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With Blues from vintage and contemporary recordings, Blues Legacy covers a lot of ground during each weekly broadcast. We cover the classic material from Elmore James, Bessie Smith and Bukka White. We also bring you the best of the latest Blues music from new artists like JD McPherson, James Hunter, and Shemekia Copeland.

Join us live every Friday night as we start of your weekend right, or explore the archives below.

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Jul 25, 2014 6:00 PM (MT)

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Mavis Staples - Down In Mississippi - We'll Never Turn Back
Odetta - Trouble Everywhere / I've Been Living With The Blues - Blues Everywhere I Go
Nina Simone - Blues For Mama - Sings The Blues
Bessie Smith - I Ain't Goin' To Play No Second Fiddle (w/Louis Armstrong) - St Louis Blues
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Brownie McGhee - Hangman's Blues - Traditional Blues, Vol. 1
Pinetop Perkins - He's Got Me Goin' (feat. Madeline Peyroux) - Ladies Man
R.L. Burnside - It's Bad You Know - Come On In
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials - Moratorium On Hate - Jump Start
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Whistling Past The Graveyard - Somethin' Funny Goin' On
Johnny Winter - Blue Mood - Let Me In
Luther Allison - Cancel My Check - Reckless
Albert King - I'll Play The Blues For You - Talkin' Blues
TuTu Jones - I'm Not Ashamed To Play The Blues - Blue Texas Soul
Magic Sam - Still A Fool - Live At The Avant Garde
Dayna Kurtz - Billboards For Jesus - American Standard
Willie Lomax Blues Revue - Ribs Are Ready - Ribs Are Ready
Big Bill Broonzy - Feelin' Lowdown - Absolutely The Best
Robert Cray Band - Nobody's Fault But Mine - In My Soul
Willie Lomax - Don't Know What I Did - Ribs Are Ready
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin - Southern Flood Blues - Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play And Sing The Songs Of Big Bill Broonzy
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Louisiana Red - Hello, Mean Old World - Always Played The Blues
Leon Russell - Big Lips - Life Journey
Sleepy John Estes - Divin' Duck Blues - On The Chicago Blues Scene
Johnny Winter - Shame, Shame, Shame - Let Me In
John & The Sisters - L.a. - Cd
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The Wiyos - Stomp - Broken Land Bell
Lucinda Williams - Happy Woman Blues - Happy Woman Blues
YANK RACHELL - She Changed The Lock - Blues Mandolin Man
Carolina Chocolate Drops - West End Blues - Leaving Eden
Sonny Boy Williamson II - Your Funeral And My Trial - The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson
Johnny Young - Blues For Big Time (feat. Little Walter & Big Walter Horton) - Johnny Young And His Friends
Compilation - When I Was Drinking - American Folk Blues Festival '70
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Abigail Washburn - Nobody's Fault But Mine - Song Of The Traveling Daughter
Doc & Richard Watson - Milk Cow Blues - Third Generation Blues
The Dixie Bee-Liners - Lord Lay Down My Ball And Chain - The Dixie Bee-Liners
Hazmat Modine - Who Walks In When I Walk Out? - Bahamut
Pokey LaFarge - The Devil Ain't Lazy - Pokey LaFarge
Keb' Mo' - Tell Everybody I Know - Keb' Mo'
Eddie Cotton - Leave Love Alone - Here I Come
Jesse Mae Hemphill - Shake Your Booty (Shake It, Baby) - Get Right Blues
Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign - Talkin' Blues

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Jul 18, 2014 6:00 PM (MT)

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Jul 11, 2014 6:00 PM (MT)

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Jul 4, 2014 6:00 PM (MT)

