Archie Archive’s Norty Blues
Nearly an hour of the Blues, from its Hokum days to the respectability of the 21st century. A personal choice.
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7 days ago
7 days ago
Welcome to episode 115 of Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and the performers this week are Virginia Liston, Blind Richard Yates, Clara Smith, Bukka White, Lena Horne, Gerry Joe Weise, Mia Dyson, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Howlin Wolf, Ruth Brown, Elles Bailey and Buddy Guy
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Welcome to episode 114 of Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and the performers this week are - Mae Glover, Buck Washington, Alberta Hunter, Floyd Council, Julie London, 8 Ball Aitken, Toby Beard, BB King, Thelonius Monk, Elles Bailey, ZZ Top and Bonnie Raitt.
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Monday Apr 21, 2025
Welcome to episode 113 of Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and the music is from
Mozelle Anderson, Big Bill Broonzy, Blue Lu Barker, Bumble Bee Slim, Billie Holiday, Chris Wilson & Shane Omara, Renee Geyer & Kevin Borich, Muddy Waters, Duke Ellington, Samantha Fish, Rory Gallagher and ZZ Top
Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
I'm Archie Archive and I welcome you to episode 112 of Norty Blues where you will be entertained by Son House, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Arthur "Blind" Blake, Rufus Thomas, Blind Boy Fuller, Georgia Lee, Diamond Dave and The Doodaddies, Ethel Waters, John Coltrane, Stan Getz & Wynton Kelly, Little Walter, Janis Joplin, and John Lee Hooker with Bonnie Raitt
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Welcome to the 111th episode of Norty Blues.I'm Archie Archive and the entertainment this week is from
Dock Boggs, Bessie Smith, Clifford 'Grandpappy' Gibson, Big Mama Thornton, Lightnin' Hopkins, Toby Beard, Dutch Tilders, Nina Simone, Lightnin' Hopkins, Amy Winehouse, Johnny Johnson and Samantha Fish.
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Welcome to episode 110 of Norty Blues. I'm your presenter Archie Archive and the entertainment this week is from Rosa Henderson, Charlie Patton, Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins, Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey, Dinah Washington, Bonnie Kay and the Sweet Patooties, JR & The Jewel-Tones, Ruth Brown, Charlie Musselwhite & Richard Bargel, Ella Fitzgerald and Buddy Guy
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
Welcome to this week's Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and the entertainment in episode 109 is from Gladys Bentley, Revd Gary Davis, Mamie Smith, Howlin Wolf, Nina Simone, Liza Ohlback, Don Hopkins, ZZ Top, Craig Nielsen, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Joanna Connor and Willie Dixon.
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Welcome to this week's episode of Archie Archive's Norty Blues. This is episode 108 and the entertainment is from Bo Carter, Alberta Hunter, Tampa Red, Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends, T-Bone Walker, Anna Boulic, Rick Steele, Beth Hart, Chet Baker, Memphis Slim, Janis Joplin, Keb Mo and Maria Muldaur
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Monday Mar 10, 2025
Welcome to episode 107 of Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and the entertainment this week is from
Marion Harris, Mississippi Sheiks, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Lonnie Johnson, Anna Scionti , Django Braveheart, Ruthie Foster, , Larkin Poe, Charlie Musselwhite, Joe Bonamasso, Memphis Minnie and Leadbelly
Monday Mar 03, 2025
Monday Mar 03, 2025
Welcome to episode 106 of Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and the entertainment this week is from Hambone Willie Newbern, Moanin' Bernice Edwards, Peetie Wheatstraw, Anna Belle Coleman, B.B. King, Fiona Boyes, Brett Littlefair, Samantha Fish, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Mable Hillery and Willie Dixon