Comin' up on The Blues Show:

February 11, 2012

The show will come on tonight at approximately 9PM following Penn Basketball.

In the midnight hour on The Blues & Beyond, we'll feature music from a fabulous concert album called Get Together with pianist Hiromi Uehara, and pianist and singer Akiko Yano, recorded last September in Tokyo. Although all of Hiromi's albums up until now have been issued in the United States, where she has a lot of fans, this one is only out in Japan. Working with another pianist who is also a singer puts a new spin on Hiromi's music. Hiromi's unparalleled skill on the piano is matched by her deep soulfulness, and a great sense of humor that comes through on a number of these songs. We'll also hear one of Hiromi's compositions that she recorded with Stanley Clarke. We have new music from Don Byron and his New Gospel Quintet. Their album Love Peace & Soul celebrates the music of gospel's founding father, Thomas A. Dorsey and also Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Also: music with gospel fervor from Ruthie Foster, with The Blind Boys Of Alabama on her new album Let It Burn, as she takes on a late 60's rock anthem, and a guest appearance by Ms. Foster on an album made by one of her band members Hadden Sayers.

About The Blues Show and Jonny Meister

It's been said that rock, pop, country, jazz and R&B are just branches of a tree whose roots are buried deep in the mud of the Mississippi Delta. To honor those roots 88.5 WXPN presents The Blues Show with host Jonny Meister every Saturday evening from 7pm to 12 midnight.

The Blues Show covers the entire history of the blues from 1920 to the present, from the best-known to the most obscure blues, with an eye both on the rich history of this music and its current vitality.

Host Jonny Meister has been playing the blues on WXPN since March 1977. Meister grew up with old blues records in the house. His father played boogie woogie on the piano, which Jonny learned at about the age of 12. Later he played in rock bands and did a few solo gigs as a singer-songwriter. As his interest in blues grew, he became especially interested in the history of the music, a history not always revealed by the rock musicians and their promoters who drew heavily on the blues.

Jonny spent a week with the family of the late, great blues musician J. B. Lenoir in 1979, and he was one of the consultants for the Wim Wenders film The Soul Of A Man which featured Lenoir, in the PBS film series The Blues. He won the "Keeping The Blues Alive" award for work in Public Radio for The Blues Show in 2000 and a "Best of Philly" award from Philadelphia Magazine in 1996 for "Best Local Radio Show".

Area Blues Concerts & Events

For more detailed information please visit our concert calendar or a venue's website.

• • • February • • •

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Deb Callahan @ Cat's Eye Pub
1730 Thames Street
Baltimore (Fells Point) MD
4PM to 8PM 410-276-9866

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Mikey Junior leads open blues jam @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Tattar, Tucker, and Moog @ The Trestle Inn
11th & Callowhill Streets
Philadelphia PA
7PM

Mikey Junior & Stone Cold Blues @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Friday, February 10, 2012

Deb Callahan @ Godfrey Daniels
7 East 4th Street
Bethlehem PA 18015
610-867-2390

Dr. Ben's Backbone Blues Band (with special guest Seth Holzman) @ Hotel Fiesole
4046 Skippack Pike (Route 73)
Skippack Village, PA
610-222-8009

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Memorial service for Mark Armstrong blues musician who grew up in Broomall
@ St. Mark's United Methodist Church
2220 South Sproul Road (South Sproul & Lewis Roads)
Broomall PA 19008
11AM 610-356-1199

Roomful of Blues and The Nighthawks @ Ram's Head Live
20 Market Place
Baltimore MD
410-244-1131

Rod Paparozzi & The Hudson River Rats @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience @ Sellersville Theater
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA 18960
215-257-5808

Mikey Junior leads open blues jam @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Monday, February 13, 2012

Tab Benoit @ Rams Head On Stage
33 West Street
Annapolis MD 21401
410-268-4545

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Tab Benoit @ Rams Head On Stage
33 West Street
Annapolis MD 21401
410-268-4545

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Mikey Junior & Stone Cold Blues @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Guy Davis in original one-man show
The Adventures of Fishy Waters: In Bed with the Blues
Crossroads Theater Company
7 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick NJ 08901
732-545-8100

Friday, February 17, 2012

Joe Louis Walker @ Warmdaddys
1400 South Columbus Boulevard
Philadelphia PA
7:30PM & 10:30PM $15 215-462-2000

Guy Davis in original one-man show
The Adventures of Fishy Waters: In Bed with the Blues
Crossroads Theater Company
7 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick NJ 08901
732-545-8100

Georgie Bonds @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Joe Louis Walker @ Warmdaddys
1400 South Columbus Boulevard
Philadelphia PA
7:30PM & 10:30PM $15 215-462-2000

Guy Davis in original one-man show
The Adventures of Fishy Waters: In Bed with the Blues
Crossroads Theater Company
7 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick NJ 08901
732-545-8100

