will also be featuring an exclusive interview with Johnny Macc, where he talks about his life as an artist, his upbringing as a Ball State University Music Media Production alumni, and the process behind his latest visual album. Tune in!
Join us this week for an awesome set of episodes showcasing the Indy Music Co-op! A communal studio and recording space, IMC just wrapped up their crowdfunding campaign and is getting ready to launch into their new endeavor! The Scene was lucky enough to go down to Indy for their celebration and were able to catch some great artists, like Rob Dixon & Triology! Tune into this episode to hear this funky jazz group lay down some heavy licks' as they celebrated IMC.
This week we are celebrating the work and ideas of the Indy Music Co-op! A communal recording and rehearsal space, Indianapolis music has a brand new spot to go to thanks to founders Kai McGinnis and Sleepy Richard Floyd. Tune into this episode as we chat with the founders about the space and all things music.
Join us this week for an awesome set of episodes showcasing the Indy Music Co-op! A communal studio and recording space, IMC just wrapped up their crowdfunding campaign and is getting ready to launch into their new endeavor! The Scene was lucky enough to go down to Indy for their celebration and were able to catch some great artists, like Moxxie! Tune into this episode to hear this trios rockin' performance as they kicked off IMC's celebration with a bang.
As a special treat for the holidays, we're proud to bring you IPR's production of This American Carol, our radio drama broadcast on Friday, Dec. 17, live from Sursa Performance Hall. This American Carol is a contemporary comedy mashup of A Christmas Carol and The Office, as told in the style of NPR's This American Life. The new production is written for IPR by award-winning playwright, screenwriter and professor of theatre at Ball State University, Dr. Jennifer Blackmer. The main character is Carol, a successful branch manager who has a misguided idea of what celebrating the holidays at work actually means. Carol, who wants things done in a very specific way, won't listen to anyone's input and, after a fit of epic proportions (her staff literally fear for their jobs), she decides to cancel the party. The next day, three mysterious meetings pop up on Carol's Outlook calendar (ghosts) who come along to teach Carol that respecting your coworkers and listening to them not only makes for a good team, but they can also become the family you need but never had.
As we close out the semester, the Scene's producers Abigail Bache, Liam Vanoverwalle, Jacob Holtzman, and Paul Butler sat down to share some of our favorite tracks from S12 so far! Tune in to hear our top picks (and maybe a good joke or two)!
This week on The Scene from Indiana Public Radio, we will be featuring local Indiana artists and their music that was recorded, mixed mastered, and produced by student members of the student-run record label, Beneficence Records. We will be featuring AmeriKKKen, Brother o Brother, Five Ever, Porch Kat, and Chives who are a part of Beneficence Record's Benny Gratis series.
Our second episode of the week features Hawktail! Continuing on with our Crossroads format, Hawktail is a Tennessean bluegrass band that we were fortunate enough to catch at the Ouibache Music Festival. Featuring some of the current top bluegrass players, this is an episode you do not want to miss!
This week we are kicking off our Crossroads format by showcasing the rockin' band Trauma Illinois! Hailing from the Cincinnati area, Trauma Illinois are a dynamic power trio that crushed their performance at Music at the Mansion, a concert series set against the backdrop of the Lanier Mansion in Madison Indiana.
For this episode, we are bringing you the Emmett Cohen Trio, a group lead by New York pianist and composer Emmett Cohen. The Emmett Cohen Trio is a jazz group that plays all over the country, and the Scene was able to catch a show this summer at the Ouibache Music Festival!
In this episode, we're bringing you 30 minutes of jazz, live from the Ouibache Music Festival in Lafayette, IN. The Tucker Brothers are a jazz quartet from the Indianapolis area, started by brothers Nick and Joel Tucker.
Listen in on this week's first podcast episode where we dive into music from the band Sheeza out of Lafayette Indiana. This episode is part of our Homegrown series where we listen to performances from the same venue or event. This week we're showcasing Indy's Independent Music & Arts Festival, so be sure to check out our other IMAF performance with Seaux Chill here on IPR's The Scene.
Join us on the second podcast episode where we're continuing our Homegrown series. This week's event is Indy's Independent Music & Arts Festival where we'll be listening to Seaux Chill set the vibe. Be sure to check out our other Homegrown podcast episode from this week where we rock out to the bad Sheeza here on IPR's The Scene.
Join our producers as we venture forth and listen to music from Mister Goblin, Village Mut, and Slumlord Radio and discover clues across Muncie that lead us to a mysterious destination. Be sure to grab your trick-or-treat bags and a caramel apple as we join our producers for this Halloween Spooktacular Special.
This week on the Scene we are taking a deep dive into The Pushing Daisy's Band! Join us as we listen through their newest album, Psychedelic Funk from Outer Space, and sit down with the band for an exclusive interview!
Tune in to hear Jomberfox rock out from their performance at the 2021 Wide Eyed Music Festival!
Tune in to hear The Brothers Footmen rock out from their performance at the 2021 Independent Music & Arts Festival
Tune in to this week's second and final podcast, as we return back to our roots of soul and blues. Tad Robinson is a soul-blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player originally from New York City. This performance was taken from the 2021 Ouibache music festival, at the Pence Group Main Stage. Let's listen in!
Tune in to this week's first of two podcasts, as we dive into the 2021 Ouibache Music Festival, hosted in Lafayette, IN. On this week's first podcast, we will be listening to the Americana band Scott Greeson and Trouble With Monday. Let's take a listen!
Tune into the second part of this weeks Homegrown episode as we explore Eliot Bigger at the Garfield Park Art & Music Festival! A heavy progressive rock band from Indy, Eliot Bigger put on an awesome show that was not one to miss. Let's listen in!
