Comin' up on The Blues Show:
March 6, 2010
We'll come on following Penn basketball at around 9PM with new blues from Ms. Jody, The Cash Box Kings, and more.
In the midnight hour on The Blues & Beyond it's a brand new album from Catherine Russell, the final recordings of the great Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré, with kora player Toumani Diabaté, more from the new album Place To Be from the amazing Hiromi Uehara, and a piece that became an anthem for the struggle against apartheid from South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim (aka Dollar Brand)with sax player Basil Coetzee.
It's been said that rock, pop, country, jazz and R&B are just branches of a tree whose roots are buried deep in the mud of the Mississippi Delta. To honor those roots 88.5 WXPN presents The Blues Show with host Jonny Meister every Saturday evening from 7pm to 12 midnight.
Jonny Meister with Catherine RussellThe Blues Show covers the entire history of the blues from 1920 to the present, from the best-known to the most obscure blues, with an eye both on the rich history of this music and its current vitality.
Host Jonny Meister has been playing the blues on WXPN since March 1977. Meister grew up with old blues records in the house. His father played boogie woogie on the piano, which Jonny learned at about the age of 12. Later he played in rock bands and did a few solo gigs as a singer-songwriter. As his interest in blues grew, he became especially interested in the history of the music, a history not always revealed by the rock musicians and their promoters who drew heavily on the blues.
Jonny spent a week with the family of the late, great blues musician J. B. Lenoir in 1979, and he was one of the consultants for the Wim Wenders film The Soul Of A Man which featured Lenoir, in the PBS film series The Blues. He won the "Keeping The Blues Alive" award for work in Public Radio for The Blues Show in 2000 and a "Best of Philly" award from Philadelphia Magazine in 1996 for "Best Local Radio Show".
Area Blues Concerts & Events
For more detailed information please visit our concert calendar or a venue's website.
• • • March • • •
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Samuel James @ Psalm Salon
5841 Overbrook Avenue
Philadelphia PA 19131
215-477-7578
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Sellersville Theater presents
Marcia Ball with Honey Island Swamp Band
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA
215-257-5808
Friday, March 19, 2010
Sister Blue Band @ Red Hot & Blue
Route 70 & Sayer Avenue
Cherry Hill NJ
8PM 856-665-7427
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Diamond State Blues Society
13th Annual House Rockin' Party
Lucky Peterson
Randy Lippincott
@ J. B. McGinnes Pub & Grille
519 Basin Road
New Castle DE 19709
4PM to 10PM 302-376-6298
DSBS members $20, non-members $25
tickets by mail (check, money order)
DSBS, P. O. Box 863, Middletown DE 19709
The Dukes of Destiny @ World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA
9:30PM 215-222-1400
Mark Furman Band with Sister Blue @ Sokols
411 Crestmont Street
Reading PA
9:30PM 610-375-4500
• • • April • • •
Friday, April 2, 2010
Sellersville Theater presents
Tommy Castro’s RnB Revue starring
Joe Louis Walker & Debbie Davies
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA
215-257-5808
Guitar Shorty @ Warmdaddys
1400 Columbus Blvd. (at Reed Street)
Philadelphia PA
South Memphis String Band @ World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA
9PM 215-222-1400
Saturday, April 3, 2010
The Holmes Brothers @ World Cafe Live
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA
7:30PM 215-222-1400
Guitar Shorty @ Warmdaddys
1400 Columbus Blvd. (at Reed Street)
Philadelphia PA
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Sellersville Theater presents
Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA
215-257-5808
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Sellersville Theater presents
Allen Toussaint
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA
215-257-5808
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Sellersville Theater presents
Shannon McNally & Hot Sauce
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA
215-257-5808
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Sellersville Theater presents
James Cotton "Superharp"
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA
215-257-5808
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Baltimore Blues Society presents
Mark Hummel with Rusty Zinn
John Németh
@ Rosedale American Legion Hall
1311 Seling Avenue
Rosedale MD 21237
410-744-2291
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Bucks County Blues Society
"Spring Fever Footstomper"
Mississippi Heat with Carl Weathersby
Mikey Junior & Stone Cold Blues
@ McStew's Irish Sports Pub
5316 New Falls Road
Levittown, PA
2PM (doors open at 1PM) - 21 and older only
215-949-9570, 215-946-9424, 215-946-4794, 215-943-1447
Friday, April 23, 2010
Deb Callahan @ Heritage Restaurant
6016 Morgantown Road
Morgantown PA
10PM 610-286-9390
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Deb Callahan @ World Cafe
Live
recording a live DVD!
