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By Duane Vert, Roots Music Report Conspicuously literate blues-rock, laced at times with traces of psychedelia, makes for a consistently engaging set from Randy Lee Riviere. Compelling lyric sets and the Montana-based singer/songwriter’s particularly solitary vocal persona mesh well atop virile rock backup dosed with plenty of satisfying guitar work. Standouts include “Mania”, “Change Is… more »

By John Kereiff Features – Music Reviews & Get Off My Lawn! Randy Lee Riviere is a blues artist in the same way that ZZ Top, an admitted influence, is. Randy is also a wildlife biologist, and that’s at the heart of Concrete Blues. Produced by Tom Hambridge this disc is a rockin’ set of… more »

By Richard Ludmerer, Making A Scene Recorded at The Soundstage Studios in Nashville, Randy Lee Riviere’s “Concrete Blues” is produced by the Grammy-winner Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy). All of the songs are written by Riviere except for the title track co-written with Hambridge. The ensemble joining vocalist/guitarist Riviere includes guitarists Kenny Greenberg and Bob Britt;… more »

Music and songwriting has always been a driving force in his heart Michael Limnios, Music Network “The Blues nexus with Rock was so complete it was seamless. If you have Blues on your mind, there it is. If it’s Rock, it’s certainly there. It was Rock in those days for me. And still is apparently… more »

Roots Music Singer/Songwriter Randy Lee Riviere Teams with Grammy-Winning Producer Tom Hambridge for Some Solid Concrete Blues on New Wilderness Records Album Coming Out September 13 Concrete Blues showcases Randy’s thought-provoking songs and voice supported by a cast of A-List musicians … people who have backed up artists such as Bob Dylan, Delbert McClinton, Lynyrd… more »

By Peter Marinus. Randy Lee Riviere is a singer-songwriter, who is often accommodated in the Americana corner. Although there are indeed Americana influences in his music, his third album proves that there is much more going on. Randy Lee often rocks in a raw way. One time grimly hard and the other time brooding and… more »

Randy Lee Riviere – Blues Sky. Roots and blues artist Randy Lee Riviere has been making music for nearly twenty years now splitting his time between his Montana farm and another home he keeps in Nashville to be closer to the music business side of things. For his latest album titled Blues Sky he headed… more »

By George W. Harris, Jazz Weekly. Randy Lee Riviere sings and plays guitar with Kevin McKendree/g-key-voc, Kenneth Blevins/dr, David Santos/b and Ann, Regina & Freda McCrary/voc on a collection of originals taken from the pages of 70s rockers like Foghat and Lynyrd Skynrd. There’s a mix of rock and hip hop during “American Redoubt”, and… more »

From Marty Gunther’s Red Hot ‘n Blues Reviews. A self-described “country boy” singer-songwriter who delivers a hard-to-define mix of musical stylings, Randy Lee Riviere teams with Grammy-winning producer Kevin McKendree and ventures into new territory on his latest disc, delivering a groove-heavy masterwork that’s still hard to define but blue through and through. Randy Lee… more »

By Eric Schuurmans. Bigfork is a place in the state of Montana and administratively falls under the still partly untouched Flathead County. There lie the roots of – he describes himself as – “country boy singer-songwriter” Randy Lee Riviere, who now also lives part-time in Tennessee and who delivers a mix of musical styles that… more »