The 64th Roadhouse Podcast is a return to the roots of the show, powered primarily by truly independent blues artists. While a few big blues labels pepper this week's edition, the bulk of the music is collected from online independent music sources and from the submissions of artists themselves. As such, there are a few names you've not heard of in this edition: Michael Packer Blues Band, Sandy Carroll and Gianfranco Segatto, for example, along with old favorites like Matt Schofield and The Paul...
May 06, 2006•1 hr 1 min
On a cold and rainy Saturday at the Roadhouse Studios, I bring the music that'll keep you warm and chair-dancing. It's music you'd expect on any bandstand in any roadhouse in the world, from Hubert Sumlin, The Billy Gibson Band and Saffire, to Glamour Puss and Greg Martinez. Round it all out with a Roadhouse Rewound segment and listener comments, and you've got the perfect reason to stay inside and take another step closer to blues nirvana. It's the 63rd Roadhouse Podcast - the finest blues you'...
Apr 30, 2006•1 hr 1 min
This edition of The Roadhouse Podcast definitely has a Friday night feel - a little tougher, a little harder-edged. Even at that, the balance between tough and smooth is pretty even. Rollin' and tumblin' in this week's edition: Michael Burks, Carolyn Wonderland, Louisiana Bob Kirkpatrick, Dave Hole, and Candye Kane. Roll up your sleeves, watch your back and break a sweat on the sawdust dance floor. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 62nd Roadhouse Podcast.
Apr 22, 2006•1 hr
This edition ends a week of big events in The Roadhouse. Between a tornado on Thursday and day five of life without cigarettes, it's a good time to hide away from the world and get lost in an hour of the finest blues you've never heard. Gene Hardy, Back Alley Blues Band, Bobby Parker, Blind Slim, and Diego Garcia take the independent lead. I've also got a Roadhouse Rewound segment in the queue that's 100% listener-requested. All in all, we're 14 cuts deep this week - pushing right on past an hou...
Apr 16, 2006•1 hr 4 min
There's definitely a theme to this edition - let's just call it road music. It's the perfect blend of upbeat uptempo blues cuts to make your drive - wherever that may be - a little bit more sane and enjoyable. Percy Strother, Lonnie Mack, Johnny Nicholas, Candye Kane, and Holland K. Smith lead us down the road, with seven other great artists and another Roadhouse Rewound bringing up the rear. So, let's put the troubles in the rear-view mirror, even if only for an hour of the finest blues you've ...
Apr 08, 2006•57 min
The Roadhouse 059 is as broad a range of blues styles as you'll find. This edition features JoAnne Redding, Lister, Lyytinen and Parker, Mavis Staples, Doug MacLeod, and Candye Kane in a full hour of total blues diversity. The dark months are nearly at an end and the mood is giddy in The Roadhouse Podcast - the finest blues you've never heard.
Apr 01, 2006•1 hr 1 min
New sources, new artists and new music bring a fully chair-danceable feel to the 58th Roadhouse Podcast. This edition features Chicago Blues Reunion, Ana Popovich, Bobby Parker, Sean Costello, and Algia Mae Hinton. A very diverse Roadhouse Rewound segment and a little talk about "Conversations in The Roadhouse" round out another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 58th Roadhouse Podcast.
Mar 26, 2006•59 min
It's another week in The Roadhouse Podcast, featuring upcoming music, new music, cuts from artists who've never been in The Roadhouse, and some music from artists we haven't heard from in awhile. The combination of Watermelon Slim, Daddy Mack Blues Band, The Whiskey Imperials, Ian Siegal, and William Clarke make for, possibly, the most chair-danceable edition of The Roadhouse ever. Plus, I've got an annoucement about an addition to your Roadhouse feed starting this week. Crank up the player and ...
Mar 18, 2006•1 hr
It's unseasonably warm in The Little Blue House on the Wetlands this week, and it's lifted the spirits in The Roadhouse Studios. I think the 56th edition of The Roadhouse Podcast will lift your spirits with The Billy Gibson Band, Matt Schofield, Precious Bryant, Carlos del Junco, and Shemekia Copeland. There's so much music in this edition that plowed right on through this week's listener comments just for the sake of getting it all in. There is a Roadhouse Rewound segment featuring NorthernBlue...
Mar 11, 2006•1 hr
The 55th Roadhouse Podcast ignores the speed limits for a fast hour-long cruise of the blues. Like a '57 Cadillac convertible, we roll with Watermelon Slim, Sue Foley, Shannon Boshears, West of Memphis, and The Mike Andersen Band. Plus, a little spring cleaning means The Roadhouse is feeling more spacious and sounds even better. More indie artists and you suggestions make for a fun hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 55th Roadhouse Podcast.
