Hour Four jumps in with no warm-up and no apologies: this is the electric, urban, postwar blues engine running at […]
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Electric Truths & West Coast Fire: Big Mama, Ray Agee, and the Late-Night Barroom Blues
Hour Four jumps in with teeth showing—an hour built around the commanding voices and sharp-edged West Coast blues that defined […]
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Chicago Blues, Raw & Unfiltered
Hour 4 plunges straight into the tough, jagged heart of postwar Chicago blues — the kind of music forged in […]
Chronicling the Blues: Jim O’Neal and the Sound of Living History
Hour Four continues the extended interview with Jim O’Neal, the founder of Living Blues magazine and one of the most […]
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MOJO, HOODOO, AND THE BLUES SPELL
If the earlier hours of the Blues Before Sunrise Halloween marathon were about ghosts, devils, and haunted hearts, Hour Four […]
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ELMORE, EARL, JOHNNY, BIG THREE, & SMOKEY SMOTHERS
Hour Four of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise dives deep into the electric veins of Chicago blues in the postwar […]
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THE CHICAGO BIG THREE: MUDDY, WOLF, AND WALTER IN THE SIXTIES
Hour Four of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise zeroes in on a powerhouse chapter of modern blues history — the […]
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THE WEST SIDE WIRE: ELECTRIC BLUES IN FULL STRIDE
Hour Four of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise explodes with the sound of the Chicago electric era at its most […]
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The King Sessions: Sonny Thompson’s Studio Legacy
Hour Four of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise dives directly into the heart of Sonny Thompson’s story—his years as a […]
Hyde Park Strings: Jody Williams and His Circl
Hour 4 of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise continues our celebration of Jody Williams, picking up where the intimate interview […]