Two for the Blues
Orton In Place: Music & Cycropia Aerial Dance Streams
On Sun. Aug. 30 the Cycropia Aerial Dance troupe is featured in a full-length online performance (pre-recorded virtual show) starting at 8:00 am and available for 24 hrs. This stunning show features 6 brand new aerial works (on silks, cloud swing, trapeze, lyra, bungee/harness, and aerial pole/strap), along with video clips of Cycropia memories from Orton […]
Blues Specials This Weekend
I wrap up the blues radio specials which began with the COVID19 restrictions at the Station on March 28. On Blues Cruise Friday night from 6-8 PM Central Daylight time the featured artist is Jody Williams. He got his start with Bo Diddley playing on the streets of Chicago with Bo’s band, Ellis McDaniels and […]
Blues Specials Week of June 19-20
Willie Kent, blues bassist and vo9calist, it the subject of tonight’s Blues Cruise. Willie Kent and the Gents was one of the finest bands Chicago had to offer in the 1990s-2000s. The band together with Bonnie Lee headlined WORT’s 26th birthday bash in December 2001. This broadcast aired a week before their appearance at Luther’s […]
Blues Radio Specials This Week
Texas Johnny Brown will be the featured artist on Blues Cruise Friday night from 6-8 PM Central Daily time. Texas Johnny Brown was a blues vocalist and guitarist who, like many Texas bluesmen, was heavily influenced by T-Bone Walker. He got his start as the guitarist for Amos Milburn’s backing band, The Chickenshackers, in the […]
Blues Radio Specials This Week
This week I’m doing a two part special on Blues Cruise and Two For the Blues featuring Samuel Charters. Unlike other shows broadcast in this series, Sam Charters was not a blues man. He was a historian, author, music producer and poet. He was widely published in the fields of blues and jazz. He wrote […]
Blues Radio Specials May 22-23
Both shows are now available on the Audio Archives for 2 weeks following broadcast. Friday night’s Blues Cruise featured Bobby Rush. Bobby got his start as a bluesman playing Chicago clubs in the 1950s. His big break came with the release of Chicken Heads on the Galaxy label which reached #34 on the Billboard R&B […]
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