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Reviewed on Bman’s Blues Report I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Blues Sky, Randy Lee Riviere, and it’s got a cool stripped down blues rock feel but more like pre classic (rock) than newer Stripes or Keys efforts. Opening with American Redoubt, Riviere on lead vocal and guitar sets the… more »

Reviewed on Ben Vee Blues A cross between Neil Young and Ray Wylie Hubbard, Randy Lee Riviere hails from Wyoming. The Blue Sky recording is an interesting mix of outlaw country, roots music, and blues rock with lyrics that warn of the gentrification of the rustic American west and remind me of the beautiful open… more »

By John Kereiff Features – Music Reviews & Get Off My Lawn! Randy Lee Riviere’s 3rd solo album and 2nd in just 2 years is a thing of rugged beauty. Following records that were more in an Americana/ country vein, Blues Sky is bare-fisted blues full of attitude. “(This) is more blues than anything I’ve… more »

Published on Making A Scene Blues Sky represents a shift for singer-songwriter Randy Lee Riviere, teaming again with the acclaimed producer Kevin McKendree who produced, engineered, and mixed the album. The last time we visited Riviere he and McKendree delivered a western tinged Americana effort, 2021’s Wyoming. Before that, under the moniker Mad Buffalo Riviere… more »

Posted by Michael Limnios Blues Network on October 11, 2023 at 8:30am on blues.gr Randy Lee Riviere, delivered an album with today’s blues/rock anthems as well as Americana’s rootsy vibes. Randy Lee Riviere is a moving target. Once you think you know who he is as a recording artist, you hear something seemingly out of… more »

Roots music singer/songwriter Randy Lee Riviere soars to blues sky on New Wilderness Records CD Produced by Grammy-Winner Kevin McKendree, Set for October 20 Release MCMINNVILLE, TN – Singer/songwriter Randy Lee Riviere (“Re-VEER”) announces an October 20 release date for his new blues/roots-rock album, Blues Sky, produced/engineered and mixed by Grammy-winner Kevin McKendree, on Wilderness… more »

Zoe Hodges, Editor, Maverick Magazine Randy Lee Riviere captures the sound of the American mid-west on his latest record Wyoming. Stepping out from behind the stage name Mad Buffalo for the first time, Riviere delivers a record packed with lyrics that paint a vast landscape within the listeners mind. On the song My Town Riviere’s… more »

By JP’s Music Blog Back in February, singer/songwriter Randy Lee Riviere created a soundtrack to the American West landscape with his new studio album “Wyoming.” It features thirteen original tracks that shows Randy’s deep concern for the environment and the Native American culture. The album begins with the pure country sound of “Lots To Say,”… more »

By GREG VICTOR, parcbench.live Wyoming , the latest release from Randy Lee Riviere , is pure. It’s all about candor. Is it the imagery… is it just the bass line? Or, is it something more? Perhhaps Riviere’s utterly trustworthy vocals. The texture they provide are certainly enough. They provide an underlying atmosphere of openness to… more »

Eric Schuurmans – rootstime.be Bigfork is a town in the U.S. state of Montana and falls administratively under the still partially unspoiled Flathead County. It is the residence of singer/songwriter Randy Lee Riviere -he used to perform as Mad Buffalo- who in the past month, with producer/multi-instrumentalist Grammy winner Kevin McKendree (Delbert McClinton, Tinsley Ellis,… more »