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| Apr. 28, 2024 | Dick Altavista | Emmylou Harris is a singer-songwriter who, since 1975, has been recording first rate songs with top notch players and a magnificent voice |
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| Apr. 21, 2024 | Dick Altavista | Todd Snider has recorded 19 albums since 1994. All are filled with songs of both wry humor and heartfelt observations of daily truth. |
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| Apr. 14, 2024 | Dick Altavista | Jerry Jeff Walker is a singer-songwriter most closely associated with the “Outlaw Country” movement in Austin, Tx. in the 1970’s and his big hit “Mr. Bojangles” . |
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| Apr. 7, 2024 | Dick Altavista | The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio started in 2015 and have recorded four amazing LP’s of funky Soul/Jazz for the Colemine label. This episode serves up tracks from each of them. |
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| Mar. 31, 2024 | Dick Altavista | Part Three of the music of Ray Charles 1961-1964 including tunes from Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music Vols 1&2. |
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| Mar. 24, 2024 | Dick Altavista | Los Lobos began in East L.A. in 1974. They are still going strong today. In Part one of my look at this band that can play any music made in America I’ll cover the years 1978-1990. |
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| Mar. 17, 2024 | Dick Altavista | The Coal Porters began in Los Angeles in 1989 fronted by Sid Griffin |
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| Mar. 10, 2024 | Dick Altavista | Part Two of the music of James Brown. This episode covers the years 1964-1967. |
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| Mar. 3, 2024 | Dick Altavista | The Sadies Part three: Live. I’m of the opinion that The Sadies are the best live band in Canada. Hear why! |
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| Feb. 25, 2024 | Dick Altavista | The Meters were a group from New Orleans who over the course of 8 albums between 1969-1977 redefined funk music. This is part one of my look at this fantastic band. |
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| Feb. 18, 2024 | Dick Altavista | Ray Charles is one of the giants of American Music. In part two of my look at his music we focus on the years 1959-1961. |
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| Feb. 11, 2024 | Dick Altavista | Katy Moffatt is an American Singer-Songwriter with 18 studio albums to her credit. In part one of my look at her music you’ll hear music from five of them |
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| Feb. 4, 2024 | Dick Altavista | Jerry Leger is a Toronto based Singer-Songwriter who has been putting out excellent records with his band The Situation since 2006. Enjoy a retrospective of his career. |
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| Jan. 28, 2024 | Dick Altavista | The Beautiful Music is a record label started in Ottawa by the wonderful Wally Salem. Over their 61 releases they have celebrated Pop music in all its forms especially the jangly kind. This is part one of a three part look at this not so imaginary label. |
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| Jan. 21, 2024 | Dick Altavista | Professor Longhair was an idiosyncratic and excellent piano player from New Orleans. Allen Toussaint called him “ The Bach of rock”, Jerry Wexler said he was “the Picasso of keyboard funk”. |
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| Jan. 14, 2024 | Dick Altavista | The second installment in my look at the music of the great Alejandro Escovedo. |
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| Jan. 7, 2024 | Dick Altavista | Part 2 of my look at the music of New Orleans focuses on Rhythm & Blues recorded between 1955-1964 on the Minit and Imperial record Labels |
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| Dec. 31, 2023 | Dick Altavista | NRBQ has been playing every kind of American music from 1969 up until the present and doing so in an exemplary fashion. Tonight is part one of my three part look at this amazing band. |
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| Dec. 24, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Some excellent Christmas tunes |
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| Dec. 17, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Alejandro Escovedo was a punk in the 70’s, a cow-punk in the 80’s and in the 90’s began a solo career that has produced 11 excellent albums. Tonight is part one of a four part look at the music of this legendary performer |
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| Dec. 10, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Whitney Rose resides in Austin Tx. born and raised in PEI she moved to Toronto honing her honky tonk skills at The Cameron House. Tonight we will examine tunes from her six excellent releases |
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| Dec. 3, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Part One of a survey of the music of the Crescent City: New Orleans, Louisiana. Tonight jazz from 1928-1961 |
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| Nov. 26, 2023 | Dick Altavista | The Silos began in 1985 releasing 12 albums right up to 2022. How to describe the music? Their website states:”plugging the main cable of American rock idiom into the jerry-rigged soundboard of Velvets-era feral experimentalism.” I’d just say it’s great. |
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| Nov. 19, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Austin based Singer Kelly Willis has been putting out great albums since 1999. Eleven all told(if you include the three with Bruce Robison). A singer of exceptional depth she makes every song her own. |
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| Nov. 12, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Part 2 in a 3 part look at the music of The Sadies. In my opinion the best live band in Canada. This episode continues a survey of their fabulous studio recordings |
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| Nov. 5, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Margo Price has released four excellent records since 2016: Midwest Farmer’s Daughter All-American Made That’s How Rumors Get Started Strays Enjoy tonight’s survey of this great singer-songwriter |
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| Oct. 29, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Shel Silverstein was a writer, poet, cartoonist, singer-songwriter and playwright. He won a Grammy and was nominated for an Oscar. As a singer he was an excellent songwriter. In that spirit we’ll hear others singing his songs |
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| Oct. 22, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Upon his death The New York Times said his body of work is “as indelible as that of anyone working in the Americana genre in the last decades of the 20th century”. Tonight we examine the songs of Guy Clark as interpreted by others |
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| Oct. 15, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Terry Allen is a visual artist and musician with 12 albums to his credit. This episode surveys his music whic Rolling Stone described as: “ uniformly eclectic and uncompromising, savage and beautiful, literate and guttural”. |
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| Oct. 8, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Big Rude Jake brought his excellent brand of “Swing Punk” from the dive bars of Toronto across North America. His music was a mix of Jazz, Blues, Ragtime, Rockabilly and Cajun all delivered with exuberance |
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| Oct. 1, 2023 | Dick Altavista | The late, great Gordon Lightfoot was nothing if not a fantastic songwriter. In this episode we take a look at some great covers of his songs. |
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| Sep. 24, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Bob Dylan is a Nobel laureate based on the excellence of his songwriting. Here are thirteen artists who I believe do justice to such great songwriting |
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| Sep. 17, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Gene Krupa was a giant of drumming and not only for his playing. He is credited as setting the standard for the “modern drum kit” through his work with Slingerland and Zildjian. Part one looks at his music between 1955-1959. |
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| Sep. 10, 2023 | Dick Altavista | The Cowboy Junkies formed in 1985. They have released 18 studio albums filled with hauntingly beautiful songs. This is part one in a four part series on one of Canada’s finest bands |
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| Sep. 3, 2023 | Dick Altavista | A good way to test if songs are great is to hear them covered. This episode is part one of Covers of Bruce Springsteen |
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| Aug. 27, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Part One of programs on Buddy Rich. This episode presents music from five albums from 1955-1956: |
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| Aug. 20, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Tom Waits is a songwriter of unparalleled excellence. This episode examines a whole range of diverse people covering his songs |
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| Aug. 13, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Over a 50 year career James Brown left an indelible mark on music. He was amongst the inaugural class of the Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Fame and his band members went on the change music in their own right. In part 1 we look at the years 1956-1964. |
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| Aug. 6, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Clifton Chenier was the undisputed “King of Zydeco”. Tonight’s episode features tunes from the excellent collection on Rhino Records: ZYDECO DYNAMITE: The Clifton Chenier Anthology |
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| Jul. 30, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Music from Ray Charles taken from Genius & Soul: 50th Anniversary Collection. Part one: 1950-1959 |
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| Jul. 23, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Aimee Mann fronted ‘Til Tuesday between 1985-1990 when she embarked on a solo career featuring ten album plus the soundtrack to the film Magnolia. This episode examines works from nine of her solo records |
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| Jul. 16, 2023 | Dick Altavista | In 1994 Medium Cool/Twin Tone Records released Jack Logan’s debut album Bulk. Peter Jesperson culled the albums 42 tracks from over 600 Logan had recorded between late 1979 and 1993. |
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| Jul. 9, 2023 | Dick Altavista | I’m of the belief that The Sadies are Canada’s best live band however that does not mean they are slouches in the studio. I’ll be presenting three shows on this great band. Tonight we look at their studio recordings. |
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| Jul. 2, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Molly Tuttle is a California bred Bluegrass Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter. |
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| Jun. 25, 2023 | Dick Altavista | A survey of the music of Angela Desveaux including her solo work, The Sonny Best Band and El Coyote |
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| Jun. 18, 2023 | Dick Altavista | The music of Ronny Elliott |
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| Jun. 11, 2023 | Dick Altavista | The solo career of Martin Zellar of Gear Daddies fame. |
