THE BLUES TRAIL REVISITED Podcast
1) 31. Lucious Spiller at Chicago Blues Festival 2022
Following the route of the Great Migration, we travel from Mississippi to Chicago to the Chicago Blues Festival and talk with Clarksdale's Lucious Spiller and Visit Clarksdale director Bubba O'Keefe. ...Show More
2) 30. GA-20
Nominated for a Blues Music Award for Best Emerging Artist Album, blues band GA-20 have tapped into the raw, gutsy sound of the original electric blues greats. They have perfected the stripped down so...Show More
3) 29. Tommy Castro
Blues guitarist Tommy Castro has been nominated for countless awards and this year he’s been nominated for no less than six Blues Music Awards including his 4th nomination for Entertainer of the Year....Show More
4) 28. Keb’ Mo’
Kevin Roosevelt Moore was born in 1951 in Los Angeles, but changed his name to Keb’ Mo’ when he started playing the blues. He’s played with papa John Creach, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Lyle Lovett ...Show More
5) 27. Blues Foundation President Judith Black
This year the Blues Foundation appointed a new president and CEO, Judith Black. I talked with her just before the 2022 Blues Music Awards. Music by Mr. Sipp, Sue Foley, Chris Cain and Veronica Lewis.
6) 26. Juke Joint Festival 2022, Sean Apple and Ryan Lee Crosby
Everyone is talking about the Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi, which is almost sold out! Sean "Bad" Apple, the unofficial master of ceremonies is pumped for this weekends events, and Ry...Show More
7) 25. Charlie Musselwhite
One of Clarksdale’s best-known resident musicians is legendary harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite. He learned at the feet of Chicago bluesmen such as Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson ...Show More
8) 24. Peter Guralnick
In 1973, I read Feel Like Going Home by Rolling Stone writer Peter Guralnick where he described his journey though the south in the late 60s to interview the last living blues artists. He visited and ...Show More
9) 23. Malcolm White, Hal and Mal’s
If you're heading to downtown Jackson, Mississippi, make sure you stop by Hal and Mal's, and introduce yourself to co-founder, Malcolm White. Have lunch and listen to some great local and national blu...Show More
10) 22.Jimmy Duck Holmes
Grammy Award Nominee in 2021 for Best Traditional Blues Album, we talk with Jimmy Duck Holmes about Bentonia style Blues and the Blue Front Cafe, the original and oldest surviving Juke Joint in Missis...Show More