This week on Blues Before Sunrise, the highway is calling. The August 16 edition of the five-hour blues broadcast takes […]
Read moreWill 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, […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreHep Harmony Blowout + A Conversation About Howlin’ Wolf
This week on Blues Before Sunrise, Steve Cushing shines the spotlight on one of the most distinctive sounds in American […]
Read moreMidnight – Five Hours Around the Witching Hour
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 […]
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