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| Jun. 4, 2023 | Dick Altavista | A career retrospective of Kathleen Edwards |
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| May. 28, 2023 | Dick Altavista | The music of Jason Isbell |
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| May. 21, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Music from Alison Krauss and Union Station. |
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| May. 14, 2023 | Dick Altavista | A career retrospective of Ottawa’s Lynn Miles |
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| May. 7, 2023 | Dick Altavista | A career retrospective of Lucinda Williams. |
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| Apr. 30, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Dick Altavista presents the “Psychedelic Soul” of The Temptations. |
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| Apr. 23, 2023 | Dick Altavista | A career retrospective of Chicago singer Nora O’Connor |
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| Apr. 16, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Dick Altavista presents a career retrospective of the “Great Canadian Band” Jr. Gone Wild |
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| Apr. 9, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Another in Dick Altavista’s continuing history of Bloodshot Records: BS 100 Making Singles, Drinking Doubles |
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| Apr. 2, 2023 | Dick Altavista | A career retrospective of singer-songwriter Iris Dement |
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| Mar. 26, 2023 | Dick Altavista | A career retrospective of Ottawa legend Slo’ Tom |
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| Mar. 19, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Music recorded at London’s legendary Toe Rag studio manned by Liam Watson |
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| Mar. 12, 2023 | Dick Altavista | An hour of “Viper Music’ courtesy of the Austin Texas band The Jitterbug Vipers |
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| Mar. 5, 2023 | Dick Altavista | A career retrospective of Ottawa’s Black Boot Trio. |
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| Feb. 26, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Dick Altavista presents episode 3 in his history of Bloodshot Records as viewed through their compilation releases. |
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| Feb. 19, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Dick Altavista presents an hour of vintage "Viper Jazz". |
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| Feb. 12, 2023 | Dick Altavista | A survey of the solo career of Mark Ripp (lead singer of the critically acclaimed Scarborough roots rockers The Bel-Vistas) |
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| Feb. 5, 2023 | Dick Altavista | The 2nd installment of Dick Altavista’s review of Sympathy For The Record Industry’s compilations: Sympathetic Sounds Of Detroit |
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| Jan. 29, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Straight Outta Boone County |
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| Jan. 22, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Laura Cantrell |
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| Jan. 15, 2023 | Dick Altavista | Sympathetic Sounds Of Montreal |
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| Jan. 8, 2023 | Dick Altavista | The history of Bloodshot Records as seen through their compilation releases |
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| Dec. 25, 2022 | Allan on Rewind | Get Religion! | |
| Jul. 3, 2022 | Renny | Bo Diddley | |
| Jun. 26, 2022 | Ramblin' Renny on Rewind | feature on Clarence Gatemouth Brown | |
| Jun. 19, 2022 | Retro Renny on the Rewind | HAPPY ALL THE TIME! | |
| Jun. 12, 2022 | Rompin' Renny on Rewind | These Blues Jump! | |
| Jun. 5, 2022 | Retro Renny on Rewind | Ella Mae Morse & Freddie Slack | |
| May. 29, 2022 | Recovering Recovering Renny | SUNDAY NIGHT TWO-STEP: Cajun Music | |
| May. 22, 2022 | RockaRenny Billy | Jimmie Lee Maslon | |
| May. 15, 2022 | Retro Renny on the Rewind | Boogie Woogie Ressurection w/ Henri Herbert | |
| May. 8, 2022 | Raunchy Renny on Rewind | Bo Carter's Dirty Blues | |
| Apr. 24, 2022 | Ranger Renny on Rewind | Welcome to the Square Dance! | |
| Apr. 17, 2022 | Randy Renny | THE DIRTY THIRTIES | |
| Apr. 10, 2022 | Rapanui Renny | RADIO LUAU! Hawaiian music from the 1926-1978 | |
| Apr. 3, 2022 | Retro Renny on the Rewind | Country String Bands 1927-1950 | |
| Mar. 27, 2022 | Renny | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Father of Jump Blues | |
| Mar. 20, 2022 | Rankin' Renny | The American roots of Jamaican ska. | |
| Mar. 13, 2022 | Range Ridin' Renny | KING COUNTRY | |
| Jan. 30, 2022 | Redeemed Renny | Featuring the blues gospel album by the Reverend John Wilkins, "You Can't Hurry God". |
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| Jan. 23, 2022 | Retro Renny | FUNKY, FUNKY HEATWAVE - Featuring Buttshakers! Soul Party, Volumes 1 to 12 for rare soul, raw funk and boogaloo. |
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| Jan. 9, 2022 | Gord Peeling | Get a load of the Cheap Suit Serenaders! |
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| Jan. 2, 2022 | Retro Renny | Jazz guitars, jug bands, string bands and even kazoos. Great music from the past for the first show of 2022. |
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| Dec. 26, 2021 | Retro Renny | BOXING DAY BOUTS: Musicians who boxed. |
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| Dec. 19, 2021 | Rainy Day Renny | Roots & Reindeers - A genre jumpin' roots show stuffed with blues, boogie woogie, country, rock, folk & zydeco. My gift to you for listening. |
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| Dec. 12, 2021 | Royal Renny | Regal Rhythm & Blues: All The Kings' Blues. |
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| Dec. 5, 2021 | Regal Renny | Crown Me! A regal collection of songs about kings. |
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| Nov. 28, 2021 | Renny | SLIM-O-ROONIE: A Sampling of Slim Gaillard's music from 1938 to 1952. |
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| Nov. 21, 2021 | Relentless Renny | PRIMO PRIMA! The swingin' music of one of my favourite lounge acts, Louis Prima. His recordings on Capitol Records. |
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| Nov. 14, 2021 | Retro Renny | The big guitar of East Coast blues bandleader Tiny Grimes. |
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| Nov. 7, 2021 | R-Rated Renny | $MUT FOR BUCK$ Proof that your grandparents & great-grandparents were reprobates just like us. Click & Contribute. Your ancestors will thank you. |
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| Oct. 31, 2021 | Deejay Decay | ROOTS & RIGOR MORTIS - 20 Horribly haunted Halloween treats. The trick? Trying to get you to donate to CKCU & help community radio. |
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| Sep. 19, 2021 | Raging Renny | RAY SHARPE - Great Black Rockabilly from Texas. |
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| Sep. 12, 2021 | Rockabilly Relic | The Country & Rockabilly recordings of SANFORD CLARK. |
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| Sep. 5, 2021 | Rambling Relic | CHAMPION JACK DUPREE - Blues, boogie & wry, wry lyrics. |
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| Aug. 22, 2021 | Rural Relic | RURAL ARCHAIC - Music from Dock Boggs, Dad Blackard's Moonshiners, Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers, Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers, Clarence Ashley, Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers, The Callahan Brothers & more |
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| Aug. 15, 2021 | Relic | AMOS MILBURN - RHYTHM & BOOZE. His recordings on the Aladdin label between 1947-1956. |
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| Aug. 8, 2021 | Retro Renny | BARNES STORMING: Blues & country jazz recordings featuring swing guitarist George Barnes. Great blues & western swing by Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis, The Yas Yas Girl, The Sweet Violet Boys, Jazz Gillum, Louise Massey & The Westerners & more. |
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| Aug. 1, 2021 | Rockarenny Billy | ROCKABILLY QUEENS: The women of rockabilly. |
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| Jul. 25, 2021 | Rampaging Renny | ROCKIN' WITH ROY - The high energy recordings of blues shouter & rock & roll pioneer, Roy Brown. (In chronological order). |
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| Jul. 18, 2021 | Retro Renny | CHECKMATE: Chess Records was well known for it's blues, R&B & early rock & roll recordings but it also released some red hot rockabilly. |
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| Jul. 11, 2021 | Rogue Renny | The high and lonesome sounds of Appalachia with the music of OLA BELLE REED. |
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| Jul. 4, 2021 | Rebellious Renny | ONLY BO KNOWS - The music of Bo Diddley: Is it blues, or is it rock & roll? |
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| Jun. 27, 2021 | Ramblin' Renny | CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN-His early singles on the Aladdin & Peacock record labels. |
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| Jun. 20, 2021 | Retro Renny | Featuring "HAPPY ALL THE TIME", the first album from Bahamian guitarist & singer, Joseph Spence & some songs from fellow Bahamian Tony McKay's (aka Exuma) first album, "EXUMA". |
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| Jun. 13, 2021 | Rompin' Renny | These Blues JUMP! The direct precursor of the Rhythm & Blues of the 50s was Jump Blues of the 40s, which evolved from the Swing of the 30s. |
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| Jun. 6, 2021 | Retro Renny | MORSE CODE - The swing, rhythm & blues, country & boogie woogie styles of Ella Mae Morse & Freddie Slack. |
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| May. 30, 2021 | Retro Renny | FAT TRACKS - Artery clogging R&B, Rockabilly, Jazz & Western Swing about the big & the bountiful. |
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| May. 23, 2021 | Recovering Renny | SUNDAY NIGHT TWO-STEP: Cajun Music |
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| May. 9, 2021 | Raunchy Renny | THAT'S MIGHTY FINE HOKUM! The double & single entendres of BO CARTER, dirty blues recorded between 1930 & 1936. |
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| May. 2, 2021 | Retro Renny | BOOGIE WOOGIE RESURRECTION: The stellar recordings of piano wizard, HENRI HERBERT, breathing new life & fire into blues & boogie woogie. |
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| Apr. 25, 2021 | Ranger Renny | SQUARE DANCE - Old Timer Records was a label that specialized in square dance records in the 50's & 60's, plus a couple of curve balls. |
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| Apr. 18, 2021 | Randy Renny | THE DIRTY THIRTIES - In the first half hour the 1936 Bluebird recordings of Hartman's Heart Breakers, possibly the bluest country string band of the dirty Thirties followed by some other great early risqué country. |
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| Apr. 11, 2021 | Rapanui Renny | RADIO LUAU! Hawaiian music from the 1926-1978. |
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| Apr. 4, 2021 | RetroRenny | Country String Bands 1927-1950 |
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| Mar. 28, 2021 | Retro Renny | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - The HIGH SHERIFF OF HEPTOWN! The father of Jump Blues & the most successful R&B artist of the Forties. |
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| Mar. 21, 2021 | Ranking Renny | The American roots of Jamaican ska. The influence of jazz & Rhythm & Blues on Jamaican ska of the mid-Sixties. |
