http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7sk Tom appears after about 13 minutes.  Interview and live music. Programme available for the next 6 days only.

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 [...]

The Roots & Fusion Radio Show on Stockport’s Pure 107.8FM has now been playing Blues and all kinds of Roots music for 6 months now (Fridays for two hours from 11pm – www.pureradio.org.uk – livestream). I would love to play demos from Stockport based artists / bands and/or advertise up and coming gigs. Please email [...]

BEAUSOLEIL bring their Grammy winning Cajun music to WoodSongs for a Special Event Broadcast. Since forming in 1975, BeauSoleil claimed their undisputed role as the most esteemed Cajun group in music. The band takes the rich Cajun traditions of Louisiana and artfully blend elements of zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, country, blues and more into [...]

Presented by the organiser of the famous Bluefunk concerts in Macclesfield and surrounding areas, Garry the Hat’s Rhythm and Blues Show is on CCR, Macclesfield It’s on Thursday night at 11.30pm and Monday night at 11pm (repeat). It can be picked up in the Macclesfield area on 102.8FM and on the internet at www.ccr-fm.co.uk.

I received information that should interest bluesinthenorthwest.com readers just over the border in W. Yorkshire. Tony Fitton writes to tell us about PhoenixFM radio broadcasting from Halifax West Yorkshire on Sunday evenings. The programme going out is Blues in the Nite  from 10pm till midnight, hosted by Tony Fitton and Francine.  You can tune in [...]

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…. http://raven.libsyn.com/ or just add http://raven.libsyn.com/rss to your favourite newsreader or into iTunes

Roots and Fusion on Stockport’s Pure 107.8FM Since the recent post on Pure 107.8, we have been informed that the show will be moving to Friday nights from 11pm following on from the Classic Rock show, and it is also being extended to two hours. The first two hour show on the 8th May will [...]

There is a new radio show broadcast from Stockport but also available streaming online.  I got the following message from Rick Stuart. There is now a Roots & Fusion show on Stockport’s Pure Radio 107.8fm which goes out at the prime time slot of 1 a.m. sat night / sun morning. It covers Blues as [...]

The Radio Station Phoenix FM in Halifax, West Yorkshire have a blues show called “Blues in the Night”. The host is Tony Fitton and would love to promote your gigs (in his region) and will accept CDs for consideration. tonyfitton@live.co.uk

I have been a fan of JJ Grey for quite a while ever since Chuck Nevitt tipped me off to the original Cheap Ass Funk of Mofro.  Grey has a great voice and all the Mofro albums are worth a listen.  He has recently done a session for the Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour that [...]

Thanks to Paul Farmer for tipping me off to this.  As well as Paul Jones tomorrow at 7pm there is more blues at 11.30pm. As part of the series Wish You Were There? in which presenters journey back to a performance by the artist that inspired them to make their own music, exploring how it [...]

Listeners to Paul Jones’ Radio 2 (89 FM) programme on Monday from 7-8pm will be able to catch a live session by Harper with his American band. This will be a preview to the concerts in the region. If you miss Monday’s show, you can always “listen again” by visiting www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/jones Thu Dec 18 – [...]

Two things for you this week from the BBC, unfortunately you have missed both of them, however modern technology allows all this to be put right via the internet. Radio 4 this week featured a programmme all about how the ’64 folk-blues tour (Muddy, Sonny & Brownie, Sister Rosetta etc) came to be filmed in [...]

July 2008.  London-based soul, R&B, bluesman and all-around wunderkind James Hunter wowed listeners with 2005’s Grammy-nominated release People Gonna Talk. This year’s follow-up The Hard Way features more of Hunter’s irresistible soul retro-vibe with New Orleans piano and songwriting legend Allen Toussaint. Listen to James Hunter live on Music with Jay Trachtenberg. http://kut.org/items/show/13303

Show 503 features the always excellent Doug MacLeod. DOUG MacLEOD is one of the last remaining bluesmen who learned from the old masters, lived the music, survived the life and carries forward that valuable tradition. Over 24 years, 12 studio albums, several live records and two DVDs, MacLeod has consistently earned raves. His songs have [...]