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Following an Independence week trip across these United States of the Blues, Johnny Full-Time is back with an hour of the best music on radio! Ther...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
"Juke In The Back" features one of early R&B's greatest blues shouters, Roy Brown. From his early hits for the DeLuxe Label in the late 1940s to h...

Bought by WRNC-LP, KPVL, and 88.5 JAZZ FM Erie's Jazz Station


  • Added: Jul 08, 2012
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: A rare EP from West Coast keyboard legend Pete Johnson
Join us as we take a look at some of the movers and shakers of West Coast Piano. From Pete Johnson and Hadda Brooks to Floyd Dixon, Gus Jenkins, an...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and KTRL


  • Added: Jul 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Two men who would shake up the music world in the mid 1950s, Bill Haley and Elvis Presley, Credit: Tommy Edwards, 1955
Join us as we cross musical and cultural boundaries to find out where the Blues, Country & Western, and Rock & Roll music all meet and intersect wi...

Bought by WMMT, WSLR, 90.5 WSNC, KTRL, and KHNS


  • Added: Jul 01, 2012
  • Length: 01:59:01
  • Purchases: 5
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In honor of the Independence Day holiday week, this week's show features song titles dedicated to some of our favorite states in the USA. There's a...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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The most diverse slate of Blues each week, there's always a tune for every taste on F.T.B. Radio! Guitar heads will especially dig this week's prog...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Jun 22, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
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We're back inside the home for new and independent Blues music with a ton of new tunes from the likes of Lil Ed & the Blues imperials, Paul Thorn, ...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Jun 16, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The man with many pseudonyms, John Lee Hooker
What do John Lee Booker, Birmingham Sam and his Magic Guitar, Delta John, Texas Slim, John Lee Cooker, and Little Pork Chops all have in common? We...

Bought by KUMD, 90.5 WSNC, KHNS, and KTRL


  • Added: Jun 03, 2012
  • Length: 01:59:01
  • Purchases: 4
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The place to hear tomorrow's legends today! We're back with a host of highly anticipated new releases, including Joe Bonamassa, Janiva Magness, and...

  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: The Incredible Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith was instrumental in shifting the Hammond organ into the spotlight in the jazz genre and his many Blue Note albums of the 50s and 60s, i...

Bought by KSRQ and KREV-LP


  • Added: May 27, 2012
  • Length: 50:05
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The original cover for "Down South Summit Meetin'"
We profile three classic albums from the 1960s rediscovery period -- "Down South Summit Meetin'" by Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terr...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and KHNS


  • Added: May 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Blues guitarist Wild Jimmy Spruill, caught live in action.
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, it's two hours of pure electric Blues guitar hedonism. We've pulled out a bunch of our favorite records that al...

Bought by WSLR, 90.5 WSNC, KUMD, KHNS, and KTRL


  • Added: May 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:59:01
  • Purchases: 5
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Full-Time Blues Radio features a full rundown of the winners at the 2012 Blues Music Awards, and we listen to music from the big winners. There's m...

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
Caption: Hopson Plantation, Clarksdale, MS, Credit: Mitchell Koester
Pinetop Perkins wanted to leave a legacy to the youth, so he created the Pinetop Perkins Master Workshops to further deepen the young musicians' kn...

  • Added: May 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:23
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In our 11th episode, we talk with one of the hardest working musicians on Turtle Island – Mohawk blues-rocker Derek Miller.

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 21:40
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Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and Tuscarora. In our sixth episode we look at the music from the Six Nations.

  • Added: May 13, 2012
  • Length: 21:33
Caption: Lambert Hendricks & Ross
This one hour program concentrates on the Jazz style of singing refereed to as Vocalese. Many of the artists are also scat singers and Jazz poets. ...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 12, 2012
  • Length: 51:53
  • Purchases: 1
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This week's episode features a clean slate of new and indie Blues music, as well as a tribute to the late Michael "Iron Man" Burks.

  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: A definitive recording in the history of Chicago Blues, featuring Muddy Waters, Leroy Foster, and Little Walter at the top of their game.
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we aim the spotlight on a key transitional period in the history of post-war Chicago Blues, by focusing on the ...

Bought by WNCU, 90.5 WSNC, and KHNS


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:59:01
  • Purchases: 3
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This week's edition of Full-Time Blues Radio previews the upcoming Bluegrass and Blues in the Burgh festival, by spotlighting artists on the Blues ...

  • Added: May 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
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Overflowing with new releases from heavyweight names like B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, and Dr. John, this episode of FTB Radio also features a touching...

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 59:10
Caption: John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968)
TWO HANDS, A GUITAR & GENIUS = WES MONTGOMERY is a one hour program that looks at the musical life of Jazz guitarist WES MONTGOMERY. The ten record...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 52:35
  • Purchases: 1
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Join us for two hours of down home Gospel favorites. From raw and gritty obscurities, to other worldly spirituals and a few classics along the way,...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and KHNS


  • Added: Apr 27, 2012
  • Length: 01:59:01
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: One of the distinctive album covers from the Bluesville line
Join us for a look at some of the keyboard legends that recorded for the Prestige and Bluesville labels in the early to mid 1960s. Classics from Ro...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KTRL, and KHNS


  • Added: Apr 20, 2012
  • Length: 01:59:01
  • Purchases: 3
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On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we aim the spotlight on one of the most famous independent record labels of all time -- Chess Records. Official...

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KHNS, and KTRL


  • Added: Apr 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:59:01
  • Purchases: 3