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| Mar. 14, 2021 | Range Ridin' Renny | KING COUNTRY-Country music recorded between 1944 & 1959 on the King record label out of Cincinnati. |
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| Mar. 7, 2021 | Reflective Renny | TRIBUTE TO GENE TAYLOR - Boogie, blues, rockabilly, New Orleans R&B, Gene Taylor could play it all. He died of hypothermia in Austin two weeks ago. A small sampling of some of his recordings. |
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| Feb. 28, 2021 | Rhumba Renny | The piano powered rhumba boogie of Henry Roeland "Roy" Byrd a.k.a. PROFESSOR LONGHAIR, the pure, joyful essence of New Orleans' R&B. |
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| Feb. 21, 2021 | Reactionary Renny | WHY I LIKE IKE - A chronological sampling of some of the fantastic blues & R&B artists Ike Turner played with, early on in his career. |
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| Feb. 14, 2021 | Romantic Renny | SOUL FROM THE HEART- Love songs for Valentine's Day. |
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| Feb. 7, 2021 | Retro Renny | SHOUT SISTER, SHOUT! - The rocking women of Jump Blues & Boogie. |
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| Jan. 24, 2021 | Retro Renny | ARTHUR "GUITAR BOOGIE" SMITH. Is it jazz? Is it country? Who cares! It's an acoustic guitar that swings hard & changed the world. His early recordings on Super Disc. |
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| Jan. 17, 2021 | René "Bon Ton Roulet" Godiér (s'il vous plait) | ZYDECO 2 GO - Obscure zydeco from the late Sixties & mid Eighties, with two albums: "Baby Yum Yum" from Wild Bill's Blue Washboard Boys & "Zydeco Thunder" by Fernest & The Thunders. |
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| Jan. 10, 2021 | Retro Renny | THE "5" ROYALES - R&B Royalty |
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| Jan. 3, 2021 | Retro Renny | The year is young and so was Frankie "Sugar Chile" Robinson - BOOGIE WOOGIE PRODIGY |
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| Dec. 27, 2020 | Retro Renny | CROSS CULTURAL COVERS - Rhythm & Blues cover versions of country songs & vice versa. |
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| Dec. 20, 2020 | Reindeer Renny | BLUES IN MY STOCKING. |
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| Dec. 13, 2020 | Retro Renny | "Tubby Fats Original All Star Downtown Syncopated Big Rock Jug Band" better know as THE ORIGINAL SLOTH BAND was Toronto's best jug band/string band. Expect old-timey jazz, hokum, blues country, gospel & fun. |
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| Dec. 6, 2020 | Retro Renny | HEAVENLY HARMONICA - Some of the heavies in blues harmonica. |
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| Nov. 29, 2020 | Retro Renny | IN DOG WE TRUST! Roots music in praise of pups. Old timey country & blues, bluegrass, Rhythm & Blues about our K9 companions. |
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| Nov. 22, 2020 | Retro Renny | WAYNE RANEY - King of the hillbilly harmonica. |
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| Nov. 15, 2020 | Retro Renny | THE PRICE IS RIGHT! Coveted by blues fans & collectors of original rock & roll, "Rock With Sam Price & His Orch." & "After Hours - Blues & Boogie Woogie", are hard to categorize. Is it Boogie Woogie, Rhythm & Blues or early Rock & Roll? |
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| Nov. 8, 2020 | Retro Renny | DANCE CRAZED! The Funding Drive is over, so is the U.S. election. Let's celebrate & dance to boogie woogie, blues, hillbilly boogie, R&B, soul & rock & roll. |
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| Nov. 1, 2020 | Randy Renny | SMUT FOR BUCK$ - Horny hillbilly boogie, bawdy blues, ribald R&B & raunchy rockabilly. |
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| Oct. 25, 2020 | Rotting Renny | ROTS 'N RHYTHM - A frightful Funding Drive special, Rotting Renny returns with musical tricks & treats: haunted hillbilly boogie, R&B, rockabilly, jazz & blues. |
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| Apr. 5, 2020 | Raucous Renny | JOHN SCHOOLEY'S BLUES - My favourite punk guitarist and one man band has very good taste in blues. Tonight we hear his interpretations of some great blues and the originals that inspired him. |
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| Dec. 29, 2019 | Reluctant Renny | LAST DANCE - Recent reissue of a lost 10", the brand spanking new E.P. "Impeach The Mooks!", gifts from Hex & Al & some piano pounding pyrotechnics from Henri Herbert. |
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| Dec. 22, 2019 | Reindeer Renny | A Roots & Rhythms holiday special, featuring festive R&B, Cajun, folk, country, funk, soul & blues. |
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| Dec. 15, 2019 | Rapscallion Renny | BOOZE PARTY - More songs about drink. A few shots of R&B, a jigger or two of rockabilly, a measure of rock & roll & a twist of blues. Tis the season for libations...(Just don't drive!) |
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| Dec. 1, 2019 | Ridiculous Renny | JUMPIN' GIBBERISH - Incoherent Jazz, R&B, Doo Wop & Rock & Roll. |
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| Nov. 24, 2019 | Rockin' Renny | CHECKMATE - Rockabilly released on the Chess Records label and it's subsidiaries; Checker Records & Argo. |
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| Nov. 17, 2019 | Resident Renny | DR. FEELGOOD - Honest, gritty, working class, maximum R'nB. Dr. Feelgood was an unstoppable force, pub rock gods, the band that wouldn't die. Featuring their first 14 albums. |
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| Nov. 10, 2019 | Recalcitrant Renny | LAST CALL - For my last funding drive show a last ditch effort. I'm pullin' out the stops! Expect Desperate Rock'n'Roll & Rockabilly, 11th hour R'n'B and hot begging Blues. Long sets with minimal nagging. Do the right thing & please donate. |
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| Nov. 3, 2019 | Reefer Renny | POT LUCK! Songs about pot played in an attempt to obtain some of your stash cash for funding drive. |
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| Oct. 27, 2019 | Raunchy Renny | SMUT FOR BUCK$!!! The notorious annual funding drive show featuring dirty blues, corrupting country, raunchy rockabilly & risqué rhythms about the bedroom boogie. Double entendres for double the fun. |
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| Oct. 20, 2019 | Ramblin' Renny | Straight Outta Compton with the TOWN HALL PARTY. Country music & rockabilly from the Fifties & Sixties. Joe & Rose Lee Maphis, Larry Collins, George Jones, Tex Williams & more. |
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| Oct. 13, 2019 | Renny Ray Less | RUDY RAY MOORE: Before his Dolemite persona, before his party records & blaxplotation movies of the 70's, Rudy Ray Moore was a triple threat: an R&B singer, dancer & comedian. This episode features RRM's early recordings from the Fifties & Sixties. |
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| Oct. 6, 2019 | Ramblin' Renny | THE DEVIL'S HARP - Some of the big guns of blues harmonica. |
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| Sep. 29, 2019 | Renny | PLANET ROCKIN' COVERS- Rockin' originals & their mother covers by Nashville's earth shakin' rockabilly band, THE PLANET ROCKERS. |
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| Sep. 22, 2019 | Retro Renny | BLUES YOU CAN USE - Blues and soul for listening and dancing pleasure. |
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| Sep. 15, 2019 | Bon Ton René | COOKIN' CAJUNS - Cajun music from 1929 to the present. |
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| Sep. 8, 2019 | Retro Renny | The HARLEM HAMFATS, were neither "hamfats" (jazz slang for an uninspired musician), nor were they from Harlem. The were one of the first studio bands put together to specifically back up other artists & their jazz is danceable, humorous & infectious. |
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| Sep. 1, 2019 | Reptillian Renny | ALLIGATOR PARTY - 92 years, 17 tracks worth of music about alligators. |
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| Aug. 25, 2019 | Ian Jeans | ALLEN TOUSSAINT - A Mardi Gras celebration of the music of Allen Toussaint, musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer and all round musical genius from New Orleans. | |
| Aug. 18, 2019 | Rocket Renny | CHARLIE FEATHERS - He shoulda been a contender! |
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| Aug. 11, 2019 | Road Rash Renny | COUNTRY CRUISERS - Some internal combustion with ol' C&W songs about all things automotive. This ain't that New Country crap! |
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| Aug. 4, 2019 | Steve Kirkland | Some twangy recordings from Rockfield Studios, 1972-77 |
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| Jul. 28, 2019 | Rocket 88 Renny | "RIB JOINT" by Sam Price & The "Rock" Band. A two L.P. gem recorded by Savoy Records in the Fifties. Full blown boogie, rhythm & blues. Featuring King Curtis, Mickey Baker, Kenny Burrell, Panama Francis and others. |
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| Jul. 21, 2019 | Rocket Renny | MOON TWIST! To commerate the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, tonight's show features an hour of roots music about the moon and how to get there. |
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| Jul. 14, 2019 | Rejoicing Renny | MAXWELL DAVIS was a West Coast saxophonist, band leader, arranger, A&R man and music producer who was responsible for some of the best R&B to come out of Los Angeles in the late Forties and early Fifties. |
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| Jul. 7, 2019 | Rodeo Renny | HILLBILLY BOP, BOOGIE & THE HONKY TONK BLUES - A 6 volume, 12 disc series of rootin' tootin' country music from 1948 to 1961. |
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| Jun. 30, 2019 | Respectful Renny | JACKIE SHANE - Celebrating the last day of Pride Month with some superb soul from transgendered soul singer, Jackie Shane. |
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| Jun. 23, 2019 | Rhythmic Renny | GOTHAM RECORDS: Rompin' & stompin' Rhythm & Blues from Philadelphia's Gotham Records label & it's subsidiary 20th Century Records. |
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| Jun. 9, 2019 | Rooster Renny | POULTRY PLEASURES - From Slim Gaillard to Gene Autry, from Pico Pete to Fats Domino, it's the finest chicken music ever served. |
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| Jun. 2, 2019 | Ron Steeds | The Acoustic Guitar As Tiny Orchestra |
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| May. 26, 2019 | Reprobate Renny | DRINK! DRANK! DRUNK! Great old R&B, Country & Blues about drinking & a surprise or two. |
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| May. 19, 2019 | Rockarenny Billy | JIMMIE LEE MASLON - That Salacious Rockabilly Cat from California. |
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| May. 12, 2019 | Ramblin' Renny | Routes & Rhythms - A route to a good time, a roadmap to fun. |
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| May. 5, 2019 | Raucous Renny | The Canadian premiere of the 3rd & latest volume in the ROCKABILLY FROM ROCKAWAY series by Simon Chardiet and the music of THE MOOKS, his band with Vic Ruggiero of The Slackers. |
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| Apr. 28, 2019 | Ruckus Renny | African-American STRING, JUG & WASHBOARD Bands from the Twenties & Thirties including the Memphis Jug Band, the Mississippi Jook Band, Peg Leg Howell & His Gang, the Tennessee Chocolate Drops & more. |
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| Apr. 21, 2019 | Rabbit Foot Renny | HOP! HOP! Easter bunny special with an egg tune, or two, thrown in for good measure. |
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| Apr. 14, 2019 | Repeatin' Renny | IN THE KEY OF EH! I programed an all Canadian Rockabilly show last week because I thought it was SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) time. Close but no cigar, I missed it by one week so here's some deja vu just for you. |
