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Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Avery Grouws BandThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mick Kolassa This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Rigby SummerRigby Summer weaves an Americana soundscape that reflects the road she's traveled, from her Kansas City jazz upbringing to the beach pop of her former home in southern California to the red dirt roots of her current home in Stillwater, Oklahoma. While her influences range from Mary Chapin Carpenter to The Frames, Sia Furler to Johnny Cash, her sound often draws comparisons to Brandi Carlile and Lucinda Williams—a little modern, a little old-fashioned, always earnest.
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Avery and Grouws!Avey Grouws Band met at a blues jam on the Iowa side of the Quad Cities along the Mississippi River, and have since put their Quad Cities sound into the world with the release of their debut album 'The Devil May Care' in March of 2020. The album hit #10 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart, #24 for 2020 on the Roots Music Report Top Contemporary Blues Album Chart, “Rise Up” was named top song of 2020 in the Ben Vee Roadhouse 66 top songs of 2020, “Come and Get This Love” won top honors in the Unsigned Only Songwriting Competition and in the International Songwriting Competition, Avey Grouws band was nominated for the 2020 BBMAs for Debut Album New Artist and is currently up for 4 awards in the 2021 Independent Blues Awards, including Best New Artist, Best New Artist Album.
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Mick KolassaMick Kolassa, a lifelong musician and hardcore blues fan who, in addition to being an active blues artist, is also the head of Endless Blues Records and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Blues Foundation. He lives in Memphis but was born in Michigan and lived in Mississippi for nearly 30 years, where he was given the nickname “Michissippi Mick”.
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show!This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents an interview with Emily FrembgenAfter a successful tour and two albums with Denver indie-rock band Language of Termites (“In a Different Time and Place”, 2009 and “Preterito Perfeito,” 2012) and a string of DIY solo albums and EP's (“Emily Frembgen and the Spiky Little Pinecone,” 2009, “Always With You,” 2010, “Fremb Fatale,” 2015 and “My Cat From Hell,” 2016), Emily enlisted world-renowned Blues musician Hugh Pool, along with musicians Keith Robinson and Charles Dechants and Xenos, to produce the first single of her new album, “Silver Lining” with friend and collaborator Keith Xenos at Excello Studio in Greenpoint. With its infectious melody and romantic optimism, “Silver Lining” is a fan favorite, envisioning a “perfect world” where “we'd both have everything/The cake and the icing.”
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Shaw Davis and The Black TiesThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Seth JamesThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Sam BarronSam Barron was born in NYC. His father was a former folk musician turned forensic criminal investigator. His mother worked with severely handicapped children. Stories from the autopsy table and the macabre reality of God's misfits left a significant imprint on his developing mind. For Sam, jazz and poetry became his refuge. He started penning poems and frequenting uptown jazz clubs, and studying guitar with NYC jazz great and mentor Freddie Bryant.
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Shaw Davis of Shaw Davis and the Black TiesFormed in 2017 and hailing from Pompano Beach, Florida, Shaw Davis & The Black Ties feature an incendiary fusion of Progressive Hard Rock and Roots Rock that embodies the soul found within Blues Rock icons of the 60s and 70s. After a steady dose of touring the United States, performing over 300 shows in a two year span, the band has begun to carve their way into the national touring scene.
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show!This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Tori EvansTori Evans is an incredibly talented young singer / songwriter from Minneapolis. Writing songs since she was 7 years old, Tori made her public stage debut at 15 with a set at Ukefest 2017 at The Hook & Ladder Theater. With a jaw dropping voice, Tori writes of love, heartache, female empowerment, and angry breakups. Since her debut, Tori has performed over 100 shows in 40+ venues throughout the Twin Cities and is now ready to release her first (1st) full album, all recorded before she was 18 years old.
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Polly O'Keary and the Rhythm MethodThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents an interview with Colin BracewellAt only 20 years old, Colin Bracewell has established himself as a Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter whose raw vocals and production reflect the sound of Bon Iver and Jeff Buckley. Born in Ontario, Canada, he began writing and performing during his time in high school and is now attending the University of Minnesota.