Mar 05, 2006•1 hr 1 min
The 54th Roadhouse Podcast is the number edition. Divide 2,340 by 52 weeks and you’ll know the birthday I’m celebrating today. Michael Burks, Matt Schofield, Dan Treanor, Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women, and Holland K. Smith provide the music. Listener comments, a Mardi Gras Roadhouse Rewound, and an update on the HART Fund contributions provide the potables. It’s an hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard, in the making since 1961 – the 54th Roadhouse Podcast.
Feb 26, 2006•1 hr 1 min
A frigid winter blast sets in on the Midwestern US, but the 53rd Roadhouse Podcast will help generate enough body heat to keep you warm. Omar and The Howlers, Rory Block, Erskine Oglesby, Ruthie Foster, and Mike Anderson easily outpace the overworked Roadhouse furnace. Six other artists keep the fire going alongside a hot Roadhouse Rewound segment, some very warm listener comments and the addition of yet another outstanding blues label to the cookin' Roadhouse roster. It may be cold outside, but...
Feb 19, 2006•1 hr
It's a year-ending edition of The Roadhouse Podcast - 52 consecutive editions of the finest blues you've never heard. I'll look briefly in the rear-view mirror at some of the highlights, then roll on forward with Hubert Sumlin, The Teague Stefan Band, Johnny Flash and the Rockets, Eddie Turner, and Marcia Ball. The Roadhouse Rewound features two cuts from Roadhouse 001, and the listener comments provide a place to fill in some backstage details from this week. So, celebrate your role in keeping ...
Feb 11, 2006•1 hr 1 min
The Roadhouse 051 is a puzzle of diverse styles, moods and artists. As a whole, they make up a perfect picture of the diversity of the blues from modern to traditional, electric to acoustic, upbeat and downtempo. Musical pattern recognition rules the day as we piece this puzzle together to produce an hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 51st Roadhouse Podcast.
Feb 05, 2006•1 hr 2 min
The blues is in the house and that house is the point of departure for the 50th Roadhouse Podcast. Slide behind the wheel, point the grill to the south and let the tail-fins leave the turbulence behind. We're rolling down Highway 61 with the top down and the music cranked. With more to cover than an hour will allow, we roll out with Ian Siegal, Byther Smith, Sean Costello, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Matt Schofield, and seven other great artists. And, the Podshow deal comes up so you'll know just whe...
Jan 29, 2006•1 hr 1 min
The Roadhouse 049 is more fun with ones and zeroes than humans should be allowed. Dan Treanor, Mem Shannon, Hubert Sumlin, Roomful of Blues, and The Holmes Brothers trace the clear blue line from the early 20th century to the early 21st. If W.C. Handy and Robert Johnson were here right now, they'd be wearing earbuds. The 49th Roadhouse podcast is another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
Jan 21, 2006•58 min
The 44th edition of The Roadhouse Podcast shovels a wide swath through the landscape, a picture-perfect Christmas postcard of the best the blues has to offer. Rita Chiarelli, Junior Wells, Guitar Shorty, The Curbfinders, and Ross Neilsen are the bulbs on The Roadhouse Christmas tree. And the power source to light those bulbs? It’s definitely alternative power. No, it’s not bio-diesel, or solar, or wind, or methanol. It’s one of the strongest power sources on the planet, guaranteed to make you mo...
Dec 17, 2005•1 hr
Come on in, brush off the snow, take of your coat and hat and gloves, and sit right down in the 43rd edition of The Roadhouse Podcast. It’s been a cold, cold week at The Little Blue House on the Wetlands. But, there’s no shortage of heat in our little virtual Roadhouse. Whether you’ve been good this year or not, this edition packs your stocking full of gifts, including Chris Beard, Steve Cohen Blues Band, Homegrown Blues, Lonnie Brooks, and Rod Piazza and The Mighty Flyers. With another Roadhous...
Dec 10, 2005•1 hr
The Christmas lights are up and the tree’s ready to trim in this edition of The Roadhouse. The gift-giving season starts with Harpdog Brown, Tommy Z, Don’t Harass Betty, Pat Coast and Out Of the Blue, and C.J. Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band. Other trimming include seven other great blues cuts, another Roadhouse Rewound segment and some great thoughts from Roadhouse listeners. Escape from the long lines of shoppers, the parking hassles and the overworked store clerks with an hour of the f...
Dec 03, 2005•1 hr 3 min
A virtual cornucopia of blues awaits you in this week’s Roadhouse – a full range of styles from hard-edged to sweet acoustic, and every note the blues. Front and center: Bernard Allison, Jimmie Bratcher, The John Baldwin Group, Toni Lynn Washington, and P. W. Fenton and The Second Ward. Six other cuts, listener comments and a look back at some great music from previous shows fill out that horn-shaped basket of plenty on this long weekend. The waitresses are clearing the tables, the bartender is ...
