The first hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise arrives with a confident, upbeat sense of motion, bringing together Mable […]
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Swinging Coast to Coast Before Sunrise
The first hour launches this week’s Blues Before Sunrise with an expansive selection of swing, blues, boogie, and vocal material. […]
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Jump, Testify, and Meet Me Over Yonder
The second hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise begins in a brisk rhythm-and-blues mode, then gradually opens into older […]
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From Swinging Horns to Sundown Blues
This week’s Blues Before Sunrise brings together five hours of old records with no single theme beyond the program’s enduring […]
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Young Voices, Tight Harmonies, and Boogie-Woogie Spark
The opening hour of Blues Before Sunrise, introduced under the heading “Catch ’Em Young,” brings together recordings that place early-career […]
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Jumping Through the First Hour
The first hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise establishes a brisk, wide-ranging opening built around jump blues, R&B, piano, […]
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Jive, blues, and the first light of gospel
The opening hour of Blues Before Sunrise lays out an expansive program of blues, jive, rhythm and blues, religious recordings, […]
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From Louis Jordan to the King Cole Trio
Hour #1 gets this week’s Blues Before Sunrise underway with a lively mixture of jump blues, rhythm & blues, jazz, […]
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Rhythm & Blues After the Clock Strikes Twelve
Hour Two of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise moves from the sophisticated jazz and vocal performances of the opening hour […]
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Swinging Into the Broadcast with Jump Blues and Jazz
The opening hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise sets an upbeat tone with an energetic blend of swing, jump […]