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.
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 |
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| Aug. 10, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Soul in Blue" - soul-blues and blues from singer and harmonica player Tad Robinson featuring his recordings for Delmark Records |
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| Aug. 3, 2025 | Jeff Larocque & Larry Dash | Jeff's all up in the Blues for you in Hour One. Larry Dash aka L-Dawg brings it home in Hour Two with "songs from his father's basement". |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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