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Blind Snooks Eaglin - I Got A Woman - That's All Right
Blind Willie McTell - Mr. McTell Got The Blues - Statesboro Blues - When The Sun Goes Down Series (2003 Remastered)
La Vern Baker - Jim Dandy - Soul On Fire: The Best Of LaVerne Baker
Chuck Berry - Route 66 - Blues
Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio - The Train Kept A Rollin' - Tear It Up - The Complete Legendary Coral Recordings
Compilation - Money (That's What I Want) - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Barrett Strong
Bob Mcfadden - The Beat Generation - Beat Generation
Compilation - (You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care - Rave On Buddy Holly
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Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire - Why? - The Swimming Hour
Bob Dylan - Meet Me In The Morning - Blood On The Tracks
Jonny Lang - Darker Side - Lie To Me
Jefferson Airplane - In The Morning - Surrealistic Pillow
Billy Stewart - Summertime - One More Time: The Chess Years
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Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong & The Louis Armstrong Orchestra - St. Louis Blues - The Essential Bessie Smith
Derek & The Dominos - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (40th Anniversary Version) [Remastered]
Buddy Guy - Ten Years Ago - Buddy's Blues - Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
Abdallah Oumbadougou - Illilagh Ténéré - Desert Rebel, Vol. 1
Danny Chaimson & The 11th Hour - Bobblehead Girl - Young Blood, Old Soul
Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band - In You (I Found A Love) - No Time For Dreaming (Bonus Version)
Compilation - 36-22-36 - Bobby Bland: The Anthology
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Tom Waits - Get Behind The Mule - Mule Variations
Booker T. - Get Behind The Mule - Potato Hole
Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Soul Clap '69 - Stax Profiles: Booker T. & The M.G.'s
B.B. King, Jeff Beck & Jules Taub - Sweet Little Angel - Beck-Ola
Fleetwood Mac - First Train Home (Mono Version) - The Original Fleetwood Mac (Remastered)
David Crosby & Stephen Stills - Long Time Gone (1968 Demo) - Demos
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Josh White - In My Time Of Dying - Black Folk Singers - Leadbelly & Josh White (1937-1946)
Sweet Honey In The Rock - Gray Goose - Folkways: A Vision Shared - A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly
King Biscuit Review - Rocket 69 - Jumpin' At Midnight
The Karminsky Experience - Midday Heat - Snapshot
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Kat Edmonson - One Fine Day - Take To The Sky
Bruce Springsteen - The Fever - 18 Tracks
Barbecue Bob - We Sure Got Hard Times - The Great Depression - American Music In The 30's
Johnny Winter - When You Got A Good Friend - Johnny Winter
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Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner (Live) - Live At Woodstock
David Jacobs-Strain - Treetop Flyer - Terraplane Angel
Michael Bloomfield & Al Kooper - Stop - Super Session
Junior Kimbrough - Everywhere I Go - Most Things Haven't Worked Out
Buddy Guy - Every Girl I See - The Complete Chess Studio Recordings
Buddy Guy - Untitled Instrumental - The Complete Chess Studio Recordings
JJ Grey & Mofro - On Fire - Orange Blossoms
Dave Alvin - Redneck Friend - West Of The West

Jun 27, 2014 6:00 PM (MT)

