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"Holler If You Hear Me" is the sixth album from this band.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2021
  • Length: 59:59
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Tribute to one of Blues music's great contributors, Memphis Minnie.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2021
  • Length: 58:54
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On today’s episode: Home recordings, people recording their friends, neighbors, and strangers — for a look at how we live, and who we are, by liste...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 45:28
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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: Congo Square
Although the origin of the blues cannot be precisely known, it’s generally understood to have evolved in the Mississippi delta, just north of New O...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 02, 2021
  • Length: 58:59
  • 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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Some historical recordings from another era.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
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A revisit to a great album by Buddy Guy recorded in 2001.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:54
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Blues music has been his world most of his life.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 57:23
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A Bluesman who plays gospel as well as blues.

  • Added: Jan 20, 2021
  • Length: 59:58
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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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Super Chikin' and Terry "Harmonica" Bean from Mississippi

  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:58
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A musical history of the "Prince of Motown Marvin" Gaye is the subject of this program.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif.


  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 56:04
  • Purchases: 1
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A collection of Blues songs that have relevance to current issues in 2020

  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 59:13
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A diverse artist, Kevin Moore (Keb' Mo') is a true star in the world of music.

  • Added: Jul 17, 2020
  • Length: 59:57
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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
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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