The third hour reaches into the prewar record shelf and finds music that remains immediate. Pinetop Smith’s driving piano, Sippie […]
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Hitting the Highway: The Blues Take the Long Way Around
The road opens up in Hour 3 of Blues Before Sunrise, as this week’s “Hits the Highway” theme shifts into […]
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From the Delta to the Devil’s Island
The third hour of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise reaches deep into the prewar and early postwar blues tradition, bringing […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Who’s Who in the Mississippi Delta
Hour Three serves as the centerpiece of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise, offering listeners a concise but powerful introduction to […]
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Blues Classics from the Remarkable Year of 1941
Hour Three of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise turns the clock back to one of the most important years in […]
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A Journey Through the Foundations of the Blues
Hour Three of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise reaches back to the earliest decades of recorded blues, exploring performances that […]
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A Month in the Life of the Blues: Recording Sessions from May 1938
Hour Three of this week’s Blues Before Sunrise takes listeners back to May 1938, when record companies Decca and Vocalion […]