Blues, rhythm and blues with some sixties soul.
Hosted by: John Tackaberry
Airs: Every Sunday from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Coming up at 9:00 PM on December 7th, 2025:
"Can't Take My Joy" - gospel, blues, and soul from Louisiana singer, songwriter and guitarist Robert Finley featuring his Easy Eye Sound releases. That is in the first hour. The "new and reissued blues and R&B tracks on wax" in the second hour has new singles from Chicago blues guitarist Dave Specter and Toronto singer Shakura S'Aida plus new releases by Vermont's Dave Keller and The BC Combo out of Pennsylvania.
Hosted by: John Tackaberry
Airs: Every Sunday from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Coming up at 9:00 PM on December 7th, 2025:
"Can't Take My Joy" - gospel, blues, and soul from Louisiana singer, songwriter and guitarist Robert Finley featuring his Easy Eye Sound releases. That is in the first hour. The "new and reissued blues and R&B tracks on wax" in the second hour has new singles from Chicago blues guitarist Dave Specter and Toronto singer Shakura S'Aida plus new releases by Vermont's Dave Keller and The BC Combo out of Pennsylvania.
Black And Blues
| Date | Host | Highlight | On Demand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 7, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Can't Take My Joy" - gospel, blues and soul from Louisiana singer, songwriter and guitar player Robert Finley featuring his Easy Eye Sound releases |
available 
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| Nov. 30, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "I Want To Be The One" - a jukebox set of tracks from "early blues sessions" 1984 to 2007 by harmonica master Bob Corritore & Friends - Little Milton, Jimmy Rogers , Clarence Edwards and many more |
available
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| Nov. 23, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Full Circle" - soul and blues from Mississippi born singer, songwriter and guitarist Jimmy Burns featuring his Delmark Releases |
available
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| Nov. 16, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Steppin' Out" - blues and rhythm and blues from the legendary Rhode Island horn band Roomful of Blues highlighting releases for Alligator Records featuring their latest |
available
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| Nov. 9, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Keep Liiving Til I Die" - Boston born guitarist Monster Mike Welch with his band, in Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, and with Mike Ledbetter |
available
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| Nov. 2, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "You Ain't The Only One" - new, reissued, and classic tracks on Delmark Records from Mississippi Heat, Jimmy Burns, Tad Robinson, Shirley Johnson and others on special FUNDING DRIVE program |
available
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| Oct. 26, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Don't Leave Me" - a special selection of songs on NOLA Blue Records from Benny Turner, Kid Ramos, Frank Bey, Lil' Jimmy Reed, Maria Muldaur, Mud Morganfield and others for the 47th FUNDING DRIVE |
available
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"Black & Blues" from 9-11 p.m. on Sunday features blues, rhythm and blues with some sixties soul. There are special profiles of musicians and recording labels in the first hour. In the second hour there is a blues and R&B calendar of events in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa with "new and reissued blues and rhythm and blues tracks on wax" featured in the last half hour. This segment alternates with "live blues and rhythm and blues for a Sunday night". In the last half hour of the show on the last Sunday of every month I go "down in the delta" to spin some acoustic gospel and blues.
(N.B. The show started as "Meantown Blues" in October 1978. The name changed in March 1983 to "Black & Blues" to reflected the R&B and soul that is included in the show. And I have been the host since the start.)
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