3025 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA
9PM 215-222-1400
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Sellersville Theater presents
John Németh
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA
215-257-5808
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Sellersville Theater presents
Smokin’ Joe Kubeck Band featuring Bnois King
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA
215-257-5808
• • • May • • •
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Sellersville Theater presents
Mick Taylor with Todd Wolfe
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA
215-257-5808
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Sellersville Theater presents
Sue Foley & Peter Karp
24 West Temple Avenue
Sellersville PA
215-257-5808
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Deb Callahan @ Blue Parrott
1934 West 6th Street
Wilmington DE
9PM 302-655-8990
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis MD
Shemekia Copeland
Cedric Burnside and Lightning Malcolm
Tinsley Ellis
and more
Deb Callahan @ Bourbon Street Festival
Lebanon Township Memorial Park
Burnvale Road
Lebanon Township NJ
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis MD
Chuck Berry
Joe Louis Walker
Jimmy Vaughan
Big Bill Morganfield
and more
• • • June • • •
Saturday, June 12, 2010
State Street Blues Stroll
downtown Media PA 7PM - 1AM
@ Media Theatre and most local venues
Eddy Clearwater
Lonnie Shields
Johnny DeFrancesco Power Trio
Deb Callahan Band
& many others
$20 day of show, $15 advance,
$12 XPN members in advance More Pricing Info
610-566-5039
• • • July • • •
Friday, July 9, 2010
Briggs Farm Blues Festival
Nescopeck PA
570-379-2003
Advance Concert and Camping tickets
on sale now online
or call 570-379-2003
Camping advance purchase $65 (early bird price till MAY 8th)
at the gate, show day: $80
Concert Only, advance:
One-day: $20, at gate show day: $25
Two-day: $35, at gate show day: $45
children under 12 Free
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Briggs Farm Blues Festival
Nescopeck PA
570-379-2003
Confirmed for Saturday July 10th
David Honeyboy Edwards
Also confirmed to perform:
John Primer, Mississippi Heat
Harper, Moreland & Arbuckle
More Artists TBA
Advance Concert and Camping tickets
on sale now online
or call 570-379-2003
Camping advance purchase $65 (early bird price till MAY 8th)
at the gate, show day: $80
Concert Only, advance:
One-day: $20, at gate show day: $25
Two-day: $35, at gate show day: $45
children under 12 Free
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Bucks County Blues Society 28th Annual R&B Picnic, featuring:
Larry McCray
Roxy Perry
Jr. Cline & The Recliners
J-W Jones Blues Band
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble
Porkroll Project
Mikey Jr. & Matt Daniels
Joe Becton
@
Snipes Farm & Golf
890 West Bridge Street
Morrisville PA 19067
Friday, July 23, 2010
Pocono Blues Festival - Day 1
@ Big Boulder Ski Area, Blakeslee PA
10:30PM
Lady Bianca
9:00PM
Johnny Rawls
7:30PM
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Pocono Blues Festival - Day 2
@ Big Boulder Ski Area, Blakeslee PA
Main Stages:
8:00PM Chicago Blues Legends - Pinetop Perkins,
Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith,
with Bob Stroeger & Bob Margolin
6:15PM CJ Chenier
4:45PM Theodis Ealey
3:15PM Johnnie Bassett
1:45PM Roy Roberts, Barbara Carr, AJ Diggs
12:40PM Wanda Johnson
11:30AM Marquise Knox
Tent Stages:
8:00PM Wanda Johnson