Deb Callahan @ Mardi Gras Fundraiser for Delaware Tech & Community College
3rd & Orange Streets
Wilmington DE
302-453-3763

Steve Guyger & The Excellos @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Baltimore Blues Society presents
Vizztone Blues Revue (with Bob Margolin & Gaye Adegbalola)
Rosedale American Legion Hall
1311 Seling Avenue
Rosedale MD 21237
BBS Info Line: 410-744-2291

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Guy Davis in original one-man show
The Adventures of Fishy Waters: In Bed with the Blues
Crossroads Theater Company
7 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick NJ 08901
732-545-8100

John Mayall @ Sellersville Theater
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA 18960
215-257-5808

Mikey Junior leads open blues jam @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Mikey Junior & Stone Cold Blues @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Guy Davis in original one-man show
The Adventures of Fishy Waters: In Bed with the Blues
Crossroads Theater Company
7 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick NJ 08901
732-545-8100

Otis Taylor @ Rams Head On Stage
33 West Street
Annapolis MD
410-268-4545

Richard Ray Farrell @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Sister Blue & Mark Furman Band @ Red Hot & Blue
Route 70 & Sayer Avenue
Cherry Hill NJ
6PM 856-665-7427

Friday, February 24, 2012

Joe Louis Walker and Poppa Chubby@ Rams Head On Stage
33 West Street
Annapolis MD
410-268-4545

Guy Davis in original one-man show
The Adventures of Fishy Waters: In Bed with the Blues
Crossroads Theater Company
7 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick NJ 08901
732-545-8100

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Guy Davis in original one-man show
The Adventures of Fishy Waters: In Bed with the Blues
Crossroads Theater Company
7 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick NJ 08901
732-545-8100

Deb Callahan @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Guy Davis in original one-man show
The Adventures of Fishy Waters: In Bed with the Blues
Crossroads Theater Company
7 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick NJ 08901
732-545-8100

Buckwheat Zydeco @ Rams Head On Stage
33 West Street
Annapolis MD
410-268-4545

Mikey Junior leads open blues jam @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Monday, February 27, 2012

Buckwheat Zydeco @ World Cafe Live at The Queen
500 North Market Street
Wilmington DE
8PM 302-994-1400 $27-$37 (advance price)

Hot Tuna (acoustic) @ Rams Head On Stage
33 West Street
Annapolis MD
410-268-4545

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Mikey Junior & Stone Cold Blues @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

• • • March • • •

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Buckwheat Zydeco @ New Hope Winery
6123 Lower York Road
New Hope PA 18938
8PM 215-794-2331

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Diamond State Blues Society presents "House Rockin' Party"
with Michael Burks and Albert Castiglia
@ J. B. McGinnes Pub & Grille
519 Basin Road
New Castle DE
302-322-4766

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Ruthie Foster @ Rams Head On Stage
33 West Street
Annapolis MD 21401
410-268-4545

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Playing For Change Band @ Rams Head On Stage
33 West Street
Annapolis MD 21401
410-268-4545

Monthly Blues Jam @ The Psalm Salon
First Wednesday of each month
5841 Overbrook Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19131
7PM 215-477-7578
Watch the Blues Jam live

Friday, March 9, 2012

Roomful Of Blues @ Sellersville Theater
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA 18960
215-257-5808

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Johnny Rawls @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Friday, March 16, 2012

C.J. Chenier @ New Hope Winery
6123 Lower York Road
New Hope PA 18938
8PM 215-794-2331

Roger Girke @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Lonnie Shields @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street (at Headhouse Square, between South Street and Lombard Street)
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Tommy Castro Band @ Rams Head On Stage
33 West Street
Annapolis MD 21401
410-268-4545

Friday, March 23, 2012

Berks Jazz Fest
Henry Butler with The Berks Horns & Jeff Golub Band
@ Gerald Veasley's Jazz Base
Crowne Plaza Hotel
1741 Papermill Road
Reading PA 19610
7PM and 10PM $36

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Randy Lippincott Blues Band @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Berks Jazz Fest
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue (Joe Louis Walker
Magic Dick, Tommy Castro, Deanna Bogart
@ Crowne Plaza Reading Ballroom
1741 Papermill Road
Reading PA 19610
7:30PM $36

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Georgie Bonds @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Friday, March 30, 2012

Berks Jazz Fest
Joe Krown Trio with Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Russell Batiste Jr.
Debbie Davies opening act
@ Inn at Reading Ballroom
1040 North Park Road
Wyomissing PA
7:30PM $36.00

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Berks Jazz Fest
Lavay Smith & her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Clarence Spady opening act
@ Inn at Reading Ballroom
1040 North Park Road
Wyomissing PA
7:30PM

