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Show Notes: Today’s show is the twenty-fourth installment of an ongoing series of programs built around a particular year. The first year we spotlighted was 1927, which was the beginning of a blues boom that would last until 1930. The Depression had a shattering effect on the pockets of black record buyers and sales of […]
The post href="https://sundayblues.org/?p=3226...Show Notes: Today’s show is the second installment inspired by interviews conducted by Chris Strachwitz during his research into the music he was recording for his label Arhoolie Records as well as for his radio programs on KPFA-FM (Berkeley, CA) in the 1960’s through 1980’s. These interviews are now on the Arhoolie website and transcribed. […]
The post href="htt...Show Notes: Today’s show is part of a semi-regular, long-running feature I call Forgotten Blues Heroes that spotlights great, but little remembered and little recorded blues artists that don’t really fit into my weekly themed shows. Today we spotlight five singers who cut some terrific sides between 1949 and 1961 with a stray track from […]
The post href="https:/...Show Notes: An eclectic mix show spanning the 20s through the 80s today. We open the show with two by Teddy McRae from a new collection, we also have sets devoted to Big Mac (Willie McNeal) and Henry Gray. Also on tap is a set of jug band music, tracks by Cleo Page (Sly Williams), […]
The post href="https://sundayblues.org/?p=32129" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc no...Show Notes: Today’s show was put together by my friend Ethan Iova. Ethan and I have collaborated on several shows including ones on Henry “Rufe” Johnson, the recordings of Pete Lowry, a two-part South Carolina show and one devoted to the field the recordings of Michael Hortig and Ed Huey. The focus today is on […]
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