The Blues Show with Jonny Meister airs Saturday nights

                       from 7PM to Midnight on WXPN.

Coming Up On  The Blues Show  October 17, 2020:

new blues from super-pianist (and Philadelphia native) Johnny Iguana and special guests.

In the midnight hour after The Blues Show, on Blue Dimensions: Program #I42 — new music from pianist Eldar Djangirov and his trio on the album Rhapsodize. Although his name sounds like the English word "elder," Eldar started as a child prodigy, and is now only in his early 30s. Also: some bluesy sounds from the band Ginetta's Vendetta, led by trumpeter and singer Ginetta Minichiello on a new album Pocketful Of Cool (she plays a pocket trumpet). Gerry Gibbs plays all the instruments on Emotional Pandemic, an album he wrote and recorded after the COVID-19 virus closed the concert venues and clubs. Plus: trumpeter Avishai Cohen and his band Big Vicious, taking on Beethoven.

       • • • Online Blues Concerts, Events, & News • • •

The Blues Images 2021 Blues Calendar with its accompanying CD (including a previously unreleased Victoria Spivey song, several previously unissued songs from Lost John Hunter from the Sun Records studio in Memphis, and more) is available now. The calendar features some of the original artwork and photographs used to promote these 78 rpm records when they were released.

Watch Christone "Kingfish" Ingram's Tiny Desk Home Concert from NPR

Toronzo Cannon, Chicago's blues-singing bus driver, has retired from the Chicago Transit Authority and is now a full-time blues musician! Cannon, one of the most creative and original blues artists around these days, has managed to keep his career going while driving a city bus full-time. The money just wasn't there for him to quit before he had enough time in to qualify for retirement benefits, and he would sometimes play a gig in Europe on a Saturday and be back behind the wheel of his bus in Chicago Monday morning. We look forward to seeing him in our area in June at The Saint Georges Blues Festival. [Watch a television news report on Toronzo Cannon from Fox32 in Chicago].

Sterling Magee, the spirited one-man band who formed a duo called Satan & Adam with harmonica player Adam Gussow has died from complications of COVID-19. One of the most interesting and unusual blues acts of the 1990s and early 2000s, Satan & Adam were included in U2's album/film Rattle and Hum, and are the subject of a documentary film Satan & Adam now available on Netflix.
obituary from New York Times      obituary from Tampa Bay Times

Patricia Wilson Aden former CEO of The African American Museum in Philadelphia is the new President & CEO of The Blues Foundation. Info from The Blues Foundation.

The Chicago Blues Camp is having Facebook Live online concerts that you can either watch live as they happen or later. Recent ones featuring 91-year-old Jimmy Johnson and Mud Morganfield, son of Muddy Waters, are well worth watching.

The Blues Collaborative of Southeast Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley works with a number of regional bands to promote their work; visit their calendar of events.

article on Buddy Guy, dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and vandalism of his club in Chicago, from Rolling Stone magazine.

Working From Home is a series of at-home concerts by blues and roots artists produced by The Arhoolie Foundation and The Little Village Foundation. The concerts they have up include music from C. J. Chenier, The Sons of The Soul Revivers, Aki Kumar and Rome Yamilov, and John Blues Boyd.

On Sunday, May 3rd, the winners of the 2020 Blues Music Awards from The Blues Foundation were announced, along with some performances online, and you can view the event now.

Rory Block is doing Facebook Live Concerts from her home Tuesday and Friday nights, starting at 7:30PM ET

"tune in" daily for online music from Clarksdale MS

Harmonica player Mikey Junior presents live online music every Wednesday from 5PM to 7M from The Twisted Tail's Facebook Page

Roger Girke, Jimmy Pritchard and others perform live online music every Tuesday at 6PM from The Saint Georges Country Store on Facebook Live.

The premiere issue of a new magazine Rock And Blues International is now available.

Links for   Local Artists  |  Venues  |  Blues Events  |  Cool Blues Links

       • • • Area Blues Concerts & Events • • •

For blues event listings visit:
Delta Blue's Calendar
The Blues Collaborative
Bucks County Blues Society
Diamond State Blues Society
Baltimore Blues Society
Blues Society of Central PA
Lehigh Valley Blues Network
Central Delaware Blues Society

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• • • November • • •

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (open: Samantha Fish) @ Whitaker Center For Science And The Arts
Harrisburg PA 17101 (8PM) postponed — new date to be determined

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Shemekia Copeland (open: Billy Walton Band) @ Ardmore Music Hall
Ardmore PA 19003 (7:30PM) $25-$39 postponed — new date to be determined

The Reading Blues Fest scheduled for November 2020 will not be happening this year. It is now scheduled for November 2021.

