This week on Blues Before Sunrise we take a deep dive into one of the most powerful, stirring, and historically […]
Read moreJim O’Neal: The Living Blues Story Begin
Hour Three of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise marks the start of one of the most important interviews in the […]
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 […]
Jim O’Neal: Chronicler of the Blues
This week on Blues Before Sunrise, Steve Cushing turns his attention to one of the key figures of the modern […]
Read moreSon of the Ghost of the Return of the Revenge of the Trials of the Travails of the Annual BBS Halloween Show
Each year, Blues Before Sunrise takes a walk through the shadowy back alleys of the blues world with its infamous […]
Read moreSpotlight on Lonnie Johnson
This week on Blues Before Sunrise, the spotlight shines on one of the most quietly revolutionary figures in 20th-century music […]
Read moreBlind Man’s Ball, Blues Big 3 1960s + Ray Charles in the Studio
This week’s Blues Before Sunrise travels deep into the grooves of blues history, radio rhythm, and soul evolution. Across five […]
Read moreNo Special Theme — A Freewheelin’ Sunday on BBS
Every now and then, Blues Before Sunrise steps away from the spotlight of a focused theme to let the music […]
Read moreSonny Thompson Accompanies
There are musicians who stand in the spotlight, and there are those who quietly make the spotlight possible. Sonny Thompson […]
Read moreHyde Park Conversations: Jody Williams Speaks the Blues
Hour 3 of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise marks the beginning of our exclusive feature: the 2000 Hyde Park interview […]









