Blues is the Truth

Another packed edition of Blues is the Truth this week starts with Irma Thomas, and ends with a brand new track from Sonny Green. In between there's a selection of amazing tracks from Stevie Watts Organ Trio with Alice Armstrong, Wily Bo Walker, Bob Hokum, Martin Harley, Andy Twyman, Buddy Guy, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Billy Branch, Fiona Boyes, Tutu Jones, Otis Grand and many more... It's a packed s...

This week the technology took over and chose the songs, it's always fun dong this because we end up discovering some of the very best music that I've forgotten about, along with some of the very best classics. In the show there are tunes from the Allman Brothers, Gary Moore, Michael Messer, Paul Garner, Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes, Jim Allchin, Mike Vernon, Buddy Whittington, Dave Raphael, Missis...

This weeks show is a doozy, packed to the gills with amazing tunes and full of so much new music it's hard to beleive I had room for a couple of classics, but I did! Featuring tunes from Jimmy Rogers, Spencer Davis, Denis Jones, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Paul Lamb, Mojo Morganfield, The Dave Thomas Blues Band, Victor Wainwright, Storm Warning, Jo Harman, Elles Bailey, Larry Kroonse and Taj Mahal.

From the Paul Butterfield Blues Band Through to the Untouchables it's a blues packed edition of Blues is the Truth, with a shed load of new music to enjoy along with a smattering of classics! We feature Kai Strauss, The Starlite Campbell Band, Denis Jones, Shemekia Copeland, Hans Theesink and Terry Evans, Dave Specter, Wily Bo Walker, Harry Hmura, Kim Wilson and many more on a journey through the...

The first show of October is packed with new tunes, and a fair smattering of real classics. It starts with Eddie Boyd before moving through songs from Jimmy Regal and the Royals, Kim Wilson, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Harry Hmura, Larry Dall, VIctor Wainwright and the Train, Buddy Guy, Jerry Portnoy and the Streamliners, Kerry Kearney, Charles Wilson, Robert Cray and many more. Hit play to...

Time for another edition of Blues is the Truth... once more packed with some truly awesome tunes! Starting with Eric Clapton and moving through the likes of Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion, Toby Lee, Tony O, Victor Wainwright, Johnny Iguana, Nick Moss Band feat Dennis Gruenling, Keb' Mo', and Finishing with James Cotton. There's loads of other amazing stuff too so hit play and enjoy!

We start with Curtis Salgado and Alan Heder giving us an amazing version of Can't Be Staisfied and end with Koko Taylor's immensely poerful reading of Blues Power. In between this weeks show is the usual mix of the classics and the best of contemporary blues with songs from a diverse group including... Lucky Peterson, Kim Wilson, Kyla Brox, Buddy Whittington, Northsyde, Eddie Cotton, Errol Linton,...

From Freddie King through to John Hammond it's another packed edition of Blues is the Truth, there are a mix of great new tunes from amazing artists like Peter Parcek, Otis Clay, Trevor Sewell, Curtis Salgado, Bobby Rush and John Nemeth. Along with them is full on classics, old and new from WIly Bo Walker, Robert Cray, Lawrence Lebo, The Proof, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Earl, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix...

Here's this weeks edition of Blues is the Truth, packed start to finish with amazing tunes for your delectation! It starts with Buddy Guy, ends with BB King and in between is a cornucopia of the very best in the blues. Featuring tracks from the likes of Lachy Doley, Robert Cray, Keb' Mo', Kirk Fletcher, Dave Ferra, Laura Holland, Trevor Sewell, Kyle Esplin, Snowy White, Chris Bevington and more th...

From Freddie King through to the Blues Band it's another packed edition of Blues is the Truth this week! With tracks from Vanessa Collier, Elles Bailey, Emma Wilson, Junior Wells, Richie Dave Porter, Johnny Burgin, Errol Linton, Bruce Mississippi Johnson, Will Johns, Katie Bradley & Matt Long, Bobby Rush, Otis Grand, The Cinelli Brothers and many more you are sure to find something you love! Hit p...

It all starts with Eric Clapton this week, with his take on Hoochie Coochie Man, and then we take a journey through some truly amazing blues and soul music... There's Tony O, Giles Robson and Chris Corcoran, Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes, Bill Withers, Dr John, Frank Collins, Lisa Mann, Dave Thomas, Kaz Hawkins, Lurrie Bell, John D'Amato, Whitney Shay, Kirk Fletcher and Dave Ferra... What more can...

Starting with John Verity this is a packed show with lots of brand new music and as it finishes with Muddy Waters a fair smattering of classics along the way... Artists featured include Buddy Guy, Halfdeaf Clatch,Lisa Mann, Wily Bo Water & Kerena K, Malaya Blue, Eric Johansenm Jackie Scott, Ian Siegal, Sugaray Rayford, Robert Cray, Thørbjorn Risager, Shawn Murphy and more... hit play for two hours...

