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. 15, 2026 | John Tackaberry | "My Time" - the blues of guitarist Jimi "Primetime" Smith from Chicago, on to Minneapolis, now in Phoenix - on his own, with harmonica master Bob Corritore, and backing others |
available 
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| Mar. 8, 2026 | John Tackaberry | "Black Tears" - some of the blues and R&B influenced songs of Louisiana born singer/ songwriter Lucinda Williams highlighting her new Highway 20 Records release |
available
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| Mar. 1, 2026 | John Tackaberry | "Of The Fence" - the return of U.K. soul and R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist from his days as Howlin' Wilf with The Vee-Jays to leading The James Hunter Six featuring the new release on Easy Eye Sound |
available
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| Feb. 22, 2026 | John Tackaberry | "Cold Is The Night" - a tribute to the late West Coast blues and R&B guitarist, and songwriter Joe Louis Walker with numbers off his many releases from Hightone to Forty Below Records - a BLACK HISTORY MONTH profile |
available
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| Feb. 15, 2026 | John Tackaberry | "Mardi Gras Mambo" - a special jukebox program of classic New Orleans R&B - another BLACK HISTORY MONTH feature - The Hawketts, Eddie Bo, Aaron Neville, Earl King and many more |
available
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| Feb. 8, 2026 | John Tackaberry | "Billy's Blues Biography" - songs from 'the harmonica man' Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues featuring their latest on Rosa's Lounge Records in a special BLACK HISTORY MONTH profile |
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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