This edition of The Roadhouse requires no electricity - for the musicians, anyway. A full hour of acoustic blues is lead by Dom Flemons, Catfish Keith, South Memphis String Band, Kelly Joe Phelps, and The Little Brothers. Straight blues, country blues, rags, pre-war, post-war, some stuff that falls somewhere in-between - it's all acoustic in this edition. And, it's definitaly another hour of the finest blues you've never heard: the 531st Roadhouse....
This edition of The Roadhouse takes a tour of diverse neighborhoods throughout the blues. The Cash Box Kings, Chris Duarte Group, Blind Boy Fuller, Carolyn Wonderland, and Harrison Kennedy help deliver an hour that might be vertigo-inducing for its mixture of styles. But, it's a good vertigo that makes for the 530th hour of the finest blues you've never heard....
This edition of The Roadhouse takes a tour of diverse neighborhoods throughout the blues. The Cash Box Kings, Chris Duarte Group, Blind Boy Fuller, Carolyn Wonderland, and Harrison Kennedy help deliver an hour that might be vertigo-inducing for its mixture of styles. But, it's a good vertigo that makes for the 530th hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
Spring in The Roadhouse Studios bring a more airy feel than you might otherwise get from blues. James Harman, Slam Allen, Jack Owen & Eugene Powell, Doug MacLeod, and Steve Earle & The Dukes keep this edition moving. And, in keeping with that airier feeling, I'll take a decided turn toward the acoustic in the second half of the hour. Very few things will make you feel better than spring, or another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 528th Roadhouse....
As uncertain as most things are in the world, one thing holds true from week to week - another hour of The Roadhouse. The Blues Disciples, Altered Five Blues Band, Breezy Rodio, Peter Novelli, and Robben Ford help give this edition of The Roadhouse a feel all its own. As you'd expect, that feel fills this weekly hour with the finest blues you've never heard - the 527th Roadhouse....
As uncertain as most things are in the world, one thing holds true from week to week - another hour of The Roadhouse. The Blues Disciples, Altered Five Blues Band, Breezy Rodio, Peter Novelli, and Robben Ford help give this edition of The Roadhouse a feel all its own. As you'd expect, that feel fills this weekly hour with the finest blues you've never heard - the 527th Roadhouse.
There's a different set of instrumentation in this edition of The Roadhouse that you might not expect to hear in the blues. Around that, I've got Rhiannon Giddens, Doghouse Sam & His Magnatones, Chris Daniels & The Kings, JJ Grey & Mofro, and Tinsley Ellis - all waiting to take the tiny little bandstand. The stage may be tiny but the sound is huge - it's the sound of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard: the 526th Roadhouse....
This edition of The Roadhouse might challenge you to think differently about the blues … or not. I've got some surprises, a set dedicated to one seminal blues artist and some tracks that are a little off the beaten blues path. D.A. Foster, Shaun Murphy, Cathy Lemons, Odetta, and Tangled Eye lead the way in this 525th hour of The Roadhouse, and 525th hour of the finest blues you've never heard....
A Roadhouse Rewind awaits: #264 from 2010. I'll be back next week with a new hour of the finest blues you've never heard. The 264th Roadhouse provides an escape hatch from the world. It provides a means to move away from trouble and difficulty and into a far better state of mind. Toni Lynn Washington, Wayne Baker Brooks, Coco Montoya, Teresa James, and Johnnie Bassett open the door to that comfortable world and keep the tough stuff at bay. Pass through the escape hatch for another hour of the fi...
The 523rd Roadhouse is an hour of varied instruments, styles and voices. Chris Daniels & The Kings, Danny Bryant, Mahalia Barnes & The Soul Mates, Ian Siegal, and Tinsley Ellis bring the sum total of all the tracks in the hour to the usual spot - another hour of the finest blues you've never heard....
This edition of The Roadhouse is of a feel. Not quite Chicago, not quite West Coast, but a texture all its own. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, James Day & The Fish Fry, Lynwood Slim, Igor Prado, and Joey Gilmore are all ahead. I think you'll get the feel right away and agree that it's definitely another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 522nd Roadhouse.
The mix in the 521st Roadhouse is definitely eclectic. Robin McKelle & The Flytones, Gary Moore, Shaun Murphy, CeDell Davis, and Tangled Eye fill the hour with new releases, most of which have just been released in the past month. I'd say this is definitely the first you've heard of these releases because - yes - it's all about another hour of the finest blues you've never heard....
It's a long-time tradition in The Roadhouse to set the tone of the show with the opening track. For the tenth anniversary show, I've got an hour of opening tracks that'll unquestionably have you chair-dancing. RJ Mischo, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Mighty Lester, Victor Wainwright & The Wild Roots, and Mitch Kashmar & The Pontiax are just some of the featured artists in this hour - a celebration of ten years in The Roadhouse....
This week's edition of The Roadhouse features a pretty interesting picture of the state of the blues in the 21st century. Donald Ray Johnson, Pork Chop Willie, Ginger St. James & The Grinders, Eric Gales, and Altered Five Blues Band keep the hour moving toward our standard ultimate destination - another hour of the finest blues you've never heard: the 519th Roadhouse....