Starting this week with the Untouchables and finishing with Preston Shannon this is a packed edition of Blues is the Truth! We have new music from Kirk Fletcher, Christine Kingfish Ingram, The Chris Bevington Organisation, John d'Amato, Leon Gill, Eel Pie and more alongside some classics from Robert Cray, Earl Thomas, Poplar Jake, Janiva Magness, Big Mama Thornton and Robin Bibi and that's not all...

It's a random play week on Blues is the Truth, where I've put software in charge of what songs we get. The rules are simple... every time i press the skip button, if it qualifies as blues it get's played. Good news is it came up with some doozies from folks like Gary Moore, Dave Thomas, Chris Antonik, Dave Ferra, BB King, John Hammond, Colin James, Ronnie Earl, Rocky Athas, West Weston and Little...

We start this week with a brand new version of a classic from the amazing Kaz Hawkins, in a show that celebrates some of the best new releases from folks like Dave Thomas, Kirk Fletcher, Tony O, Kingfish, Savoy Brown and more. With the loss of Peter Green earlier in the week we pay tribute to him with a collection of songs drawn from across his career with John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac and Otis Spann...

This week's show starts with Freddie King and ends with Etta James, and in between it's packed with a metric ton of great blues... A lot of this weeks show is brand new music, from folks like Dave Thomas, E D Brayshaw, Kaz Hawkins, Red's Blues, T Belly, Savoy Brown, Tony O, Wily Bo Walker and Dany Flam and more... Along with that there are tracks from Lucy Zirins, Marcus Lazarus, Ry Cooder, Kyla B...

This weekend would have seen the Ealing Blues Festival take place in Walpole Park, but with global pandemics and lockdowns, this year the festival won't be taking place... Worry not, because This week's Blues is the Truth offers a taste of what we would have enjoyed along with an interview with the man who started it all over 30 years ago and is still the artistic director of the event, Robert Sal...

This weeks show is a real mixture between the brand new and the absolute classics. On the brand new side we have tracks from Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam, Lafayette Thomas, Walter Trout, Manda Lynn, Robbie Reay, Victor Wainright, Charlie Bedford and more. On the classic side there's Mud Morganfield, Oscar Wilson, Professor Longhair, Buddy Whittington, Tom Waits, JW Jones and more! Hit play and enjo...

This weeks show is somewhat of a special event... We interview Mike Rivers of the Crawdaddy Club about the charity album Songs of Isolation which he was instrumental in organising along with Mark Ede and Adam Norsworthy. We feature some of the superb tracks from that record intermingled with some brand new tunes and some real blues classics! Artists featured this week include: Joe Louis Walker, St...

Another packed edition of Blues is the Truth this week that starts with Lowell Fulson and takes a dive through some amazing tunes. We once again feature the superb Songs of Isolation album, as well as sharing some of the very best new music and some true blues classics. Artists featured include Shemikia Copeland, Bruce Mississippi Johnson, Mrs Morganfield, Marcus Lazarus, Gareth Huggett, Catfish,...

This weeks show is another packed edition of Blues is the Truth. After we start with Stevie Ray, we pay tribute to Frank Bey and feature a track from the new Emma Wilson EP. There are new charity releases from The Lockdown Lucky Band, and songs from the brand new Songs of Isolation album in aid of NHS + Heroes. Artists featured on the show include Ruby Turner, Frank Collins, Georgia Van Etten, Ror...

We start with a Rolling Stones classic, and end with Reese Wynans covering a tune from his old boss so we know things start and end well, but between it's even more amazing, There is an amazing new track from Bruce Mississippi Johnson that carries a huge message, something new from Back Water Roll, a track from Frank Bey (who has since recording passed away), one from Paul Cox and Charlie Fabert,...

We start with a cover of a Robert Johnson Song and end with another, and in between there's some of the best music you're likely to hear this week from folks likeCanned Heat, The Lockdown Lucky Band, Robert Hokum, Mark Harrison, Linsey Alexander, BB King, Errol Linton, Robin Banks, Giles Robson, Johnny Burgin, Otis Grand, Tomislav Goluban, Bob Margolin and more! Hit play and enjoy!

When we talk about packed editions of the show we mean ones like this week's. We start with Joel Fisk and the Breakdown and end with Johnny Winter, filling the space between with some great music... New releases from Johnny Burgin and Linsey Alexander. Lockdown Charity Singles from the Lockdown Lucky Band and your host too. Classics from Half Deaf Clatch, Magic Sam, Freddie King, Eugene Hideaway B...

We start with one cover of a Robert Johnson song and end with another, and in-between the show is packed with amazing tunes. We feature the winners of the UK Blues Awards, with artists like Catfish, Elles Bailey, Connor Selby, James Oliver and Dom Martin. We pay tribute to the late Lucky Peterson and celebrate the birthdays of Taj Mahal and Giles Robson, as well as sharing tunes from Zoe Schwarz a...