Friday, November 19, 2021

Reading Blues Fest (Day 1) — Ticket Information
@ DoubleTree by Hilton, Reading PA 19601

Saturday, November 20, 2021

Reading Blues Fest (Day 2) — Ticket Information
@ DoubleTree by Hilton, Reading PA 19601

Roomful Of Blues @ Sellersville Theater
Sellersville PA 18960 (8PM) $25-$39.50

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Reading Blues Fest (Day 3) — Ticket Information
@ DoubleTree by Hilton, Reading PA 19601

• • • December • • •

Saturday, December 19, 2020

Mikey Junior @ The Riegelsville Inn
Riegelsville PA 18077 (8PM)

• • • January • • •

• • • February • • •

• • • March • • •

• • • April • • •

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Bucks Blues Explosion 2020 with Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
and Slim & the Perkolators
@ Bucks County Community College, Newtown PA 18940 (7:30PM-10PM)

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Tinsley Ellis @ Sellersville Theater
Sellersville PA 18960 (8PM) $25-$39.50

Sunday, April 25, 2021

Catherine Russell with Charanee Wade and Brianna Thomas Ladies Sing The Blues
@ Normandy Farm Hotel & Conference Center
Blue Bell PA 19422 (5PM)

• • • May • • •

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Albert Cummings @ Sellersville Theater
Sellersville PA 18960 (8PM) $21.50-$30

Saturday, May 8, 2021

Blues & Brews with Flamin' Harry & The Roadhouse Rockers
The Little Red Rooster Blues Band, & Stevie & The Bluescasters
@ Sellersville Theater
Sellersville PA 18960 (8PM) $22.50-$35

Saturday, May 22, 2021

Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
@ Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis MD 21409

Vanessa Collier @ Sellersville Theater
Sellersville PA 18960 (8PM) $25-$39.50

Sunday, May 23, 2021

Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
@ Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis MD 21409

• • • June • • •

Friday, June 4, 2021

Havre De Grace Jazz & Blues Fest Day 1
Havre De Grace MD 21078

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Saint Georges Blues Festival Day 1
Fort DuPont Parade Grounds
Delaware City DE 19706
11:45AM — Judy Sings The Blues
1:15PM — Studebaker John & The Delaware Destroyers
       with Garry Cogdell
3:00PM — Tennessee Redemption with Brandon Santini & Jeff Jensen
4:45PM — Victor Wainwright & The Train
6:30PM — Joe Louis Walker
Garry Cogdell's Session Tent All Weekend Between Sets

Havre De Grace Jazz & Blues Fest Day 2
Havre De Grace MD 21078

Chester County Blues Barbecue @ Wyndsor Farm
Elverson PA 19520 (2PM-7PM) rain or shine

Sunday, June 6, 2021

Saint Georges Blues Festival Day 2
Fort DuPont Parade Grounds
Delaware City DE 19706
11:45AM — Gracie Curren & The High Falutin' Band
1:15PM — Backtrack Blues Band with Wayne Sharp
3:00PM — Toronzo Cannon
4:45PM — Mike Zito
6:30PM — Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
Garry Cogdell's Session Tent All Weekend Between Sets

Havre De Grace Jazz & Blues Fest Day 3
Havre De Grace MD 21078

Friday, June 11, 2021

Billtown Blues Festival Day 1
Lycoming County Fairgrounds, Hughesville PA 17737

Saturday, June 12, 2021

Blues Brews & Barbecue on Hamilton Street, in Allentown PA
Noon — 10PM   free

Billtown Blues Festival Day 2
Lycoming County Fairgrounds, Hughesville PA 17737

Sunday, June 13, 2021

Billtown Blues Festival Day 3
Lycoming County Fairgrounds, Hughesville PA 17737

Saturday, June 19, 2021

State Street Blues Stroll in the Media PA business district
Media PA 19063

• • • July • • •

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Briggs Farm Blues Festival
88 Old Berwick Highway, Nescopeck PA 18635    tel 570-379-3342
6PM-11PM Bret Alexander & Friends (songs from summer of 1970)
MiZ (songs from Grateful Dead album American Beauty)

