Blues is the Truth

This weeks Blues is the Truth features the winners of this year's Form UK Blues Awards, announced the night before the recording... Beyond that it's a random play special where even I don't know what's coming up! With tracks in the show from Johnny Iguana, Emma Wilson, Connor Selby, Christone Kingfish Ingram, Dom Martin, Robert Hokum, When Rivers Meet, Lucy Zirins, ELLES BAILEY, Roy Taylor, Albert...

Blues is the Truth is back with another show full to the brim with amazing new music, along with a sprinkling of classics too! With tracks in the show from Bernie Marsden, Private Dicks Band, Gina Sicilia, Emma Wilson, Jo Harman, BB King, Stevie Watts with Alice Armstrong, Tim Staffell and Paul Stewart, Buddy Guy, The Altered Five Blues Band, Brad Wilson, Ariel Posen, Eric Bibb, Kenny Neal, Jim Da...

It's May and the first Blues is truth of the month is keeping up the tradition of being packed, start to finish, with amazing tunes. The new month means a new song remains the same with an absolute doozy from Bobby Blue Bland being the first version and there's a superb Title Track tango... This episode features songs from Kai Strauss, The Absolute Goners, Hurricane Ruth, The Wildroots, Levee Town...

It's the last show of April and it's just as packed as you'd expect... There's still amazing new music to share, and there are some real classics too. This weeks show features tracks from Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, The Nighthawks, Ian Siegal, Doug MacLeod, Todd Sharpville, Mike Vernon, Veronica Lewis, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Katie Bradley and Pete Farugia, The Travelling Blue Kings, Robert Cray, Bern...

After a week's break we're back with another full to the brim edition of Blues is the Truth... There's a shed load of new tunes, and a smattering of classics too. Just what you'd expect from your favourite blues podcast! This weeks show features tracks from: The King Brothers, Hubert Dorrigatti, Eliza Neal, Robert Cray, Eric Bibb with Jean Jaques Milteau, Doug MacLeod, Edgar Winter, Dom Martin, Mi...

It's a new month and there are some amazing new tracks in the show. There's a new Song Remains the Same and an amazing pair of tracks in the Title Track Tango, loads of great new music and some classics too. Featuring songs from Son House, Edgar Winter, Django Blackheart, The Nick Steed Band, Bobby Blue Bland, Ian Siegal, Ajay Sristav, The Guv'nors, Grieg Taylor, Larkin Poe, The Kokomo Kings, Davi...

It's another show that's packed with brand new tunes in this weeks Blues is the Truth... We Start with a classic from Freddie King, and there are other anthems from Keb'Mo', Otis Grand, Buddy Whittington, Giles Robson and Junior Wells. The new tracks include numbers from the Boogie Beasts, Ann Peebles, Beaux Gris Gris, Son of Dave, Andres Roots, Danny Bryant, Steven Troch, Blue Touch, Mechanical R...

This week's Blues is the Truth is another packed show, and there's a ton of new music for you to enjoy! We start with Jimmie Vaughan and then take tour through tunes from Mind Adair, The Black Crowes, Son of Dave, Al Corte, Kaz Hawkins, Paul Cox, Elvin Bishop, Robert Hokum, The Bluesbones, Greig Taylor, Whitney Shay, Bob Stroger, Phil Gates, Emma Wilson, Professor Louie and the Crowmatix, Elles Ba...

This week starts with a great track from Duke Robillard, and features a great version of Hoodoo Man Blues from Errol Linton. Add in the Title track Tango that features Jonny Lang and Eugene Hideaway Bridges and the show is already great... But the rest of the show was given to the gods of random play... That means we have surprise track from the Rolling Stones, Doug MacLeod, The Starlite Campbell...

Time for another Blues is the Truth, packed with some of the very best blues the world has to offer... We start with Muddy Waters and on our way to a collaboration between Robert Cray and Keb'Mo' we feature tracks from The British Bluescasting Corporation, Ry Cooder, Willie Dixon, Larry McCray, Eddie 9V, Buddy Guy, T Bone Walker, Ron Sayer Jr, Duke Robillard, Walter Trout, Kai Strauss and more. Hi...

I love to pack each weeks show with the very best blues I can find and this weeks is genuinely full to the brim... From Jimmie Vaughan with Omar Kent Dykes through to Quinn Devereaux there are so many amazing tracks to enjoy. Of course we pay tribute to the recently passed Don Craine of the Downliners Sect, part of the legendary birth of the British blues rock scene. Add to that some amazing tues...

It's the 600th edition of Blues is the Truth, and it's packed with amazing music... just as you would expect! With tracks from Albert Collins, Elles Bailey, The City Boys All Stars, Freddie King, Koko Taylor, Mike Zito, John Mayall, Guy King, The Terraplanes Blues Band, The Cinelli Brothers, Charlie Musselwhite, Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, Songhoy Blues, Rick Dollar, Buddy Guy, Bernard Allison,...

