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  • This podcast focuses on the Golden Age of Rhythm & Blues with its roots in jazz, blues, swing, boogie woogie, jump blues and Doo Wop. Jerome delves into the Rhythm and Blues Billboard charts from the 40s through to the 60s and presents some of the big hits.
    Playlist: Artist - Track.
    1 Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five - Caldonia Boogie. 1944
    2 Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Old Maid Boogie. 1946
    3 Wynonie Harris - Good Rockin' Tonight 1948
    4 T Bone Walker - T Bone Shuffle 1949.
    5 Little Walter - My Babe. 1951
    6 Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy. 1952
    7 Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters - Money Honey 1953
    8 Little Willie John - Fever. 1956
    9 Danny & The Juniors - At the Hop. 1957
    10 The Silhouettes - Get a Job. 1958
    11 Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go 1960
    12 Buster Brown - Fannie Mae. 1960.
    13 Bobby Lewis - Tossin' and Turnin' 1961
    14 Freddy King - I'm Tore Down 1961
    15 Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters - Cry Baby. 1963
    16 Junior Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun. 1965
    17 Slim Harpo - Baby Scratch My Back. 1966
    18 Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle 1966
    19 Sam, Dave - Soul Man. 1967
    18 King Curtis & The Noble Knights - Soul Twist. 1962
    Size: 145 MB (152,274,162 bytes)
    Duration: 1:03:24

  • April 2024's edition of BLUES TIME. Released early for Easter listening.
    PLAYLIST: ARTIST - ALBUM - TRACK.
    1 Rick Vito - Cadillac Man - Cadillac Man.
    2 Paul Black Band - Beautiful Sin - Living Like You're Never Gonna Die.
    3 Linwood Taylor - Two Sides - I'm Good.
    4 Mike Clark Band - 0 to 60 - Blue Day.
    5 Dan Patlansky - Movin' on - Who I Am.
    6 Medicine Head - Heartwork - Makin' Up For Lost Love.
    7 Echo Rasanen - Fine Bone Frame - Sittin' on Top of the World.
    8 Mike Flanigin - West Texas Blues - West Texas Blues.
    9 Mojo Mafia - Whatcha Gonna Do.
    10 Walter Trout - Broken - Broken.
    11 Tinsley Ellis - Naked Truth - Tallahassee Blues.
    12 Tom Hambridge - BLU JA VU - That's My Home.
    13 Willie J. Campbell - Be Cool - Standby.
    14 Little Georgie and The Shuffling Hungarians - Tear It Down.
    15 Albert Cummings - Strong - Lately.
    16 KK Hammond (The Curse of) - She Is My Precious.
    Size: 176 MB (185,065,703 bytes)
    Duration: 1:17:05

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  • April's edition of Roots Rendezvous.
    ARTIST - ALBUM - TRACK.
    1 Gaby Moreno - Dusk - Solid Ground.
    2 Desiree Cannon - Radio heat – Tower.
    4 Lori Yates - Matador – Matador.
    5 Charm City Junction - Salt Box - Roll on John.
    6 Holler Choir - Songs Before They Write Themselves - Hamlet Blues.
    7 JJ Grey & Mofro - Olustee - Seminole Wind.
    8 John Moreland - In The Throes - Oh Julia.
    9 Fust - Genevieve - Rockfort Bay.
    10 Matt Mitchell Music Co - Obvious Euphoria - Country Gonna Kill Me.
    11 The High Hawks - Mother Nature's Show - Temperature Is Rising.
    12 The Steel Wheels - Sideways - Hero.
    13 The Commoners - Too Soon To Know You.
    14 The Bones of J.R. Jones - Slow Lightning - Animals.
    15 Turnpike Troubadours - A Cat in the Rain - Black Sky.
    16 Hurray for the Riff Raff - The Past is Still Alive - Hawkmoon.
    Size: 155 MB (163,036,442 bytes)
    Duration: 1:07:54

  • March 2024's edition of BLUES TIME.
    PLAYLIST: ARTIST - ALBUM - TRACK.
    1 Foghat - Sonic Mojo - Drivin' On.
    2 Tinsley Ellis - Naked Truth - Devil In The Room.
    3 The Dig 3 - Damn The Rent - Gold Tooth.
    4 Albert Cummings - Strong - Emmylou.
    5 Willie J Campbell - Be Cool - My Fault.
    6 Evan Nicole Bell - Runaway Girl EP - Runaway Girl.
    7 Jen - Little Piece of Heaven.
    8 Fog Blues ampersand Brass Band - 12 Bar Prescription - Too Deep.
    9 Seth James - Lessons - Victim of Life's Circumstances.
    10 Jennifer Porter - Yes, I Do - Yes, I Do.
    11 Miss Freddye - Let It Burn.
    12 Selwyn Birchwood - Exorcist - Florida Man.
    13 Chris Shiflett - Lost At Sea - Where'd Everybody Go.
    14 Dom Martin - Buried in the Hail - Howlin'.
    15 Brad Guitar Wilson - Buckle Up - Lucille.
    16 Willie J Campbell - Be Cool - This Time.
    Size: 159 MB (167,272,108 bytes)
    Duration: 1:09:40

