Blues & Beyond #003: The Blues Transformed

Blues & Beyond #003: The Blues Transformed

Series: Blues & Beyond
From: WXPN
Length: 00:58:59

Blues transformed by innovative modern producers Read the full description.

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Piece Description

"The Blues Transformed" -- Innovative producers have taken the blues into new places, and in this hour of The Blues & Beyond, we listen to the results of these experiments, from the remixes of R. L. Burnside's Mississippi hill country blues by rock and hiphop producers to the recasting of field recordings made by Alan Lomax decades ago. Classical and art song settings are also applied to the blues by new artists such as Jubilant Sykes and Pyeng Threadgill. As far back as the late 1960s, Marshall Chess, son of one of the owners of the famed Chess label, took two of the label's best-known artists into new places musically, although even the artists questioned what he was doing. We'll hear a couple of his experiements with Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf in this hour of the program as well.

Broadcast History

WXPN-FM Philadelphia 7-23-2006

Timing and Cues

Blues & Beyond #003 Timings & Cues

00:00 opening theme, host intro "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

00:59 one second silence

01:00 host break/option song for news hole: "We'll get started with something from Chris Thomas King."

05:59 option song ends

06:00 program reintro: "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

27:57 mid-show break (incue: "after the break, here on The Blues And Beyond")

27:58 zipper begins playing

28:57 zipper ends -- program reintro -- "This is The Blues & Beyond. I'm Jonny Meister."

58:14 voice out "Thanks for joining us for this hour of The Blues & Beyond."

58:29 closing theme fades out

58:30 promo for next show

58:54 voice out on promo "It's Afro Blue, on the next Blues & Beyond."

58:59 promo bed fades out

Musical Works

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Artist name "Song Title"
Label Name: Album Name

Chris Thomas King "Da Thrill Is Gone From Here"
21st Century Blues: Dirty South Hip-Hop Blues

R. L. Burnside "Rollin' Tumblin' (remix)"
Epitaph/Fat Possum: Come On In
Johnny Farmer "Death Letter (Organized Noize remix)"
Putumayo: Blues Lounge

Ed Lewis "John Henry"
Rounder: Southern Journey, Vol. 5: Bad Man Ballads

Tangle Eye "John Henry's Blues"
Zo?: Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed
Organic Grooves "Banal Reality"
Putumayo: Blues Lounge

Howlin' Wolf "Smokestack Lightning"
Cadet: This Is Howlin' Wolf's New Album. He Doesn't Like It...
Muddy Waters "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man"
MCA: Electric Mud

Gare Du Nord "Pablo's Blues"
Putumayo: Blues Lounge
Pyeng Threadgill "Last Fair Deal Gone Down"
Random Chance: Sweet Home: The Music Of Robert Johnson

Van Kampen "Mosi Oa Tunya"
Tomato: A Long Walk On A Short Pier
Jubilant Sykes "Love In Vain"
Sony Classical: Wait For Me

Related Website

http://www.xpn.org/blues