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Join us for a grab bag of uptempo, hot and fast Blues and R&B. Rock on down to classics from Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, Eddie Taylor, Lightnin' Hopk...
- Added: Sep 21, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
On May 5th, 1937, John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson and Robert Nighthawk made their recording debuts. Accompanied in the studio by Big Joe Williams, ...
Bought by WSLR
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
In 1976, the good folks at Nighthawk Records issued an LP by the name "Lowdown Memphis Harmonica Jam." Using that as a jumping off point, we featur...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
The rediscovery of recordings lost for 40 years in West Texas rewrites a chapter in American music history. In this hour long radio special "The L...
Bought by CBC Inside the Music, KGLT, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 55:51
- Purchases: 3
The dynamic duo work of cornet Bix Beiderbecke and saxophonist Frankie Trumbauer was one of the greatest in early jazz. Their first recording dates...
- Added: Aug 15, 2012
- Length: 58:53
Chicago has a long and rich history when it comes to the mandolin, and on this episode of Blues Unlimited, we explore that legacy over the course o...
- Added: Aug 04, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
We wrap up our tribute to the "Anthology of the Blues" and the legendary field recordings of Joe Bihari with selections from the California, Texas,...
- Added: Jul 27, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
In part two, we continue our extended look at the "Anthology of the Blues" with classic down home selections from the Arkansas and Detroit volumes,...
- Added: Jul 21, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
In this program, we pay tribute to Joe Bihari, the down home field recordings he made with Ike Turner, and the series of albums that came out in 19...
- Added: Jul 13, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
Join us as we take a look at some of the movers and shakers of West Coast Piano. From Pete Johnson and Hadda Brooks to Floyd Dixon, Gus Jenkins, an...
- Added: Jul 07, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Born in New Orleans in 1902, Omer Simeon is the least known of the early clarinetist of the 1920s. He was apparently very quite and reserved, didn...
- Added: Jul 06, 2012
- Length: 58:58
Join us as we cross musical and cultural boundaries to find out where the Blues, Country & Western, and Rock & Roll music all meet and intersect wi...
- Added: Jul 01, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 6
What do John Lee Booker, Birmingham Sam and his Magic Guitar, Delta John, Texas Slim, John Lee Cooker, and Little Pork Chops all have in common? We...
- Added: Jun 03, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
It’s Windy Hear! But, in the late 1920s and early ‘40s, much of that wind was coming from the great horns of musicians like Ruben Reeves and Louis...
Bought by WDCB
- Added: Jun 01, 2012
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
We profile three classic albums from the 1960s rediscovery period -- "Down South Summit Meetin'" by Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terr...
- Added: May 27, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
The use of the term Red Hot Mama’s supposedly emerged in the early 1920s. In 1929, songsters Jack Yellen and Milton Ager wrote, I’m the Last of the...
Bought by WNMU-FM
- Added: May 24, 2012
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us for a look at the Bluebird label. Launched as a budget imprint during the height of the Great Depression, it quickly became home to blues i...
- Added: May 11, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we aim the spotlight on a key transitional period in the history of post-war Chicago Blues, by focusing on the ...
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us for two hours of down home Gospel favorites. From raw and gritty obscurities, to other worldly spirituals and a few classics along the way,...
- Added: Apr 27, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Terrascope Youth Radio's Alexandros Zervos tests Eitan Stern-Robbins' knowledge of Super Volcanos.
- Added: Apr 26, 2012
- Length: 05:53
Join us for a look at some of the keyboard legends that recorded for the Prestige and Bluesville labels in the early to mid 1960s. Classics from Ro...
- Added: Apr 20, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Bluesville was a label that got its start in 1959, and issued a remarkable series of albums -- almost 90, altogether -- during the height of the Bl...
- Added: Apr 13, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
We aim the spotlight on one of the most famous independent record labels of all time — Chess Records. Officially founded in 1950, we take a concent...
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, 90.5 WSNC, KHNS, and KTRL
- Added: Apr 07, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we aim the spotlight on two fine LPs that came out on the Takoma label back in 1980, all recorded in Chicago in...
- Added: Mar 31, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
We pay tribute to the great Nashville label, Excello, which issued some superb early '50s R&B, and also the legendary Louisiana Swamp Blues of Slim...
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
