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Month: August 2026

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Georgia Tom Dorsey

From Cab Calloway to Georgia Tom Dorsey

This edition of Blues Before Sunrise moves through five hours of blues, rhythm and blues, gospel, jazz-leaning material, and late-night […]

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Duke Ellington

When Summer Learned the Blues

This edition of *Blues Before Sunrise* is built like a long summer day: it begins in a hazy jazz glow, […]

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Piney Brown

BBS Hits the Highway: Piney Brown, Elko Blues and a Roadhouse Full of Blues

This week on Blues Before Sunrise, the highway is calling. The August 16 edition of the five-hour blues broadcast takes […]

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Will Ezell

Will Ezell Accompanies: The Piano Behind Paramount’s Blues Voices

This week on Blues Before Sunrise, Steve Cushing presents a program built around the remarkable piano work of Will Ezell, […]

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Louis Jordan

A Musical Grab Bag of Classic Blues, Jazz, Gospel, and Rhythm & Blues

This week on Blues Before Sunrise, there is no single theme—and that is part of the fun. Instead, Steve Cushing […]

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