Playlist: Beale Street Caravan's Portfolio

Beale Street Caravan brings the authentic, soulful sounds of Memphis to a weekly, international public radio audience. Live, in-concert performances from contemporary masters of blues, soul, gospel, and rock n roll traditions. The program is hosted by Pat Mitchell-Worley and Kevin Cubbins, with feature segments from industry insiders such as Jerry Wexler, Bob Porter, Preston Lauterbach, and Robert Gordon.
Forty original programs are produced each season, allowing for 12 repeats.
The program is available free of charge. Beale Street Caravan is also distributed via Content Depot, NPR Worldwide, and podcast.
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BSC #2113 - Cedric Burnside
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
Grammy nominated blues artist, Cedric Burnside, is back with us this week. Cedric is the grandson of the late, great R.L. Burnside, and he plays the Hill Country blues like nobody else. If your butt doesn’t shake during this week’s show, there might be something wrong with you. This performance was captured at The Memphis Blues Society’s Bonafide Blues Festival during Bridging the Blues.
Also on the program, BSC contributor, Preston Lauterbach, discusses the Chitlin’ Circuit and The Road to Rock n Roll.
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Grammy nominated blues artist, Cedric Burnside , is back with us this week. Cedric is the grandson of the late, great R.L. Burnside , and he plays the Hill Country blues like nobody else. If your butt doesn’t shake during this week’s show, there might be something wrong with you. This performance was captured at The Memphis Blues Society’s Bonafide Blues Festival during Bridging the Blues .
Also on the program, BSC contributor, Preston Lauterbach , discusses the Chitlin’ Circuit and The Road to Rock n Roll.
BSC #2111 - In The Christmas Spirit
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
It's a holiday episode of Beale Street Caravan, featuring The Maitre D's bringing Booker T. & The MGs album In The Christmas Spirit to life. This week's episode was recorded live from the cutting floor of Studio A at the STAX Museum of American Soul Music - the same spot it was originally recorded 50 years ago!
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It's a holiday episode of Beale Street Caravan, featuring The Maitre D's bringing Booker T. & The MGs album In The Christmas Spirit to life. This week's episode was recorded live from the cutting floor of Studio A at the STAX Museum of American Soul Music - the same spot it was originally recorded 50 years ago!
BSC #2114 - Super Chikan
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
This week we catch up with the one and only James "Super Chikan" Johnson and his raw, electrified, Mississippi juke joint sound. This performance was captured at The Memphis Blues Society’s Bona Fide Blues Festival during Bridging the Blues.
Also on the program, BSC contributor, Preston Lauterbach, discusses the Chitlin’ Circuit and The Road to Rock n Roll.
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This week we catch up with the one and only James "Super Chikan" Johnson and his raw, electrified, Mississippi juke joint sound. This performance was captured at The Memphis Blues Society’s Bona Fide Blues Festival during Bridging the Blues.
Also on the program, BSC contributor, Preston Lauterbach, discusses the Chitlin’ Circuit and The Road to Rock n Roll.
BSC #2115 - Music Export Memphis
From Beale Street Caravan | 58:30
Memphis goes to Nashville for the weekend!
The “Memphis Picnic” at 2017 Americana Fest featuring:
Rev. John Wilkins
Bo-Keys
Motel Mirrors
Mark Edgar Stuart
Memphis Ukulele Band
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Memphis goes to Nashville for the weekend!
The “Memphis Picnic” at 2017 Americana Fest featuring:
Rev. John Wilkins
Bo-Keys
Motel Mirrors
Mark Edgar Stuart
Memphis Ukulele Band
BSC #2118 - Jericho Road Show
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
This week on BSC we feature a performance by Jericho Road Show from the Mighty Mississippi Music Fest during Bridging the Blues. The group is a collaboration between well-seasoned Americana Roots & Blues musicians Rambling Steve Gardner, Libby Rae Watson, Wes Lee and Bill Steber. All successful artists in their own right, together they create a powerhouse.
BSC contributor Preston Lauterbach continues his series the Chitlin’ Circuit and The Road to Rock n Roll.
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This week on BSC we feature a performance by Jericho Road Show from the Mighty Mississippi Music Fest during Bridging the Blues. The group is a collaboration between well-seasoned Americana Roots & Blues musicians Rambling Steve Gardner, Libby Rae Watson, Wes Lee, and Bill Steber. All successful artists in their own right, together they create a powerhouse.
BSC contributor Preston Lauterbach continues his series the Chitlin’ Circuit and The Road to Rock n Roll.
BSC #2119 - Watermelon Slim and Terry "Harmonica" Bean
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
This week’s episode showcases two bluesman whose music can be heard at blues festivals around the world, in documentary films, or performing at juke joints right in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Both play harmonica and guitar, and both were recorded during Bridging The Blues performances last fall. Listen as Watermelon Slim takes the stage at the Bonafide Blues Festival and Terry “Harmonica” Bean plays the Mighty Mississippi Music Festival.
BSC contributor Preston Lauterbach continues his series the Chitlin’ Circuit and The Road to Rock n Roll.
