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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
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new music from ageless bluesman Bobby Rush, and from Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf

Bought by KUOW, WSLR, WMHT, WOUB, 90.5 WSNC and more


  • Added: May 22, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Caption: Duke Ellington and his orchestra
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
Caption: The Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
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...

Bought by WRNC-LP, WOUB, KSRQ, and KPVL


  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: in line for food on Mission St. in San Francisco, Credit: Sarah P. Reynolds
What does it feel like to wait in line for food?

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 07:51
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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
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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
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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
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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
Caption: The Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
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...

Bought by WOUB, WRNC-LP, KPVL, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 12, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
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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
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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
Caption: The Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
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...

Bought by WOUB, WRNC-LP, KPVL, and KSRQ


  • Added: May 05, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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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
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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
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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
Caption: The hit-making house band at Stax, Booker T. & the MGs (Left to Right: Booker T. Jones, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Steve Cropper, and Al Jackson, Jr.)
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
Caption: The Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
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...

Bought by WOUB, KPVL, and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 28, 2013
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 3
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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
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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
Caption: Remastered Fats Waller 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
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
Caption: Remastered LP Cuts of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross & Art Blakey, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
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
Caption: Remastered Bebop 78s on Jazz-O-Rama, Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
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
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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
Caption: The Juke In The Back With Matt The Cat
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 ...

Bought by KPVL, WOUB, and KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3