Roots & Rhythms is a roots music program that swings, jumps, or rocks.
Hosted by: Lloyd Smiley and Renny G
Airs: Every Wednesday from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Coming up at 8:00 PM on September 20th, 2017:
Rockin' down at the boozer. PUB ROCK: the roots of punk. Before punk rock there was pub rock. Bands such as Dr. Feelgood, The Pirates, The Count Bishops, Ducks Deluxe, Eddie & The Hot Rods played an incendiary mix of amplified R&B, rockabilly and rock & roll.
Hosted by: Lloyd Smiley and Renny G
Airs: Every Wednesday from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Coming up at 8:00 PM on September 20th, 2017:
Rockin' down at the boozer. PUB ROCK: the roots of punk. Before punk rock there was pub rock. Bands such as Dr. Feelgood, The Pirates, The Count Bishops, Ducks Deluxe, Eddie & The Hot Rods played an incendiary mix of amplified R&B, rockabilly and rock & roll.
Roots and Rhythms
| Date | Host | Highlight | On Demand |
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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. |
available 
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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. |
available
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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. |
available
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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. |
available
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| Aug. 16, 2017 | Retro Renny | Elvis' Roots & Early Recordings. |
available
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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. |
available
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Roots & Rhythms started out in 1997 as a roots music program (older blues, country, r&b and rock(abilly), with some contemporary jazz and world music thrown in as well. Most programs were devoted to a specific artist, label, city or genre. Since then, the core concept has remained the same, but has been broadened to include some pop and more mix-type programs blending eclectic choices across genre and time periods. Throughout, the emphasis has been on music that swings, jumps, or rocks.
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