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 27th, 2017:
THEMELESS: Tonight's show is about nothing in particular. No theme, no artist nor label profile, just a variety of great roots music.

Roots and Rhythms

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Date	Host	Highlight	On Demand
Sep. 20, 2017	Reckless Renny	PUB ROCK: Rockin' down the boozer with Dr. Feelgood, The Pirates, The Count Bishops, The Inmates & more.	available
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
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
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
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
Aug. 16, 2017	Retro Renny	Elvis' Roots & Early Recordings.	available

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.