  • Jerome has been looking through the archives at sablues.org and has selected 18 great tracks from past Roots podcasts.
    ARTIST - ALBUM - TRACK.
    1 Justin Rutledge - Valleyheart - Out of the Woods.
    2 Son Volt - Honky Tonk - Wild Side.
    3 Rick Holmstrom - Cruel Sunrise - Owe You Everything.
    4 Elise Davis - The Token - Benefits.
    5 Hugo Race - The Journey is long - I'm Going Upstairs.
    6 Oscar Louise - Empty House - A Tale Of The Sea.
    7 Hazmat Modine - Bahamut - Lost Fox Train.
    8 Bo Ramsey - Stranger Blues - Freight Train.
    9 Calexico - Hot Rail - Hot Rail - Hot Rail.
    10 Hyacinth House - Black Crows' Country - European rails.
    11 Andrea Schroeder - Where the wild oceans end - Helden.
    12 Sara Watkins - Sun Midnight Sun - You and me.
    13 Julie Rhodes - Bound to meet the Devil - Skyscraper Blues.
    14 Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness - Hi Five.
    15 Eileen Rose and The Holy Wreck - Luna Turista - Simple Touch Of The Hand.
    16 Diana Jones - Better Times Will Come - Better Times Will Come.
    17 Kim Dellavedova - City Keepers - Dapper Dan.
    18 Valerie June - The Order of Time - Got Soul.
    Size: 180 MB (189,504,228 bytes)
    Duration: 1:18:55

  • February 2024's special edition of BLUES TIME.
    It's late at night in the city. Groans can be heard in the basement. It's Jerome scrutinising the archives at sablues.org. He is on the prowl for some snippets from past 'Blue Time' podcasts. He has selected 18 great tracks as well as his best literary 'film noir' lead-ins for podcast 488.
    ARTIST - ALBUM - TRACK.
    1 Dana Fuchs - Borrowed Time - Hard Road.
    2 Big Daddy Lee - The Reason - Going Out Tonight.
    3 Thorbjorn Risager and The Black Tornado - Too many Roads - If you wanna leave.
    4 Steve Foster & Howler - Tied Up In The Blues.
    5 Oklahoma Johnny Blue - No Separation EP - Hole in the head.
    6 The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - So Delicious - Let's Jump A Train.
    7 Pork Chop Willie - Love Is The Devil - Poor Boy.
    8 Stacy Mitchhart - Live my Life - Come Together.
    9 Julie Rhodes - Bound to Meet the Devil - Faith.
    10 Kris Morris - Ruins - Bury My Bones.
    11 Brother Dege - How to kill a horse - The Black Sea.
    12 JJ Appleton and Jason Ricci - Dirty Memory - Leaning Blues.
    13 JD McPherson - Let the Good Times Roll - Let the Good Times Roll.
    14 Abbe May - Hoodoo You Do - Hoodoo You Do.
    15 Joyann Parker & Sweet Tea - On the Rocks - Go for the Money.
    16 Heart Attack Alley - Living in Hell - Too Hot Blues.
    17 Joan Osborne - Bring it on home - I Don't Need No Doctor.
    18 Backsliders - Starvation Box - Flanelette Border.
    Size: 223 MB (234,166,239 bytes)
    Duration: 1:37:31

  • February's edition of Roots Rendezvous.
    1 Smith & Tegio - Can't Stay Here - Hell Raising Habit.
    2 John Craigie,TK & The Holy Know Nothings - Pagan Church - Damn My Love.
    3 Fust - Genevieve - Genevieve.
    4 Dylan LeBanc - Coyote - Coyote.
    6 Turnpike Troubadours - A Cat in the Rain - The Rut.
    7 Cinder Well - Cadence - Two Heads Grey Mare.
    8 Brittney Spencer - My Stupid Life - Night In.
    9 Megan Moroney - Lucky - I'm Not Pretty.
    10 Sarah Jarosz - Polariod Lovers - Runaway Train.
    11 Chatham County Line - Hiyo - Right On Time.
    12 Matt Mitchell Music Co - Obvious Euphoria - Hourglass.
    13 King Creosote – I DES - Blue Marbled Elm Trees.
    14 Suzy Bogguss - Prayin' for Sunshine - It All Falls Down to the River.
    15 Uncle Lucius - Like It's The Last One Left - Civilized Anxiety.
    16 Blackheart Drifters - Under a Western Sky - Santa Fe.
    Size: 144 MB (151,068,672 bytes)
    Duration: 1:02:55

