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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar. 2, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Do It My Own Way" - soulful sounds from singer, songwriter, sax and acoustic guitar player Vanessa Collier for Ruf Records and her own Phenix Fire Records highlighting numbers from the latest release |
available 
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| Feb. 23, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "All Your Love" - a sample of the blues on Delmark Records celebrating 70 plus years of the label in a BLACK HISTORY MONTH profile - Magic Slim, Little Walter, T-Bone Walker, Big Time Sarah, Otis Rush plus much more |
available
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| Feb. 16, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Soul Man" - the late singer Sam Moore and his legacy with Dave Prater in Sam & Dave on STAX Records in Memphis from 1965-1968 |
available
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| Feb. 9, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Back In Business" - electric blues from 'song keepers' on sessions for the Music Maker Foundation celebrating over 30 years of recordings - Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, Lee Gates, Leonard "Lowdown" Brown and many more |
available
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| Feb. 2, 2025 | John Tackaberry | "Bad Dream" - veteran California blues guitarist, singer, songwriter - Chris Cain featuring his latest release for Alligator Records in the first hour and new blues from Tommy Castro plus Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin in the second |
available
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| Jan. 26, 2025 | Jeff Larocque | Special guest co-hosts today. Hour One - Laura Greenberg Hour Two - DB Cohen |
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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