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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 me on studio@pureradio.org.uk with Roots & Fusion as the subject or send demos to:

Rick Stuart
Roots & Fusion
Pure 107.8FM
PO Box 1078
Stockport
SK3 0WH

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 a satisfying musical recipe. From The Grand Ole Opry to Newport Folk, from concert hall to dance floor, the music of BeauSoleil continues to captivate audiences the world over. Yet, it all begins with the preservation of a sacred culture, the lifelong calling of fiddling frontman Michael Doucet. Their latest release and Yep Roc label debut Alligator Purse is not only a vibrant testament to BeauSoleil’s healthy spirit but is easily their most adventuresome record yet.

Show 528

http://www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp

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 on 96.7 FM or via the internet at www.phoenixfm.co.uk;  there is also a weekly podcast available from the website.

Tony says….

We do our best to support new blues artists in this country and also play a lot of the new music around.  Any new artists who would like to be aired on radio then please contact me on the website or my E-mail bluesinthenite@live.co.uk

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 feature tracks from Bullfrog Brown from Estonia

If there are any other Roots & Fusion based bands out there who would like their music played, please contact Rick via email at studio@pureradio.org.uk (with Roots & Fusion as the subject) or send direct to -

Rick Stuart
Roots & Fusion
Pure 107.8FM
P.O. Box 1078
Stockport
SK3 0WH

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 well as Celtic and World Folk. The show is available online at www.pureradio.org.uk as a live stream, but not yet as a podcast. If you listen and enjoy, please email the station to ask them to put it on earlier…

The show has recently included tracks from artists as diverse as John Fairhurst, Aynsley Lister, Alexis Korner, Oli Brown, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Rory Gallagher, Walter Horton, T-Bone Walker, Tony Joe White, Walter Trout, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Earl Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, Chris Smither, Little Axe, Chris Whitley, etc, etc

If you want any more information, please feel free to email me, either at my personal email (richardbolland@hotmail.com) or via the studio (studio@pureradio.org.uk).

All the best,

Rick Stuart
Roots & Fusion
Pure 107.8FM

http://www.pureradio.org.uk/roots–fusion-with-rik-stewart.html

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 is available as audio or video.

http://www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp and look for show 515.

http://www.woodsongs.com/showdetailspage.asp?SN=515

JJ Grey is the show with The Duhks

JJ GREY was born and raised just outside of Jacksonville, Florida. Grey comes from a long tradition of Southern musical storytellers. Like the best of the great Southern writers, he fills his songs with details that are at once vivid and personal, political and universal. JJ and his band Mofro’s brand of front porch soul has steadily built an intensely loyal following since their debut CD in 2001. JJ’s new album Orange Blossoms, released on Alligator Records, takes another giant step forward. JJ will be performing solo acoustic on WoodSongs.

THE DUHKS return the WoodSongs stage to perform songs from their new CD Fast Paced World released on Sugar Hill Records. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the band has been hailed by The New York Times as one of the artists at the forefront of the neo-folk movement. The band’s spot-on fusion of traditional bluegrass, folk rock, Afro-Cuban jazz and soul have earned them a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Country Vocal Performance category as well as a Juno award in their native Canada. Environmental issues are a passion for the band, inspiring them to launch The Duhks Sustainability Project in October 2007.

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 shaped the careers of its performers and its wider effect on the music scene.

This week Richard Hawley harks back to a gig by blues artist Little Walter at the intimate Sheffield Esquire in 1964.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hqjdt

(BTW Jonesy is featuring Grahame’s favourite Joe Bonamassa)

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 - The Green Room, Macclesfield -www.myspace.com/bluefunkblues
Fri Dec 19 - Worthenbury Village Hall, Worthenbury,  www.hookerblues.co.uk
Sat Dec 20 - Fogherty’s Function Room, Liverpool, 1 Blenheim Road, L18 1EH

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 a Manchester railway station. There are good quotations from producer Johnny Hamp and tour manager Joe Boyd.

Available on Listen Again.  Thanks to Mike from the Cadillac Kings for pointing this one out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/kiwvc/

The ever excellent Jools Holland last night featured Eli “Paperboy” Reed.  I am sure that this is available to watch again in the BBC iPlayer.

Enjoy!

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 been covered by Albert King, Albert Collins, Coco Montoya, Joe Louis Walker and Eva Cassidy, and featured in many TV movies and the hit TV shows like In the Heat of the Night. Doug’s latest CD is The Utrecht Sessions.

http://www.woodsongs.com/showdetailspage.asp?SN=503

You can download either the audio or the video at the archive page

http://www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp

Celebration of the music and legend of Robert Johnson with Rory Block and Scott Ainslie

Show 502.

http://www.woodsongs.com/showdetailspage.asp?SN=502

ROBERT JOHNSON is among the most famous of Delta blues musicians. His landmark recordings from 1936–1937 display a remarkable combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced generations of musicians. Johnson’s shadowy, poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend. His vocal phrasing, original songs, and guitar style have influenced a broad range of musicians, including Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, Jack White and Eric Clapton, who called Johnson “the most important blues musician who ever lived”. He was also ranked fifth in Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
RORY BLOCK is the winner of five Blues Music Awards. She studied the blues as a teenager with the legendary Son House who told Rory he taught Robert Johnson how to play guitar. In 2007, she released the award winning CD titled “The Lady and Mr. Johnson”. The recording is comprised entirely of Robert Johnson’s music. She has also released two instructional DVDs that teach the guitar of Robert Johnson and is currently working on a tribute CD to Son House.
SCOTT AINSLIE heard Virginia Bluesman and grave digger, John Jackson play a couple of songs in the middle of a Mike Seeger concert just outside of Washington, DC, back in 1967. He started playing guitar a month later and has now spent nearly forty years studying and playing traditional music, visiting and documenting senior musicians in America’s old-time banjo and fiddle music, Blues and gospel traditions. With four CDs, a teaching DVD on the guitar techniques of Delta Blues legend Robert Johnson, and a book on Johnson’s music “Robert Johnson/At The Crossroads” to his credit, as a performer and a teacher, Ainslie continues to present programs that are vital and entertaining.

Here’s one from Grahame…..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/musicclub/doc_rorygallagher.shtml

Well worth a listen if you haven’t heard it - originally from about three years ago

Presented by Gary Moore.

We missed the transmission date but the listen again should still be active.