• • • April • • •

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Monthly Blues Jam @ The Psalm Salon
First Wednesday of each month
5841 Overbrook Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19131
7PM 215-477-7578
Watch the Blues Jam live

Friday, April 6, 2012

Mike Guldin & Rollin' & Tumblin' @ The Rising Sun Inn
898 Allentown Road
Franconia PA 18969
215-721-6350

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Shemekia Copeland @ Sellersville Theater
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA
215-257-5808

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Baltimore Blues Society presents
(we don't know yet! But they're saying "save the date!")
Rosedale American Legion Hall
1311 Seling Avenue
Rosedale MD 21237
BBS Info Line: 410-744-2291

• • • May • • •

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Monthly Blues Jam @ The Psalm Salon
First Wednesday of each month
5841 Overbrook Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19131
7PM 215-477-7578
Watch the Blues Jam live

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King @ Sellersville Theater
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA 18960
215-257-5808

Friday, May 11, 2012

Roger Girke @ The Twisted Tail
509 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-558-2471

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
Sandy Point State Park
Annapolis MD
11AM-8PM
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Ruthie Foster
Michael Burks & Bernard Allison
Janiva Magness
Honey Island Swamp Band
Chesapeake Bay Blues Band

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
Sandy Point State Park
Annapolis MD
11AM-8PM
Jonny Lang
JJ Grey and Mofro
Shemekia Copeland
Philipp Fankhauser
Michael Williams Band
Lydia Pense and Cold Blood
Albert Cummings

• • • June • • •

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Monthly Blues Jam @ The Psalm Salon
First Wednesday of each month
5841 Overbrook Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19131
7PM 215-477-7578
Watch the Blues Jam live

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Saint Georges Blues Festival
Artists to be announced
The Commodore Center
1710 South Dupont Highway
Saint Georges DE

• • • July • • •

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Monthly Blues Jam @ The Psalm Salon
First Wednesday of each month
5841 Overbrook Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19131
7PM 215-477-7578
Watch the Blues Jam live

Friday, July 6, 2012

15th Annual Briggs Farm Blues Festival
Briggs Farm
88 Old Berwick Highway
Nescopeck PA 18635

Saturday, July 7, 2012

15th Annual Briggs Farm Blues Festival
Briggs Farm
88 Old Berwick Highway
Nescopeck PA 18635

Friday, July 27, 2012

Second Annual Pennsylvania Blues Festival
@ Blue Mountain Ski Area
1660 Blue Mountain Drive
Danielsville PA 18038

Advance Festival tickets on Sale now through April 1st 2012:
1 Day Adult - $30.00 Kid (6-12) 1 day - $9.00
2 Day Adult - $50.00 Kid (6-12) 2 day - $15.00
As of April 2nd 2012 Adult ticket prices will increase by 10%

On sale now thru April 1st 2012
Advance Camping: Up to three nights Camping with 2 Days of Festival tickets included
Adult:$80.00 per person
Kids: (6-12) $45.00 per
First come, first served... as of April 2nd 2012, adult Camping tickets will increase by 20%

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Second Annual Pennsylvania Blues Festival
@ Blue Mountain Ski Area
1660 Blue Mountain Drive
Danielsville PA 18038

So far, Joe Louis Walker, Michael Burks
and Big Sam’s Funky Nation are confirmed for this festival

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Second Annual Pennsylvania Blues Festival
@ Blue Mountain Ski Area
1660 Blue Mountain Drive
Danielsville PA 18038

So far, Joe Louis Walker, Michael Burks,
Big Sam’s Funky Nation are confirmed for this festival

• • • August • • •

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Monthly Blues Jam @ The Psalm Salon
First Wednesday of each month
5841 Overbrook Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19131
7PM 215-477-7578
Watch the Blues Jam live

Friday, August 3, 2012

Riverfront Blues Festival
Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park
Wilmington DE

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Riverfront Blues Festival
Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park
Wilmington DE

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Riverfront Blues Festival
Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park
Wilmington DE

• • • September • • •

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Monthly Blues Jam @ The Psalm Salon
First Wednesday of each month
5841 Overbrook Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19131
7PM 215-477-7578
Watch the Blues Jam live

Friday, September 14, 2012

Blast Furnace Blues Festival
SteelStacks Campus
101 Founders Way
Bethlehem PA

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Blast Furnace Blues Festival
SteelStacks Campus
101 Founders Way
Bethlehem PA

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Blast Furnace Blues Festival
SteelStacks Campus
101 Founders Way
Bethlehem PA

• • • October • • •

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Monthly Blues Jam @ The Psalm Salon
First Wednesday of each month
5841 Overbrook Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19131
7PM 215-477-7578
Watch the Blues Jam live

• • • November • • •

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Monthly Blues Jam @ The Psalm Salon
First Wednesday of each month
5841 Overbrook Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19131
7PM 215-477-7578
Watch the Blues Jam live

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