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 July 27th, 2025:
"Look Out Highway" - the deep blues of harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite now living in Clarksdale, Mississippi featuring his new Forty Below Records release. That is in the first hour. The "down in the delta and in the spirit" in the second hour has reissued gospel from Louisville, plus acoustic blues and folk by Jim Brewer and Dan Smith and Maria Muldaur's new tribute to the legendary blues singer Victoria Spivey.
Hosted by: John Tackaberry
Airs: Every Sunday from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Coming up at 9:00 PM on July 27th, 2025:
"Look Out Highway" - the deep blues of harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite now living in Clarksdale, Mississippi featuring his new Forty Below Records release. That is in the first hour. The "down in the delta and in the spirit" in the second hour has reissued gospel from Louisville, plus acoustic blues and folk by Jim Brewer and Dan Smith and Maria Muldaur's new tribute to the legendary blues singer Victoria Spivey.
Black And Blues
| Date | Host | Highlight | On Demand |
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| Jul. 27, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Look Out Highway" - the deep blues of harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite now living in Clarksdale, Mississippi featuring his new Forty Below Records release |
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| Jul. 20, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Royalty Returns" - the Soul Queen of New Orleans - Irma Thomas highlighting recent songs with the band Galactic |
available
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| Jul. 13, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Doctor's Orders" - a tribute to the late Memphis blues guitarist Daddy Mack Orr and his band off Inside Sounds recordings |
available
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| Jul. 6, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Blues and R&B at the rest of the FEST" - July 16th to 20th at the OTTAWA BLUESFEST including DK Harrell, Harry Manx, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, JW Jones, The Texas Horns and more |
available
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| Jun. 29, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Blues and R&B at the FEST" - Annika Chambers & Paul Deslauriers, Sue Foley, Darrell Nulisch, The Budos Band and much more at the OTTAWA BLUESFEST in the first days July 10th to 13th |
available
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| Jun. 22, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "That's All Right Mama" - the Black roots of Elvis Presley - gospel, blues and R&B that came before him - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Big Mama Thornton, Junior Parker, Wynonie Harris and more |
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| Jun. 15, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Soul & Blues meets Jazz" - Mavis Staples, Gary Clark Jr., Tanika Charles, Tony D, Allison Russell and others at the OTTAWA JAZZ FESTIVAL - June 20th to 29th |
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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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