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Val Wilmer in Conversation

Photographer Val Wilmer chats to Cerys about photographing blues legends Muddy Waters, Buddy Moss and Aretha Franklin.

This week Cerys' guest is writer, social historian, acclaimed photographer Val Wilmer, who shares stories from her career and photographing blues legends Muddy Waters, Buddy Moss and Aretha Franklin.

In 1956, a 14-year-old Valerie Wilmer took a snap at London Airport of a grinning Louis Armstrong, which spawned a remarkable career that has brought her close up to almost every significant figure in post-war jazz, blues and R&B.

Cerys' weekly round up of all the blues you need to hear, in all shapes and sizes!

57 minutes

Last on

Mon 30 Oct 2023 21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Eilen Jewell

    It's Your Voodoo Working

    • It's Your Voodoo Working.
    • Signature Sounds Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Tampa Red

    Witchin' Hour Blues

    • The Best of Tampa Red.
    • Platinum Music Libraries.
    • 13.

  • Heavenly Cream

    White Room

    • Digital Single.
    • Quarto Valley Records.
    • 1.

  • Muddy Waters

    Louisiana Blues

    • His Best 1947 To 1956 - The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (Reissue).
    • Geffen.
    • 6.

  • Aretha Franklin

    I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)

    • Atlantic.

  • Buddy Moss

    In the Evening

    • The George Mitchell Collection.
    • Big Legal Mess Records.
    • 1.

  • Joanne Shaw Taylor

    Black Magic

    • Digital Single.
    • Journeyman Records.
    • 1.

  • Precious Bryant

    Wasn't I Scared?

    • My Name Is Precious.
    • Pinnacle.

  • The Rattles

    The Witch

    • Have You Heard of the Rattles, Vol. 2.
    • Supreme Media.
    • 1.

  • Lil' Jimmy Reed

    Early In The Morning

    • Blues In Paradise.
    • Fast Western.

  • Ian Stewart & Bob Hall

    Chicken Shack Boogie

    • Blues & Boogie Explosion.
    • Jeton.

  • Candi Staton

    Evidence

    • I'm Just A Prisoner.
    • Kent.

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 Oct 2023 21:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2