This week, we are kicking off our first Homegrown episode of the season by looking at the Garfield Park Art & Music Festival! Focused on featuring local musicians, artists, and vendors, Garfield Park put on a great festival acts with like Public Universal Friend. A local Indianapolis rock band, Public Universal Friend took the stage by storm with their creative mix of genres and great stage presence. This is an episode you do not want to miss!
On this season's third episode, were going to be showcasing Clint Breeze & the Groove, a local Indy jazz and hip-hop group. We had the pleasure of recording these performances at the 2021 Independent Music & Arts Festival, and the 2021 Garfield Park Arts & Music Festival. Listen in to see just what these local Indy musicians are putting down. Find more about the band at their website.
On this season's second episode, we're featuring Shoot Down the Sun, a pop-punk band based in Muncie, IN led by former The Scene Producer and engineer, Christopher Golab. This session was recorded in Ball State's Music Media Production studios, where they featured songs from their latest self-titled album as well as gave some input from an exclusive interview from each of the band members. Shoot Down the sun can be found at @shootdownthesun on Instagram and at their Website. Join us!
Welcome to The Scene's Season 12 opener! On this Mainstays episode we sat down with Lafayette native Jeff Anderson to talk about their work, the Ouibache Festival, and what exactly it means to be an artist in Indiana. But wait, there's more! Be sure to listen in to experience never before heard content from Jeff exclusively on The Scene!
Join us as we look into the near future of what The Scene has to offer for its 12th Season!
Welcome to The Scene's Summer Special! Join our adventurous engineers as they search for music all around Lake Michigan. With pirates, talking dogs, singing seabirds, and more, this adventure is one you don't want to miss! Summer Belt, Accidental Seabirds, and Bing Futch are this episode's featured artists.
Join us for a quick review of Season 11 here on The Scene and what you can be looking forward to when we come back this summer and fall!
Join us on this season's roundup as we gather at the virtual "square table” to talk about our favorite artists, songs, episode features, and best moments! This round table discussion talks about the importance of music to audiences, and how music can convey different messages no matter the genre. We feature artists such as Millaze, Bryson Cooper, Yadin Kol, The Half Step Sisters, Overlook, Cece Chanel, and Classical Music Indy. Pull up a seat to our square table, as we listen to some country, hip-hop, dream pop, alternative, and classical music!
Listen to Producer Christopher Golab explore his career with The Scene, featuring old and new material. Since this is Chris's last episode, he'd like to thank the artists who he has worked with and the listeners for tuning in! This episode features music from Sirius Blvck, John Stamps, Justin Duenne & the Midnight, Nick Harley & the Crawles, Heaven's Gateway Drugs, Laura K. Balke, Bedforms, Moon Goons, S.M. Wolf, Millaze, Bryson Cooper, The Sick Boy Method, and Wife Patrol. All-new interview material from Adam Gross of S.M. Wolf, Emily Plazek of Millaze, and Bryson Cooper is also featured.
Scene producer Kyler Altenhof reflects on his experience working as a producer for The Scene and some of his favorite mixes. All of the bands featured are pulled from episodes Kyler has produced. Below is a list of the bands, and the venues where they performed: Wolfi is an alternative pop artist that explores live vocal processing in neat and interesting ways. We caught him at Healer in Indy on October 11th of 2019 Clint Breeze and the Groove Deep within the sonic realm of musical life we bring you an electrifying potion that is cleansing to the mind body and soul. It's the feeling of new life and the moment of truth. Stay tuned to embark on this journey with us, here on the scene. We caught them at the Ouibache Music Festival Hailing from Bloomington, IN, Heaven Honey is a band that provides a cool combination of indie pop, advanced emo, and 70's country. We caught them at Pioneer on April 20th of 2019. Here's the first song from the set” Hailing from Bloomington, Anna Wrasse has been immersed in music her whole life. She has been writing and performing original songs since age 11, has been playing piano since age 6, picked up the guitar at age 10, and added violin at 14. Anna is passionate about the way music is able to connect everyone and bring people together. With her songs she hopes to tell stories of her personal experiences in a relatable way that is meaningful to others. She sincerely thanks you for listening. Up next is Bing Futch. Using Appalachian mountain dulcimer, Native American flute, ukulele and a board full of stomp-boxes, Bing Futch celebrates traditional and modern Americana music with passion, humor and boundless energy. Known for his musical shapeshifting, Bing switches the channels on style and tone with every new song. Bing started their career in California. We caught them at the Ouibache music festival in September of 2019. Radar Gold provides chilling vocals, biting guitar and synth riffs and some hypnotic drum beats. They describe themselves as SPACE POP SYNTH PUNK OPERA. We caught them at Healer, in Indy. Adam Baker and the Heartache is an Americana and Bluegrass infused Indie-Folk band based in Fort Wayne, IN. They focus their energy on songwriting, thick vocal harmonies and putting on the best show that they can.| Cece Chanel is rapper and storyteller from the Midwest who was born in Indiana and raised in Tennessee. She speaks about how to handle life's personal hardships, trials, and tribulations; meanwhile trying to follow the desires of the heart. Chanel strives to produce music that people can relate to and grow with. We caught Cece Chanel at the Virginia Avenue Music Festival. If you're interested in listening to more of this artist's work, you can find them on Spotify at Cece Chanel.
Listen to Wife Patrol, a grunge-inspired garage-rockband from Indianapolis, Indiana. We were able to record them on October 5th, 2019 at Midway Music Speaks, an all-day event at Buskirk-Chumley Theater featuring over 20 bands and artists.
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