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Blues Unlimited #322 - The Sam Phillips Masters, Part 1: The Modern & RPM Sides
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: The man at the controls, Sam Phillips; Inset: some early releases produced by Phillips.
Join us as we begin a new series, exploring the blues recordings made by Sam Phillips at his legendary Memphis studio. In part one, we’ll take a lo...

  • Added: Dec 27, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blue Dimensions F50: "A Rift In Decorum" - Ambrose Akinmusire in concert.
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire live in concert at The Village Vanguard, and music from the artists who inspired him over the years

Bought by KMUW, KKRN, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRGY, WMHT and more


  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Blue Dimensions F47: Music Of The Bassist Sort (from bands led by bass players)
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music from bands led by bass players, including Kent Miller, Kyle Eastwood, Nathan Brown, and Charles Mingus

Bought by WMOT, GCR (Global Community Radio), KEOS, KKRN, WRGY and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Blues Unlimited #321 - Legend of the Slide Guitar: Elmore James, Part 1
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Hand-painted photo of Elmore James courtesy of Blues Unlimited magazine. Inset: Some of Elmore's first singles.
Join us as we start a new, ongoing mini-series dedicated to the life and musical career of one of the most beloved figures in blues history — slide...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #320 - Unsung Heroes of St. Louis Blues
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Pictured: The hands of St. Louis guitarist Bennie Smith. Photo by Bill Greensmith. Inset: A St. Louis classic from Guitar Tommy Moore.
Join us as we journey to St. Louis, and celebrate some of the talented musicians that called the River City their home. We'll hear modern classics ...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #319 - Blues from Bentonia, Mississippi
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Pictured (from left to right): Jacob Stuckey, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, and Tommy Lee West, in front of Bentonia’s legendary Blue Front Cafe. Photo courtesy of Jimmy “Duck” Holmes. Inset: One of the recordings Skip James made for Paramount in 1931.
Join us as we aim the spotlight on the Bentonia, Mississippi blues tradition, and the handful of practitioners — such as Skip James, Jack Owens, an...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blue Dimensions F37: Mike Boone Has An Inner Urge To Build A New Song From An Old One
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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On new albums, bassist Mike Boone re-invents Joe Henderson's "Inner Urge," while guitarist Russell Malone explores Bobby Hutcherson's "Little B's P...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WRGY, KKRN, WMHT, Royalton Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Blues Unlimited #318 - Animal Symbolism in the Blues
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Pictured: Robert Petway, whose “Catfish Blues” has become a beloved Mississippi Delta classic. Illustration by William Stout.
Join us as we explore the rich and fascinating history of animal symbolism in the blues. Ever since the very first recordings, from the 1920s, blue...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #317 - 25 from Bob Koester
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Photo of Bob Koester by William Ellis, from the "One LP Project."
Join us for an extra special treat! We asked Bob Koester, founder of the legendary Delmark Records, for a list of his favorite performances. All we...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #316 - Great Songwriters of the Blues, Part 2: Jimmy Reed
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Photo by Jan Persson. Taken during the 1968 American Folk Blues Festival Tour, probably in Copenhagen. Inset: Jimmy Reed’s very first R&B hit for Vee-Jay.
Join us for another installment of our "Great Songwriters" series, as we aim the spotlight on Jimmy Reed. Enjoying more R&B hits than any of his co...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #315 - The Low Down Gut Bucket Blues
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Any program featuring gut bucket blues would be woefully inadequate without representation from Louisiana Swamp Blues master, Lightnin’ Slim. Illustration by William Stout.
Join us for two hours of our favorite gut bucket blues! We’ll hear low down classics from Lightnin’ Hopkins, Joe Hill Louis, L.C. Green, Elmore Jam...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blue Dimensions F27: Traveling many "Miles" with the SF Jazz Collective
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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SF Jazz Collective plays the music of Miles Davis

Bought by KEOS, WMOT, WMHT, Royalton Community Radio, WRGY and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Blue Dimensions F24: A symphony in a parking lot with Trombone Shorty, and Nicholas Payton explores relexification
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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new funky jazz from Trombone Shorty on his new album "Parking Lot Symphony" and new music from trumpeters Sean Jones and Nicholas Payton, and more

Bought by WMOT, Royalton Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), WRGY, KKRN and more


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
Blues Unlimited #314 - Uncle Sam Called Me: The Blues and War
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
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Join us as we dig into a collection of blues songs all dealing with the topic of war. Featuring commentary, insight, and criticism on Vietnam, Kore...

