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Join Kelvin Huggins as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of December 1st in blues history. December 1st stands as a noteworthy date in the annals of blues and related music genres, marked by a dense concentration of significant events. An analysis of historical data reveals that this date encapsulates the full spectrum of the music world's lifecycle, from the births of influ...

Join Kelvin Huggins as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of November 29th in blues history. [body] Hosted by:  Kelvin Huggins Presented by:  The Blues Hotel Collective Listen Tomorrow for:  Another Blues Moment in Time Keep the blues alive. © 2025 The Blues Hotel Collective.

Join Kelvin Huggins as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of November 28th in blues history. November 28th stands as a significant date in the history and ongoing vitality of blues music, encapsulating its cyclical nature of commercial success, profound loss, and enduring celebration. This date marks the 1978 release of The Blues Brothers' "Briefcase Full of Blues," a commerc...

Join Kelvin Huggins as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of November 27th in blues history. November 27 stands as a uniquely significant date in the chronicle of blues music, acting as a historical crossroads where pivotal events converge across different eras. An analysis of this single calendar day reveals a dense tapestry of births, deaths, landmark recordings, and influe...

Join Kelvin Huggins as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of November 25th in blues history. November 25 isn’t a headline day in blues history—it’s a heartbeat. Three births, two farewells, and a living tradition carried night after night in small rooms and big hearts. We trace Chicago guitar firebrand Jimmy Johnson (1928), piano architect Eddie Boyd (1914), and harmonica sag...

Join Kelvin Huggins as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of November 22nd in blues history. November 22nd—a single date that reveals the blues as a living tradition, constantly evolving while staying true to its emotional core. From Bunny Berigan’s 1938 recording of  Jelly Roll Blues  and the Miles Davis Quintet’s groundbreaking Carnegie Hall debut, to Bob Dylan’s...

Join Kelvin Huggins as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of November 21st in blues history. November 21 threads three pillars of the blues into one luminous line: how we preserve, how we pass on, and how we push forward. We revisit Lead Belly’s 1948 Minneapolis house concert—an intimate, hour-long recording alive with classics, on-the-spot invention, and scathing social trut...

Blues Moments in Time takes you back to the crossroads where history happened. We're talking about those electric nights in Chicago studios, those dusty Delta afternoons, those chance encounters that changed everything. This is where you'll hear about the day Muddy Waters plugged in and shook the world, the session where Robert Johnson laid down his legacy, the moment B.B. King named his guitar Lu...

In this episode, Rufus talks November 20 in blues history. He begins with foundational births that shaped distinct traditions: the country blues touch of Chanel Charity in 1920, the gravel-and-gris-gris New Orleans hymn of Dr. John in 1940, and the slide-lit Southern sermon of Dwayne Allman in 1946. It also holds space for remembrance—Chris Whitley’s stark, skeletal truth in 2005 and Mike Pinera’s...

November 19 isn’t just another date on the calendar—it’s a crossroads where the past, present, and future of the blues converge. In this episode, we trace the genre’s heartbeat through milestones that span continents and generations: the birth of West Coast legend Chris Kaine, the passing of trailblazer Danny Kalb of The Blues Project , and Bill Coleman’s groundbreaking 1937 Paris session that car...

November 18 isn’t crowded with headlines—but the blues rarely needed them. This episode traces a date defined by what’s felt as much as what’s recorded: the quiet passing of journeyman pianists whose fingerprints are all over the music, the velvet-smooth voice of Junior Parker gone too soon, blues-rock’s surge into the mainstream, and the global echoes still ringing in Berlin clubs decades later....

November 17 may look like just another date on the calendar, but in the world of blues and its far-reaching influence, it holds remarkable significance. In this episode of  Blues Moments in Time , host Kelvin Huggins uncovers the unseen importance of November 17—a day that gave us Jack Owens, the haunting voice of the Bentonia blues; Tab Benoit, the bayou guitarist whose mission extends from...

Join Rufus Tate as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of November 16th in blues history. November 16 maps a bold arc of the blues—from W.C. Handy putting the music “down on paper” and giving it a popular voice, to Jimi Hendrix blasting those roots into a cosmic, electric future with Electric Ladyland at the top of the charts. We trace that lineage into the present day, where...

Join Rufus Tate as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of November 15th in blues history. November 15 traces a living blues lineage—from the bottleneck fire of James “Kokomo” Arnold, whose “Old Original Kokomo Blues” seeded Robert Johnson’s “Sweet Home Chicago,” to the single-take grit of Tyler Bryant’s 2025 release “Falling Up,” echoing the raw instinct of Freddy King. We rid...

Join Kelvin Huggins as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of November 14th in blues history. November 14 echoes with the pulse of blues history—from the dusty slide of John Henry Barbee to the jazz-blues finesse of Art Hodes and the harmonica fire of Carey Bell. This episode honors the birth of genre-bending talents like Anson Funderbergh and Aynsley Lister, while remembering...

Join Kelvin Huggins as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of November 13th in blues history. On this date, the blues sings loud and clear across generations and continents. From the birth of revivalist John P. Hammond to the passing of Chicago blues architect Willie Dixon, November 13 marks a crossroads of legacy and innovation. We revisit the only blues song to ever top the...

Join Kelvin Huggins as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of November 12th in blues history. From Delta dirt roads to psychedelic soundscapes, November 12th hums with the heartbeat of blues history. In this episode, we trace the legacy of three genre-shaping artists born on this day—Bukka White, Booker T. Jones, and Neil Young—each a torchbearer in their own right. Their stor...

This episode traces November 11 as a microcosm of the blues’ journey—creation, tragedy, evolution, and legacy. From Louis Armstrong’s 1926 Hot Five session where jazz phrasing pulsed with blues ache and hope, to Mose Allison’s dry-witted bridge between jazz and rock, and Ernestine Anderson’s silky strength threading jazz-pop and blues grit, the day reveals the genre’s emotional DNA at work across...

Hosted by Rufus Tate for the Blues Hotel Collective, this episode of  Blues Moments in Time  dives deep into the soul of November 10—a date that threads together songwriting brilliance, stage-burning funk, orchestral evolution, and heartfelt loss. From the twin births of Sir Mack Rice and Bobby Rush in 1933 to Duke Ellington’s genre-bridging 1946 performance, the Moody Blues’ symphonic l...

Join Kelvin Huggins as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of November 9th in blues history. Hosted by Kelvin Huggins of The Blues Hotel Collective, we rewind the reel to November 9—a date that hums with historical resonance and global rhythm. From the coal country grit of Frank Hutchinson’s slide guitar to the gospel-fired urgency of Susan Tedeschi’s blues-rock, and the...