Latest Episodes – Page 25 – Blues Before Sunrise

Urban Sophistication & Swinging Voices: From King Cole to Bert Williams

Hour One opens Blues Before Sunrise with a smooth, urbane sensibility—a set designed to ease listeners into the night with […]

Hour Two shifts the energy upward—this is the hour where Blues Before Sunrise leans into the post-war transition from straight […]

Hour Three is the heart of this week’s show—our dedicated dive into the legacy of the Yazoo label and the […]

Hour Four jumps in with teeth showing—an hour built around the commanding voices and sharp-edged West Coast blues that defined […]

Hour Five eases us toward sunrise with a careful blend of late-night elegance, torch-song mood, and blues-inflected modernity. The hour […]

Hour 1 of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise bursts into life with a masterclass in mid-century rhythm, jump blues, and […]

Hour 2 of Blues Before Sunrise keeps the energy high with a deep dive into the postwar rhythm & blues […]

Hour 3 of this week’s BBS broadcast launches us straight into the spiritual furnace of Don Roby’s Peacock Records, an […]

Hour 4 plunges straight into the tough, jagged heart of postwar Chicago blues — the kind of music forged in […]

Hour 5 slides in with a mix of urbane jazz cool, Gulf Coast grit, and down-home Southern sting — a […]