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Join us for the launch of a new and ongoing series, "The Legends of Bluesville." This time around, our focus will be on the Eastern Seaboard, with ...
- Added: May 19, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we finish up our tribute to the "The Blues," a series of five LPs issued by Chess Records in the mid 1960s. We’ll hear classics from Mud...
- Added: May 11, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Overlooked as a gathering place for hot jazz in the 1920s, the Southwest sported some excellent musicians. Many went on to successful careers in th...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX
- Added: May 07, 2014
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we aim the spotlight on a classic series of LPs from Chess Records. Simply called "The Blues," they issued five volumes between 1963 and...
- Added: May 05, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we take another trip down to the land of the Hammond B3. We’ll hear some killer grooves and hot rockers from some of our old favorites l...
- Added: Apr 27, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we journey to the Queen City of the South, Charlotte, North Carolina, to hear some of the rich blues and heavenly gospel that was record...
- Added: Apr 19, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
Join us as we pay tribute to one of the all time greatest harmonica players, Big Walter Horton. Making his first recordings with Sam Phillips in Me...
- Added: Apr 12, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
We’ve been digging through the archives to bring you this special "best of" encore presentation. This time around, it's a whole bunch of hot rocker...
- Added: Apr 04, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we aim the spotlight on the legendary field recordings of David Evans. An intrepid researcher, most of what he captured in the mid 60s a...
Bought by 90.5 WSNC, WJSU, KRPS, and Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)
- Added: Mar 30, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 4
Join us for a tribute to keyboard legend Big Maceo Merriweather. Although his recorded legacy is not all that large, he left an indelible mark in t...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Mar 22, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we aim the spotlight on Bill Quinn’s legendary Gold Star record label. Founded in Houston in the late 1940s, he recorded some of the cre...
- Added: Mar 08, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we aim the spotlight on independent record producer, Bobby Robinson. Not only could he lay claim to a legendary series of labels — such ...
- Added: Mar 01, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
We've taken a whole great gob of our favorite down home country blues harmonica blowers, and lined them up for one incredible episode we're calling...
- Added: Feb 22, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 3
Join us as we celebrate the good times, with songs about drinking and having fun. With music on tap from Ike Turner, J.B. Lenoir, John Lee Hooker, ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we take another look at some of our favorite artists — some of them synonymous with the very concept of "Postwar Electric Blues" — and f...
- Added: Feb 09, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us for part two of our look at the blues in Saint Louis from the 1920s and '30s, this time focusing on the piano players. We’ll hear from popu...
- Added: Feb 01, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us for a look at Saint Louis, where the country blues meet the city. Over the years, some critics have claimed it was the place where prewar b...
- Added: Jan 25, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we pay tribute to one of the pioneers of postwar Chicago blues harmonica, Snooky Pryor. Making his recording debut in 1948, he cut some ...
- Added: Jan 18, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
The NAACP and the National Urban League were founded over 100-years ago. Since their inception, they have been viewed as the vanguard for national ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 18, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we head back down to Antone’s legendary nightclub in Austin, Texas, to hear music from Pinetop Perkins, James Cotton, Jimmy Rogers, Memp...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Jan 11, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
In July 1939, the engineers from Vocalion Records set up shop for two weeks in Memphis, cutting almost 170 sides by more than a dozen artists. The ...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Jan 06, 2014
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
It’s time for our annual Christmas Extravaganza Spectacular! With holiday favorites from Jimmy Smith, Booker T. & the MGs, Ray Charles, Jimmy McGri...
Bought by WJAB, WDCB, WHCP-LP Cambridge, KHNS, KMXT and more
- Added: Dec 14, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 6
Join us as we take a look at some of the great gospel preachers. From vintage favorites by the Reverends J.M. Gates and A.W. Nix, to postwar classi...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Dec 07, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us for part two of our tribute to the Blues Classics label. Founded by Chris Strachwitz as the 'unofficial' reissue arm of Arhoolie Records, w...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Nov 30, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we aim the spotlight on a legendary series of albums from the Blues Classics label. Founded by Chris Strachwitz as a companion to Arhool...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Nov 23, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
