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 October 5th, 2025:
"Keep On Pushing" - blues and soulful songs from Kirk Fletcher - California guitarist, singer, and songwriter featuring his latest on VizzTone. That is in the first hour. For the "new and reissued blues and R&B tracks on wax" in the second hour new releases of horn backed numbers from Roomful of Blues, out of Texas guitarist Leonard "Lowdown" Brown's soul blues, and the contemporary blues of guitarist Walter Trout.
Hosted by: John Tackaberry
Airs: Every Sunday from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Coming up at 9:00 PM on October 5th, 2025:
"Keep On Pushing" - blues and soulful songs from Kirk Fletcher - California guitarist, singer, and songwriter featuring his latest on VizzTone. That is in the first hour. For the "new and reissued blues and R&B tracks on wax" in the second hour new releases of horn backed numbers from Roomful of Blues, out of Texas guitarist Leonard "Lowdown" Brown's soul blues, and the contemporary blues of guitarist Walter Trout.
Black And Blues
| Date | Host | Highlight | On Demand |
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| Oct. 5, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Keep On Pushing" - blues and soulful songs from Kirk Fletcher - California guitarist, singer, and songwriter featuring his latest release from the VizzTone label group |
available 
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| Sep. 28, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Upside" - soulful gospel, blues, and rhythm and blues inspired songs from the Memphis family band Southern Avenue |
available
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| Sep. 21, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Loan Me Train Fare" - veteran Chicago bass player Bob Stroger, now a singer too, highlighting Delmark Records numbers with Brazilian band The Headcutters |
available
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| Sep. 14, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Still Shakin'" - a slice of hill country blues from North Mississippi Allstars highlighting their latest on New West Records |
available
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| Sep. 7, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Been So Long" - the new retro-soul of Durand Jones & The Indications featuring their recordings on the Dead Oceans label |
available
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| Aug. 31, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Went Home This Morning" - traditional Chicago blues from singer Willie Buck featuring recently released songs with harmonica master Bob Corritore |
available
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| Aug. 24, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Money Talks" - a special jukebox selection of 50s to 70s "new breed R&B" from The Citations, Smokey Wilson, T-Bone Walker, Albert Washington and many others highlighting a recent Kent Records reissue collection |
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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