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Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 51 Scott Barretta investigates the roots of rap music this week, featuring early statements by Frankie ”Half-Pint” Jaxon, Memphis Minnie, Speckled...

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0May 17, 2012
Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 51

Scott Barretta investigates the roots of rap music this week, featuring early statements by Frankie ”Half-Pint” Jaxon, Memphis Minnie, Speckled...
0May 16, 2012
Crossroads: Where Jazz Meets Blues with Leslie Keros 06

Recordings by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Ken Chaney’s Awakening, Taylor Eigsti, Planet D Nonet, Duke Robillard & Herb Ellis, Bill Charlap...
0May 15, 2012
The Blues Show with Bruce Pingree 42

Bruce Pingree concludes his three-part salute to Lightning Hopkins on his 100th birthday this week by playing another hour of...
0May 14, 2012
John Sinclair Radio Show Archive Extra 395

Music by Tommy McCook, Charles Mingus, Ali Farka Toure, John Sinclair & Beatnik Youth, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Heptones,...
0May 14, 2012
John Sinclair Radio Show 439

Fine recordings by Vicente Pino & Steve the Fly performing as Dr. Marshmellow Cubicle, Fluffy Hunter & The Jesse Powell...
0May 13, 2012
Sinclair On The Air 144

Reggae cuts from Baba Brooks, The Lyrics, The Beltones, Carl “Cannonball” Bryan, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bunny Wailer, Nora Dean, the...
0May 12, 2012
Bartender’s Bop 20 with John Sinclair & Tom Morgan

Classic tunes about sex and reefer from Buster Bailey & His Rhythm Busters, Slim Gaillard, Julia Lee, Dinah Washington, Louis...
0May 11, 2012
Jazz from the Hempshopper: The Lost Episodes 60

Music by Herbie Hancock, the Walt Szymanski Quintet with Scott Peterson, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Junior Mance, Dexter...
0May 10, 2012
Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 50

This week’s episode celebrates the music of Mississippi natives Joe & Charlie McCoy on their own and featured on recordings...
0May 9, 2012
Blues Edition with Leslie Keros 05

Leslie Keros salutes the late great Johnny Otis with recordings by Charles Brown, Big Mama Thornton, Little Richard, Marie Adams,...
0May 8, 2012
The Blues Show with Bruce Pingree 41

Bruce Pingree continues his 100th birthday salute to Lightning Hopkins this week with his first sides from 1947 as Thunder...
0May 7, 2012
John Sinclair Radio Show Archive Extra 394

Music by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Erykah Badu, Bob Marley & the Wailers, The Doors, Toots & The Maytals, John...
0May 7, 2012
John Sinclair Radio Show 438

Tonight’s episode features two gigantic former residents of Seattle, Ray Charles & the Jimi Hendrix, plus cuts with former Seattle...
0May 6, 2012
Sinclair On The Air 143

Reggae cuts by women artists from a great collection called Feel Like Jumping: The Best Of Studio One Women including...
0May 5, 2012
Bartender’s Bop 19 with John Sinclair & Tom Morgan

Classic tunes by Dobie Gray, Koko Taylor, Shirley Ellis, Fontella Bass, Otis Redding, The Larks, The Intruders, The Ad Libs,...
0May 4, 2012
Jazz from the Hempshopper: The Lost Episodes 59

An hour of music from Duke Ellington & His Orchestra recorded by Columbia Records “live” at the Newport Jazz Festival...
0May 3, 2012
Highway 61 with Scott Barretta 49

Blues about Presidents this week with selections by Big Joe Williams, Otis Jackson, Leadbelly, Harmon Ray, the Jack McVea Orchestra...
0May 2, 2012
Crossroads: Where Jazz Meets Blues with Leslie Keros 05

Leslie Keros focuses on the blues side of jazz with recordings by Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Lockjaw Davis & Johnny...
0May 1, 2012
The Blues Show with Bruce Pingree 40

Bruce Pingree delves into Lightning Hopkins this week with his own recordings and guest tunes with his two brothers plus...
0April 30, 2012
John Sinclair Radio Show Archive Extra 393

Music by Yusef Lateef, Larry McCray, the North Mississippi Allstars, Esther Phillips, Willie Mabon, John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars,...
1April 30, 2012
John Sinclair Radio Show 437

Music picked by KMUN-FM radio host Bill Ham from Janis Joplin, the Blues Scholars with Wayne Kramer, John Sinclair &...