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 June 8th, 2025:
"Messin' With The Kid" - Chicago-style solo piano tracks and songs with bands by Johnny Iguana featuring Delmark Records recordings. That is the first hour. The "new and recent blues and R&B tracks on wax" in the second hour has R&B sax from Terry Hanck, the blues harmonica driven songs of Brandon Santini and soul from Mike Farris.
Hosted by: John Tackaberry
Airs: Every Sunday from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Coming up at 9:00 PM on June 8th, 2025:
"Messin' With The Kid" - Chicago-style solo piano tracks and songs with bands by Johnny Iguana featuring Delmark Records recordings. That is the first hour. The "new and recent blues and R&B tracks on wax" in the second hour has R&B sax from Terry Hanck, the blues harmonica driven songs of Brandon Santini and soul from Mike Farris.
Black And Blues
| Date | Host | Highlight | On Demand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun. 8, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Messin' With The Kid" - Chicago-style solo piano tracks and numbers with bands by Johnny Iguana featuring Delmark Records recordings |
available 
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| Jun. 1, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "That's What Love Will Make You Do" - songs from the late Georgia born singer Frank Bey highlighting numbers reissued this year on NOLA Blue Records |
available
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| May. 25, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Crawlin' Kingsnake" - a jukebox edition of BLUES MUSIC AWARD winners - Sue Foley, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Curtis Salgado, Rick Estrin and The Nightcats, John Primer & Bob Corritore plus more |
available
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| May. 18, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Fools Way" - blues and soul-blues from veteran singer, songwriter, and harmonica master Darrell Nulisch from recordings on Black Top, Higher Plane, Severn and Bigtone Records |
available
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| May. 11, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Strange Things Happening" - gospel blues and traditional blues by West Coast guitarist Kid Ramos along with singers Brian Templeton and Johnny Ramos featuring sessions for NOLA Blue and Rip Cat Records |
available
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| May. 4, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Back For Me" - blues, rhythm and blues, and soul from Michigan born, California based singer Janiva Magness featuring her latest release on Blue Elan Records |
available
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| Apr. 27, 2025 | John Tackaberry | ""Don't Have To Worry" - blues and R&B from a 'right hand man' West Coast guitarist Lafayette Thomas on his own and backing others including Bob Geddins, Jimmy McCracklin, Roy Hawkins, Jimmy Wilson and others 1948-1962 |
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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