City Sounds Radio Blues

Koko Taylor, Bob Stroger, Hubert Sumlin & More Receive Blues Music Awards

The Blues Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2008 Blues Music Award Winners. Several Chicago-area blues artists are among the winners. Here they are:

City Sounds Radio Blues now on Myspace!!

Blues.....Blues.....& more Blues on Myspace.com

Blues Picks to click 8-16-08

For the week of Aug. 16, 2008

This Week On Bealestreet Caravan 8-27-08

We broadcast Beale Street 3 times a week. The new program is aired each Wednesday and is replayed on Friday and Monday. Here is the schedule:

Friday (replay): 3-4am
Monday (replay): 9-10am
Wednesday (new): noon-1pm

All times are Pacific Standard Time

Telarc Records Heads Up: 2008 releases

Some interesting forthcoming releases from Telarc.

B.B. King Readies Live Album

Live from B.B. King's in Nashville!

Pump It Up for Web Radio

In the classic song "Radio Radio," Elvis Costello sang the words, "They say you better listen to the voice of reason. But they don't give you any choice because they think that it's treason."

New Releases From Nappy Brown and Magic Slim:

Blind Pig Records has a couple of new discs coming out on September 25 from a pair of living legends; R&B pioneer vocalist Nappy Brown and traditional Blues icon Magic Slim.

Stax Readies DVD For Release October 2, 2007

Funky. Emotional. Raw. Powerful. That was Soul music in the Civil Rights era and Stax Records did it like no other label. Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story traces the astonishing history of Stax, from a modest neighborhood hangout to a cultural and political empire.

BO DIDDLEY SUFFERS HEART ATTACK

29 Aug 2007 7:27 AM
From the AP Newswire