Nov 26, 2005•59 min
It’s the Thanksgiving holiday week in the US, but you don’t have to be a US listener to be thankful for great music and a great medium from which to enjoy it. So, join in the Thanksgiving feast of great blues music served up by the 40th Roadhouse podcast. The main course includes John Hammond, Margarette Evans, Tinsley Ellis, Byther Smith, and Susan Tedeschi. That’s just the turkey and stuffing. I’ve also got side dishes and desserts galore in the form of a Roadhouse Rewound segment, listener co...
Nov 19, 2005•1 hr 2 min
It’s all about cool in the 39th edition of The Roadhouse: cooler weather in the Little Blue House on the Wetlands and a raft of cool blues. With music from Stingray, Michael Heyman, Ryan Reardon, Harrison Kennedy, and Mavis Staples, you’ll want to don your coolest Wayfarer sunglasses and turn up the volume. The story of a great blues encounter from a listener and another Roadhouse Rewound segment make this edition just that much cooler. Nearly an hour, The Roadhouse 039 is the finest – and coole...
Nov 12, 2005•58 min
The 38th Roadhouse Podcast is a road trip that covers nearly the entirety of the North American continent – from Canada to Texas, the Great Northwest to California, Chicago, the Upper Midwest, New Orleans and all the way back to the East Coast. Like any good road trip, it’s full of surprises, but the known itinerary includes Johnny Nicholas, The Holmes Brothers, King Robbie, Mick Sterling, and James Booker. The Roadhouse Rewound and listener comments provide plenty of room for the unexpected – t...
Nov 05, 2005•1 hr 2 min
There’s a certain bounce to this week’s Roadhouse Podcast. It finds a groove and stays there right on through to the end. With artists like Mike Dugan, The Siegel-Schwall Band, Danny Eyer, J. B. Hutto, and Johnny Hoy and The Bluefish, it’s impossible to refrain from chair-dancing, snapping your fingers, and generally annoying your co-workers. Seven other artists round out the show along with a wild Roadhouse Rewound and an audio comment from a terrestrial listener. The Roadhouse 037 is just a sh...
Oct 29, 2005•59 min
Like the variety of colors in the trees outside The Roadhouse, Roadhouse 036 provides all the hues of the blues. The Fabulous Thunderbirds, The Jeff Fetterman Band, Teresa James, Archie Edwards, and Marchia ball provide the reds and golds, with nine other great blues artists filling in the rest of the foliage. The Roadhouse 036 is fourteen cuts, one hour that all resolve to the deepest shade of blue and the finest blues you’ve never heard.
Oct 22, 2005•59 min
As close to a theme show as we ever come in The Roadhouse, this edition features great guitar cuts from heavy overdrive to sweet slide. It’s a reminder of the amazing emotion to be coaxed from a slab of wood and six strands of wire. Guitar Shorty, Kelly Richey, Janiva Magness, Rita Chiarelli, and Edwin Holt take the wheel, bringing along seven other artists on the tour bus. The Roadhouse Rewound and a little commerce talk round out the show as we fuel the trip with wire and wood. 35 editions dee...
Oct 15, 2005•1 hr 2 min
This is the show the doctor ordered, providing your minimum weekly requirement of golden guitars, hip horns and happenin’ harp. Byther Smith, The Mitchell Blues Band, Tab Benoit, Glamour Puss, and Johnny Nicholas step out from the pack this week. But, don’t fool yourself – any of the other seven artists are fully capable of stealing the show. Throw in listener comments and a snappy Roadhouse Rewound segment, and you’ve got one full hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
Oct 08, 2005•1 hr 1 min
We’re taking our radio back from the suits this week with Robin Sylar, Chainsaw Curtis & The Creepers, Brian Blain, Otis Taylor, Jim Suhler and much more. I’ve also got a nice story about The Roadhouse and Rita plus lots of information about the world of blues podcasting. The 33rd edition of The Roadhouse is guaranteed to entertain and enlighten with the finest blues you’ve never heard.
Oct 01, 2005•1 hr
We get back to the full sound of big guitars, big horns and big beats this week. Thanks to NorthernBlues, Alligator and Vanguard, there’s new music aplenty in this edition. Kenny Traylor, Charlie Musselwhite, Toni Lynn Washington, Guitar Shorty, and The Holmes Brothers take the fore, while seven more great blues artists bring up the rear. We’re having a ball this week in The Roadhouse – the finest blues you’ve never heard.
Sep 24, 2005•1 hr
Twelve cuts strong, The Roadhouse 030 is a bit more acoustic than the norm. Credit that to the dog days of summer at The Little Blue House On The Wetlands. Billy Jones, The Turnarounds, Louisiana Bob Kirkpatrick, Susan Tedeschi, and Johnny Nicholas lead the music. Listener comments, best wishes to Derek and thoughts on Katrina round out the 30th edition of The Roadhouse – the finest blues you’ve never heard.
Sep 10, 2005•1 hr 2 min
