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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 »

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 by Jim Hynbes 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… more »