Hour Four of Blues Before Sunrise (01/25/26) is where the program fully plugs in and leans forward. This hour captures […]
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Where the Night Softens and the Blues Leans Forward
Hour Five of Blues Before Sunrise is where the long night exhales. After four hours of emotional weight, grit, and […]
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Electricity, Grit, and the City
Hour Four of Blues Before Sunrise is where the blues plugs in and leans forward. This is the sound of […]
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Howlin’ at the Crossroads
Hour Four is where Blues Before Sunrise plugs directly into the wall socket. This is the electric hour — raw, […]
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Electric Heat and the Chicago Night Shift
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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Chicago Blues, Raw & Unfiltered
Hour 4 plunges straight into the tough, jagged heart of postwar Chicago blues — the kind of music forged in […]
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Blind 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 […]
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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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Sacred Moods, Deep Blues, and the Spirit of Sonny
Hour Five of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise draws the curtain with a sweeping, emotional journey that brings together blues, […]
Hyde 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 […]