Bought by WVAS


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Blues Unlimited #313 - Mr. Estes' Neighborhood: The Blues in Brownsville, Part 2
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Brownsville mandolin man, James "Yank" Rachell (in his later years).
Join us for part two of our look at the blues traditions in Brownsville, Tennessee. This time, we’ll focus primarily on the Decca label, and hear s...

  • Added: May 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #312 - Goin' To Brownsville: Sleepy John Estes & Friends, Part 1
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Image by R. Crumb.
Join us as we get into our time machine, and go back to the 1920s and ’30s, to examine the blues traditions in Brownsville, Tennessee. At the epice...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blue Dimensions F18: Jazz from the South Side, rising star jazz pianist Alexis Lombre
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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Music and conversation with Chicago jazz pianist Alexis Lombre whose debut album "Southside Sounds" came out this year.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, GCR (Global Community Radio), 90.5 WSNC, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 26, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
Blue Dimensions F16: "Made In America" - Bobby Watson's tribute to the accomplishments of African-American innovators
From: Bluesnet Radio
Series: Blue Dimensions
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featuring: Bobby Watson's album "Made In America" that celebrates some high-achieving African-Americans and their accomplishments. Also new music f...

Bought by WMOT, GCR (Global Community Radio), Royalton Community Radio, WRGY, KKRN and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Blues Unlimited #311 - Hits That Missed: The Biggest Number Two R&B Records of the 1940s
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: During the 1940s, Louis Jordan was king of the charts, racking up an unbroken string of almost 40 top ten R&B hits between 1942 and 1948.
Join us for another installment of “hits that missed,” as we count our way down through some of the biggest recordings of the 1940s. We’ll hear mus...

  • Added: Apr 01, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #310 - Hits That Missed: The Biggest Number Two R&B Records of the Early 1950s
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Illustration of Smiley Lewis by William Stout. His recording of “I Hear You Knocking” was one of the biggest number two hits of the early 1950s.
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, join us as we pay tribute to a remarkable collection of records that all have one thing in common — they were a...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #309 - The Blues is a Feeling: Stories, Songs and Conversation from Son House & Lightnin' Hopkins
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Illustration of Son House by R. Crumb; Lightnin’ Hopkins by William Stout.
On this special edition of Blues Unlimited, join us as two legendary musicians, Lightnin’ Hopkins and Son House, tell us about their lives in story...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #308 - Hot Wax & Down Home Classics from Checker Records (1952-1953)
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Recorded in May 1952, “Juke” became a huge number one hit for Little Walter, when it climbed to the top of the R&B charts later that year.
Join us as we put the Checker label in the spotlight. Started by Phil and Leonard Chess as a subsidiary imprint in 1952, Checker issued some specta...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #307 - The Blues Unlimited 3rd Annual Year In Review Special: Best of 2016
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Third & Beale: According to some, the epicenter of the Blues Universe.
Join us as we take a look back at some of our favorite moments from 2016. In a year filled with highlights, great blues, and a bunch of good music,...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #306 - Blue Horizon Records Presents the Giants of Country Blues
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: Blue Horizon often featured striking and distinctive album covers, such as this one for Bukka White’s “Memphis Hot Shots” LP.
Join us as we dig into some of the great recordings made by Mike Vernon's Blue Horizon label during the 1960s. This time we’ll be focusing on some ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2017
  • Length: 01:58:59
Blues Unlimited #305 - Rare Paramount 78s from the Collection of John Tefteller
From: Steve c/o Ernest Franz
Series: Blues Unlimited
Caption: One of the rare 78s from the collection of John Tefteller. Courtesy of Blues Images.
Join us as we explore some of the rarest of the rare — John Tefteller's legendary collection of Paramount 78s. One of the most important blues labe...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 01:58:59