Friday, July 9, 2021

Briggs Farm Blues Festival
88 Old Berwick Highway, Nescopeck PA 18635    tel 570-379-3342
        Main Stage
 4:15PM-5:45PM Celisse Henderson
 6:05PM-7:35PM Campbell Brothers
 7:55PM-9:25PM Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials
 9:45PM-11:15PM Ana Popovic

        Back Porch Stage
TBA

Saturday, July 10, 2021

Briggs Farm Blues Festival
88 Old Berwick Highway, Nescopeck PA 18635    tel 570-379-3342
        Main Stage
 4:00PM-5:30PM Scott Pemberton
 5:50PM-7:20PM Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues
 7:40PM-9:10PM Victor Wainwright & The Train
9:30PM-11:00PM Shemekia Copeland

        Back Porch Stage
TBA

Thursday, July 15, 2021

Sonny Landreth @ Sellersville Theater
Sellersville PA 18960 (8PM)

Friday, July 16, 2021

Blast Furnace Blues Festival Day 1
@ SteelStacks, Bethlehem PA 18015

Saturday, July 17, 2021

Bucks County Blues Society's R & B Picnic
Biscuit Miller & The Mix, Shawn Holt & The Teardrops Harper & Midwest Kind, Moonshine Society, Nick Trill & The Thrillseekers, Tom Craig Band
@ Snipes Farm, in Morrisville PA 19067 (10:30AM-7PM)

Blast Furnace Blues Festival Day 2
@ SteelStacks, Bethlehem PA 18015

Sunday, July 18, 2021

Blast Furnace Blues Festival Day 3
@ SteelStacks, Bethlehem PA 18015

• • • August • • •

Friday, August 20, 2021

Savoy Brown @ Sellersville Theater
Sellersville PA 18960 (8PM) $29.50-$45

• • • September • • •

Saturday, September 11, 2021

Phoenixville Blues Fest [event status uncertain]
Reeves Park, in Phoenixville PA 19460 (Noon-10PM) free

Gypsy Moon Blues Festival @ Community Park [event status uncertain]
East Petersburg PA 17520 (3PM-8PM) free

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Paoli Blues Festival
Paoli Presbyterian Church on South Valley Road
Paoli PA 19301 (Noon-6PM) free

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Regularly occurring (weekly, monthly) blues jams and events

     All of these are on hold, not happening at present, because of the COVID-19 pandemic

           Weekly

• • • every Monday • • •

blues jam & open mic with Joe Alves Band @ The Ashburner Inn every Monday
Philadelphia (Torresdale) PA 19136 (8PM-11PM)

• • • every Tuesday • • •

Little Red Rooster hosts blues jam @ Villa Capri every Tuesday
Doylestown PA 18901 (8PM)

blues jam hosted by Paul Boddy & The Slidewinder Blues Band @ Havana every Tuesday
New Hope PA 18938 (8PM)

Ursula Ricks hosts "Cats Eye Blues Jam" @ The Cats Eye Pub
Baltimore (Fells Point) MD 21231 (9PM)

Nate Myers and The Aces @ Grotto Pub
Enola PA

• • • every Wednesday • • •

Mikey Jr. @ The Twisted Tail every Wednesday
Philadelphia PA 19147 (8PM)

• • • every Thursday • • •

blues jam hosted by Steve Guyger @ Temperance House every Thursday
Newtown PA 18940 (7PM)

blues jam hosted by Empty Belly Blues Band @ Brut Lounge every Thursday
Feasterville PA 19053 (7:30PM)

• • • every Sunday • • •

Mikey Jr. leads blues jam - open mic @ The Twisted Tail every Sunday
Philadelphia PA 19147 (5PM-9PM)

Blues Brunch, Jam, & open mic with The Philly Blues Kings
every Sunday
@ Jamey's House Of Music
Lansdowne PA 19050 (Noon-3PM)   free
Open mic jam Noon-2PM — Philly Blues Kings set 2PM-3PM

           Monthly

Fred Miller Blues Band @ The Rusty Nail
Blues Jam 8PM last Sunday of each month
Ardmore PA

    — Jonny's Top Blues Albums of 2019 —

It's pretty hard to precisely rank a whole bunch of great albums like these sensibly. What tiny difference makes the #17 album better than the #18 album? Catherine Russell's album is really superb throughout, though it's only partly blues songs, so it's a little lower on the list, which is a list of blues releases.