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| Apr. 7, 2019 | Retro Rocket Renny | GOOD ROCKIN' CANUCKS: Canadian Rockabilly - Past & Present. |
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| Mar. 31, 2019 | Rippin' Renny | Dick Dale, THE KING OF SURF GUITAR, passed away on March 16 at the age of 81. Tonight, in tribute, we feature the music of Dick Dale & The Del-Tones and some of those many bands influenced by his work. |
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| Mar. 24, 2019 | Reverential Renny | GOOD & GREASY & GONE. A tribute to ANDRÉ "MR. RHYTHM" WILLIAMS, the godfather of greasy R&B & soul, who passed away last weekend. |
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| Mar. 17, 2019 | Raucous Renny | UNDERCOVER MUTHA! Blistering cover versions of rockabilly, blues, R&B, rock & roll and more, all played by one of the greatest unknown guitar gods, SIMON CHARDIET (as leader of the Bar Sinister's and as a member of the Mooks). |
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| Mar. 10, 2019 | Renny | SARA ON SKINS! Drummer Sara Romweber has died from a brain tumour at the age of 55. She played in Let's Active, Snatches of Pink & The Dex Romweber Duo. Tonight a sampling of her amazing drumming talents in her brother's duo. |
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| Feb. 24, 2019 | Retro Renny | ONLY THE LONEY: The rockin' music of Roy A. Loney: from the early Flamin' Groovies' recordings, to his work as leader of the Phantom Movers & his solo career. Tune in to rock out. |
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| Feb. 17, 2019 | Retro Renny | IN THE GROOVE: Groove Records was RCA's Rhythm & Blues label in the 1950's. Featured artists include Big John Greer, Otis Blackwell, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Champion Jack Dupree & more. |
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| Feb. 10, 2019 | Allan B. Wigney | Get religion! |
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| Feb. 3, 2019 | Reverential Renny | For Black History Month: AN AGNOSTIC'S GUIDE to the a cappella tradition in African-American gospel, spiritual & jubilee music (& one African chorale masterpiece thrown in for good measure). |
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| Jan. 27, 2019 | Reluctant Renny | NOT A WORD OF A LIE! Tired of making out the words? An hour of intense instrumentals from the 50's and 60's. (Check out Jason Andersson's "Sleepwalking", all instrumental, alternate Thursdays at 10 PM on CKCU.) |
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| Jan. 20, 2019 | Retro Renny | BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS - Western Swing was a wonderful American hybrid, it was country jazz for farmers, ranchers & cowboys. Bob Wills was the most popular Western Swing bandleader of all time & for good reason. |
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| Jan. 13, 2019 | Rollicking Renny | CHEESE & CRACKERS WITH ROSCO GORDON. A Memphis singer & pianist who released a series of singles on Sun, Flip, Chess, Duke & the RPM record labels in the 1950's. Tune in and dig "Rosco's Rhythm". |
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| Jan. 6, 2019 | Reverent Renny | JERRY LEE LEWIS - ALL KILLER! NO FILLER! The last of the Sun Record's rockers who's still standing (& his pumping piano). Blues, boogie woogie, country, rockabilly, soul & rock & roll and that's just his left hand! |
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| Dec. 30, 2018 | Ready Renny | Yesterday, December 29, marked the 90th anniversary of the first Boogie Woogie recording - Clarence "Pine Top" Smith's "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" on Vocalion Records. Tonight, a small sampling of some amazing boogie woogie. |
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| Dec. 23, 2018 | Reindeer Renny | YULETIDE RIDE - Great Xmas music by The Razorbacks, John Prine, Mabel Scott, Big John Greer, Jessie Mae Hemphill (the She Wolf) & more. Holiday rockabilly, folk, blues & R&B. |
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| Dec. 16, 2018 | Roots Renny | MYSTIC TITANS OF JUJU - Two old men, three brilliant albums, one hour of great roots music. |
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| Dec. 9, 2018 | Rhythmic Renny | LITTLE, BIG & BLUESY! From Little Joe & the Thrillers to Big Joe Turner, Big Bo Thomas & His Arrows to Little Bo & Orchestra, Big Walter & Little Walter. Size doesn't matter with the finest in Rhythm & Blues. |
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| Dec. 2, 2018 | Roots Renny | ROOTS REGGAE- In a blatant attempt to get a cheque from UNESCO, tonight's show features early reggae from Jamaica. |
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| Nov. 25, 2018 | Recovering Renny | CRAMPED! Song the Cramps taught me. The songs and artists who influenced and were covered by Lux and Ivy, the two best damn graverobbers in the business of rock & roll. |
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| Nov. 18, 2018 | Rampant Renny | REAL GONE GALS - Hard rockin' women in country, rockabilly and R&B. |
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| Nov. 11, 2018 | Retro Renny | UNDERCOVER COBRAS: Recycled soul with the Detroit Cobras, featuring their cover versions and the original soul. |
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| Nov. 4, 2018 | Repulsive Renny | LEFT OVER CANDY & SMASHED PUMPKINS: A belated Halloween of spooky tunes, from the haunted hillbilly boogie to reanimated rhythm & blues, rancid rockabilly & other ghoulish goodies. |
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| Oct. 28, 2018 | Relapsed Renny | RHYTHM & BOOZE - Ethanol fueled R&B scorchers. This round is on you, the listener. If you partake in the show, please donate, and fear not, you are allowed to donate and drive. |
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| Oct. 21, 2018 | Raunchy Renny | SMUT FOR BUCKS: The legendary (or infamous) annual funding drive show featuring dirty blues, risqué R&B, scandalous ska & wicked western swing. Songs about sex, money & funding drive. Appealing to your baser instincts for donations. PLEASE DONATE! |
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| Oct. 14, 2018 | Reprobate Renny | REEFER RECORDINGS: Great ganga almighty! With 3 days 'til legalization, tonight's a cannabis countdown with 7 decades of smouldering marijuana music: viper jazz from the '30's to some reefer rockabilly from the first decade of the new millennia. |
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| Oct. 7, 2018 | Revelry Renny | DIZ & THE DOORMAN - The hottest New Orleans R&B combo that was never from the Crescent City. |
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| Sep. 30, 2018 | Rockarenny Billy | ROCKABILLY RAMBLE - Rockabilly, both past & present, popular & obscure & always rocking. |
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| Sep. 23, 2018 | Remorseful Renny | HONKIN' IN HEAVEN: A tribute to the honking tenor sax legend, Big Jay McNeely, who passed away last Sunday. Screaming Rhythm & Blues fronted by a Wildman. This ain't jazz! |
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| Sep. 16, 2018 | Recent Renny | BUCKETFULL OF BLOODSHOT - New releases from the Chicago indie label, Bloodshot Records with Folk, Americana, Rockabilly, Roots Rock, Alt. Country & Blues. |
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| Sep. 9, 2018 | Rene "Bon Ton Roulet" Godier (s'il vous plait!) | CAJUN SPICE - Hot & spicy Cajun music from Louisiana and beyond. Fiddles, accordions, triangles and infectious dance rhythms from the bayou. |
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| Sep. 2, 2018 | Rough Renny | ROUGH, ROWDY AND BLUE was one of Merle Travis' last recordings. This gem is an acoustic blend of blues and country played by a master. Never released on CD, I'll be playing this vinyl wonder in it's entirety. Country odds & sods in the last ten minutes. |
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| Aug. 26, 2018 | Rural Renny | BARN BUSTERS: Fun down on the farm with old C&W, R&R, R&B and modern rural rockers and barnyard boppers. "Rhythm In The Barnyard", "Square Dance Boogie", "Barn Dance Rag". Put on your farmer johns, we're gonna dance tonight. Dedicated to Margaret&Mike. |
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| Aug. 19, 2018 | Retro Renny | ESQUERITA - LOUD & PROUD: One of the most outrageous performers & piano pounders of the fabulous Fifties, "The Lascivious One", was a huge influence on the music & performance style of Little Richard. |
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| Aug. 12, 2018 | Retro Renny | The ROOTS OF PSYCHOBILLY are a tangled web of original Rockabilly, Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, 60's garage rock & B Horror movies. Tune in for a witch’s brew of great music from the past. |
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| Aug. 8, 2018 | Relocatin' Renny | GOODBYE, THANK YOU & SEE YOU SUNDAY; The last Wednesday episode of R&R. Songs of farewell, thanks & Sunday love. |
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| Aug. 1, 2018 | Reptillian Renny | JUNGLE HOP: A mixed bag of roots music with which to explore the deepest, darkest jungle. |
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| Jul. 25, 2018 | Ropin' Renny | HANKY PANKY: Giving thanks to 13 Hanks in country music & rockabilly. Tonight: Hank Mizell, Hank Moore, Hank Williams, Hank Thompson, Hank Snow, Hank Penny, Hank Davis, etc. If you have a hankering for C&W & rockabilly, tune in. |
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| Jul. 18, 2018 | Rene "Bon Ton Roulet" Godieh (s'il vous plait!) | The career and music of the King Of Zydeco, CLIFTON CHENIER a.k.a. the King Of The Bayous, the Swamp Boss. From his first recordings in 1954 to his resurgence in the mid Sixties and career in the Seventies. |
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| Jul. 11, 2018 | Rockin' & Ramblin' Renny | DUELING DISCS: From Texas, TED & THE TALL TOPS and from Tennessee, THE PLANET ROCKERS. Both play a high octane, hybrid mix of honky tonk and rock & roll. Listen in for some earth shakin' music. |
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| Jul. 4, 2018 | Retro Renny & Paul Sheridan | SOUL SCORCHERS! Beat the heat and sweat to the beat of Soul & Funk. |
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| Jun. 27, 2018 | Retro Renny | MULE BOOGIE - Cross a horse with a donkey for a roots bonanza: string bands, jug bands, bluegrass, jazz, country, Cajun, boogie woogie, hillbilly boogie, rockabilly, rhythm & blues & rock & roll. Great songs about mules for you retro fools |
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| Jun. 20, 2018 | Rhythmic Renny | THE BIG TOWN PLAYBOYS - Live & Kicking. Britain's premier Jump Blues combo's first album, "Playboy Boogie", from 1985. In 2015 Secret Records reissued the concert on CD as "Hole In My Pocket". Tonight we listen to their swinging set in its entirety. |
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| Jun. 13, 2018 | Rockabilly Renny | ROCKAFILLY SILLY! Rockabilly rock-a-fillies past and present. Fiery female rockabilly vocalists who kick ass. So primp the pompadour, put on the poodle skirt and bop cats & kittens, bop! |
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| Jun. 6, 2018 | Reflectful Renny | SLOW & SLEAZY WINS THE RACE - Light the scented candles, run a bubble bath and relax to some slow & seductive instrumentals. Santo & Johnny, King Curtis & The Noble Knights, Little Walter & others will be heard & dug deeply tonight. |
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| May. 30, 2018 | Replicating Renny | CRAZY COVERS! Elvis wasn't the first white artist to cover black songs. There has been a long tradition of cover versions that crossed racial lines, in both directions. Tonight the rich roots vein where hillbilly music meets rhythm & blues. |