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Johnny Ray JonesThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Polly O'Keary of Polly O'Keary and the Rhythm Method!A century ago, blues was born in the fields of the South, played on porches and in little backwoods bars by kerosene lamp. The times have changed, and it's a rare blues musician who grew up picking cotton and going home to learn to play by the light of a kerosene lamp.Polly O'Keary certainly didn't. Well, that is, she didn't pick cotton. She picked apples. But she learned to read music by kerosene lamp, in a log cabin in a remote part of Washington State. She started playing in ex-pat bars in Mexico at 16, and Eastern Washington watering holes for rural farm workers at the age of 17. She dropped out of school with an 8th grade education, married a prison-bound man at the age of 18 and by the time she was 21 had logged more stage hours than most musicians twice her age. She'd drunk as much as a fair number of them as well.
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Johnny Ray JonesJohnny Ray Jones grew up in the LA blues music scene. Sam “Bluzman” Taylor, Johnny's voice coach & mentor, traded him lessons for driving Sam to his shows & recording sessions. Percy Mayfield's widow Tina Mayfield, Johnny's godmother, booked Johnny Ray his first weekly blues shows at her club, Blues Unlimited. Johnny Ray has performed with Big Joe Turner, John Fogerty & LA's beloved blues-rockers The Red Devils.
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show!This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Evan Walton of Once More AutumnOnce More, Autumn is the brainchild of Minneapolis-based artist and songwriter Evan Walton. A transplant of Dayton, Ohio and a student of Berklee College of Music, Walton is dedicated to bridging indie-folk music with alternative soundscapes.
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Tito Jackson This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Rodd BlandThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Urban Ladder SocietyThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Legendary Tito JacksonBorn Toriano Adaryll Jackson, Tito has spent his entire life enchanting music lovers with soulful harmonies interwoven with curvaceous rhythms as a member of Motown's greatest discovery, The Jackson 5, and presently as a multi-faceted solo artist. Tito's unyielding passion for blues, R&B, pop, and other music forms is the secret to his boundless energy and rare achievements in the ever-changing entertainment spectrum.
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Rodd Bland!From Blues Royalty, the son of Bobby "Blue" Bland and godson of B.B. King, Rodd Bland rose up from the age of 3 learning traditional blues from his father's drummers, John "Jab O" Starks, Harold "Peanie" Portier, and Rodd's brother, Tony Coleman, to become an exceptional band cornerstone rounding out any genre.
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Stevie J of The Urban Ladder SocietyUrban Ladder Society is an all star band with the most diverse and unique musical style ever!! this band offers Blues, classic rock, and R&B all with a heavy saturation of metaphoric hip hop lyrics. front man Victa Nooman is a Jackson Mississippi hip hop mc with countless singles and sessions to his credits.
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show!This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Lea McIntoshThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Ericson HoltThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring George GritzbachThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Lea McIntoshIt's only natural that pundits attempt to put artists in boxes and define them within a specific scenario. Yet when an individual is as multi-talented as Lea McIntosh, confining them to any one niche becomes a challenging proposition. An exceptional entrepreneur, Lea initially made her mark in the culinary world as a successful chef, designer, marketing and multimedia businesswoman, one in high demand and with any number of promising prospects before her.
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Thomas Abban“With Everything I did and with everything happening how it did, where it did, and with all those involved who did it, this work seemed like the only thing to do.. There's not much I can say about this album other than it's been with me in one form or an-other for a long while, the rest it can say itself and much better like intersecting lines and concepts, monoliths and miniatures, sirens and sailors, pathways through the water filled skies and all the words between amen.”
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Ericson HoltThough his music may be steeped in the blues, it's the gray areas that fascinate Ericson Holt the most.“There are very few moments in this life that are purely good or bad,” Holt reflects. “There's always some kind of dichotomy going on, some kind of complication, and that's what interests me as a writer.”
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with George GritzbachThe George Gritzbach Band plays inventive takes on classics and a healthy helping of innovative originals offering a great mix of blues, roots, and R&B. The band has appeared at a wide variety of venues and Festivals across North America, including opening for B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and many others as well as local nightclubs and Performing Arts Centers. They also have the versatility to play unplugged acoustic sets for a more intimate experience.
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show!This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Tiffany PollackThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Blind Lemon PledgeThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Tiffany Pollack!Tiffany Ann Pollack is New Orleans. She's the beauty that lies deep down within old pain – the letting go and kicking your heels up despite it all that defines the most mysterious American city. She's been a foster daughter. A teen mom. A mortician. And when she sings, she's a fluttering melody that slaps you with a smile.Raised north of the city in Slidell LA, on Bayou Bonfouca, just off the ditch-lined Bayou Liberty Road, she got her musical genes from a momma she didn't meet until she was 25.
