Friends of the Blues
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Packing in about 15 cuts per hour, hosts "Shuffle Shoes" and "Sky Dobro" allow the music to do the talking. Their style is "easy" yet they still deliver loads of information about the artists' lives and careers. Friends of the Blues is produced from the studios of WKCC, on the campus of Kankakee Community College, Kankakee, Illinois
Blues News
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These songs take on some of the ugliest stories in our history and reflect the commitment of Black musicians to telling the truth of how Black people have been wronged, and survived, and fought back.
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Irish singer/songwriter Hozier sits down with NPR Music's Bob Boilen to discuss the lifetime of listening that led to his new EP, Nina Cried Power, and what American blues means to him.
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The 71-year-old raconteur returns to the old songs and inhabits the guises of death-haunted bluesmen to speak to the issues of the current era.
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Stream performances from a diverse group of songwriters as they celebrate fall with Mountain Stage, live at the Culture Center Theater.
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Hear the title track to the band's forthcoming album, out Oct. 13.
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The jazz-vocal superhero moved to Michigan when she was only 3, but the city of her birth left an indelible impression. Hear it in the first single from her forthcoming album, Memphis.
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Dan Auerbach joins Bob Boilen to go through the music that inspired his newest record, Waiting On A Song, featuring contributions from some of Nashville's most accomplished and dedicated musicians.
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Foster's easy-rocking slice of gospel soul is shot through with Derek Trucks' blissful slide guitar and tapping high heels recorded on her old church floor.
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Angry, righteous and redemptive, The Last Days Of Oakland celebrates survival, as Xavier Dphrepaulezz infuses his songs with hard-bitten perspectives on life, love, art, commerce, class and society.
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In 1976, during a legend-cementing career comeback, the New Orleans piano hero played a fierce rendition of "Mess Around" live in Chicago.