Comin' up on The Blues Show:
August 28, 2010
More tracks from our newest blues releases, from Robert Cray, Eric Gales, John Lee Hooker, Jr., and Charlie Musselwhite.
In the midnight hour on The Blues & Beyond, the voice of the late great jazz singer Abbey Lincoln who died this month and spirited new jazz from saxophonist Azar Lawrence from his album Mystic Journey.
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.
Jonny Meister with Catherine RussellThe 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.
• • • September • • •
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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 3, 2010
Craig Thatcher Band @ Sellersville Theater
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA 18960-2342
215-257-5808
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Mark Furman Band with Karl Frick on Hammond organ
@ Long Trout Winery
84 Fork Mountain Road
Auburn PA
570-366-6443
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Marcia Ball @ Camden Waterfront Backyard BBQ
Wiggins Park on Camden Waterfront
Camden NJ
856-216-2170
Free admission
Baltimore Blues Society presents
14th Annual Alonzo's Memorial Picnic
James Armstrong, Bryan Lee, Diunna Greenleaf
& Doug MacLeod
@ Rosedale American Legion Hall
1331 Seling Avenue
Rosedale MD
$25 adv. $35 gate
Send SASE Rec'd by August 27 to:
Baltimore Blues Society Tix, PO 4522, Baltimore MD 21212
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Moreland & Arbuckle @ Tin Angel
20 South 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA
215-828-2770
Friday, September 10, 2010
Shemekia Copeland @ Sellersville Theater
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA 18960-2342
215-257-5808
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Phoenixville Blues Festival @ Reeves Park
Phoenixville PA
Hot Lanta, Ben Arnold, Sister Blue, and others
2P - 9P
benefits Give The Gift Of Music Foundation
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Charlie Musselwhite @
World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA
7:30PM
Friday, September 24, 2010
Magic Slim & The Teardrops @ Warmdaddys
1400 South Columbus Blvd. (at Reed Street)
Philadelphia PA
8PM & 10PM $20
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Magic Slim & The Teardrops @ Warmdaddys
1400 South Columbus Blvd. (at Reed Street)
Philadelphia PA
8PM & 10PM $20
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
@ Patriots Theater at The War Memorial
1 Memorial Drive
Trenton NJ
Box Office: 609-984-8400
Box Office Hours: M-F 10A - 6P
• • • October • • •
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
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, October 23, 2010
Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland, Jimmy Vaughn
@ Patriots Theater at The War Memorial
1 Memorial Drive
Trenton NJ
Box Office: 609-984-8400
Box Office Hours: M-F 10A - 6P
• • • November • • •
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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
• • • December • • •
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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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Streams Of Recent Programs:
The Blues Show
This Week
Last Week
The Blues & Beyond
Continuous stream of three most recent programs
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Blues Links: Visit these links to explore the Blues, learn about live events, and to take part in the culture of this American art form.
Alligator Records
One of the leading Chicago blues labels. Alligator is Koko Taylor's label and also home for Lonnie Brooks, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, and many more. Recent releases include albums from Eddy Clearwater, Michael Burks, and Janiva Magness.
Delmark Records
A venerable Chicago blues & jazz label now celebrating 55 years in the business. Many of the blues greats of the past, like Junior Wells and Big Joe Williams, have recorded for Delmark. One of their finest recent releases is Byther Smith's Blues On The Moon. Another is Hattiesburg Blues from Mississippi Heat.
Blind Pig Records
This label is home to Kenny Neal, Magic Slim, Hamilton Loomis, and others and has put out albums by E. C. Scott, Elvin Bishop, Nappy Brown, Big Bill Morganfield, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, and plenty more... plus classics from Buddy Guy, Johnny Shines, Snooky Pryor, Jimmy Rogers, Luther Allison... many others!
Pristine Audio
This French reissue company has done wonderful restorations of the audio from old records. Their blues releases include Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, and Tampa Red.
Diamond State Blues Society sponsors many blues events, notably regular day-long shows at Gators in New Castle, DE and summer events in Wilmington.
Bucks County Blues Society is America's oldest blues society. among the performers they have presented are folks like Willie Dixon and Albert Collins. They have regular events and a big Blues/R&B picnic every summer, and they sponsor "Blue Thursdays" every Thursday night at McStew's in Levittown PA.
Jonny Meister jammin' with Samuel James
