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Joe Liggins

Crescent City Heat and Sanctified Soul

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Hour Two of the February 15, 2026 edition of Blues Before Sunrise widens the lens. After the swing sophistication of […]

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Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

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Hour Two of the February 8, 2026 Blues Before Sunrise broadcast lives squarely in the space between release and redemption. […]

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Crippled Clarence Lofton

Street-Corner Stories and Sanctified Truths

https://bluesbeforesunrise.net/episode-player/1267/street-corner-stories-and-sanctified-truths.mp3

Hour Two of the February 1, 2026 Blues Before Sunrise broadcast occupies one of the most fascinating intersections in blues […]

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Ethel Waters

Juke Joints, Jump Blues, and Sunday Morning Redemption

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Hour Two of Blues Before Sunrise (01/25/26) is where the show pivots from rural roots toward the buzz of nightlife […]

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Charles Brown

Streetlights, Testimony, and the Blues in Motion

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Hour Two of Blues Before Sunrise is where the blues starts moving through public space. This hour lives on sidewalks, […]

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Joe Liggins

Jump, Shout, and Sanctify

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Hour Two of Blues Before Sunrise is where the show widens its stance. This is the crossroads hour — jump […]

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Floyd Dixon

Swing to Shout: The Pulse of Postwar Blues

https://bluesbeforesunrise.net/episode-player/1009/swing-to-shout-the-pulse-of-postwar-blues.mp3

Hour Two of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise glows with that unmistakable mid-century energy — the moment when jump blues, […]

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Percy Mayfield

RHYTHM, ROMANCE, AND REDEMPTION

https://bluesbeforesunrise.net/episode-player/915/rhythm-romance-and-redemption.mp3

Hour Two of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise bridges eras and emotions, moving gracefully from postwar sophistication to raw spiritual […]

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Paul Hucklebuck Williams

Gospel, Swing, and the Blues Connection

https://bluesbeforesunrise.net/episode-player/831/gospel-swing-and-the-blues-connection.mp3

Hour 2 of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise takes listeners on a deep journey through the crosscurrents of gospel, swing, […]

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Ethel Waters

Voices of Transition: Rhythm & Blues Meets Gospel Power

https://bluesbeforesunrise.net/episode-player/810/voices-of-transition-rhythm-blues-meets-gospel-power.mp3

The second hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise blends rhythm and blues, postwar jump grooves, and the spiritual fire […]

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