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We're previewing the 2013 edition of the WC Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival with music from this year's performers and a complete rundown of the sc...
- Added: May 24, 2013
- Length: 59:00
new music from ageless bluesman Bobby Rush, and from Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 9
Think of a jazz big band and it's probably the brassy sound of a '30s swing orchestra that comes to mind first. But throughout their more than 80-y...
Bought by KPVL, KZYX, KDRP Community Radio, KMUN, WCMU Public Radio and more
- Added: May 21, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 12
The "Juke In The Back" features The Ravens, an R&B vocal group that set the stage for all the groups that would follow. With Jimmy Ricks' bass lead...
- Added: May 19, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 4
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 07:51
We celebrate the winners at the 2013 Blues Music Awards by playing their music and giving you the full rundown of winners in ever category! Everyon...
Bought by KPVL
- Added: May 17, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Every year, more than 10 million visitors come to Memphis, and spend more than three billion dollars, much of it on music-related tourism. But few ...
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 03:58
An upfront "Rhythm Section" with Linda Oh and Rudy Royston, and a wild ride with Wayne Shorter and Imani Winds
Bought by KSUT, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KKRN, WOUB, WSLR and more
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 12
We take a look at the recordings that Memphis Slim, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Otis Spann made in New York City for the Candid label in 1960 and 1961.....
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
Matt The Cat presents the seldom-told story of Johnny Bragg, a prisoner serving six 99 year sentences at the Tenn State Penn when his group The Pri...
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 4
Full-Time Blues Radio returns to the best in New & Independent Blues Music, this week, with a huge selection of brand new arrivals! In addition the...
Bought by KPVL
- Added: May 12, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Mother & daughter Carline Ray and Catherine Russell make music together on a new album "Vocal Sides"
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KKRN, WMHT, WOUB, WSLR and more
- Added: May 08, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 11
There were so many influential Rhythm & Blues artists who had a great impact on the development of Rock n' Roll, but were never able to profit from...
- Added: May 05, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
No particular theme on this one, just a grab bag full of post-war rockers and down home favorites from Lightnin' Hopkins, Dr. Ross, K.C. Douglas, J...
- Added: May 04, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
We celebrate the 80th birthday of Willie Nelson by exploring his Blues roots, with music by Willie himself, his Blues brethren, and Blues covers of...
Bought by KPVL
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant evokes the great singers of the past in her own original way
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KKRN, WOUB, WSLR, WMHT and more
- Added: May 01, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 12
Join us as we enjoy some great cover versions of blues, pop, rock, folk, and R&B classics that were recorded down at the legendary Stax label in Me...
- Added: Apr 28, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
The "Juke In The Back" looks at the very beginnings of one of early R&B's biggest groups, The Midnighters. Before "Work With Me Annie," they were k...
- Added: Apr 28, 2013
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 3
This week's show is stacked from front to back with the best Blues music on Earth! We also pay tribute to the memory of Jimmy Dawkins.
Bought by KPVL
- Added: Apr 26, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
New releases by great singers including Molly Holm, Richard Lanham, and June Tabor
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KKRN, WMHT, WSLR, WOUB and more
- Added: Apr 24, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 12
The sounds of classic remastered 78 RPM records fill the air when the music of Fats Waller is presented on the 30th edition of Joe Bev's Jazz-O-Ram...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 58:27
The sounds of classic remastered early LP cuts fill the air when the music of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Art Blakey is presented on the 29th edit...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 58:58
Early Bebop fills the air when the remastered 78 RPM records of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis,Tadd Dameron and Dexter Gordon are hea...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 58:51
Public transportation is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than driving a car, but in cities where it is widely used—like New York, Boston ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2013
- Length: 05:52
The "Juke In The Back" pays tribute to the great R&B vocalist, Lil Greenwood. You'll hear her greatest early recordings from 1950-1954, before she ...
- Added: Apr 21, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