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Chris DanielsChris Daniels & The Kings (now with Freddi Gowdy) are celebrating their 37th year with live performances over the summer, playing songs from BLUES WITH HORNS - our 15th Kings album and our second with Freddi Gowdy of the Freddi Henchi Band. In December 2019, Freddi joined Chris as an inductee into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame!!
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with the Executive Director of the Kerrville Folk Festival Foundation Mary MuseMary Muse is responsible for all Kerrville Folk Festival Foundation events, programs, fund-raising and projects which includes the Kerrville Folk Festival, Welcome Home Fest, The Grassy Hill New Folk Songwriting contest, Music Camp for Teens, and the Music at the Mansion Concert series. She provides leadership and direction to all staff and work with the Board of Directors in developing organizational goals, budget, attaining resources, and establishing policies.
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Blind Lemon PledgeThroughout his recording and performing career, Blind Lemon Pledge, aka Bay Area bluesman James Byfield, has gained critical recognition for the broad scope of his stylistic skills; and for his ability to capture the essence of American Roots Music in his compositions. From Blues to Rock to Folk with stops at Cajun and Country along the way, Pledge's music has received rave reviews for his ability to smoothly mix genres to create a unique and personal form of American Music. In 2019, he surprised and delighted critics with his first foray into an all jazz record, the nostalgic “After Hours.”
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show!This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Lauren AndersonThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Soulful FemmeThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Patty TuiteThis is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. Artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Lauren AndersonThis soulful rocker, originally from Chicago, has had a passion for singing throughout her entire life. Growing up in a household that was rich in music, her influences were widely varied from artists such as Susan Tedeschi, Bonnie Raitt, The Pointer Sisters, Eva Cassidy, Etta James, Joss Stone, Jason Mraz, Black Eyed Peas, Christina Aguilera, and many more.
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Stevee Wellons and Cheryl Rinovato of Soulful Femme!Stevee WellonsV O C A L I S TVocalist Stephanie Wellons, aka Stevee Wellons, has been performing in the tri-state area for the last 25 years and is known for her high-energy stage presence and performance. In her early twenties she began her musical career. Since then, Stevee has performed with numerous area bands and currently teaches and coaches voice at the prestigious Afro-American Institute in the Homewood Area of Pittsburgh. An experienced recording artist as well, Stevee has recorded in Pittsburgh, New York, Chicago and Baltimore. Stevee Wellons Band won the 2015 Blues Society of Western PA's Blues Challenge and represented Western PA at the 2016 International Blues Challenge.Cheryl RinovatoG U I T A R I S TApplied Music with 2nd major in Arranging and Composition at famed Berklee College of Music, Cheryl began her musical career as a studio musician throughout New England. Since moving to Pittsburgh, Cheryl has pursued her musical career as a professional musician for numerous area bands and has done extensive studio work. Cheryl has also been the recipient of the prestigious Jim Weber Award, given to blues guitarist of the year, three times; in 2012, 2013 and 2015.
Making a Scene Presents an interview with Patty TuitePatty Tuite is a singer/songwriter who embraces the genre of blues, rock music and beyond. Strong influences in her style come from listening to notable artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and Susan Tedeschi.Already having three highly acclaimed releases to her credit, Patty has just released her latest recording, which features a fantastic array of new material. Produced by Grammy award winner Paul Nelson, who also plays electric, slide and acoustic guitar on the album, to the excited expectations of her ever growing, world-wide fanbase.
Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Amanda Grace!Amanda does not claim a particular genre of music, and in doing so enjoys variety in her music and audiences. She has produced music drifting between folk and rock. With roots as a pianist her writing is thematically varied with an emphasis on melody and ballads wrapped in warm vocals. She's released 7 albums.Amanda performs as a solo artist, a member of a women's contemporary folk band called Wildflower, and with her Amanda Grace band (Peter Boysen, Fletch Archerd, Amber Fletcher).
Making a Scene Presents the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus Indie Blues Double Shot Show!This is the Voice of Indie Blues, the future of the blues. An Indie Blues double shot of artists who embrace the diversity of the blues that always has and still is being created from it's roots. These artists understand the blues is a living art form that is driven by innovation and creativity. These are the Indie Blues Artists!
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