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Jimmy “Duck” Holmes is the embodiment of raw country blues. He is a celebrated and award winning country blues musician who is regarded as the last...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Standing 6’ 5” 300 pounds, Sugaray Rayford is a formidable force. Critics consider him to be one of the greatest and last blues shouters; in the sa...

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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John Primer and Bob Corritore are two of the top names in the blues who celebrate their sophomore studio collaboration for Delta Groove Records wit...

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:17
  • Purchases: 10
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Jimi Primetime Smith was groomed to join the family business made famous by his mother, Chicago Blues legend Johnnie Mae Dunson “The Big Boss Lady....

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 8
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Bill “Howl-n-Madd” Perry is a living delta blues legend who’s incredible story finds him rubbing shoulders and playing behind Little Richard, J.J T...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Steve Martin's Unreal Bluegrass
Unreal Bluegrass is joined by Jamie Deering of Deering Banjos to discuss the Deering position in the world of banjos.

  • Added: Jun 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:57:51
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Long recognized as one of the top blues harmonica players in the Houston area, Steve Krase shoots for big league prominence on his latest release "...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 9
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Selwyn Birchwood is celebrating his highly anticipated second studio effort for Alligator Records, ‘Pick Your Poison’ which crafts authentic tradit...

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  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:56:05
  • Purchases: 12
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The Cedric Burnside Project is comprised of the exciting duo of Cedric Burnside and Trenton Ayers of Holly Springs, Mississippi. Their latest album...

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  • Added: May 26, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 8
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92 year old multi Grammy-nominated blues piano master, Henry Gray, is a living legend and a national treasure whose recording career spans seven de...

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  • Added: May 11, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
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Sharon Lewis is a Chicago blues diva who’s commanding vocals and strong song writing is celebrated on her second studio effort for Delmark Records,...

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  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Stevie J Blues is a veteran blues guitarist from Jackson, Mississippi who cut his teeth on the scene with the likes of Denise LaSalle, Shirley Brow...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Coco Montoya is a California native who is one of the biggest names on the contemporary blues scene. After hanging up his drum sticks for a guitar ...

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Despite his legacy, Billy Preston is nearly forgotten in the mainstream and is not in the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame. Author Steve Bergsman discusses...

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  • Added: Apr 14, 2017
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 10
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The Allmusic journalist, Alex Henderson, noted that "Lynn isn't one to hold back emotionally; like Koko Taylor and Etta James, she screams, shouts,...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 8
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Mike Wheeler has been playing the blues for almost 30 years and has played with Koko Taylor, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Shemekia Copeland, Jimmy Johnson...

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  • Added: Mar 24, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Jerry Lawson is a singing legend who fronted the world famous Persuasions for 40 plus years. As their lead singer he produced and arranged 22 album...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2017
  • Length: 58:03
  • Purchases: 6
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Elvin Bishop is a living legend whose great contributions to American music have been solidified by his induction into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fa...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 9
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Speaking backstage with the “King of the Chitlin’ Circuit”, the Living Legend, Bobby Rush. One of the last of his era, Rush estimates that he has c...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 11
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92 year old multi Grammy-nominated blues piano master, Henry Gray is a living legend and a national treasure whose recording career spans seven dec...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSRQ, and KRPS


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
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The Cedric Burnside Project is comprised of the exciting duo of Cedric Burnside and Trenton Ayers of Holly Springs, Mississippi. Their latest album...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KRPS, and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 3
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Biscuit Miller, who is only one a handful of bass players who leads a band, just released his third studio effort, the critically acclaimed Wishbon...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 7
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Mike Zito is one of the leading contemporary blues artists on the scene today. He has been releasing albums for over a decade in addition to his to...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2016
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 6
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Ronnie Baker Brooks is from blues royalty and has three successful contemporary blues albums under his belt produced by the legendary Minnesota bas...

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 6
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Harmonica ace Billy Boy Arnold is a prolific recording artist who is one of a handful of musicians still standing to talk about the vibrant and imp...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), Public Radio East, GCR (Global Community Radio), and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 21, 2016
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4