For the most part, this is just a list of some great 2019 blues albums, and they have made 2019 a good blues year. I would "stand by" the top three ranking choices. Toronzo Cannon's highly inventive songwriting and distinctive, edgy performance makes his album my #1 for the year. Jontavious Willis, still in his early twenties, has produced a really solid neo-traditional album that invokes traditional country blues while coming from a modern perspective. Christone "Kingfish" Ingram's debut album is invigorating, fun, and thought-provoking. But you can't go wrong with any of these.

The six albums at the bottom of this list (shown in green) are all "old" music, recorded several years ago (in the case of Leo Bud Welch), or decades ago (all the others), and issued or reissued this year. It was one of the best highlights of the past year that the concert albums featuring Johnny Shines, and Henry Townsend and Roosevelt Sykes, from previously unreleased 1973 concerts, came out for the first time. All of the artists on these albums are no longer living, except a few on the Cadillac Baby box set.

Number	Artist	Album
1	Toronzo Cannon	The Preacher, The Politician Or The Pimp
2	Jontavious Willis	Spectacular Class
3	Christone "Kingfish" Ingram	Kingfish
4	Cash Box Kings	Hail To The Kings!
5	Vaneese Thomas	Down Yonder
6	Mary Lane	Travelin' Woman
7	Kenny "Beady Eyes" Smith & The House Bumpers	Drop The Hammer
8	Sugaray Rayford	Somebody Save Me
9	Fillmore Slim	Son Of The Seven Sisters
10	Bushmaster	Dancing In The Belly Of The Beast
11	Bobby Rush	Sitting On Top Of The Blues
12	Lucky Peterson	Just Warming Up!
13	Annika Chambers	Kiss My Sass
14	Fruteland Jackson	Good As Your Last Dollar
15	Benny Turner and Cash McCall	Going Back Home
16	Gaye Adegbalola	The Griot
17	Bloodest Saxophone	Texas Queens 5
18	Eric Gales	The Bookends
19	Billy Branch & The Sons Of The Blues	Roots And Branches: The Songs Of Little Walter
20	Keb' Mo'	Oklahoma
21	Altered Five Blues Band	Ten Thousand Watts
22	North Mississippi Allstars	Up And Rolling
23	Mike Dangeroux & Inetta Visor	It's About Time
24	Big Daddy Wilson	Deep In My Soul
25	Willie Farmer	The Man From The Hill
26	Jimmy "Duck" Holmes	Cypress Grove
27	Zac Harmon	Mississippi BarBQ
28	Tad Robinson	Real Street
29	Rick Estrin & The Nightcats	Contemporary
30	21 Blue	Live From Heartwood
31	Davell Crawford	Dear Fats, I Love You
32	Southern Avenue	Keep On
33	Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers	No Good Deed
34	Biscuit Miller And The Mix	Chicken Grease
35	Bruce Katz	Solo Ride
36	John Primer	The Soul Of A Blues Man
37	Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell, Amythyst Kiah	Songs Of Our Native Daughters
38	(Various Artists)	Battle Of The Blues: Chicago Vs. Oakland
39	Pack Rat's Smoke House	Men Of The Swamp Live
40	Billy Price	Dog Eat Dog
41	Grady Champion	Steppin' In: A Tribute To Z. Z. Hill
42	S. E. Willis and the Willing	Too Much Love
43	BB King Blues Band	The Soul Of The King
44	Joanna Connor	Rise
45	Alexis P. Suter Band	Be Love
46	Lee Boys	Live On The East Coast
47	The Good, The Bad And The Blues	The Good, The Bad And The Blues
48	Willie Buck	Willie Buck Way
49	GA-20	Lonely Soul
50	Catherine Russell	Alone Together
51	Kentucky Headhunters	Live At The Ramblin' Man Fair
52	Rosie Flores	Simple Case Of The Blues
53	Big Joe & The Dynaflows	Rockhouse Party
54	Arthur Adams	Here To Make You Feel Good
55	Henry Townsend & Roosevelt Sykes	Blues Piano and Guitar
56	Johnny Shines	The Blues Came Falling Down - Live 1973
57	(Various Artists box set)	Cadillac Baby's Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection
58	Leo Bud Welch	The Angels In Heaven Done Signed My Name
59	Big Jack Reynolds	That's A Good Way To Get To Heaven
60	(Various Artists)	Blues Images Presents 22 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s - 1950s • Volume 17 (Blues Images)

