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Interview with Bruce Iglauer, owner of Alligator Records

Bought by KMUW, KRPS, KFOK-LPFM, KPVL, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're having the Blues for Christmas! Come and celebrate with us as we journey through eight decades worth of H...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, WNMU-FM, KSRQ, KHNS, WNCU and more


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 8
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We'll talk with one of the country's leading authorities on film music, and listen to some of his favorite scores.

Bought by KPVL, WCPN, WEKU, KPVL, and KREV-LP


  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: The Sun Records studio building, at 706 Union Avenue. Design by Lyn Jones.
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, a tribute to Sam Phillips of Sun Records. Although Sam cut a lot of great Blues in the early years of his opera...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Nov 12, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Chicago blues musicians pay tribute to their predecessors on a new album "Chicago Blues A Living History The (R)evolution Continues"

Bought by WRGY, KRPS, KFOK-LPFM, KPVL, WOUB and more


  • Added: Nov 02, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 16
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Keb Mo's latest album "The Reflection" is featured

Bought by WRGY, KPVL, KRPS, KPVL, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Music from Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Mojo Buford, members of Muddy Waters band who recently passed away, new Trombone Shorty, Sanchez and Blancha...

Bought by WRGY, KPVL, KRPS, KPVL, WOUB and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Pictured: Illustrations of the Mississippi Sheiks and Son House by R. Crumb. Bukka White by William Stout.
We pick up where we left off last time, with a look at some of the great Mississippi Blues Masters who worked and recorded during the 1930s and the...

Bought by KHNS, KHNS, and KTRL


  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 3
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New album from jazz pianist Lisa Hilton

Bought by WRGY, KPVL, KRPS, WOUB, KPVL and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
Caption: Pictured: Immortals of Mississippi blues, Charley Patton and Tommy Johnson. Illustrations by R. Crumb.
In this episode of Blues Unlimited, we take a look at a Who's Who of early Blues masters that lived and worked in the great state of Mississippi. A...

Bought by KTRL


  • Added: Sep 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Blues singer Demetria Taylor, daughter of blues great Eddie Taylor, is a "Bad Girl."

Bought by WRGY, KRPS, KFOK-LPFM, WOUB, KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Watermelon Slim and Super Chikan combine on a strong new blues album.

Bought by WRGY, KRPS, KFOK-LPFM, WOUB, KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
Caption: The distinctive cover art for "Rural Blues, Vol. 1."
The Imperial Record label, founded in 1948 in Los Angeles, is well known as the home of Fats Domino and other great New Orleans artists, as well as...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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Blues and Jazz pieces written about the events of September 11, 2001

Bought by WDBX, KRPS, KFOK-LPFM, WOUB, KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Music of George Gershwin from many different artists.

Bought by KMUW, WRGY, KRPS, KFOK-LPFM, WOUB and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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Retrospective of blues label devoted to modern rural blues from Mississippi

Bought by WRGY, KRPS, WOUB, KPVL, WSLR and more


  • Added: Aug 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 13
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New release from Vijay Iyer is a crossing between jazz and Indian music.

Bought by WRGY, WOUB, KPVL, KEOS, WMHT and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we're "recycling the blues" by taking a look at a handful of world-famous, iconic blues songs and tracing their...

Bought by KHNS, WSLR, KHNS, and KTRL


  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Four Nights Drunk, give or take a few - an old English ballad crosses over into The Blues again with Bobby Rush.

Bought by WRGY, KRPS, WOUB, KEOS, KTRL and more


  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Map of Shreveport, c. 1920.
On this episode of Blues Unlimited, we aim the spotlight on Shreveport, Louisiana. Home to a thriving music scene, the "Louisiana Hayride" (a rival...

Bought by KHNS, WSLR, KTRL, and KHNS


  • Added: Aug 06, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Smart and soulful new jazz from guitarist Charlie Apicella & Iron City, plus bluesman Eric Gales' "Transformation"

Bought by WRGY, KRPS, WOUB, KEOS, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: The distinctive cover of Arhoolie LP 1018, "Bad Luck N' Trouble"
Recently, Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records marked their 50th anniversary. We'll celebrate by playing selections from three classic LPs from th...

Bought by KHNS and KHNS


  • Added: Jul 24, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 2
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New music from guitarist Fred Fried on his eight-string guitar with his trio

Bought by WRGY, KRPS, WOUB, KEOS, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Pictured: B.B. King and his guitar Lucille (courtesy PBS); Upper right: Lightnin’ Hopkins (courtesy Flower Films)
Who doesn't love a good story? In this episode of Blues Unlimited, it's all about Blues singers and songs that weave tall tales, spin entertaining ...

Bought by KHNS and KTRL


  • Added: Jul 10, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Perennial favorites Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Photo by Keith Perry.
With its own unique sound and feel, we aim the spotlight on Down Home Blues from the East Coast, from the mid 1940s to the early 1960s, on this epi...

Bought by KHNS, WPSU, KTRL, KTRL, and KHNS


  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:59
  • Purchases: 5