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Join us as we head down to the 1973 Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival. We’ll hear from a number of legends, such as Roosevelt Sykes, Houston Stackh...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Johnny Dodds was one of the greatest clarinetist of the 1920's. Although both Jimmy Noone and Sidney Bechet had better technique, Dodds had a very ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
On this episode, we aim the spotlight on Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. Known for being an imaginative songwriter, he was a highly influential musician o...
Bought by KRPS
- Added: Aug 18, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we aim the spotlight on a mid-1930s enigma, piano legend Black Bob. Recording with dozens of musicians, he mysteriously appeared on the ...
- Added: Aug 11, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we aim the spotlight on some of the spectacular Down Home Blues that were recorded during the year 1941. From the Library of Congress fi...
Bought by WJSU
- Added: Aug 04, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're cranking up our time machine, and setting the dial for San Antonio in the late 1920s and 1930s. One of th...
- Added: Jul 28, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
Pioneering blues and jazz guitarist Lonnie Johnson began playing professionally in New Orleans in 1917. He toured Europe with Marion Cook’s Souther...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 26, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 1
Join us as we celebrate — once again — some extended jams and hot instrumentals from the Hammond B3. We'll be movin' and groovin' to the fleet-fing...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
We aim the spotlight on one of the most beloved record labels of all time, Trumpet Records, of Jackson, Mississippi. Spearheaded by entrepreneur Li...
- Added: Jul 13, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 2
Join us as we explore two rare and long out-of-print LPs from the 1960s. "Living Legends" was recorded live at the Cafe Au-Go-Go in New York City, ...
- Added: Jul 07, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
When washboard was King. Well, that may be a stretch, but the popularity of that musical instrument, when it was used as such, reached a height in...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 24, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, it's time for our annual Gospel show! Special guest host Brother Hawkins takes over the reigns for two hours of...
- Added: Jun 15, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
This program is devoted to those pioneers of jazz piano from Scott Joplin to Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 07, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
Blues Unlimited celebrates its 100th episode in style, with a special "Best Of" retrospective, spotlighting a few of our favorite moments from the ...
Bought by KXCI
- Added: Jun 06, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
As New Orleans musicians began to migrate north following the closure of Storyville (the red light district near the navy base), it was only natura...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX
- Added: Jun 04, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
On this episode, we pay tribute to Blues guitar mystery man Lee Cooper. Bursting on the Chicago scene in 1953, his distinctive session work graced ...
- Added: Jun 02, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're enjoying some of our favorite, rare, and overlooked harmonica jams from the Windy City, courtesy of Littl...
- Added: May 27, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
By 1911, tailgate trombonist Kid Ory was leading one of the best-known bands in New Orleans. Eight years later he formed a successful band in Los A...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 06, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
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...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: May 04, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
He is considered the first great tenor saxophonist in jazz. The first signs of Coleman Hawkins’ potential began to show when he was still a child.
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 3
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...
Bought by WHRV
- Added: Apr 28, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
Poet Natalie Richardson, 17, is a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School and participated in Louder Than a Bomb for the third time this ye...
Bought by KGNU Community Radio and KRZA
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 2
Join us for a tribute to blues guitar legend Jody Williams. Making his debut on record at the age of 19, he became a highly influential guitarist, ...
- Added: Apr 06, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, a tribute to Antone’s night club. Founded in 1975 in Austin, Texas, it featured a who’s who of blues legends, l...
- Added: Mar 29, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
Join us as we explore the British Blues Explosion of the late 1950s and the 1960s. From the originators — like Chris Barber and Alexis Korner — to ...
Bought by Radio New Zealand
- Added: Mar 22, 2013
- Length: 01:58:59
- Purchases: 1