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Richard Cheese - Enter Sandman - Apertif For Destruction
Paul Black - Down On Me - All Blues'd Up: Songs Of Janis Joplin
Jarekus Singleton - I Refuse To Lose - Refuse To Lose
Gary Clark Jr. - Don't Owe You A Thang - The Bright Lights - EP
Jack White - High Ball Stepper - Lazaretto
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Joe Tex - Yum, Yum, Yum - Skinny Legs And All
Compilation - Beans And Cornbread - Louis Jordan: Let The Good Times Roll - The Anthology 1938-1953
Professor Longhair - Jambalaya - Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Fish In The Dish - Naturally
Amos Milburn - Chicken Shack Boogie - The Very Best Of
Little Milton - Grits Ain't Groceries - Smokin' Blues
Nina Simone - I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl - The Soul Of Nina Simone
- Chitlin Con Carne (w/Buddy Guy) - Let's Move: A Heavy Blues Collection
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (Catfish Blus) - The Years Of The Blues
Bonnie Raitt - Spit Of Love - Lilith Fair - A Celebration Of Women In Music, Vol. 3 (Live)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Shake 'n Bake - The Real Deal
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Otis Rush - All Your Love - All Your Love I Miss Loving
B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get? - Live In Japan
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite - I Ride At Dawn - Get Up!
- I Gotta Try You Girl - Let's Move: A Heavy Blues Collection
Buddy Guy - Stay All Night - Sweet Tea
The Black Keys - It’s Up To You Now - Turn Blue
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Lightnin' Hopkins - Mojo Hand - The Best Of Lightning Hopkins
Various - Albert Collins -- Travellin' South - Big Blues Extravaganza!
Zuzu Bollin - Headlight Blues - Texas Bluesman
Compilation - I'm The Midnight Creeper - Best Of The Blues: 50 Favorites (Digital Version)
Junior Parker - No One Knows (What Goes On When The Door Is Closed) - Funny How Time Slips Away
Bonnie Raitt - Tangled And Dark - Luck Of The Draw
Robert Ward And The Black Top All-Stars - Your Love Is Amazing - Fear No Evil
The Robert Cray Band - Acting This Way - Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark
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Eric Clapton - Call Me The Breeze - Eric Clapton & Friends - The Breeze (An Appreciation Of JJ Cale)
Big Head Blues Club - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day (feat. David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm) - 100 Years Of Robert Johnson (feat. Big Head Todd & The Monsters)
Hound Dog Taylor - Give Me Back My Wig - Release The Hound
- 21 Years - The Inner Flame - A Tribute To Rainer Ptacek
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin - Southern Flood Blues - Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play And Sing The Songs Of Big Bill Broonzy
North Mississippi All Stars - 51 Phantom - 51 Phantom
Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A-Comin' (Electric Version) - Blues
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Los Lobos - Wicked Rain/Across 10th Street-(W/ Bobby Womack) - The Ride
Lee Fields & The Expressions - Just Can't Win - Emma Jean
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Rainer - Long Long Way To The Top Of The World - Worried Spirits

Jun 20, 2014 6:00 PM (MT)

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Host: Joanne Cole

Kelley Hunt - Gates Of Eden - The Beautiful Bones
Rusty Yates Band - Love Rain Down - Passion
Mary Flower - Delta Dream - When My Bluebird Sings
Eden Brent - Get The Hell Out Of Dodge - Jigsaw Heart
Rebirth Brass Band - Who's Rockin', Who's Rollin'? - Move Your Body
Bob Stroger & Kenny "Beedy Eye" Smith - Whatcha Say - Keeping It Together
Eddie Cotton - Back In A Bit - Here I Come
Giles Corey - Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - Stoned Soul
Von Stomper - Blackbird Blues - Von Stomper
Selwyn Birchwood - Walking In The Lion’s Den - Don't Call No Ambulance
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James Bolden Blues Band - No News Jus Blues - No News Jus Blues
Rob Rio - My Blue Heaven (K-Mart) - Harry Tonic, Sr.
MoJo Medicine Show - Bring It On Home - No Strings Attached
Aretha Franklin - What A Difference A Day Made - Aretha Sings The Blues
Eva Cassidy - Blues In The Night - Eva By Heart
Arzo Youngblood - Bye Bye Blues - Living Country Blues USA Vol. 9 - Mississippi Moan
Amos Milburn - I'm In My Wine - The Motown Sessions, 1962-1964
Boogie Jake - Bad Luck And Trouble - Blues Classics: Daisy
Boogie Bill Webb - I Ain't For It - Rural Blues - Saturday Night Function
Camille Howard - Money Blues - Rock Me Daddy, Vol. 1 (Reissue)
Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues - Charlie Spand (1929-1931)
Whistlin' Alex Moore - Ice Pick Blues - Broadcasting The Blues: Black Blues In The Segregation Era
Various Artists - Rampaw Street Blues - Carl Martin / Willie '61' Blackwell 1930-1941
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Preservation Hall & Danny Barker - St James Infirmary - Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: The Big Ol` Box Of New Orleans
The Claudettes - New Orleans Yard Sale (New 11-Bar Blues) - Infernal Piano Plot...HATCHED!
Johnny Rawls - I've Been Searching - Remembering O. V.
David Keyes - Who Stole The Baby Jesus? - Right Here Right Now
Sugar Pie DeSanto - Soulful Dress - Chess Chartbusters, Vol. 1
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Taylor Scott - Corporately Owned - Lonelier With You
Mark Nomad - Squeezing Me In - A Real Fine Day
Dixie Peach - Bottle Hymn Of The Republic - Blues With Friends
Terry Davidson & The Gears - Nasty Girl - Sonic Soul Sessions
Magic Sam - Hully Gully Twist - Live At The Avant Garde
Craig Brenner - To Boogie Or Not To Boogie (Live) - Live At The Old Mint
Terry Hanck Band - There's No Gettin' Over Me - Gotta Bring It On Home To You