  • Australia Day Podcast Special presenting some classic Oz Rock Anthems interspersed with some lesser known but equally iconic tracks of Oz rock, roots and blues.
    Playlist: Artist - Track.
    Intro. Don Morrison – Nullabor.
    1 The Loved Ones - The Loved One.
    2 Abbe May - Howl and Moan.
    3 Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons - So Young.
    4 Adalita - Annihilate Baby.
    5 Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning.
    6 Jen Cloher - Name in Lights.
    7 Easybeats – Friday on my mind.
    8 The Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Satellite.
    9 Men at Work – Down Under.
    10 The Beasts of Bourbon - I Dont Care About Nothing Anymore.
    11 Daddy Cool - Eagle Rock
    12 The Detonators - She Detonates My Rocket
    13 Spectrum - I'll be gone.
    14 Angus And Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane.
    15 Sports - Who Listens to the Radio.
    16 Kris Morris - Bury My Bones.
    17 Terry Mann – Straya.
    18 Austen Tayshus - Australiana.
    Outro. Juzzie Smith - Waltzing Matilda.
    Size: 176 MB (185,212,928 bytes)
    Duration: 1:17:08

  • January 2024's edition of BLUES TIME.
    PLAYLIST: ARTIST - ALBUM - TRACK.
    1 Willie J. Campbell - Be Cool - No More.
    2 The Dig 3 - Damn The Rent - Take A Ride.
    3 Dom Martin - Buried in the Hail - Daylight I Will Find.
    4 Babaux & The Peacemakers - Moments in Time - Step Below the Line.
    5 Cedar County Cobras - Homesick Blues - Homesick Blues.
    06 Tom Hambridge - BLU JA VU - Ain't It Just Like Love.
    07 Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton - Death Wish Blues - Riders.
    08 Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind - Behind The Veil - 5 10 15.
    09 Garnetta Cromwell - Time to Shine - Think.
    10 Dave Keller - It's Time to Shine - Waiting for the Sunrise.
    11 Diego Mongue Band - While You Were Gone - While You Were Gone.
    12 Selwyn Birchwood - Exorcist - Lazarus.
    13 The Odd Cases - Bad Love - Fly Real Low.
    14 Dirty Deep - Trompe l'oeil - Broken Bones.
    15 Evan Nicole Bell - Runaway Girl EP - Catfish Blues.
    16 Dom Martin - Buried in the Hail - Belfast Blues.
    Size: 162 MB (170,413,071 bytes)
    Duration: 1:10:58

  • January's edition of Roots Rendezvous.
    Welcome listeners to the new year.
    In this podcast sablues.org delves down into the roots of last year and presents tracks from the top roots albums of 2023.
    Playlist includes tracks by Hazmat Modine - Natalie Merchant - Eilen Jewell - Margo Cilker - Iris DeMent - Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway - Brandy Clark - Son Volt - Rhiannon Giddens - Zach Bryan - Grace Potter - Lucinda Williams - Ashley McBryde - Jason Eddy - Joyann Parker.
    Size: 187 MB (196,803,226 bytes)
    Duration: 1:21:58

  • December 2023's edition of BLUES TIME.
    PLAYLIST: ARTIST - ALBUM - TRACK.
    1 Roadhouse Blues Band - Long Time Coming - Love's Not Easy To Find.
    2 Red Red - The Alabama Kid - Lay Me Down Marie.
    3 The Smoke Wagon Blues Band - Onward Through The Fog.
    4 Cedar County Cobras - Homesick Blues - Shake It Right.
    5 Chase Walker - Bones.
    6 Harlem Lake - Carry On.
    7 Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton - Death Wish Blues - No Apology.
    8 Suzy Bogguss - Prayin' for Sunshine - It's Too Late.
    9 Mississippi McDonald - Sweet Dreams.
    10 Kilo Band - Love Is A Drug.
    11 Rī Wolf & The Prairie Hawks - Too Bad.
    12 Ghalia Volt - Shout Sister Shout - No Happy Home.
    13 Travellin' Blue Kings - It's Better.
    14 Black Snake Bayou Band - The Alligator Crawl.
    15 Rene Huard - Hard Times - Hard Times.
    16 The Roadhouse Blues Band - Sacrifice.
    Size: 154 MB (162,442,772 bytes)
    Duration: 1:07:39