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| May. 23, 2018 | Reverential Renny | LINK'S LICKS: The highly influential electric guitar instrumentals of Link Wray & The Raymen. Link was the high prophet of the power chord, combining the root note with the fifth to create modern Rock & Roll guitar. WARNING: "Rumble" will not be played. |
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| May. 16, 2018 | Recidivist Renny | INCARCERATION NATION: Blues, Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues and Rockabilly about crime & it's consequences, sung by the Bobby Fuller Four, Big Maceo, Andre Williams, Johnny Otis, Wanda Jackson, Sonny Burgess, Slim Harpo and more. |
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| May. 9, 2018 | Retro Renny | HEART TROUBLE: Songs about aortic trauma, including "Bad Case Of A Broken Heart", "Pain In My Heart", "Heart Attack", "Humpty Dumpty Heart" and more old country, blues, rockabilly, soul, gospel and rhythm & blues. |
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| May. 2, 2018 | Retro Radio Renny | RADIO BLAST FROM THE PAST! - Live broadcasts from 1943 to 1953, featuring jump blues master Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, honking tenor player Big Jay McNeely and more. 441 trillion miles from earth.... |
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| Apr. 25, 2018 | Rambunctious Renny | LINK'S LUNG: The songs sung by the world's greatest one lunged Shawnee electric guitar player. Tonight's show will concentrate on Link Wray's songs and not his famous instrumentals. |
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| Apr. 18, 2018 | Ramblin' Renny | Gettin' cabin fever from being stuck inside during the ice storm? Strut, stroll or stride to the radio & tune in to Roots & Rhythms & WALK YOUR BLUES AWAY. A parade of perambulatin' Rhythm & Blues & early Rock & Roll to melt the ice away. |
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| Apr. 11, 2018 | Rockabilly Renny | A WALK IN THE COUNTRY: More walkin' tunes but this time in the country & rockabilly genres with songs by Sleepy LaBeef, Jack Scott, Hank Williams III, Ernest Tubb, Onie Wheeler and loads more. "These boots were made for walkin'." |
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| Apr. 4, 2018 | Roaming Renny | WALKING BLUES: Bipedal blues (acoustic & electric) by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Hound Dog Taylor, Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, King Biscuit Boy and more. |
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| Mar. 28, 2018 | Rodeo Renny | INSTRUMENTALLY SPEAKING: AL PERRY & THE CATTLE Live At Club Congress. 20 years ago plus a day, Al Perry & The Cattle played an all instrumental set at Tucson's historic Hotel Congress, featuring originals and covers of Link Wray & Duane Eddy. |
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| Mar. 21, 2018 | Reactionary Renny | Something current but well rooted: The FLAT DUO JETS. Double fisted, bare knuckled Rock & Roll from a Sear's Silvertone guitar and a set of drums. Named after Gene Vincent's guitar, the Flat Duo Jets are the best two man band in the Whamma Blamma genre. |
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| Mar. 14, 2018 | Rompin' Renny | Three brothers (two of whom were identical twins) with rocking harmonies and a wild stage act, they were the hottest band to play the Vegas Strip. Stars of stage, screen and television, THE TRENIERS are the best band you've probably never heard of. |
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| Mar. 7, 2018 | Road Rash Renny | A TRIBUTE TO TRUCKERS: A caffeine fuelled tip o' the hat to Friday Nite Truck Stop. Tonight, both kinds of music: Country and Western (and a tad of Rockabilly and Cowpunk too). Songs by Commander Cody, Marty Stuart, Jason & The Scorchers and more. |
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| Feb. 28, 2018 | Rocket Renny | For the last day of Black History Month: BARRENCE WHITFIELD & THE SAVAGES - Rhythm & Bruisers from Beantown. |
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| Feb. 21, 2018 | Relentless Renny | Black History Month = BLACK ROCK & ROLL. From the chart-toppers to the obscure, tonight's show will be unrelenting African-American Rock & Roll. All killer, no filler! |
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| Feb. 14, 2018 | Rejected Renny | LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD! A mixed bag of roots music for Valentine's Day. Dedicated to the unloved, the dumped, the divorced and the bitter: The Crushed Hearts Club. Cautionary tales about the dangers of love and romance. |
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| Feb. 7, 2018 | Repentant Renny | SACRED STEEL GUITAR from the Jewel Dominion and Keith Dominion sects of the House Of God church in the United States. The lap steel or pedal steel guitar is used in place of the organ in these black Holiness-Pentecostal churches. |
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| Jan. 31, 2018 | Retro Renny | SOLO A-GO-GO: One-man & one-woman bands - Harmonica Frank Floyd, Hasil Adkins, Bloodshot Bill, Mississippi Grover, the She Wolf and more. |
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| Jan. 24, 2018 | Rockin' Renny | THE BLASTERS: Formed by brothers Phil & Dave Alvin in '78, the Blasters combined rockabilly with R&B, boogie-woogie, early rock & roll, country music and punk. One of the best bands to emerge from California in the late Seventies and early Eighties. |
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| Jan. 17, 2018 | Retro Renny | ARBEE STIDHAM: Tonight's show features his blues recordings from 1947-73 on a myriad of labels & backed by Tampa Red, Lucky Millinder's Orchestra, Willie Dixon, Ear Hooker and other stellar blues, jazz and R&B musicians. |
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| Jan. 10, 2018 | Retro Renny | JUG BANDS: The Memphis Jug Band, Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, The Dixieland Jug Blowers and more. Helpful Hint: Make sure jug is empty before blowing into it! |
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| Jan. 3, 2018 | Retro Renny | WILD, WILD WOMEN - From R&B to Rockabilly, tonight's show features some formidable female vocalists. |
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| Dec. 27, 2017 | Retro Renny | GOODBYE EVAN JOHNS. Evan Johns died March 11 of this year and I'll play a song from each recording as a musical tribute to one of my favourite musicians, one of the most underrated rockers of the last four decades. |
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| Dec. 20, 2017 | Retro Renny | SIZZLIN' SOULSTICE STOCKIN' STUFFERS: It's a Solstice dance with sweltering Sixites soul to warm your cockles by, on the 2nd longest night of the year. |
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| Dec. 13, 2017 | Retro Renny | PULLING RABBITS (& other assorted rodents) OUT OF MY HAT. Songs about rabbits, rats, groundhogs, woodchucks & mice, featuring Blues, R&B, Bluegrass, Rockabilly and Rock & Roll. |
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| Dec. 6, 2017 | Kid Caffeine | COUNTRY SPIRITS & WARNINGS FROM THE HONKY TONK |
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| Nov. 29, 2017 | Retro Renny | The drums, vibes, orchestra and music of Ionnis Alexandres Veliotes a.k.a. JOHNNY OTIS. Godfather of West Coast Rhythm & Blues and Rock & Roll midwife. |
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| Nov. 22, 2017 | Retro Renny | MUCK IT UP/MAKE IT UP SHOW. Playing all the music that didn't get played because of my mistakes, technical difficulties, or because I ran out of time. Tonight will be a mixed musical bag with 6 boogies, 3 rags and a stomp. |
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| Nov. 15, 2017 | Retro Renny | STOMP TO IT! A chronological look at the stomp in all it's musical diversity: jazz, blues, western swing, boogie woogie, R&B, Cajun and zydeco from 1929 to 1955. |
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| Nov. 8, 2017 | Retro Renny | THANK YOU! Songs Of thanks to all of you who donated to the show. Tonight - Soul, funk, New Orleans R&B , roots reggae, old country, three cover versions and even some Bob Dylan. |
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| Nov. 1, 2017 | Kid Caffeine | FUNDING DRIVE Part 2: SMUT FOR BUCKAROOS. Another shameless attempt to solicit donations using music about sex. Tonight's rural romp, includes questionable Country & Western from Roy Hall, The Light Crust Doughboys, Skeets McDonald and more. |
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| Oct. 25, 2017 | Risque Renny | FUNDING DRIVE: Retro Renny's annual "SMUT FOR BUCKS" funding drive episode. In a blatant attempt to get your donations I'll be appealing to your baser nature by playing regally risque R&B from the KING & FEDERAL RECORD labels. Please donate what you can. |
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| Oct. 18, 2017 | Retro Renny | KING RECORDS: 1943-75 One of the most important independent label in the U.S., the King Records roster included Western Swing, Bluegrass, Hillbilly Boogie and Rhythm & Blues artists. |
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| Oct. 11, 2017 | Retro Renny | Sibling rivalry jump blues style: Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers versus Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy. |
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| Oct. 4, 2017 | Retro Renny | LIMEYS THAT TWANG: British Rockabilly |
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| Sep. 27, 2017 | Retro Renny | THEMELESS: No theme, artist, nor label profile, just great roots music. |
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| Sep. 20, 2017 | Reckless Renny | PUB ROCK: Rockin' down the boozer with Dr. Feelgood, The Pirates, The Count Bishops, The Inmates & more. |
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| Sep. 13, 2017 | Retro Renny | TRAIN TUNES. All aboard an excursion through old timey country, hillbilly boogie, rockabilly with stops in the blues and R&B. |
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| Sep. 6, 2017 | Retro Renny | BLUES HARP HEAVEN: Some of the greatest blues harmonica players including Little Walter, Big Walter, both Sonny Boy Williamsons, Sonny Terry, Snooky Pryor, King Biscuit Boy and more. |
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| Aug. 30, 2017 | Retro Renny | Rags to rags. The riches in rags: jazz rags, jug rags, string band rags, guitar rags, fiddle rags, blues rags and more. |
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| Aug. 23, 2017 | Retro Renny | Say what?! Music of the unintelligible, hipster slang and nonsense lyrics. Papa-Omm-Mow-Mow, Be Baba Leba, Oo-Pa-Pa-Da, Jibba Jab, Vout Oreenee. Includes songs by Little Richard, Merle Travis, Charlie Feathers, Johnny Otis, Cab Calloway and more. |
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| Aug. 16, 2017 | Retro Renny | Elvis' Roots & Early Recordings. |
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| Aug. 9, 2017 | Retro Renny | ARHOOLIE BLUES: Down home acoustic blues from Mississippi that was originally released on the Arhoolie Record label. |
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| Aug. 2, 2017 | Kid Caffeine | Old-Timey Country: Sizzling string bands, frantic fiddlers and gut-bucket guitarists from the Twenties & Thirties. The roots of bluegrass & country music. |
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| Jul. 26, 2017 | Retro Renny | Old New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll And Soul from the '50s & '60s. Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, Professor Longhair, Dave Bartholomew, T.V. Slim and more. |
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| Jul. 19, 2017 | Retro Renny | CRAZY RHYTHM COVERS - Montreal's swing-a-billy group, the CRAZY RHYTHM DADDIES, delved into old & obscure Jazz, Western Swing, Country Music & Blues. Hear the original songs that inspired this band & hear the Crazy Rhythm Daddies' inspirational covers. |
