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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Episodes
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Getting drunk on the Blues. Featuring Johnnie Johnson, Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong, Arthur "Blind" Blake, Rosa Henderson, Rufus Thomas, Janis Joplin, John Lee Hooker in half an hour of classic Blues.
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Forty minutes of Blues which fades into Gospel. With Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Blind Boy Fuller, Son House, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Bonnie Raitt & John Lee Hooker, Jo Jo Smith, Wayne Jury and the Blind Boys of Alabama
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Blues from Down South in the USA all the way Out West. Western Australia, that is. Music from Mississippi Fred McDowell, Maggie Jones, Victoria Spivey. Clyde McCoy, Billie Holiday, Dave Hole and Fiona Boyes
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Discovering some of the early Blues singers and finding out some of their musical descendants.
Featuring Memphis Minnie, Muddy Waters, Nina Simone, Sam 'Lightnin' Hopkins, Tommy Johnson, Renee Geyer, Stevie Wonder
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Thursday Mar 16, 2023
Featuring Bessie Smith, Armenter Chatmon (Bo Carter), Sippie Wallace, Lead Belly, Blind Boys of Alabama, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Blues music from 1924 to 2013, from Southern USA to Broome, Western Australia.
Featuring Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey, Lucille Bogan, Wynonie Harris, Big Bill Bloonzey, Helen Humes, Chris Wilson and Steven Pigram