This week’s episode showcases two bluesman whose music can be heard at blues festivals around the world, in documentary films, or performing at juke joints right in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Both play harmonica and guitar, and both were recorded during Bridging The Blues performances last fall. Listen as Watermelon Slim takes the stage at the Bonafide Blues Festival and Terry “Harmonica” Bean plays the Mighty Mississippi Music Festival.
BSC contributor Preston Lauterbach continues his series the Chitlin’ Circuit and The Road to Rock n Roll.
BSC #2119 - Watermelon Slim and Terry "Harmonica" Bean
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
This week’s episode showcases two bluesman whose music can be heard at blues festivals around the world, in documentary films, or performing at juke joints right in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Both play harmonica and guitar, and both were recorded during Bridging The Blues performances last fall. Listen as Watermelon Slim takes the stage at the Bonafide Blues Festival and Terry “Harmonica” Bean plays the Mighty Mississippi Music Festival.
BSC contributor Preston Lauterbach continues his series the Chitlin’ Circuit and The Road to Rock n Roll.
This week’s episode showcases two bluesman whose music can be heard at blues festivals around the world, in documentary films, or performing at juke joints right in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. Both play harmonica and guitar, and both were recorded during Bridging The Blues performances last fall. Listen as Watermelon Slim takes the stage at the Bonafide Blues Festival and Terry “Harmonica” Bean plays the Mighty Mississippi Music Festival.
BSC contributor Preston Lauterbach continues his series the Chitlin’ Circuit and The Road to Rock n Roll.
BSC #2141 - Gracie Curran and The Suitcase Junket
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
This week we have two jaw dropping BSC first timers. First up, rising star Gracie Curran. We caught up with her recently for a high-energy house-rockin performance at Loflin Yard.
Later in the program, we have Matt Lorenz, aka The Suitcase Junket -- artist, tinkerer, swamp yankee, one-man band. Enough said. You just gotta listen.
Also on the episode, John Paul Keith returns with his series about the sidemen of rock n roll, Something On The Side.
This week we have two jaw dropping BSC first timers. First up, rising star Gracie Curran. We caught up with her recently for a high-energy house-rockin performance at Loflin Yard.
Later in the program, we have Matt Lorenz, aka The Suitcase Junket -- artist, tinkerer, swamp yankee, one-man band. Enough said. You just gotta listen.
Also on the episode, John Paul Keith returns with his series about the sidemen of rock n roll, Something On The Side.
BSC #2201 - Don Bryant
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have soul music legend and Fat Possum Records recording artist, Don Bryant.
BSC Contributor Robert Gordon will be with us to talk about the History of Hi Records.
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This week on Beale Street Caravan we have soul music legend and Fat Possum Records recording artist, Don Bryant.
BSC Contributor Robert Gordon will be with us to talk about the History of Hi Records.
BSC #2204 - Amy Black and Blueshift Ensemble with Don Lifted
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
Join us for performances by Amy Black at Lafayette's Music Room backed by Memphis' legendary Hi Rhythm section, followed by the Blueshift Ensemble with Don Lifted at Crosstown Concourse. Interviews with Amy, Don Lifted, and Jonathan Kirkscey of Blueshift Ensemble. #ilistentomemphis
Join us for performances by Amy Black at Lafayette's Music Roombacked by Memphis' legendary Hi Rhythm section, followed by the Blueshift Ensemble with Don Lifted at Crosstown Concourse. Interviews with Amy, Don Lifted, and Jonathan Kirkscey of Blueshift Ensemble. #ilistentomemphis
BSC #2205 - Reverend John Wilkins
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
Reverend John Wilkins in a performance at the Country Blues Festival, recorded live at the Levitt Shell in midtown Memphis, TN. BSC contributor Robert Gordon returns to continue his series on the History of Hi Records.
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Reverend John Wilkins in a performance at the Country Blues Festival, recorded live at the Levitt Shell in midtown Memphis, TN. BSC contributor Robert Gordon returns to continue his series on the History of Hi Records.
BSC #2206 - Tank and the Bangas
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
Tank and the Bangas in a live performance at the historic Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, TN. Interview with Memphis musician Tonya Dyson, and BSC Contributor Robert Gordon returns to talk about the History of Hi Records.
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Tank and the Bangas in a live performance at the historic Clayborn Temple in downtown Memphis, TN. Interview with Memphis musician Tonya Dyson, and BSC Contributor Robert Gordon returns to talk about the History of Hi Records.
BSC #2209 - North Mississippi Allstars
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
This week we feature a hometown performance by the North Mississippi Allstars, Luther and Cody Dickinson, at the Levitt Shell in Midtown, Memphis.
BSC contributor Robert Gordon returns to continue his series on the History of Hi Records.
This week we feature a hometown performance by the North Mississippi Allstars, Luther and Cody Dickinson, at the Levitt Shell in Midtown, Memphis.
BSC contributor Robert Gordon returns to continue his series on the History of Hi Records.
BSC #2210 - CeDell Davis and R.L. Boyce
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have a double feature as we pay tribute to recently passed Delta bluesman, CeDell Davis.