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| Jul. 12, 2017 | Retro Renny | RAY'S ROOTS -Ray Condo & His Hardrock Goners were influenced by Blues, Jazz, Western Swing, Rhythm & Blues & Rockabilly. Hear the original versions of songs that inspired the band and their cover versions. |
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| Jul. 5, 2017 | Allan B. Wigney | Rock and roll Canadian style! |
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| Jun. 28, 2017 | Retro Renny | The Biology Of The Boogie |
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| Jun. 21, 2017 | Retro Renny | First Nations notions on National Aboriginal Day. Music and poetry about the plight of indigenous people by Billy Childish, Excene Cervenka, Link Wray, Three O'clock Train, Buffy Saint-Marie and more. Not your typical Roots & Rhythms |
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| Jun. 14, 2017 | Retro Renny | Will the real Charles Calhoun please stand up. The music of Jesse Stone a.k.a. Charles Calhoun: singer, pianist, band leader, music publisher, arranger, writer of Swing, R&B & Rock & Roll. |
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| Jun. 7, 2017 | Retro Renny | Blue Burlesque or Take It Off!: Music for strippers. Sleazy, smoky instrumentals from the 1950s. Tunes to get naked to. (Nudity optional) |
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| May. 31, 2017 | Lloyd Smiley | Screenshots... Lloyd's last picks before Summertime. |
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| May. 24, 2017 | Allan B. Wigney | Bob Dylan is 76! Stranger things have happened, people. |
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| May. 17, 2017 | Lloyd Smiley | You Can Only Try to Cover the Sun |
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| May. 10, 2017 | Rotten Renny | The greasy, grimy R&B of Andre "MR. RHYTHM" Williams, from his Fortune recordings of the Fifties, his Checker singles from the Sixties, to his comeback album in the Nineties. |
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| May. 3, 2017 | Lloyd Smiley | Darling Buddies of May... |
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| Apr. 26, 2017 | Retro Renny | Meteor Records Hillbilly & Rockabilly Recordings from the Fifties. |
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| Apr. 19, 2017 | Lloyd Smiley | Dreaming of An Uncloudy Day... Random Soul for a Rainy Night. |
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| Apr. 12, 2017 | Retro Renny | Meteor Records Part 1: Blues, R&B & Gospel recordings (1952 - 57) |
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| Apr. 5, 2017 | Lloyd Smiley | I Wish I Felt This Good Without The Whiskey |
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| Mar. 29, 2017 | Retro Renny | Original ska instrumentals recorded by the Skatalites in 1964, including their cover versions of jazz tunes. |
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| Mar. 22, 2017 | Lloyd Smiley | Chuck Berry & His Influential Influences: Tribute. |
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| Mar. 15, 2017 | Renny | THE SWAMPCATS BEAT! Goldband Records was the longest running independent label in the U.S. at the time of the owner, Eddie Shuler's death in 2005. Tonight's show features Goldband recordings from the Fifties. |
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| Mar. 8, 2017 | Lloyd Smiley | Lions & Lambs |
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| Mar. 1, 2017 | Renny | GREAT GUITAR INSTRUMENTALS |
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| Feb. 22, 2017 | Lloyd Smiley | Bringing it All Back Home... Again! |
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| Feb. 15, 2017 | Renny | Black History Month and the day after Valentine's Day. On tonight's show: BROKEN HEARTED SOUL FOR BROKEN HEARTED SOULS. |
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| Feb. 8, 2017 | Lloyd Smiley | Let's Do It: A Valentine's Day Show! |
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| Feb. 1, 2017 | Renny | It's the first day of Black History Month so what better than ROOTS REGGAE & THE ROOTS OF REGGAE. The best of Kingston, Jamaica's BEVERLY'S RECORDS. (Mainly from my big sister's collection, thanks sis'!) |
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| Jan. 25, 2017 | Lloyd Smiley | Birdie's The Word! |
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| Jan. 18, 2017 | Renny | WHISKEY WISHES! A shot of jump blues with a whiskey chaser to chase away those inauguration blues. Whiskey flavoured tunes from Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers, Wynonie "Mr. Blues" Harris, Amos Milburn and more. |
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| Jan. 11, 2017 | Lloyd Smiley | Let's Get All the Crying Out of the Way.... |
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| Jan. 4, 2017 | Renny | Rockin' Ronnie Dawson. Original Texas Rockabilly from Ronnie Dee & The D-Men a.k.a. The Blond Bomber a.k.a. Commonwealth Jones a.k.a. Snake Munroe. The Wildman from Waxahachie rocked from 1956 until his death in 2003. |
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| Dec. 28, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | 2016... Head to Toe! |
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| Dec. 21, 2016 | Renny | Sizzlin' solstice stocking stuffers. |
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| Dec. 14, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Visions of the Blues... |
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| Dec. 7, 2016 | Renny | THE BIG ORGAN. A chronological look at the big organ sound with selections from R&B, soul, gospel, original ska and jazz. |
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| Nov. 30, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Elements |
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| Nov. 23, 2016 | Wreckless Renny | ROOTS FOR RUGRATS: A Raffi free hour of tunes for toddlers and their parents. This episode of R&R features kid friendly folk, r&b, rockabilly and rock and roll. Music for children that wont drive parents crazy. Let the little ones dance before bed. |
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| Nov. 16, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | I Promise You... |
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| Nov. 9, 2016 | Renny | Raunchy Roots & Risque Rhythms: wicked western swing, horny hillbilly string music, controversial country, raunchy r&b and the bluest blues. |
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| Nov. 2, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Funding Drive! Aiken & Beggs! |
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| Oct. 26, 2016 | Wretched Renny | SEX, MONEY & FUNDING DRIVE |
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| Oct. 19, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Pre-Funding Drive Jitters.... |
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| Oct. 12, 2016 | Renny | Travis-pickin' and the meaning of Merle. |
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| Oct. 5, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Heavenly Radio |
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| Sep. 28, 2016 | Renny | Does anyone remember Sliding Delta? Country Blues with Mississippi Fred McDowell, R.L. Burnside's first recordings, Jesse Mae Hemphill - the She Wolf and many more. |
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| Sep. 21, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | The Atomic Telephone |
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| Sep. 14, 2016 | Renny | Praise for the plump. A mixed bag of 21 blubbery boppers about BIG, beautiful people. |
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| Sep. 7, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Shake 'Em Up & Shake 'Em Down |
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| Aug. 31, 2016 | Renny | Rollin' Rock Record's roots rockabilly revival. |
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| Aug. 24, 2016 | Gord Peeling |
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| Aug. 17, 2016 | Renny | The Masticating Boogie: music for foodies. |
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| Aug. 10, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Birds & the Bees... and Animals in General... |
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| Aug. 3, 2016 | Renny | Summer Soul Dance Party |
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| Jul. 27, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Lazy Hazy Summer Daisy... |
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| Jul. 20, 2016 | Renny | Fiddlin' Around. From Western Swing to African-American String Bands, it's a selection of hot fiddle tunes. |
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| Jul. 13, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Cool Clear Water... |
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| Jul. 6, 2016 | Renny | A to Z of the Creole Blues - Zydeco |
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| Jun. 29, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Should'a Taken the Train (traffic delayed program) |
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| Jun. 22, 2016 | Renny | The Cadillac Boogie |
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| Jun. 15, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Fathers & Daddy-o's |
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| Jun. 8, 2016 | Renny | The Golden Years Of Western Swing |
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| Jun. 1, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | You Should Get More Sleep |
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| May. 25, 2016 | Renny | Blow Man Blow! The BIG Saxophone. |
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| May. 18, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Rocks in My Head, Blues in My Shoes |
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| May. 11, 2016 | Renny | Fowl Play: The Chicken Rhythm |
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| May. 4, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | DRiNK DRaNK DRuNK... |
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| Apr. 27, 2016 | Renny | Mar-Vel's Mid-West Magic |
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| Apr. 20, 2016 | Neal Johnstone | Get Your Mojo Workin' |
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| Apr. 13, 2016 | Renny | The Maximum R&B of Specialty Records |
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| Apr. 6, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | WINE |
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| Mar. 30, 2016 | Renny Godier | Sun Records Rockabilly |
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| Mar. 23, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | BEER |
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| Mar. 16, 2016 | Renny Godier | A sinner's guide to sacred music - Great rockin' gospel |
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| Mar. 9, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Love Will Rain on You |
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| Mar. 2, 2016 | Renny Godier | The Hillbilly Boogie | |
| Feb. 24, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Under African Skies |
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| Feb. 17, 2016 | Renny Godier | Rhythm & Booze: Ethanol fueled R&B scorchers |
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| Feb. 10, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Bring it on Home |
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| Feb. 3, 2016 | Dick Altavista & Eli Boucher | The Bo Diddley Beat |
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| Jan. 27, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Special Guest: Trevor Pool (Sonny Aiken) |
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| Jan. 20, 2016 | Renny Godier | Buddy And Ella Johnson - Big Band R&B |
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| Jan. 13, 2016 | Lloyd Smiley | Rhumba Chillin' |