6:30PM Chick Willis
5:00PM Veronika Jackson
3:30PM Marquise Knox
2:00PM Chick Willis
12:30PM Veronika Jackson
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Pocono Blues Festival - Day 3
@ Big Boulder Ski Area, Blakeslee PA
Main Stages:
6:30PM Mavis Staples
4:45PM Joe Krown Trio (with Walter Wolfman Washington, Russell Batiste)
3:00PM The Fabulous Thunderbirds
1:30PM Alabama Mike
12Noon The Campbell Brothers
Tent Stages:
8:00PM Homemade Jamz Blues Band
6:30PM Alabama Mike
5:00PM Diana Braithewaite/Chris Whitely
3:30PM The Campbell Brothers
2:00PM Homemade Jamz Blues Band
12:30PM Diana Braithewaite/Chris Whitely
• • • August • • •
Friday, August 6, 2010
Riverfront Blues Festival 2010
@ Tubman Garrett Riverfront Park
Wilmington, DE
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Riverfront Blues Festival 2010
@ Tubman Garrett Riverfront Park
Wilmington, DE
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Riverfront Blues Festival 2010
@ Tubman Garrett Riverfront Park
Wilmington, DE
Friday, August 27, 2010
Vermont Blues Festival - Day 1
@ Mt. Snow Ski Area
Dover VT
10:30PM Alexis P Suter
9:00PM James Armstrong
7:30PM Harrison Kennedy and Julian Fauth
Saturday August 28, 2010
Vermont Blues Festival - Day 2
@ Mt. Snow Ski Area
Dover VT
8:00PM Johnny Winter
6:15PM Trombone Shorty
4:30PM Ruthie Foster
2:45PM Ryan Shaw
1:00PM Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones
9:30PMSnow Barn After-Party with Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones
Sunday August 29, 2010
Vermont Blues Festival - Day 3
@ Mt. Snow Ski Area
Dover VT
6:30PM Kenny Neal
4:45PM Marcia Ball
3:00PM Joe Louis Walker
1:30PM Teeny Tucker
12Noon Big James Montgomery
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Blues Links:
Visit these links to explore the Blues, learn about live events and to take part in the culture of this american art form.
Alligator RecordsOne of the leading Chicago blues labels. Alligator is Koko Taylor's label and also home for Lonnie Brooks, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, and many more. Recent releases include albums from Eddy Clearwater, Michael Burks, and Janiva Magness.
Delmark RecordsA venerable Chicago blues & jazz label now celebrating 55 years in the business. Many of the blues greats of the past, like Junior Wells and Big Joe Williams, have recorded for Delmark. One of their finest recent releases is Byther Smith's Blues On The Moon. Another is Hattiesburg Blues from Mississippi Heat.
Blind Pig Records This label is home to Kenny Neal, Magic Slim, Hamilton Loomis, and others and has put out albums by E. C. Scott, Elvin Bishop, Nappy Brown, Big Bill Morganfield, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, and plenty more... plus classics from Buddy Guy, Johnny Shines, Snooky Pryor, Jimmy Rogers, Luther Allison... many others!
Pristine Audio
This French reissue company has done wonderful restorations of the audio from old records. Their blues releases include Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, and Tampa Red.
Diamond State Blues Society sponsors many blues events, notably regular day-long shows at Gators in New Castle, DE and summer events in Wilmington.
Bucks County Blues Society is America's oldest blues society. among the performers they have presented are folks like Willie Dixon and Albert Collins. They have regular events and a big Blues/R&B picnic every summer, and they sponsor "Blue Thursdays" every Thursday night at McStew's in Levittown PA.