  • DECEMBER in Rock, Roots and Blues history and it kicks off with a medley of songs by some late great blues musicians.
    Playlist: Artist - Track.
    1 Arthur Blind Blake - Diddie Wa Diddie.
    2 Albert King - Born under a bad sign.
    3 Big Joe Williams - Tailor Made Baby.
    4 Freddie King - Takin' Care of Business.
    5 Hound Dog Taylor - Wild About You, Baby.
    6 Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues.
    7 Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave is Kept Clean.
    8 Lonnie Johnson - Uncle Ned Dont Use Your Head.
    9 Big Bill Broonzy - How You Want It Done.
    10 Roy Rogers - Don't Fence Me In.
    11 Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues.
    12 Carl Perkins - Honey Don't.
    13 Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On.
    14 Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl.
    15 Bob Dylan - Masters Of War.
    16 Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding.
    17 The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby.
    18 Basement Tapes - This Wheel's On Fire.
    19 Basement Tapes - Quinn the Eskimo Pt 2.
    20 Jethro Tull - Living In The Past.
    21 Rolling Stones - She's like a rainbow.
    22 Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil.
    23 Derek And The Dominos - Layla.
    24 The Who - I Can See For Miles.
    25 Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
    26 Pink Floyd - Pigs On The Wing Pt 2.
    27 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Pt 2.
    28 Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK.
    29 Patti Smith - Gloria.
    30 Patti Smith - Because The Night.
    31 Van Morrison - Wavelength.
    32 Clash - Police On My Back.
    33 Joe Strummer - Keys To Your Heart.
    34 Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone.
    35 Shocking Blue - Venus.
    36 Amy Helm - Odetta.
    Size: 276 MB (290,166,672 bytes)
    Duration: 2:00:53

  • December's edition of Roots Rendezvous. It's the "Shoes" edition of Roots Rendezvous. We go steppin' out in travelin'shoes, Italian shoes, soul shoes, dirty shoes, heavy shoes, satin shoes, blue suede shoes, rockin' shoes, Zydeco shoes ...even no shoes.
    Playlist: Artist - Album - Track.
    1 The Sacred Shakers - The Sacred Shakers - Travelin' Shoes.
    2 Mink DeVille - Collected - Italian Shoes.
    3 Graham Parker & The Rumour - Best of - Soul Shoes.
    4 Delta Roux - Dirty Shoes - Dirty Shoes.
    5 Fred Eaglesmith - Tinderbox - Shoeshine.
    6 Jimmy LaFave - Cimarron Manifesto - Walk A Mile In My Shoes.
    7 Chuck Willis - Atlantic RnB 1947 - Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes.
    8 Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes.
    9 Becky Barksdale - 2120 Sessions - No Shoes.
    10 Rob Munk - Phased Out - Heavy Shoes (to kill the blues).
    11 The Flatlanders - Treasure of Love - Satin Shoes.
    12 Lyle Lovett - Natural Forces - Empty Blue Shoes.
    13 The Black Sorrows - Endless Sleep XL - Snake Skin Shoes.
    14 John Ginty - No Filter - Old shoes.
    15 Robyn Ludwick - This Tall to Ride - Rock 'n' Roll Shoes.
    16 Little Axe - Stone Cold Ohio - Rockin' Shoes.
    17 Little Axe - Hard Grind - Walk right shoes.
    18 Craig Duncan - Cajun Country - My Zydeco Shoes.
    Size: 166 MB (174,842,605 bytes)
    Duration: 1:12:49

  • November's edition of Roots Rendezvous.
    Playlist: Artist - Album - Track.
    1 Chris Shiflett - Lost at Sea - Dead And Gone.
    2 Cidny Bullens - Little Pieces - Little Pieces.
    3 Elliott BROOD - Town - Rose City.
    4 Graham Parker & the Goldtops - Last Chance to learn The Twist - The Music of the Devil.
    5 Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys - All Night Long - Sidelines.
    6 Jaime Wyatt - Feel good - Back to the Country.
    7 Margo Cilker - Valley Of Heart's Delight - I Remember Carolina.
    8 Margo Price - Strays II – Strays.
    9 Therese Willis - Miles Away - Show me the Way Home.
    10 Suzy Bogguss - Prayin' for sunshine - It All Falls Down to the River.
    11 Rhinestoned - Margarita Weather.
    12 Nardia Drayton - You're Not There.
    13 Jamie Bosanko - Jennifer.
    14 Lontano - Somewhere Highway.
    15 Kurl Vile - Another good year for the roses.
    16 Mamma Freedom - Seren.
    17 Eleyet McConnell - Gettin' By.
    18 Robert Jon & the Wreck - Hold On.
    Size: 169 MB (177,895,258 bytes)
    Duration: 1:14:05