Hour 3 of Blues Before Sunrise assembles one of the week’s most concentrated blues sequences, moving through a large roster […]
A Journey Through the Foundations of Country Blues
After celebrating the sophisticated vocal harmony groups that filled the first half of the broadcast, Hour Three returns to the […]
Midnight in the Prewar Blues
Hour Three takes listeners back to the earliest decades of recorded blues, where the midnight hour carried meanings that were […]
Deep Roots: Country Blues and the Prewar Tradition
Hour Three of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise turns the clock back, digging deep into the prewar era where the […]
Testimony, Trouble, and the Hard Road Home
Hour Three of the February 8, 2026 Blues Before Sunrise broadcast is the spiritual and historical core of the entire […]
Roots, Roads, and Rituals: Blues at Ground Level
Hour Three of Blues Before Sunrise (01/25/26) is where the show steps off the pavement and onto dirt roads, front […]
Hard Times, Hot Stoves, and Honesty
Hour Three is where Blues Before Sunrise strips the music down to its bones. This is the hour that leans […]
FROM SHELLAC TO SOUL: THE VOICES THAT BUILT THE BLUES
Hour Three of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise reaches deep into the prewar archives—a journey through the voices and stories […]