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Published on Rock ‘n’ Roll Truth Although 2023 is winding down, there are still a slew of great new releases available now and definitely worth adding to your music library. Artist: Randy Lee Riviere Title: Blues Sky (Wilderness Records) You might like if you enjoy: Billy F Gibbons, Neil Young, Ben Harper Tell me more:… more »

Randy Lee Riviere slowly entered my musical world and has been a constant part of it ever since. “Blues Sky” is an album released on October 20 by Wilderness Records, while Michelle Castiglia is doing the worldwide radio promotion through her promotional company MACRadio Promotions. These striking almost 39′ will provide you with a musical… more »

By Melissa Clark – Americana Highways Americana Highways presents this premiere of Randy Lee Riviere’s song “Just One More Time” from his recently released album Blues Sky. Blues Sky was produced and mixed by Kevin McKendree at The Rock House in Franklin, Tennessee. “Just One More Time” is Randy Lee Riviere on acoustic guitars and… more »

By Graham Clarke Randy Lee Riviere’s musical catalog is pretty far-reaching. He’s played folk-rock, Americana, outlaw country, southern rock, and even straight rock n’ roll. This time around, he ventures into blues-rock territory with an assist from producer/multi-instrumentalist Kevin McKendree, who certainly knows that territory, having worked with many of the legends in the blues… more »

Reviewed by: Walter Vanheuckelom, Concert Monkey American Randy Lee Riviere divides his time between his ranch in Montana and his home just outside Nashville. Between 2004 and 2012 he released four albums with Mad Buffalo. If you listen to the last twenty years of his work with ‘A Good Bad Road’ (2004), ‘Fool Stand’ (2006),… more »

Reviewed by: Patrick Dallongeville, Paris Move With such blase, Randy Lee Riviere could only acknowledge a certain anchoring with rurality. That of the Old American South, in this case. In a little over twenty years of career, this singer-songwriter and guitarist has successively embraced almost all the genres practiced under the Dixie-Line (country, folk, blues… more »

Review by John Apice, Americana Highways. Old world country with a modern edge & textures of Johnny Bond (“Hot Rod Lincoln,” “X-15”). The guitars bite & the groove is steady & well-chiseled. The music is rooted in blues/rock & recorded in Franklin, TN. Riviere (guitars/vocals) is more narrator than singer on “America Redoubt,” & that’s… more »

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 »

Review by Bman on Bman 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… more »