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A collection of Blues songs that have relevance to current issues in 2020
- Added: Aug 18, 2020
- Length: 59:13
Good vibes! Vibraphonist Warren Wolf's album "Reincarnation," and vibraphonist Steve Yeager's "Vibraharp."
Bought by KJZX-Austin, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN, Royalton Community Radio and more
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 15
the debut album of saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, "Omega" and music from two of his mentors, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and pianist Jason Moran (w...
Bought by KJZX-Austin, GCR (Global Community Radio), WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN and more
- Added: Aug 05, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 16
Host Gwen Thompkins makes an exclusive visit to the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, NY, guided through Armstrong’s rare recordings and life...
- Added: Jul 31, 2020
- Length: 52:00
- Purchases: 2
An experience nof hearing a blue musician in a real blues club in Chicago.
- Added: Jul 17, 2020
- Length: 59:42
A diverse artist, Kevin Moore (Keb' Mo') is a true star in the world of music.
- Added: Jul 17, 2020
- Length: 59:57
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
the new album from saxophonist Maceo Parker, and songs from singer/pianist Dena DeRose
Bought by WMOT, GCR (Global Community Radio), Raven Radio, KHNS, KKRN and more
- Added: Jul 08, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 14
Love - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboard Ho...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 02:05
Identity - Sonny Turner is best known for replacing Tony Williams as lead singer of The Platters. The group had 40 charting singles on the Billboar...
- Added: Jul 06, 2020
- Length: 02:04
new music from trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist Christian Sands, bassist Christian McBride, and bluesmen Joe Louis Walker and Boo Boo Davis, p...
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KHNS, Raven Radio, WMOT, KKRN and more
- Added: Jun 10, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 14
Comeback singer Frank Bey's album "All My Dues Are Paid"
Bought by KJZX-Austin, KHNS, WMOT, Raven Radio, KKRN and more
- Added: Jun 03, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 13
A career spanning 50 years, Robert Cray is a major mainstay in the world of Blues music.
- Added: May 28, 2020
- Length: 59:58
Music from the reissue of saxophonist Azar Lawrence's 1975 album "Summer Solstice" and more reissues of pianist Erroll Garner in a continuing series
Bought by WMOT, KJZX-Austin, KHNS, Raven Radio, KKRN and more
- Added: May 27, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 16
Excello Records was Nashville's first Blues label
- Added: May 21, 2020
- Length: 59:38
Ellis Marsalis joins Gwen Thompkins for a wide-ranging talk about his life in music - from modern jazz pianist, to jazz educator, to father of four...
- Added: May 20, 2020
- Length: 51:58
The music of Elmore James is explored in this episode.
- Added: May 19, 2020
- Length: 59:25
A Young bluesman who's passion is keeping the flame of the Blues lit along with the acknowledgment of, and giving credit to, it's ancestral roots.
- Added: May 14, 2020
- Length: 01:00:00
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
A great album from 1999. The album is "Double Shot" by Snooky Pryor and Mel Brown.
- Added: May 10, 2020
- Length: 59:06
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
The First band to be recorded for the Alligator Records label.
- Added: Apr 24, 2020
- Length: 57:40
An unsung guitar hero of the blues who made a BIG mark very few know about.
- Added: Apr 19, 2020
- Length: 59:01
A trip back in history to one of the best Chicago Blues bands in early postwar (WWII) times in the Windy City.
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 53:50
Rice Miller is probably the more known "Sonny Boy Williamson" although there was previously to his time an actual Blues harmonica player who's went...
- Added: Apr 18, 2020
- Length: 59:19
