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 November 17th, 2024:
"Mileage" - Texas singer Ruthie Foster on Blue Corn Music recordings highlighting her latest release on Sun Records. That is in the first hour. In the second hour the "new and reissued blues and R&B tracks on wax" segment has new blues-rock from one-man band Steve Hill, and new blues and soul from guitarist Warren Haynes. And for the "live blues and R&B for a Sunday night" segment - the Legendary Downchild Blues Band.

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Date	Host	Highlight	On Demand
Nov. 17, 2024	John Tackaberry	"Mileage" - Texas singer Ruthie Foster on Blue Corn Music and highlighting her latest release on Sun Records	available
Nov. 10, 2024	John Tackaberry	"Fake News" - blues and soul-blues from Mississippi guitarist, singer, and songwriter Zac Harmon highlighting his Catfood Records releases on this first post - FUNDING DRIVE program	available
Nov. 3, 2024	John Tackaberry	"Blame It On Eve" - recent tracks on Alligator Records from Shemekia Copeland, Coco Montoya, Rick Estrin and The Nightcats, Toronzo Cannon, Chris Cain and others in the second and last FUNDING DRIVE program	available
Oct. 27, 2024	John Tackaberry	"Under New Management" - The first FUNDING DRIVE show featuring Little Village Foundation recordings - Curtis Salgado, Billy Price, Marcel Smith, Kid Andersen, Wee Willie Walker and others	available
Oct. 20, 2024	John Tackaberry	"Somebody Else's Man" - a birthday review of blues, rhythm and blues, and soul numbers featured in profiles over the last year - Crystal Thomas, Bob Corritore, Eli Paperboy Reed, Anthony Geraci, Cedric Burnside and many more	available
Oct. 13, 2024	John Tackaberry	"The Hard Way" - The Fabulous Thunderbirds, the band that was "struck down by the blues" back on tracks on Stony Plain Records	available
Oct. 6, 2024	John Tackaberry	"Blame It On Eve" - born into the blues - singer Shemekia Copeland on Alligator Records featuring her new release	available

"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.)