While the voting may have closed since the first broadcast the main focus on this weeks show is giving you the chance to hear as many of the nominees in the 2022 UK Blues Awards as possible, meaning tracks from Stevie Watts with Alice Armstrong, Dom Martin, When Rivers Meet, Elles Bailey, Kyla Brox, Giles Robson, Catfish, Will Wilde, King King, The Cinelli Brothers, Half Deaf Clatch, Mark Harrison...

From Santana to Joe Bonamassa there's a lot of quality music in this week's edition of Blues is the Truth. Of course we pay tribute to three giants of the community who recently passed away, Sam Lay, Jimmy Johnson and Syl Johnson. We introduce some fabulous new tunes from Emma Wilson, The Travelling Blue Kings, Love Light Orchestra, Mat Walklate and Alex Haynes, Kathy Murray and the Kilowatts, Har...

Starting a show with Stevie Ray Vaughan and ending it with Fleetwood Mac, things are obviously awesome in this week's show, so what do you put in between? Only the best part of two hours of the best blues and soul you're likely to hear. With new tracks from The Cinelli Brothers, Matt Walklate and Alex Haynes, Misty Blues, Andy Lindquist, The Cruzados, King of the World, Backwater Roll and more. Ad...

It's time for another packed edition of Blues is the Truth! So much amazing music and most of it brand new! We do pay tribute to someone who was instrumental in my music and my radio career, the late Brian Soundy who gave me my first radio gig and washy musical partner in crime for the last 15 years or so with two tracks from our band. Alongside that have tunes from Mojo Hand, Val Starr and the Bl...

This weeks show is once again filled with amazing tunes from some of the finest artists in the blues. Of course there are classics from folks like Guitar Jr, Howling Wolf and R.L. Burnside alongside some of the best modern blues from amazing artists. Featured in the show are Will Johns, Kat and Co, Andy Lindquist, The Blue Bishops, Sean Taylor, Lurrie Bell, The Cinelli Brothers, Backwater Roll wit...

It's another packed edition of Blues is the Truth with so much new music that it was hard to fit it all in! There are track in the show from Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elles Bailey, The Unentitled with Tommy Hare, Ari Borger and Igor Prado, Backwater Roll and Jon Amor, Dick Van Dyke (yes), Mary Jo Curry, Andy Lindquist, Sean Taylor, Cathy Lemons, Mandolin Blues, Peter Veteska, Jon Townsend, Otis Rush and...

This weeks show is our annual musical trawl through the last 12 months... I keep calling it a best of, but there's so much I couldn't fit in that it's really just a sort of best of... The music is amazing though, every track a doozy so don't worry it's still two amazing hours of music. Featuring tracks from Bernie Marsden, Guy King, Jon Amor, Robert Hokum, Christine Kingfish Ingram, Connor Selby,...

It's time for the annual Blues is the Truth Christmas Special, with two whole hours of Christmas themed blues, soul and beyond. With classic tracks from legends like Ray Charles, Earl King, Albert King, John Lee HookerLowell Fulson, and Charles Brown alongside more modern offerings from Lawrence Lebo, Joe Bonamassa, Duke Robillard, Fran McGilivray, Is Cranston and Seasick Steve. It's packed with g...

It's a show this week that's packed with the classic sounds of the blues, but that doesn't mean it's all old music... There are classics from Muddy Waters, BB King, Mike Bloomfield, Chuck Berry, Albert King, Blind Willie McTell and more, alongside more modern takes on the sound from the Untouchables, Guy King, Blues is Truth, Colin James, Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, Tab Benoit and many more......

It's the first show of December so a Christmas song may have sneaked into this week's playlist, but when it's joined by the likes of Led Zeppelin, Otis Rush, Bernie Marsden, Bob Margolin, Robert Hokum and the Guv'Nors, the Headhunters Blues Band, Robert Cray, BB King, Shemekia Copeland, Eddie Boyd, Dave Specter, Lurrie Bell and more you can't moan about a bit of festivity. Hit play for two hours o...

The latest show from Blues is the Truth is packed with amazing music... there are tracks new and old and birthday greetings for one of our most loyal listeners. We have tunes from Chase Walker, Fran McGilivray, Muddy Waters, Bernie Marsden, Son of Dave, Elles Bailey, Junior Watson, Wanda Jackson, Paul Garner, Marcus Flynn, Where Rivers Meet, BB King, Mark Pontin, Chickenbone Slim and then we finis...

How packed is this week's edition of Blues is the Truth? The answer would be extremely... It's bursting at the seems with amazing music from folks like John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Dave Hunt, Dudley Ross, Elles Bailey, Ghalia Volt, Paul Lamb and the King Snakes, Stanton Moore, Makuini, Dave Specter, The Starlite Campbell band, Mark Harrison, Emanuele Fizotti, The Kokomo Kings, Mud Morganfield, and...

We start with an amazing track from the amazing Buddy Whittington and move on through some of the very best music you're likely to hear this week with tracks from The Starlite Campbell band, Dave Ferra, Jimmie Vaughan, Giles Robson with Chris Corcoran, GA20, JW Jones, Jon Amor, Dave Thomas, Elles Bailey, Charlie Musselwhite, Arsen Shomakov, Bobby Mesano and more. It's the usual mix of blues, old a...