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Black And Blues
Blues, rhythm and blues with some sixties soul.
Hosted by: John Tackaberry
Airs: Every Sunday from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Expect a special profile of musicians and recording labels in the first hour. In the second hour there will be 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.

Black And Blues

Date Host Highlight On Demand
Mar. 17, 2024 John Tackaberry "I Wanna Go Back To Memphis" - soul blues out of Vermont from singer, songwriter, guitarist - Dave Keller highlighting songs off his latest Tastee Tone Records release
available
Mar. 10, 2024 John Tackaberry "Phoenix Blues Rumble" - traditional electric blues from harmonica master Bob Corritore & Friends in Arizona out of his "vast archives" from sessions between 1987 and 2017
available
Mar. 3, 2024 John Tackaberry "Lu's Jukebox" - Blues, rhythm & blues, and soul covers plus original songs from the legendary singer and songwriter Lucinda Williams to mark INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY on March 8th.
available
Feb. 25, 2024 John Tackaberry "Caldonia" - A sample of the blues and R&B of Taj Mahal from The Rising Sons band in the 60s to his latest recording Savoy on Stony Plain Records
available
Feb. 18, 2024 John Tackaberry "Bobby's Blues" - Blues, soul, and funk from Bobby Dean Blackburn and Blackburn Brothers - a father and his four sons - highlighting recordings on Electro-Fi records in a BLACK HISTORY MONTH profile
available
Feb. 11, 2024 John Tackaberry "What's Going On" - A sample of the soul songs and insightful lyrics of the late legendary singer Marvin Gaye in a special BLACK HISTORY MONTH profile
available
"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.)