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| Jan. 6, 2016 | Renny Godier | Original Jamaican Ska |
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| Dec. 30, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | New Year's Eve Eve (Eve Eve Eve...) |
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| Dec. 23, 2015 | Renny Godier | Old school blue yule! |
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| Dec. 16, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Just Folkin' Around, or, Don't Call Me Floyd |
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| Dec. 9, 2015 | Dick Altavista | Kim Salmon |
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| Dec. 2, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Sweet Swoulful Swounds and Doo Dwops |
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| Nov. 25, 2015 | Renny Godier | Charlie Feathers: Four decades of rockabilly |
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| Nov. 18, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | This Land is Our Land |
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| Nov. 11, 2015 | Rob Bitschofsky | Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You, Pt. 2 |
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| Oct. 28, 2015 | DJ DesTrois & Lloyd Smiley | FD #1 with a 'ween twist |
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| Oct. 21, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Halloween... Back to the Future! |
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| Oct. 14, 2015 | Rob Bitschofsky | Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You, Pt. 1 |
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| Oct. 7, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Native North America, vol. 1... part 2! |
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| Sep. 30, 2015 | Allan B. Wigney | The Maddox Brothers and Rose |
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| Sep. 23, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Songs From the Sunny South with Aiken & Beggs |
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| Sep. 16, 2015 | Rob Bitschofsky | Souljazz Orchestra: Resistance |
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| Sep. 9, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Otis Redding, Box Finds, and Road Songs |
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| Sep. 2, 2015 | Dick Altavista | The best record label on the planet: SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY |
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| Aug. 26, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Cradled in the Arms of August |
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| Aug. 19, 2015 | Rob Bitschofsky | Hot August Night |
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| Aug. 12, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Some 45rpm Goodness |
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| Aug. 5, 2015 | Shirley Gagnon | Blues Aboriginal style |
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| Jul. 29, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Patton, McTell, and the Sheiks, Part II |
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| Jul. 22, 2015 | Rob Bitschofsky | Anything good on Apple Music? Sure, you bet! |
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| Jul. 15, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Lazy, Sleepy, Sunny, Dreamy |
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| Jul. 8, 2015 | Allan B. Wigney | Sun Records: the blues years |
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| Jul. 1, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Canada Day with Kevin Schofield |
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| Jun. 24, 2015 | Rob Bitschofsky | New York Cabaret Music |
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| Jun. 17, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Missed, Lost, and Longing... |
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| Jun. 10, 2015 | Dick Altavista | Celebrating 20 Years of Bloodshot Records |
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| Jun. 3, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Break a Leg! |
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| May. 27, 2015 | Rob Bitschofsky | Prog rock for a prog console |
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| May. 20, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Enough Blues to Fill Your Shoes |
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| May. 13, 2015 | Bruce Walton | Kaleidoscope |
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| May. 6, 2015 | Allan B. Wigney | Byron Lee & the Dragonaires |
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| Apr. 29, 2015 | Rob Bitschofsky |
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| Apr. 22, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Earth Day! |
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| Apr. 15, 2015 | Bruce Walton | pop/rock/soul/blues/funk/jazz |
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| Apr. 8, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Woebegone Wednesday | |
| Apr. 1, 2015 | Allan B. Wigney | You'll laugh; you'll cry | |
| Mar. 25, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Out of the Freezer Bag... Into the Future. | |
| Mar. 18, 2015 | Dick Altavista | The Black Swans/Jerry David DeCicca | |
| Mar. 11, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Patton, McTell, and the Sheiks, Part I | |
| Mar. 4, 2015 | Stephen Neale | The Soul of Designer Records | |
| Feb. 25, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Cold & Blues | |
| Feb. 18, 2015 | Shirley Gagnon | Roots and Rhythms | |
| Feb. 11, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | The Cosimo Matassa Story, part II | |
| Feb. 4, 2015 | Dick Altavista | Music from Steve Fai, Mark Ripp and Mike McDonald | |
| Jan. 28, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | Socan Sure Thangs | |
| Jan. 21, 2015 | Allan B. Wigney | Alan Freed's Rock 'n' Roll Jubilee | |
| Jan. 14, 2015 | Lloyd Smiley | The Cosimo Matassa Story, part I | |
| Jan. 7, 2015 | Bruce Walton | anniversaries | |
| Dec. 31, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | In With the Old! | |
| Dec. 24, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | Christmas Eve! | |
| Dec. 17, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | Native North America, vol. 1 | |
| Dec. 10, 2014 | Bruce Walton | A Love Supreme - 50 years | |
| Dec. 3, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | Brrroots & Brrrythms... | |
| Nov. 26, 2014 | Rob Bitschofsky | Jack Bruce with Kip Hanrahan | |
| Nov. 19, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | Mixed Bag of Thanks. | |
| Nov. 12, 2014 | Bruce Walton | post Funding Drive jazz on vinyl | |
| Nov. 5, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley and Bruce Walton | Funding Drive #2 | |
| Oct. 29, 2014 | Rob Bitschofsky | Funding Drive | |
| Oct. 22, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | Six Feet Deep in the Blues | |
| Oct. 15, 2014 | Bruce Walton | Bert Berns | |
| Oct. 8, 2014 | Allan B. Wigney | OKeh III | |
| Oct. 1, 2014 | Rob Bitschofsky | Heliocentrics with Orlando Julius, Mulatu Astatke and Lloyd Miller | |
| Sep. 24, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | A Bunch of Tracks From a Stack of Wax. | |
| Sep. 17, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | Uncertain Kingdom | |
| Sep. 10, 2014 | Bruce Walton | ||
| Sep. 3, 2014 | Rob Bitschofsky | Egghead Eno Afrofunk Returns | |
| Aug. 27, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | Boots and Prisms. | |
| Aug. 20, 2014 | Allan B. Wigney | OKeh Records: part two | |
| Aug. 13, 2014 | LLOYD SMILEY | SO AND SOCAN | |
| Aug. 6, 2014 | Rob Bitschofky | Odds and sods | |
| Jul. 30, 2014 | Allan B. Wigney | OKeh Records: part one | |
| Jul. 23, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | Another Wednesday Night | |
| Jul. 16, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | Dusk to Dark | |
| Jul. 9, 2014 | Neil Bakshi | filling in for Rob Bitschofsky | |
| Jul. 2, 2014 | Allan B. Wigney | Remembering Bobby Womack | |
| Jun. 25, 2014 | Chris Ikonomopoulos | Music from the George Mitchell Collection | |
| Jun. 18, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | Bluegrass and Blues: A little bit Country, a little bit Rock n' Roll. | |
| Jun. 11, 2014 | Rob Bitschofsky | New Afrobeat | |
| Jun. 4, 2014 | Bruce Walton | 2 Joes | |
| May. 28, 2014 | Lloyd Smiley | Roots & Rhythms | |
| May. 21, 2014 | Ethan A. | ||
| May. 14, 2014 | Rob Bitschofsky | Run run run | |
| May. 7, 2014 | Ethan A. | fill in 2.0 | |
| Apr. 30, 2014 | RAY HARRIS (guest host) | Sassy Soul/Blues/R&B ladies with attitude! | |
| Apr. 23, 2014 | Ethan Eh. | Just filling in. | |
| Apr. 16, 2014 | Rob Bitschofsky | Roots In Angola | |
| Apr. 9, 2014 | Doug Bird | ||
| Apr. 2, 2014 | Stephen Neale | I Heard the Angels Singing #2 plus the Reverend Morgan Babb | |
| Mar. 19, 2014 | Ron Steeds & Jim Reil | Bob Dylan Covers | |
| Mar. 12, 2014 | David Leibold | Roots & Rhythms | |
| Mar. 5, 2014 | Stephen Neale | Galaxy Records (1968-1972) | |
| Feb. 26, 2014 | Doug Bird | Roots And Rhythms | |
| Feb. 19, 2014 | Rob Bitschofsky | Fusion Reliquary: In a Silent Way turns 45 | |
| Feb. 12, 2014 | Doug Bird | Roots and Rhythms | |
| Feb. 5, 2014 | Stephen Neale | I Heard the Angels Singing | |
| Jan. 29, 2014 | Ty Hall | Roots and Rhythms | |
| Jan. 22, 2014 | Rob Bitschofsky | Latin Grab Bag | |
| Jan. 15, 2014 | Ty Hall | Roots and Rhythms | |
| Jan. 8, 2014 | Stephen Neale | Goldwax Records | |
| Jan. 1, 2014 | Ty Hall | ||
| Dec. 25, 2013 | Shirley Gagnon | Blues Aboriginal style | |
| Dec. 18, 2013 | Bruce Walton | signing off . . . . | |
| Dec. 11, 2013 | Bruce Walton | NRBQ | |
| Dec. 4, 2013 | Stephen Neale | James Carr | |
| Nov. 27, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | Lou Reed on death and dying | |
| Nov. 20, 2013 | Bruce Walton | The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th most-recorded songs in jazz | |
| Nov. 13, 2013 | Stephen Neale | Post-Funding Drive music mix | |
| Nov. 6, 2013 | Bruce Walton | ||
| Oct. 30, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | Funding Drive 2013: African roots and rhythms | |
| Oct. 23, 2013 | Bruce Walton | New Vinyl/Frank Zappa's Jukebox | |
| Oct. 16, 2013 | Stephen Neale | The Gospel of Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke | |
| Oct. 9, 2013 | Bruce Walton | new vinyl - blues & jazz | |
| Oct. 2, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | O-Town Hoedown | |
| Sep. 25, 2013 | Stephen Neale | Good God!: Apocryphal Hymns | |
| Sep. 18, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Terry Gillespie - Bluesoul | |
| Sep. 11, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Jazz On Vinyl #7 | |
| Sep. 4, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | A Brief Excursion to the Moon | |
| Aug. 28, 2013 | Bruce Walton | '60's-ish | |
| Aug. 21, 2013 | Stephen Neale | Looking back | |
| Aug. 14, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | Anthony Joseph's space funk free jazz poetry | |
| Aug. 7, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | Meet the Shaolin Afronauts | |
| Jul. 31, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Bonzo Dog Band | |
| Jul. 24, 2013 | Stephen Neale | Just a little bit of soul #2 | |
| Jul. 17, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Peter Green/Jeremy Spencer | |
| Jul. 10, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | Rare regional funk | |
| Jul. 3, 2013 | Bruce Walton | The Flaps/The Kruger Brothers | |
| Jun. 26, 2013 | Stephen Neale | Mavis Staples / Bobby 'Blue' Bland | |
| Jun. 19, 2013 | Bruce Walton | JazzFest preview | |
| Jun. 12, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | Arts & Crafts at ten | |
| Jun. 5, 2013 | Bruce Walton | The great Morgan Davis | |
| May. 29, 2013 | Stephen Neale | Hotlanta Soul #2 | |