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    — Jonny's Top Blues Songs of 2019 —

My top song picks for 2019 . . . of course, as with the albums above, the ranking of these isn't the result of some kind of perfectly precise, logical process. All of these songs added something important to the overall body of blues songs in 2019.

Artist	Song	Album
Toronzo Cannon and The Chicago Way	The First 24	The Preacher, The Politician Or The Pimp
Cash Box Kings	Bluesman Next Door	Hail To The Kings!
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram	Believe These Blues	Kingfish
Jontavious Willis	The Blues Is Dead	Spectacular Class
Bobby Rush	Get Out Of Here (Dog Named Bo)	Sitting On Top Of The Blues
Vaneese Thomas	Ebony Man	Down Yonder
Keb' Mo'	Don't Throw It Away	Oklahoma
Toronzo Cannon and The Chicago Way	The Silence Of My Friends	The Preacher, The Politician Or The Pimp
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram	Fresh Out	Kingfish
Bushmaster	Forty Acres And A Mule	Dancing In The Belly Of The Beast
Toronzo Cannon and The Chicago Way	Insurance	The Preacher, The Politician Or The Pimp
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram	Hard Times	Kingfish
Jontavious Willis	Daddy's Dough	Spectacular Class
Fillmore Slim	Emma Lou, Queen Of The Homeless	Son Of The Seven Sisters
Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell, Amythyst Kiah	Black Myself	Songs Of Our Native Daughters
Mike Dangeroux & Inetta Visor	Haters University	It's About Time
Mary Lane	Travelin' Woman	Travelin' Woman
North Mississippi Allstars	What You Gonna Do	Up And Rolling
Lucky Peterson	The Blues Is Driving Me	Just Warming Up!
21 Blue	S. O. L. Blues	Live From Heartwood
Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling	Sanctfied, Holy And Hateful	Lucky Guy!
Sugar Blue	Bass Reeves	Colors
Fruteland Jackson	All The Dad I Had	Good As Your Last Dollar
Giles Robson	Fearless Leaders	Don't Give Up On The Blues
Tad Robinson	Real Street	Real Street
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats	Root Of All Evil	Contemporary
Altered Five Blues Band	Great Minds Drink Alike	Ten Thousand Watts
Billy Price	Dog Eat Dog	Dog Eat Dog
Annika Chambers	Brand New Day	Kiss My Sass
Zac Harmon	Make A Dollar Out Of Fifteen Cents	Mississippi BarBQ
Mindi Abair and The Boneshakers	Seven Day Fool	No Good Deed
Pack Rat's Smoke House	95 South	Men Of The Swamp Live
Paula Harris	Nothing Good Happens After Midnight	Speakeasy
Albert Castiglia	Thoughts And Prayers	Masterpiece
Southern Avenue	The Tea I Sip	Keep On
Willie Farmer	Daddy Was Right	The Man From The Hill
Sugaray Rayford	Sometimes You Get The Bear (And Sometimes The Bear Gets You)	Somebody Save Me
Rosie Flores	Enemy Hands	Simple Case Of The Blues
S. E. Willis And The Willing	Crawl Off And Die	Too Much Love
Henry & Vernell Townsend	Why We Love Each Other So	Blues Piano and Guitar

