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As well as producing an excellent weekly blues podcast Dave Raven also maintains an archive of live sessions. Some of them are available as video as well as as audio.
http://www.daveraven.co.uk/rnb/
Recent video sessions include Olly Brown and Cherry Lee Mewis
Stockport’s award winning Roots & Fusion show (winner of Pure Radio’s “Best New Programme 2009″) was host to the amazing talent of Lucy Zirins recently.
A podcast of the session is available at www.pureradio.org.uk. Click on the podcast link on the right hand side of the front page and scroll down the list of shows for Roots & Fusion.
And remember, the first half hour of the show is usually all blues… Roots & Fusion, from 11pm every Friday on Stockport’s Pure Radio 107.8FM.
Roots & Fusion, Stockport Pure 107.8FM.
The Harpbreakers did an interview and a couple of live songs in the studio.
This is now available to download / listen to as a podcast on www.pureradio.org.uk (front page on the right is link to podcasts – use Harpbreakers tag).
Roots & Fusion is still going out every Friday night for two hours from 11pm, covering blues, folk and related music of all types.
Dave Raven’s – Raven ‘n’ Blues
Scratch My Back Junior Wells Live At Theresa’s
Scratch My Back Tony Joe White Koraki Live
Got Love If You Want It Slim Harpo The Roots Of Jimi Hendrix
Love Me Baby Blues Kelly Joe Phelps Lead Me On
Johnny Davey’s Blues The Cedars Little Copper Still
Black, Brown & White Big Bill Broonzy Amsterdam Concerts
Ain’t Got A Dime Boo Boo Davis Ain’t Got A Dime
Other Side OF Memphis Chocolate Thunder Ear Candy
Blues With A Feeling Little Walter Little Walter
I’m Ready Jeff Healey Band Songs From The Road
Your Love Is My Home Ian Parker Where I Belong
UBU Rick Estrin and The Nightcats Twisted
http://raven.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=525103#
Hambone’s Rumshack – 23
This weeks show has tracks from Tim Elliot and the Troublemakers, Andrew Goldring and the Rosedale Power Co (US), Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang , Joe Bonamassa, Jo Hell, Groove Doctors, Out Of The Blue, The Touch, Pocket, Dirty Trainload, Slick Ballinger and The Gonstermachers.
http://www.shetlandpodcaster.co.uk
Dave Raven has just uploaded the live session of Paul Jones and Dave Kelly recorded on the houseboat in the Thames for the Raven ‘n’ Blues podcast.
http://raven.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=521435#
Both Dave Raven and Hambone have podcasts out recently and both of them feature a tribute to the recently deceased Koko Taylor.
Raven ‘n’ Blues
http://raven.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=488162
Hambones’ Blues Rumshack
The great DJ and podcaster Dave Raven this week features Hans Theessink in session live from the houseboat on the Thames.
Here’s the link to the Theessink special.
http://raven.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=473594
and here’s the link where you can listen or download all shows….
or just add http://raven.libsyn.com/rss to your favourite newsreader or into iTunes
The Hambone’s Blues Rumshack Podcast is back.
You can listen online at the website above or you can subscribe in you favourite Podcast application e.g iTunes using the following URL
http://rumshack.libsyn.com/rss
In iTunes click Advanced – Subscribe to podcast and enter the URL above.
This week’s playlist features amongst others this years IBC Grammy and IBC winners and northwest favourite Alan Nimmo’s new band King King.
King King sounding very good.
BB King – Three O’Clock Blues from One Kind Favour
Dr John and the lower 911 – Time For A Change (featuring Eric Clapton) from City That Care Forgot
Monkey Junk – Tiger In Your Tank
Ty Curtis Band – Bluer Than Blue
JP Soars and the Red Hots – Born in California Raised in Arkansas
King King – Broken Heal from the Broken Heal EP
Aynsley Lister – Time’s Up from Equilibrium on Manhaton Records Aynsley Lister – Crazy from Equilibrium on Manhaton Records
Dave Arcari – No Easy Way from I Got Electric on Buzz Records
King Bees – I Wonder from Weekender
Dan Auerbach – I want Some More from Keep It Hid on Nonesuch Records
Thorbjørn Risager – All I Want from Here I Am on Cope Records
NO Blues – hard Killing Floor from Yo Dunya on Rounder Records Davey Graham – Rock Me Baby from Folk Blues and All Points In Between on See For Miles Records
Davey Graham – No Preacher Blues from Folk Blues and All Points In Between on See For Miles Records
Last week’s Raven ‘n’ Blues podcast featured an interview and live performance by the fabulous Ian Siegal.
As ever with Dave Raven’s shows, he records an inteview of about 45-60 mins then edits a 20min portion into the final show. Both files are always available for download or listening online.
