This week on Blues Before Sunrise, Steve Cushing builds an entire five-hour broadcast around a single word: “Midnight.” It may […]
Read moreWho’s Who in the Delta + The Fire Label
This week on Blues Before Sunrise, Steve Cushing delivers another carefully curated journey through the history of blues music, combining […]
Read moreHarlem, Historic Blues, and the Complete Recordings of L.C. McKinley
This week on Blues Before Sunrise, Steve Cushing presents another fascinating journey into the rich history of American music, combining […]
Read moreFive Hours of Timeless Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Jazz, and Gospel
This week’s Blues Before Sunrise returns to one of the program’s favorite formats—no special theme, no featured artist, simply five […]
Read moreSonny Thompson, a Busy Month in 1938, and Five Hours of Musical Discovery
This week’s Blues Before Sunrise delivers another wide-ranging journey through the first fifty years of recorded Black music, highlighted by […]
Read moreJelly Roll Morton Remembers the Birth of Jazz
This week’s Blues Before Sunrise takes listeners on a remarkable journey through blues, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, and vocal […]
Read moreThe Later Mills Brothers and Five Hours of Timeless American Music
This week’s Blues Before Sunrise shines a spotlight on one of the most influential vocal groups in American music history: […]
Read moreFive Hours Across the Spectrum
This week’s Blues Before Sunrise has no formal theme, but that freedom allows the program to do what it does […]
Read moreAristocrat Records and a Farewell to Little Richard
This week’s edition of Blues Before Sunrise combines two powerful themes: a tribute to the explosive legacy of Little Richard […]
Read moreFinal Ethel Waters Session and a Tour Through Vintage Blues
This week’s edition of Blues Before Sunrise marks the conclusion of one of the program’s longest-running archival journeys: the 60-week […]
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