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 Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Welcome to Episode 120 of Norty Blues.I'm Archie Archive and the entertainers this week are
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah, Josephine Baker, Charley Patton, Gladys Bentley, Robert Petway, Jojo Smith, Lachy Doley, Smokehouse, Peggy Lee, John Lee Hooker, Ruth Brown and Bo Carter
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Welcome to episode 119 of Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and the entertainers this week are Ma Rainey, Wash Board Sam, Jenny Pope, Eddie 'One String' Jones, Dinah Washington, Beretta and Sullivan, Karen Lee Andrews, Danielle Nicole, Nina Simone, Bukka White, Larkin Poe and BB King
Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
Welcome to episode 118 of Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and the entertainment this week is from Bertha Chippy Hill, Son House, Barrel House Annie, Tampa Kid, Helen Humes, Dave Hole, Toby Beard and Cuby & the Blizzards
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
This is Episode 117 of Norty Blues. Welcome, I am Archie Archive and the singers this week are Memphis Minnie, Dallas String Band, Hattie McDaniel,Tampa Red, Peggy Lee, Foreday Riders, Margaret Roadknight, Paul Butterfield, Susan Tedeschi, Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Sue Foley and John Primer
Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
Welcome to episode 116 of Norty BluesI'm Archie Archive and the entertainers this week are; The Beale Street Sheiks, Ada Brown, Leadbelly, Helen Humes, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Fiona Boyes, The Teskey Brothers, ZZ Top, Blue Lu Barker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Larkin Poe, Jimmy Reed and Beth Hart
Monday May 05, 2025
Monday May 05, 2025
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.