You can hear he whole interview at http://www.bfbs2.com/rnb.html - simply click Ian’s name for the MP3
The final broadcast show featuring the segment on Ian along with tunes from Sue Foley, Diamond Dave & the Doodaddies and Grayson Capps amongst others is available at http://www.bfbs2.com/listen/rnb.html
I first heard of Blind Pig records when I bought my first Walter Horton CD. Here’s a good short article about the history of Bling Pig Records followed by a BluePower podcast.
BluePower.Com: Blind Pig Celebrates 30th Anniversary!
The excellent podcast Raven ‘n’ Blues this week features a live session with Doug MacLeod. Like with many other of his guests, Dave Raven has uploaded the whole conversation that he had with Doug. A subset of the session will be part of the regular radio show at the weekend.
So here’s what you should do…..
1. Pop over to the MP3 podcast page on the Raven ‘n’ Blues LibSyn site and download the full version – or you can listen online.
2. Listen regularly to the full radio show – it’s available on the same link as above.
If anyone needs a bit of technical assistance in how to download, subscribe and listen to podcasts then give me a shout.
Last week’s Raven and the Blues podcast started with a bouncy, retro, shuffly little tune from a band that I had not heard of before. The Lazy Jumpers from Spain (I’m not exactly sure where – I remember it was the lovely East coast).
Lo and behold they are over here on tour – if you are within striking distance go and check them out.
They have a website, a MySpace and some YouTube presence.
Apr.11 THE LIMELIGHT CLUB, 1-7 Hightown, Crewe, Chesire,CW1 3BP CREWE
Apr.12 SOUTH HOLLAND CENTRE, Spalding
Apr.13 ROADHOUSE, Birmingham
Apr.14 SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY, Firth Hall, Stephenson Hall, 7 Oak Holme Road SHEFFIELD
Apr.15 ESCAPE BAR, The Old Fire Station, Hales Street, Coventry COVENTRY -
Apr.16 ARTRIX – School Drive, Bromsghrove, Worcs, B60 1AX
Apr.17 MILLFIELD THEATER, London
Apr.18 PIZZA ON THE PARK, London
Apr.19 JAM HOUSE, Birmingham
Apr.20 CARMEL RIBBON HALL, Carmel Technology College, Darlington
Apr.21 TOLBOOTH, Stirling
Apr.22 TRAQUAIR VILLAGE HALL, Traquair
Apr.23 THE OLD TRAMSHED, 199 Bingley Road, Saltaire, Shipley
The Shetland podcaster has started up again for 2007. His first show of the year….
Featuring tracks from Kevin Borich, The Hiptones, Baudelaire Brothers, Jim Byrnes, JW-Jones Blues Band, Mel Brown, Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley and kicking off the show a little known American band.
You can download from here.
This week’s Raven ‘n’ Blues broadcast and podcast featured Derrin Nauendorf.
The way that Dave Raven organises his shows is that he records about an hour of chat and music of his featured guest then edits this down to about 15 mins in the final show.
You can download the hour long Derrin Nauendorf interview from here or the regular show (including Derrin, Bob Margolin, Dr. John, Ian Parker, BB King and others) from here.
The playlist for the latest Bandana Blues podcast – Show 171 – looks very harp orientated this week, especially Spinner’s Section. I haven’t downloaded it yet but the show kicks off with the super hot, dynamite and rocking Jason Ricci and New Blood – the guy who is taking the harmonica community by storm. In balance to all this modern frippery Spinner’s Section consists of the following…..
George Smith: California blues (1956) (oopin’ doopin’ doopin’, Ace, 1982)
Sonny Boy Williamson: cross my heart (Down And Out Blues, Chess, 1959)
Walter ‘Shakey’ Horton: good moanin’ blues (The Soul Of Blues Harmonica, Chess, 1964)
Little Walter: just your fool (Boss Blues Harmonica, Chess, 1972)
Junior Parker: blue shadows falling (You Don’t Have To Be Black To Love The Blues, Groove Merchant, 1974)
You can read all about Beardo and Spinner at www.bandanablues.com.
There is an excellent interview and live songs from Dave Kelly on the excellent Podcast Raven’n'Blues. Dave joined Dave on the top deck of the houseboat in the Thames for about an hour of conversation and live acoustic songs. The session will be edited down to a shorter segment in the main show that will get posted at the weekend. You can download all the MP3s from the RnB Libsyn site or this link will take you straight to the Dave Kelly MP3.
I highly recommend Raven’n'Blues it’s a great weekly programme – if you are debating whether to enter the digital age and buy an MP3 player for Christmas then I heartily recommend that decision and heartily recommend this radio programme.
Remember, podcasts are not just for your iPod you can play them on your computer.
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