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A Beginner's Guide to the Blues

Cerys kicks off our Beginner's Guide to the Blues with professor and musician Dr Tom Attah. Tom explores the earliest roots of the genre, and explains what makes the blues unique.

Cerys kicks off our Beginner's Guide to the Blues with professor and musician Dr Tom Attah. Tom explores the earliest roots of the genre, and explains what makes the blues unique. Plus, we mark 60 years since the founding of the Ealing Blues club, and play some great new blues from France, Mali and the US.

From cutting edge contemporary sounds to scratchy old vinyl from the past, whether it’s from Memphis, Mali, or Manchester, no stone is left unturned in the search for the best of the blues. With live guest sessions and interviews, alongside blues voices from the archives.

57 minutes

Last on

Mon 14 Mar 2022 21:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • April March

    Petit Voyoutte

  • Brian Auger

    Walking

  • Oumou SangarŽ

    Wassulu Don

  • Gloria Ann Taylor

    Be Worthy

  • Walter "Tangle Eye" Jackson

    Tangle Eye Blues

  • C.B. Cook, Unidentified Prisoners

    Rosie

  • Blind Willie Johnson

    Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

  • Jazzband Jukebox

    St Louis Blues

  • William Christopher Handy

    St Louis Blues

  • Bessie Smith

    St Louis Blues

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Looking for Somebody

  • The Beatles

    Without A Song

  • KIRBY

    Black Leaves

  • Laurel Premo

    Calloway

  • The Rolling Stones

    Start Me Up

  • The Wild Magnolias

    Smoke My Peace Pipe

  • Tedeschi Trucks

    Bound For Glory

  • Alexis Korner

    Blues A La King

  • Diunna Greenleaf

    I'm A Little Mixed Up

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Mar 2022 21:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2