| May. 22, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Yo La Tengo | |
| May. 15, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | Kenya Special! | |
| May. 8, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Shuggie Otis | |
| May. 1, 2013 | Stephen Neale | Hotlanta Soul | |
| Apr. 24, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Jazz on Vinyl # 5 | |
| Apr. 17, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | Phosphorescent: Is this the new country? | |
| Apr. 10, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Fleetwood Mac, 1968-70 | |
| Apr. 3, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | Spirit of Talk Talk, part one. | |
| Mar. 27, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Diablos Del Ritmo Colombiano | |
| Mar. 20, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | Sifting through Rumours | |
| Mar. 13, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Abdullah Ibrahim #5 | |
| Mar. 6, 2013 | Stephen Neale | The Flaps - Again | |
| Feb. 27, 2013 | Bruce Walton | 3 Beatles lp's covered | |
| Feb. 20, 2013 | Alnoor Allidina | Jazz and Funk | |
| Feb. 13, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Girl Groups | |
| Feb. 6, 2013 | Stephen Neale | The Pitch and Gusman Records Story | |
| Jan. 30, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Riverside Records | |
| Jan. 23, 2013 | Rob Bitschofsky | The Unexpected Return of David Bowie | |
| Jan. 16, 2013 | Bruce Walton | early James Brown | |
| Jan. 9, 2013 | Stephen Neale | Dave Godin`s Deep Soul Treasures | |
| Jan. 2, 2013 | Bruce Walton | Ray Davies/Emmett Miller/Willem Breuker/Fontella Bass | |
| Dec. 26, 2012 | Rob Bitschofsky | Post-Christmas Kora Fusion | |
| Dec. 19, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Oxford American 2012 | |
| Dec. 12, 2012 | Stephen Neale | Back-Talk Organ Trio | |
| Dec. 5, 2012 | Bruce Walton | The ten most-recorded songs in jazz history | |
| Nov. 28, 2012 | Rob Bitschofsky | Kip Hanrahan 101 | |
| Nov. 21, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Mixed bag | |
| Nov. 14, 2012 | Stephen Neale | Mirwood Soul | |
| Nov. 7, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Abdullah Ibrahim, part 4 | |
| Oct. 31, 2012 | Bruce Walton | FD show 2 - mix | |
| Oct. 24, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Live At The Apollo | |
| Oct. 17, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Early Zappa from Pal studios | |
| Oct. 10, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Steve Cropper | |
| Oct. 3, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Jazz on vinyl #4 | |
| Sep. 26, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Robert Wyatt | |
| Sep. 19, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Roy Loney | |
| Sep. 12, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Abdullah Ibrahim part 3 | |
| Sep. 5, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Holly/Reed/Shakes/Myers | |
| Aug. 29, 2012 | Alnoor Allidina & Jordan Cave | Ottawa Folk Festival | |
| Aug. 22, 2012 | Rob Bitschofsky | Lou Reed: 11 Songs | |
| Aug. 15, 2012 | Alnoor Allidina | Summer groove | |
| Aug. 8, 2012 | Rob Bitschofsky | Train to Skaville: the underrated Ethiopians. | |
| Aug. 1, 2012 | Alnoor Allidina | Canadian Gamelan Roundup | |
| Jul. 25, 2012 | Stephen Neale | Just a little bit of soul | |
| Jul. 18, 2012 | Stephen Neale | Boddie Recording Company - Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Jul. 11, 2012 | Rob Bitschofsky | Miles Davis vs. Rock, circa 1970 | |
| Jul. 4, 2012 | Pat Moore | Bruce Walton | |
| Jun. 27, 2012 | bobby m | roots and rhythms | |
| Jun. 20, 2012 | Bruce Walton | John K. Samson | |
| Jun. 13, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Jazz Festival preview | |
| Jun. 6, 2012 | Bruce Walton | RIP, Doc Watson | |
| May. 30, 2012 | Bruce Walton | jazz on vinyl #3 | |
| May. 23, 2012 | Bruce Walton | rock,soul, blues . . . . | |
| May. 16, 2012 | Bruce Walton | J.J. Cale | |
| May. 9, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Left Coast vinyl | |
| May. 2, 2012 | Alnoor Allidina | Dave Frishberg / Tom Waits | |
| Apr. 25, 2012 | Rob Bitschofsky | Global Roots, Global Rhythms | |
| Apr. 18, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Abdullah Ibrahim 2 | |
| Apr. 11, 2012 | Bruce Walton | lazy dj - world edition #1 | |
| Apr. 4, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Chris Whiteley | |
| Mar. 28, 2012 | Bruce Walton | new & new-ish | |
| Mar. 21, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Jazz on Vinyl | |
| Mar. 14, 2012 | Bruce Walton | "Black" artists | |
| Mar. 7, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Chimes of Freedom | |
| Feb. 22, 2012 | Bruce Walton | the lazy dj, non-jazz version | |
| Feb. 15, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Dollar Brand/Abdullah Ibrahim | |
| Feb. 8, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Pop & Rock/Blues/Sugarcane Harris | |
| Feb. 1, 2012 | Bruce Walton | skafest, part 2 - all 3rd wave | |
| Jan. 25, 2012 | Bruce Walton | RIP, Etta james/Johnny Otis | |
| Jan. 18, 2012 | Bruce Walton | jazz on vinyl | |
| Jan. 11, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Ghana Special | |
| Jan. 4, 2012 | Bruce Walton | Skafest, part 1 | |
| Dec. 28, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Oxford American 2011 | |
| Dec. 21, 2011 | Bruce Walton | FZ | |
| Dec. 14, 2011 | Bruce Walton | jazz on vinyl | |
| Dec. 7, 2011 | Bruce Walton | some blues guitar | |
| Nov. 30, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Johnny Dyani | |
| Nov. 23, 2011 | Bruce Walton | first snow mix . . . | |
| Nov. 16, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Songs of Dan Penn | |
| Nov. 9, 2011 | Bruce Walton | American Pop: An Audio History | |
| Nov. 2, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Funding Drive #2 - the 1K + show | |
| Oct. 26, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Funding Drive mix | |
| Oct. 19, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Old Man Luedecke/Matt Andersen | |
| Oct. 12, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Don Byron | |
| Oct. 5, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Kinks! | |
| Sep. 28, 2011 | Bruce Walton | ||
| Sep. 21, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Pee Wee Russell | |
| Sep. 14, 2011 | Bruce Walton | new Ry Cooder | |
| Sep. 7, 2011 | Bruce Walton, finally | ||
| Aug. 31, 2011 | Alnoor Allidina | Audience participation | |
| Aug. 24, 2011 | Rob Bitschofsky | Late Summer Soul Jam | |
| Aug. 17, 2011 | Alnoor Allidina | La Mine De Rien \ Pokey Lafarge | |
| Aug. 10, 2011 | Ray Harris (guest host} | Songs written/produced/performed/ or otherwise associated with the legendary "Cowboy" Jack Clement!!! | |
| Aug. 3, 2011 | Alnoor Allidina | Hedzoleh Sounds | |
| Jul. 27, 2011 | guest host Ray Harris | Featuring new & not new music from Blackie & The Rodeo Kings and Dave Alvin!!! | |
| Jul. 20, 2011 | Rob Bitschofsky | Gimme some long hot summer sun soul vibrations | |
| Jul. 13, 2011 | Ray Harris | Featuring Nashville based multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter Mike Henderson | |
| Jul. 6, 2011 | Rob Bitschofsky | Clash Roots | |
| Jun. 29, 2011 | Stephen Neale | Good God!: A Gospel Funk Hymnal and Born Again Funk | |
| Jun. 22, 2011 | Bruce Walton | 14th birthday and jazz fest preview | |
| Jun. 15, 2011 | Bruce Walton | some o' this & some o' that | |
| Jun. 8, 2011 | Bruce Walton | free your mind & your ass will follow | |
| Jun. 1, 2011 | Rob Bitschofsky | Willy DeVille Revisited | |
| May. 25, 2011 | Guest host RAY HARRIS | ||
| May. 18, 2011 | Bruce Walton | William Parker/Tribe Records | |
| May. 11, 2011 | Bruce Walton | some African vinyl | |
| May. 4, 2011 | Bruce Walton | "Dance" music | |
| Apr. 27, 2011 | Bruce Walton | British Blues, 1964 | |
| Apr. 20, 2011 | Bruce Walton | new Paul Simon/old Blood Sweat & Tears | |
| Apr. 13, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Kelley Stoltz/ Nostalgia 77 | |
| Apr. 6, 2011 | Bruce Walton | a bunch of Dan Auerbach, plus bits of some Brits | |
| Mar. 31, 2011 | Bruce Walton | BidiniBand/blues | |
| Mar. 30, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Jazz recordings from 1958, 1964, 1976, 1978, 1981 and 2010 | |
| Mar. 23, 2011 | Bruce | Panama! on Soundway Records | |
| Mar. 16, 2011 | Bruce | Any Trouble/Badfinger | |
| Mar. 9, 2011 | Bruce | "Crazy" songs | |
| Mar. 2, 2011 | Rob Bitschofsky | Spring Guitars | |
| Feb. 23, 2011 | Bruce | Dylan/garage rock/jazz | |
| Feb. 16, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Next Stop Soweto vol. 3 | |
| Feb. 9, 2011 | Alnoor Allidina | Roots & Rhythms | |
| Feb. 2, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Laila Biali / Kruger Brothers | |
| Jan. 26, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Meaghan Smith/Llist records/Best of Hootenany | |
| Jan. 19, 2011 | Bruce Walton | Mulate Astatke/Lloyd Miller with The Heliocentrics | |
| Jan. 12, 2011 | Bruce | Gourds / Band tribute | |
| Jan. 5, 2011 | Bruce | a non-thematic start to the new year | |
| Dec. 29, 2010 | Bruce | adios 2010 - Oxford American | |
| Dec. 22, 2010 | Bruce | not even pretending it's a Christmas show | |
| Dec. 15, 2010 | Bruce | Indo-Jazz Fusions & A Lifetime In Oriental Jazz | |
| Dec. 8, 2010 | Bruce | John Lennon, 1940-1980 | |
| Dec. 1, 2010 | Bruce Walton | Allen Toussaint | |
| Nov. 24, 2010 | Bruce | new old stuff - Excello/GM&AG/A Toussaint/jazz | |
| Nov. 17, 2010 | Bruce Walton | acoustic guitar | |
| Nov. 10, 2010 | Bruce | a post-Funding Drive preview of upcoming programs | |
| Nov. 3, 2010 | Bruce Walton | this stress is killing me . . . | |
| Oct. 27, 2010 | Bruce | Funding Drive #1 | |
| Oct. 20, 2010 | Bruce Walton | Robert Gordon | |
| Oct. 13, 2010 | Bruce | Happy Birthday, Paul Simon. RIP, Solomon Burke | |
| Oct. 6, 2010 | Bruce | "Africa" & "African" songs | |
| Sep. 29, 2010 | Bruce | Terry Gillespie | |
| Sep. 22, 2010 | Bruce | Todd Snider | |
| Sep. 15, 2010 | bruce | The World Ends: Afro-Rock & Psychedelia in 1970s Nigeria | |
| Sep. 8, 2010 | Bruce | Eels/Todd Snider/World Ends | |
| Sep. 1, 2010 | Ron Steeds | The Blues Got the World By the Balls | |
| Aug. 25, 2010 | RAY HARRIS (guest host) | ||
| Aug. 18, 2010 | Alnoor Allidina | Bruce Walton / Roots & Rhythms | |
| Aug. 11, 2010 | RAY HARRIS (guest host) | ||
| Aug. 4, 2010 | Alnoor Allidina | Bruce Walton / Roots & Rhythms | |
| Jul. 28, 2010 | Bruce | Dylan covers | |
| Jul. 21, 2010 | Bruce Walton | calypso observations and commentary in 1950's London | |
| Jul. 14, 2010 | guest host RAY HARRIS | ||
| Jul. 7, 2010 | Bruce walton | Sleepy LaBeef | |
| Jun. 30, 2010 | Stephen Neale | Roots and Rhythms | |
| Jun. 23, 2010 | Bruce Walton | JazzFest preview | |
| Jun. 16, 2010 | Bruce Walton | Beatles covers | |
| Jun. 9, 2010 | Bruce walton | Next Stop Soweto | |
| Jun. 2, 2010 | Bruce Walton | RIP, Hank Jones, 1918-2010 | |
| May. 26, 2010 | Bruce Walton | Levon Helm | |
| May. 19, 2010 | Bruce Walton | some Gil Evans | |
| May. 12, 2010 | Bruce Walton | two May 12 birthdays | |
| May. 5, 2010 | Bruce Walton | acoustic blues | |
| Apr. 28, 2010 | Bruce Walton | John Doe-Sadies/new CC | |
| Apr. 21, 2010 | Bruce Walton | acoustic gtr/funk/FZ | |
| Apr. 14, 2010 | Bruce Walton | early Los Lobos / Ronnie Hawkins, 1959-60 | |
| Apr. 7, 2010 | Alnoor Allidina | ||
| Mar. 24, 2010 | Bruce Walton | Alex Chilton | |
| Mar. 17, 2010 | Bruce Walton | Eno | |
| Mar. 10, 2010 | Bruce Walton | Paul James/Gil S-H/African | |
| Mar. 3, 2010 | Bruce Walton | M. Ward/Brian Auger/Across the Universe | |
| Feb. 24, 2010 | Bruce Walton | some o' this, some o' that | |
| Feb. 17, 2010 | Bruce Walton | Black & Blues leftovers / T. Monk | |
| Feb. 10, 2010 | Alnoor Allidina | ||
| Feb. 3, 2010 | Bruce Walton | M Simpson, P Case/B Lynn/Jerry Jerry, Amadou& Mariam | |
| Jan. 27, 2010 | Bruce Walton | A long-overdue South African show | |
| Jan. 20, 2010 | Bruce Walton | "Blue" songs | |
| Jan. 13, 2010 | Bruce Walton | new vinyl - soul and funk, US/Africa | |
| Jan. 6, 2010 | Bruce Walton | mix |
Earlier playlists (if any) pre-date online listings