Making a Scene Presents

At first glance, Marcus Bonfanti seems to embody the time-honored archetype of the British rock and roll wild man. Raggedly coifed, lazily dressed, blessed with an intense stare that could frighten away a rattlesnake. If he were a few decades older, you could believe he was the love child of Janis Joplin and John Bonham. At sixteen, the song that urged him into a life of music was Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog.”

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It can be hard for an artist to pinpoint when the muse first struck and launched them into a creative life. For 25-year-old Jake Ybarra, the first step on his journey came in Harlingen, Texas, where Ybarra (pronounced “e-BAR-a”) was born into a musical household. With a classically trained pianist for a mother, a semi-professional horn player for a dad, and a couple of guitar-playing brothers, music was constantly in young Jake’s ears.

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What do record mogul Ahmet Ertegun, blues legend Gregg Allman, and Grammy award-winning producer Jim Gaines have in common? They all played a significant role in the music that is truly Danny Liston.

Growing up in the St. Louis Irish working class neighborhood known as Dogtown, Liston camefrom a mu sical family. His mom Lucille sang on KMOX radio in the 30's, and his grandmother, who was from Reinze Mississippi, was a self-taught five string banjo player. As far back as he can remember music was the landscape of his childhood. His older brother Mike had Ray Charles and Little Richard singles that Liston sang along with so much that he knew the A side as well as all the B sides. At a very early age he found that R&B stirred something in his deepest soul. As a teen he started out as a drummer playing in soul bands around St. Louis, but eventually he took up guitar, under the threat of he, his mother and brother being evicted from their apartment.

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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!

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Girlschool are a Rock Band originating from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal Scene in 1978 and frequently associated with contemporaries and friends Motörhead. They are the longest running all-female rock band from the UK, still active and looking good after more than 40 years.

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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!

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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!

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To be compared to icons of the music industry such as Tina Turner and Etta James is no mean feat when you have just dropped your debut album. Chicago native Skylar Rogers achieves that and so much more with her 2021 release ‘Firebreather’, and as 2022 rolls around, there is no doubt that her infectious blend of soul-rocking blues is about to amaze audiences around the globe.

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Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Thomas Abban

Uncompromising, mystical, mysterious, ethereal, with an artistic voice all of his own- multi-instrumentalist Thomas Abban is hard to categorize and even harder to ignore. His music balances the accessible with the bewildering. His ethereal voice glides above a tumultuous ocean of musical exploration.

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