Jun 13, 2014 6:00 PM (MT)

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Host: Adam Taylor

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You - Live And Crazy
Magic Slim & The Teardrops - Hard Luck Blues - Bad Boy
Koko Taylor - Voodoo Woman - Deluxe Edition
The Holmes Brothers - You've Got To Lose - Brotherhood
Magic Sam - Bad Luck Blues - Live At The Avant Garde
Tinsley Ellis - Kiss Of Death - Midnight Blue
Leon Russell - I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good - Life Journey
John Hammond, Sr. - Hard Times - Timeless
Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign (Take 1 - Alternate) - Born Under A Bad Sign
Allen Toussaint - Get Out Of My Life, Woman - Songbook
Jeff Beck Group - I Ain't Superstitious - Truth
Tab Benoit & Jimmy Thackery - Bad Luck Blues - Whiskey Store
Compilation - Mr. Lucky - The Best Of John Lee Hooker, 1965-1974
Robert Cray Band - Your Good Thing Is About To End - In My Soul
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - People Don't Get What They Deserve - Give The People What They Want
- Hound Dog - Dues Paid - The Bluestime Story
- Howlin' For My Darling - The Oxford American Southern Music CD #13 - Mississippi
Guy Davis - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Juba Dance
Roosevelt Sykes - What'd I Say - The Original Honeydripper
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- Rock Me Baby - Delmark 60 Years Of Blues
Various Artists - Professor Longhair - Look What You're Doing To Me - Creole Kings Of New Orleans
Jeanette "Baby" Washington - Move On - Too Late / Move On - Single
Various Artists - Document Records - Holding On - Part 2 - Sister Ernestine Washington Vol. 2 (1954-c.1958)
Marie "Queenie" Lyons - See And Don't See - Soul Fever
Billy Lee Riley - Baby Please Don't Go - The Very Best Of Billy Lee Riley: Red Hot!
- One Monkey Don't Stop A Show - Oxford American Southern Music Cd #13
- Tramp - Oxford American Southern Music Cd #13
Candye Kane - Masturbation Blues - White Trash Girl
Marcia Ball - Big Shot - Live! Down The Road
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Marcia Ball - Sugar Boogie - Marcia Ball Roadside Attractions
Tab Benoit - Make A Good Gumbo - Voice Of The Wetlands
Tab Benoit - Stackolina - Wetlands
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Phantom Blues Band - See See Baby - Footprints
The California Honeydrops - Bye Bye Baby, I'm Gone - Soul Tub!
Lurrie Bell - Blues Never Die - Blues In My Soul
Trampled Under Foot - It's A Man's Man's Man's World - Badlands (Optimized For Digital)
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Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band - Ain't That A Lot Of Love - Shoutin' In Key - LIVE
- Heart-O-Matic Love - The Oxford American Southern Music CD #13 - Mississippi
Anders Osborne - Dream Girl - Peace

Jun 6, 2014 6:00 PM (MT)

