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Hip Linkchain/Lankchan was a first rate Chicago Blues musician whom is due recognition for his part in the American Blue scene.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 56:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jason Berry
Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker Jason Berry joins Gwen with fascinating stories and characters populating New Orleans’ cultural and mu...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
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Lowell Fulson was a blues icon with a great history and is still an influence today to many blues musicians.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:47
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The first electric Blues artist to use a Fender Stratocaster given to him by Leo Fender himself.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 59:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Professor Longhair, Credit: Michael P. Smith © The Historic New Orleans Collection
In the spirit of Mardi Gras, this show is devoted to “Fess” -- Henry Roeland Byrd, aka Professor Longhair - the pianist whose music fills the stree...

Bought by KMUW


  • Added: Feb 11, 2021
  • Length: 51:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Sugar Ray Norcia and the Bluetones featuring (the late) Little Charlie Baty

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:37
  • Purchases: 1
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A classic rocker's take on some songs of Muddy Waters.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 1
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A great Blues band from Swanton, Vermont, The Nobby Reed Project is one all blues enthusiasts should hear!

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:09
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These three musicians changed the public's view of the Blues.

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:49
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A virtual trip back in time to November 21st, 1964 to Chicago's Regal Theater to hear B.B. King

  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 59:49
Caption: The White Dove Review
This week, we meet a rock star on our paper route.

Bought by KGOU, KBGA 89.9 FM, and KOSU


  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
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This Ace harp player has got a traditional sound and has shared the stage with many other musicians, yet remains somewhat a secret in the Blues li...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2020
  • Length: 59:24
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A career spanning 50 years, Robert Cray is a major mainstay in the world of Blues music.

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:58

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:38
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One of the many types of Blues music is a regional style named "Bentonia Blues" as it was founded and based out of Bentonia, Mississippi.

  • Added: May 12, 2020
  • Length: 59:36
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A great album from 1999. The album is "Double Shot" by Snooky Pryor and Mel Brown.

  • Added: May 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:06
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The Year 2020 marks the 50th Anniversary of one of the best magazines on African-American Blues Tradition. This episode honors and congratulates th...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:56
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The First band to be recorded for the Alligator Records label.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2020
  • Length: 57:40
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They tired and were weary of the depressed South and Migrated to the City of Promise, Chicago.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 56:50
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Fenton Robinson and Hound Dog Taylor

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 55:55
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Blues from the West Coast has a different sound and approach than other regions.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 50:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Candye Kane had an amazing life. She had a great voice, cool music and was a woman who was a champion for other women in the world regarding strugg...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 50:23
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The 2016 Fargo Blues Festival in Fargo, North Dakota.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 54:48
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Chess Records was one of the early flourishing record labels that had Blues artists on it roster.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 54:31
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Guitar Shorty is a veteran bluesman with a modern driving sound and pertinent lyrics for our day and age.

  • Added: Apr 19, 2020
  • Length: 54:30