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 »
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Randy Lee Riviere Soars: Blues Sky
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 »
Maverick: Wyoming – Randy Lee Riviere
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 »
Discover New Roots Music From New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers, Randy Lee Riviere, Dulcie Taylor and Will Porter
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 »
Randy Lee Riviere — ‘Wyoming’
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 »
Rootstime.be – Randy Lee Riviere – Wyoming
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 »
Rambles.NET music review by Jerome Clark
Rambles.NET – Randy Lee Riviere (pronounced Revere) used to record, opaquely, as Mad Buffalo. In 2008 and 2012, when I reviewed two of these albums, I remarked on his apparent desire to maintain his privacy. Even his website carried no photograph of him. On Wyoming we get to see a picture of the man, a… more »
Cashbox: Wyoming By Randy Lee Riviere
Posted by David Bowling in Cashbox Music Reviews Country music is one of the most popular styles of music in the United States. It now has a smoothness that is far removed from the twang of Hank Williams and Patsy Cline. Once upon a time there was a style called country & western. Two of… more »
Singer-Songwriter Randy Lee Riviere Creates Vast Musical Landscape of American West on ‘Wyoming’
By Jim Hynes – Glide Magazine While the name may not be familiar, realize that singer/songwriter Randy Lee Riviere (pronounced “Ri-VEER) up until now has been recording under the moniker Mad Buffalo, via which he released four albums. So, he breaks free of that and now delivers a sweeping and lyrical soundscape of the American… more »
Randy Lee Riviere WYOMING
The Rocking Magpie Real Heartbreakingly Honest and Raw Native Americana. An epiphany point in the life of Randy Lee Riviere, the man originally from Northern California but now residing in the Big Sky State, occurred when he decided to make an album using his real name, as opposed to his previous incarnation of Mad Buffalo.… more »