Blues Radio International Podcast

Ollee Owens, a Calgary based Blues/Americana artist, has received rave reviews for her original music.  On this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast, Audrey Michelle hosts Ollee in May, 2025, as she records a performance interview on the Blues Radio International SoundStage in Memphis. Sound by Michael Wolf. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Ronnie Baker Brooks, winner of three Blues Music Awards, performs live in Memphis at the Blues Music Awards in May, 2025 on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Photograph by Laura Carbone. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Blues Hall of Fame member John Primer performs live at the Boca Blues Festival in November, 2025 on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast.  Sound by Michael Wolf. Photograph by Eric Kriesant. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Detroit's Queen of the Blues, multiple award winner Thornetta Davis, joins Jesse and Audrey on the Blues Radio International SoundStage at the 2025 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Sound by Michael Wolf.  Image courtesy of Thornetta Davis. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Award winning Blues pianist Bruce Katz plays live on the Blues Radio International SoundStage at the 2025 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Award winning blues rock guitarist Samantha Fish is known for her electric performances.  In 2016, Samantha joined us at the Studios of Blues Radio International to play acoustic, and to discuss the songwriting process. Photograph by Jay Skolnick. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Billboard Magazine wrote about Tinsley Ellis:  "nobody has released more consistently excellent blues albums than Atlanta's Tinsley Ellis. He sings like a man possessed and wields a mean lead guitar." Hear Tinsley perform live at the 2016 Blues Music Awards on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Photograph by Jay Skolnick. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Multiple Grammy and Blues Music Award winner Keb Mo performs live at the 2025 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Photograph by Laura Carbone. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Mud Morganfield, the eldest son of Blues legend Muddy Waters, performs live at the Boca Blues Festival in November 2024. Sound by Michael Wolf.  Photograph courtesy of Mud Morganfield Blues. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Matthias Lattin, winner of the 2023 International Blues Challenge, plays his music on the Blues Radio International SoundStage at the 2023 Blues Music Awards in Memphis.  Sound by Michael Wolf Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, Grammy and Blues Music Awards Winners, play in a special acoustic performance at the 2012 Blues Music Awards in Memphis. Photograph by Joe Dempsey Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Koko Taylor, the renowned Queen of the Blues, performs live with the Mannish Boys at the 2009 Blues Music Awards in Memphis. Photograph courtesy of Alligator Records Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Samantha Fish performs live at the Boca Blues Festival in November 2024 on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast.   Sound and Image by Michael Wolf. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Sugaray Rayford, a multiple Blues Music Awards winner, performs live with the Billy Price Band at the 2025 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Mississippi Hill Country blues has a unique and almost hypnotic sound.  Popularized by RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, this deep tradition is carried on by RL's grandson, Blues Music Award winner Cedric Burnside.  We sat down with Cedric on the Blues Radio International SoundStage in Memphis the morning after he won two BMA's in 2016 to hear some authentic Mississippi Hill Country Blue...

Louisiana born Blues Music Award winner Kenny Neal and his band perform live at the Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton, Florida, in May, 2025. Sound by Jeff Kissinger and Michael Wolf. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Chicago bluesman Bob Stroger, a member of the Blues Hall of Fame and still playing for audiences at age 94, performs live at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis in May 2025, on the Blues Radio International Podcast. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

The Fabulous Thunderbirds perform live at the Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton, Florida, in February, 2025 on this Edition of the Blues Radio International Podcast. Sound by Jeff Kissinger and Michael Wolf. Photograph by Jay Skolnick. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

The Billy Price Band performs live at the 2025 Blues Music Awards on Edition 710 of Blues Radio International, with Blind Boy Fuller, Roy Buchanan, Johnny Young, and Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

John Nemeth and Terry Hanck perform live at the Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton in May, 2025, on Edition 709 of Blues Radio International, with JB Lenoir, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and Larry McCray with Joe Bonamassa. Sound by Jeff Kissinger and Michael Wolf. Photograph by Laura Carbone. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Shemekia Copeland performs live at the Funky Biscuit in South Florida in February 2025 on Edition 708 of Blues Radio International, with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Billy Boy Arnold.  Sound by Jeff Kissinger and Michael Wolf. Photograph courtesy of Shemekia Copeland. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Johnny and Destini Rawls perform live at the 2025 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on Edition 707 of Blues Radio International, with John Primer, Koko Taylor and Albert Collins. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

James Harman performs live in his final appearance at the Blues Music Awards in May, 2016 on Edition 706 of Blues Radio International, with Etta James, Willie Buck and Bob Corritore, Little Junior Parker, Johnny Shines, and DK Harrell. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Albert Castiglia performs live on the Blues Radio International SoundStage at the 2024 Blues Music Awards in Memphis on Edition 705 of Blues Radio International, with B.B. King, Lavelle White, Walter "Shakey" Horton, and Popa Chubby with Christone "Kingfish" Ingram. Sound by Michael Wolf. Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net

Selwyn Birchwood performs live at the 2018 Blues Music Awards on Edition 704 of Blues Radio International, with Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Terry Hanck and Amos Milburn. Photograph by Jay Skolnick Find more at BluesRadioInternational.net