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Host: Big Daddy

Vaneese Thomas - Southern Central Blues - Blues For My Father
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - House Is Rockin' - Goin' Home
Nick Moss - Born Leader - Privileged
Tinsley Ellis - Mouth Turn Dry - Midnight Blue
Nuno Mindelis - Hellhound (feat. The Duke Robillard Band) - Angels & Clowns (feat. The Duke Robillard Band)
Tom Principato - Break Out! - House On Fire
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Brass-A-Holics - Alien Love Factory - I Am A Brass-a-Holic
Roddie Romero & The Hub City All-Stars - Good Hearted Man - The La Louisianne Sessions
The Claudettes - Big Sucker Punch - Infernal Piano Plot...HATCHED!
Albert Ammons - Four O'Clock Blues - Boogie Woogie Stomp
B.B. King - Three O'Clock Blues - B.B. King Classics
Claudette King - Can I Walk You To Your Car - We're Onto Something
Freddie King - Pulp Wood - Burglar
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The Smokin' Joe Kubek Band & Bnois King - Bite Me - Bite Me!
Slim Harpo - Baby Scratch My Back - Excello Single Anthology
Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used To Do - Sufferin' Mind
Fo'Reel - Heavy Water - Heavy Water
Smoky Babe - Boogie Gal - Way Back In The Country Blues
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Joe Turner - Wine-O-Baby Boogie - Tell Me Pretty Baby
Mississippi John Hurt - Joe Turner Blues - Mississippi John Hurt: Complete Studio Recordings
John Lee Hooker - I Got Eyes For You - The Legendary Modern Recordings
Billy Martin & Grant Calvin Weston - Sweet Lucy - Defintive Detroit Blues
Big Maceo Merriweather - Big City Blues - Definitive Detroit Blues
Johnnie Bassett - Let's Get Hammered - I Can Make That Happen
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The Ori Naftaly Band - Taxi Driver - Happy For Good
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Lurrie Bell - 24 Hour Blues - Blues In My Soul

May 30, 2014 6:00 PM (MT)

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Albert King - I Get Evil - Hard Bargain
Compilation - I Ain't Superstitious (1961 Single Version) - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Blues Classics
Bettye LaVette - Somebody Pick Up My Pieces - The Scene Of The Crime
John Lee Hooker - Backstabbers - Mr. Lucky
Hound Dog Taylor - Things Don't Work Out Right - Release The Hound
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Information Blues - Texas Swing
Leon Russell - Watching The River Flow - Tangled Up In Blues - Songs Of Bob Dylan
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Roomful Of Blues - Kill Me - Hook, Line & Sinker
- She's A Good 'Un - Delmark 60 Years Of Blues
Liz Mandeville - Corner Bar Blues - Red Top
Taj Mahal - Oh Lord, Things Are Getting Crazy Up In Here - Señor Blues
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Slim Harpo - Blues Hangover - The Excello Singles Anthology
Elizabeth Cotten - Washington Blues - Shake Sugaree
Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds - I Don't Care No More - Rock Classics: Parable Of Arable Land
Cootie Stark - Padlock Blues - Sugar Man
Lucinda Williams - Nothing In Ramblin - Lucinda Williams (Deluxe Edition)
Buckwheat Zydeco - What You Gonna Do? - Where There's Smoke There's Fire
Big Mama Thornton - Big Mama's Shuffle - With The Muddy Waters Blues Band
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials - Tired Of Crying - Rattleshake
SON SEALS - Jelly, Jelly - Lettin' Go
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Hubert Sumlin - Broke And Hungry - My Guitar And Me (1975) [Blues Reference]
Keb' Mo' - Dirty Low Down And Bad - Keb' Mo'
Jarekus Singleton - Gonna Let Go - Refuse To Lose
Bo Diddley - If The Bible's RIght - The Black Gladiator
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - Heart Attack And Vine - Black Music For White People
Bessie Smith - Moonshine Blues - The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2
John & The Sisters - Love To Stay - Cd
Various Artists - R.L. Burnside - Rollin' And Tumblin' - Make The Most Of Your Time On Earth
Frank Morey - I Know (The Woman's Goin' To Break My Heart) - The Delmark Sessions
Doug Cox & Salil Bhatt - Soul Of A Man - Slide To Freedom
Hazmat Modine - Everybody Loves You - Bahamut
POPA CHUBBY - Working Class Blues - The Hungry Years
Reverend Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy - Live At Newport
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women - Sloppy Drunk - Deluxe Edition: Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Irma Thomas - Another Man Done Gone - The Soul Queen Of New Orleans: 50th Anniv. Celeb
Algia Mae Hinton - When You Kill The Chicken, Save Me The Head - Honey Babe
Sue Foley - Howlin' For My Darlin' - The Antones Collection

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