While I wait for the snow to fly around The Roadhouse Studios, it's a perfect day to put together another weekly edition of the finest blues you've never heard. Matthew Robinson & The Jelly Kings, Guy Bélanger, The Veldman Brothers, The Holmes Brothers, and Dave Specter provide increasing momentum from start to finish that'll leave you just a little breathless by the end. It's all wrapped up in an hour we'll label the 518th Roadhouse....
It's back to the normal slate of new releases in this edition, including a new re-release or two. Wanda Johnson, Jonathon Boogie Long, Devon Allman, Blue Lunch, and the Empire Roots Band lay the foundation, along with 6 or 8 other great blues tracks that help assure we get to another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 517th Roadhouse....
We're at the corner of Maxwell and Halstead this week with an hour given over entirely to Chicago. Focused on the years from the mid-1940s to the early-1970s, we hit what may be a sweet spot for Chicago blues. Little Walter, Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Walter Horton - legendary names that helped define Chicago as The Home of the Blues. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 516th Roadhouse....
This edition of The Roadhouse dives straight into the 2015 Blues Music Awards with nominees from across the spectrum. Johnny Winter, Bettye LaVette, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Sugaray Rayford, and Diunna Greenleaf represent just a few of the great artists nominated for this year's recognitions. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 515th Roadhouse....
The 514th Roadhouse closes out the review of new releases in 2014 with Walter Trout, Trudy Lynn, Mississippi Heat, Missy Andersen, and The Duke Robillard Band. Surely, some of the names in this edition were unfamiliar to you until the year just past. It's definitely another hour of the finest blues you might have heard in 2014 - the 514th Roadhouse....
After an unexpected week away from The Roadhouse, we close out 2014 with the first of two year-in-review shows. Preston Shannon, The Holmes Brothers, Annika Chambers & The Houston All-Stars, John Mayall, and Janiva Magness lead the way with outstanding new releases in 2014. It's almost another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 513th Roadhouse....
A family emergency pulls me away from The Roadhouse for a week. Show 200 stands in for show 512. I hope to be back next week with the final new version of The Roadhouse for 2014. The 200th edition of The Roadhouse Podcast marks a strong year in the blues, with a look at my top 10 blues releases of 2008. We hold the milestone show celebration for the 4th anniversay in February and, instead, keep the spirit festive with more great blues Christmas cuts. It's a celebration of the holidays and the be...
With the year-end new release lull upon us, I dig into the catalog for this hour of The Roadhouse. Tom Hambridge, Guitar Shorty and the Otis Grand Band, Fabulous Thunderbirss, Darrell Nulisch, and Bluestime - along with Christmas music - keep the hour in sync with the philosophy of every show. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard, the 511th Roadhouse....
It's the first holiday edition of The Roadhouse for 2014. Aside from Christmas blues in each set, I've got Sauce Boss, Billy Boy Arnold, Velvet McNair & Maurice John Vaughn Band, Pinetop Perkins, and Big Jon Atkinson in this hour. Holiday music, new stuff, classic blues - it's what you'd expect from another hour of the finest blues you've never heard, the 510th Roadhouse....
A Rewind of Roadhouse 249 from 2009 rings out the Thanksgiving weekend. I'll be back next week with an all new edition. After the biggest food holiday of the year, it's a feast of blues in the 249th Roadhouse. Moreland & Arbuckle, Sue Foley, Bob Brozman, Doug MacLeod, and The Holmes Brothers help to serve up enough blues to fill you up for a week. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 249th Roadhouse....
I'm packing in the tracks in this hour of The Roadhouse - an hour you'll find to be the very definition of "chair-dancing." The James Hunter Six, Vic Guadalupe, Sonny Landreth, Lynwood Slim, and Mark "Muleman" Massy provide just some of the fuel. It's a great mix at a great tempo and, I hope, another great hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 508th Roadhouse....
I'm slicing up the blues pie in this week's edition of The Roadhouse, with a set of post-war blues, another fine acoustic set and some blues from relatively younger artists. Doghouse Sam, Skyla Burrell Band, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Guy Davis, and Johhny Rawls and Otis Clay make up another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 507th Roadhouse....
We're rolling through the final months of 2014 with a bunch of new releases in The Roadhouse and a bunch of artists who've never been featured in the show. Travellin' Brothers, Shorty Kreutz, Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson, Nathan James, and The Como Mamas fill the hour. As always, you get the face of the blues in all its diversity for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 506th Roadhouse....
I've got a special set in The Roadhouse this week to commemorate the end of an era. I've also got Billy Boy Arnold, Jimmy Thackery, Rory Block, Annika Chambers, and Eric Bibb to top off 505 hours of The Roadhouse and to do it with another hour of the finest blues you've never heard....
Once again, another big mix in The Roadhouse this week. That's kind of what I do around here. Johnny Rawls & Otis Clay, Bryce Janey, Dana Fuchs, Linsey Alexander, Rory Block - I'm sure there are multiple tracks in this edition that suit your tastes just fine. And you're definitely in the right place if your tastes fall toward the finest blues you've never heard - 'cause that's right here in the 504th Roadhouse....
I've mixed it all up this week - thrown it in the pot, stirred it up and poured it out. Johnny Winter, Kirk Fletcher, Gary Clark, Jr., Vaneese Thomas, and Devon Allman may get the headlines but it turns out to be another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 503rd Roadhouse....