In the second half of the program we’ll hear from master of the Hill Country blues, R.L. Boyce, who just recently received his first Grammy nomination.
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have a double feature as we pay tribute to recently passed Delta bluesman, Cedell Davis.
In the second half of the program we’ll hear from master of the Hill Country blues, R.L. Boyce, who just recently received his first Grammy nomination.
BSC #2213 - The MD's Tribute to McLemore Avenue
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
In early 1970, Booker T Jones was on sabbatical in California having grown disillusioned with confines of Stax Records and Memphis, when he heard the Beatles' latest effort, Abbey Road. So moved was he by the Beatles' genius and daring, that he sat down and drafted his own Memphis-style tribute to the group. The album, released later that same year, is titled McLemore Avenue, after the street where Stax's studio and headquarters were located. This week on BSC, we have Memphis' very own Booker T and The MG's tribute band, The Maitre D's, performing McLemore Avenue from start to finish in a performance captured on the cutting room floor of Studio A at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.
In early 1970, Booker T Jones was on sabbatical in California having grown disillusioned with confines of Stax Records and Memphis, when he heard the Beatles' latest effort, Abbey Road. So moved was he by the Beatles' genius and daring, that he sat down and drafted his own Memphis-style tribute to the group. The album, released later that same year, is titled McLemore Avenue, after the street where Stax's studio and headquarters were located. This week on BSC, we have Memphis' very own Booker T and The MG's tribute band, The Maitre D's, performing McLemore Avenue from start to finish in a performance captured on the cutting room floor of Studio A at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.
BSC #2218 - Juke Joint Duo Reunion
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
To blues lovers around the globe, The Juke Joint Duo -- Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm -- embodied the spirit of North Mississippi Hill Country Blues. This week we feature a rare reunion show that we hosted here in Memphis, as well as an in-depth interview with Cedric Burnside and the continuation of Dr. Barbara Ching’s series exploring the connection between country music and the blues. #ilistentomemphis
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To blues lovers around the globe, The Juke Joint Duo -- Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm -- embodied the spirit of North Mississippi Hill Country Blues. This week we feature a rare reunion show that we hosted here in Memphis, as well as an in-depth interview with Cedric Burnside and the continuation of Dr. Barbara Ching’s series exploring the connection between country music and the blues. #ilistentomemphis
BSC #2219 - Paul Thorn
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
This episode of Beale Street Caravan features a live performance by Paul Thorn from the Levitt Shell at Overton Park in Midtown Memphis. Also on the program, an interview with Paul and the continuation of Dr. Barbara Ching's series exploring the connection between country music and the Blues.
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This episode of Beale Street Caravan features a live performance by Paul Thorn from the Levitt Shell at Overton Park in Midtown Memphis. Also on the program, an interview with Paul and the continuation of Dr. Barbara Ching's series exploring the connection between country music and the Blues.
BSC #2221 - Los Lobos
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
This week we feature Los Lobos in a live performance from "Stars at the Shell" at the Levitt Shell in Overton Park, Midtown Memphis. Interview with Steve Berlin and the continuation of our series with Dr. Barbara Ching.
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This week we feature Los Lobos in a live performance from "Stars at the Shell" at the Levitt Shell in Overton Park, Midtown Memphis. Interview with Steve Berlin and the continuation of our series with Dr. Barbara Ching. |
#2224 - Remembering Mose Allison
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
This week we dip into the BSC archives and remember the "Faulkner of Jazz," Mose Allison. As part of this we’ll also hear highlights from “I Love The Life I Live: A Tribute to Mose Allison” - a show produced by Memphis musician Alex Greene featuring backing by Tom Lonardo and Tim Goodwin, Mose’s long-time rhythm section.
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This week we dip into the BSC archives and remember the "Faulkner of Jazz," Mose Allison. As part of this we’ll also hear highlights from “I Love The Life I Live: A Tribute to Mose Allison” - a show produced by Memphis musician Alex Greene featuring backing by Tom Lonardo and Tim Goodwin, Mose’s long-time rhythm section.
#2225 - The Kimbrough Brothers at Deep Blues Fest
From Beale Street Caravan | 58:30
Robert Kimbrough Sr. BluesConnection, featuring Robert Kimbrough, David Kimbrough Jr. & Kinney Kimbrough, recorded at the New Roxy Theater in Clarksdale, Mississippi during the Deep Blues Festival.
Robert Kimbrough Sr. BluesConnection, featuring Robert Kimbrough, David Kimbrough Jr. & Kinney Kimbrough, recorded at the New Roxy Theater in Clarksdale, Mississippi during the Deep Blues Festival.
#2227 - Dale Watson
From Beale Street Caravan | Part of the Beale Street Caravan series | 58:30
This week we feature a performance from Dale Watson at the 2018 Ameripolitan Awards here in Memphis, TN. Also on the episode, an interview with Dale, and Dr. Barbara Ching continues her series exploring the connection between country music and the Blues.
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This week we feature a performance from Dale Watson at the 2018 Ameripolitan Awards here in Memphis, TN. Also on the episode, an interview with Dale, and Dr. Barbara Ching continues her series exploring the connection between country music and the Blues.