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 March 26th, 2023:
"Higher and Higher" - R&B and soul songs from the late singer "Mr. Excitement" himself - Jackie Wilson. That is in the first hour. The "down in the delta and in the spirit" segment in the second hour has songs by the late guitar master David Lindley and from Eric Bibb's new recording Ridin'.
Hosted by: John Tackaberry
Airs: Every Sunday from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Coming up at 9:00 PM on March 26th, 2023:
"Higher and Higher" - R&B and soul songs from the late singer "Mr. Excitement" himself - Jackie Wilson. That is in the first hour. The "down in the delta and in the spirit" segment in the second hour has songs by the late guitar master David Lindley and from Eric Bibb's new recording Ridin'.
Black And Blues
| Date | Host | Highlight | On Demand |
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| Mar. 26, 2023 | John Tackaberry | "Higher and Higher" - R&B and soul songs from the late singer "Mr. Excitement" himself - Jackie Wilson |
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| Mar. 19, 2023 | John Tackaberry | "Lights Out In Dallas" - the return to recording by guitarist Mike Morgan and The Crawl for M.C. Records plus tracks off the earlier releases for Black Top and Severn Records |
available
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| Mar. 12, 2023 | John Tackaberry | "After All The Good Is Gone" - legendary New Orleans singer 'The Tan Canary' - Johnny Adams from 1959 to 1981 featuring songs produced by Senator Jones |
available
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| Mar. 5, 2023 | John Tackaberry | "Ace of Blues" - Lubbock , Texas born singer and songwriter Angela Strehli over the years highlighting numbers from her latest release on the revived Antone's Records label |
available
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| Feb. 26, 2023 | John Tackaberry | "A Pretty Wild Guy" - Chicago blues and rhythm & blues piano from Eddie Ware "in session" with Jimmy Rogers and His Rocking Four, Ray Snead, Arbee Stidham and on his own from 1951 to 1953 highlighting numbers on the recent Jasmine Records collection |
available
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| Feb. 19, 2023 | John Tackaberry | "Ball of Confusion" - songs that the late singer and songwriter Barrett Strong co-wrote that are now soul classics - 1959 to 1972 from "Money (That's What I Want)" to "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" |
available
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| Feb. 12, 2023 | John Tackaberry | "Sweet Little Angel" - The vintage years - songs on RPM, Crown and Kent that made Riley B. King - 'The King of the Blues' - a BLACK HISTORY MONTH profile |
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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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