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     Cool Blues Links

• Christone "Kingfish" Ingram's Tiny Desk Home Concert from NPR
• singer-saxophonist Evelyn Rubio in concert @ The Mucky Duck in Houston TX, September 13, 2020
• Johnny Rawls & Christopher Dean at The Listening Room, Bloomsburg, PA, August 2, 2020
• King Solomon Hicks with Kirk Yano bass & John Sweeney harmonica at The Listening Room, Bloomsburg, PA, September 2, 2020
• Kevin McCann Blues Trio at The Listening Room, Bloomsburg, PA, August 2020
• Danielle Miraglia home concert, September 15, 2020
• King Solomon Hicks video from Vintage Guitar Magazine Everyday I Have The Blues
• Albert Collins Live At Montreaux 1979 great set!
• Buddy Guy at Newport Jazz Festival 08/14/1994
• Alexis P. Suter performs "None Of Us Are Free" at The Iridium in New York City in 2014
• Joe Louis Walker & Eric Gales video "Comin' On"
• Adrena The Corona Blues
• Sir Rod & The Blues Doctors video of "Freedom For My People"
• Evelyn Rubio sings I'm Gonna Love You Tonight
• Toronzo Cannon (clips) @ 2019 Berks BluesFest
• View at-home concerts from various roots musicians (including CJ Chenier) in the Working From Home series from The Arhoolie Foundation and the Little Village Foundation.
• The Sons Of The Soul Revivers sing "Let Me Come Home" in their living room.
• Dukes Of Destiny in performance at Jamey's House Of Music, October 5, 2018 (two songs)
• The 2020 Blues Music Awards online ceremony from The Blues Foundation announcing winners, along with performances by blues artists and archival video
• Andrew Alli & Josh Small — Hard Workin' Man
• Andrew Alli performance and interview
• Bobby Rush Facebook Live Session 3/24/2020
• Keb' Mo' (with guest Jontavious Willis!) concert at Paste Studio New York City
• Sir Rod & The Blues Doctors Come Together not the Beatles song!
  (harmonica by Adam Gussow of the duo Satan & Adam; "Sir" Rod Patterson is nephew of Sterling Magee of that duo
• "Triple Tonguing" on the harmonica, from harmonica master Adam Gussow
• Harmonica master Adam Gussow's son Sean plays a whole bunch of instruments!
• Camille Thurman, saxophonist and singer, talks about (and plays) the blues
• Shemekia Copeland on PBS NewsHour Weekend 1/26/2020
• Benny Turner — "Who Sang It First"
• Cash McCall — "One Who's Got A Lot"
• Eddie Taylor and Big Walter Horton Live In Finland in 1976
• Blind Blake with Gus Cannon 1927 "He's In The Jailhouse Now"
• GoogleDoodle for B. B. King's 94th birthday, September 15, 2019
• song video Keb' Mo' with Taj Mahal Don't Throw It Away
• Christone "Kingfish" Ingram in performance at Briggs Farm Blues Festival
       July 13, 2019
• Annika Chambers in performance at Briggs Farm Blues Festival, July 12, 2019
• Southern Avenue in performance at Briggs Farm Blues Festival, July 12, 2019
• Cedric Burnside Project in performance at Briggs Farm Blues Festival, July 13, 2019
• James Armstrong in performance at Briggs Farm Blues Festival, July 12, 2019
• Shemekia Copeland "Would You Take My Blood" in performance World Cafe Live
       October 3, 2018
• Shemekia Copeland "The Wrong Idea" in performance World Cafe Live
       October 3, 2018
• Shemekia Copeland "In The Blood Of The Blues" in performance World Cafe Live
       October 3, 2018
• Vanessa Collier "Bad News Bears" in performance Briggs Farm Blues Festival
       July 7, 2017
• Vanessa Collier "The Run Around" in performance Briggs Farm Blues Festival
       July 7, 2017
• Thornetta Davis "I'd Rather Be Alone" in performance Briggs Farm Blues Festival
       July 8, 2017
• Eric Gales "Change In Me" in performance Briggs Farm Blues Festival July 8, 2017
• R. L. Boyce & The Cornlickers "One Of These Days" in performance
       Briggs Farm Blues Festival July 7, 2017
• Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames "Mary Had A Little Lamb" in performance
       Saint Georges Blues Festival, June 10, 2017
• B. B. King on Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual in 1968 Part 1
• B. B. King on Ralph Gleason's Jazz Casual in 1968 Part 2

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About The Blues Show and Jonny Meister

The Blues Show airs every Saturday night from 7:00 to Midnight on XPN. Host Jonny Meister explores this music and its history not only because it is the key ingredient in later rock and pop music, but also because of its own special allure and unique power as a style of music and expression of the human soul.

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 focus on the present-day blues, but with an eye on the rich history of this music and its large body of timeless recordings.

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".

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