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 Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Welcome to this, the 100th episode of Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and the entertainers this week are
Kokomo Arnold, Ora Alexander, Tommy Johnson, Bonnie Raitt, BB King, Ella Jenkins, The Teskey Brothers, Nick Charles, Wynton Marsalis, Bessie Smith, Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup and Ma Rainey
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Welcome to episode 99 of Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and oh boy! There is some prime hokum in this week's show, which includes entertainment from; Mississippi Fred McDowell, Alberta Hunter, Skip James, Memphis Minnie, John Mayall, Bonnie Kay, Dutch Tilders, Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, Garry B B Coleman, Etta James, Albert King and Rosa Henderson.
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Welcome to episode 98 of Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and the performers in this episode are;
Victoria Spivey, Bo Carter, Julia Lee, Buddy Guy, Winifred Atwell, Django Blackheart, Rolling Stones & Howlin' Wolf, Ma Rainey, Beth Hart, Robert Johnson, Valerie June, Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie and Ma Rainey.
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
A New Year's Episode of Norty Blues. the entertainers included are Lightnin' Hopkins, Meschiya Lake, Andrew 'Smokey' Hogg, Tuba Skinny, Garrett Dutton, Fiona Boyes, Craig Atkins, Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators, Lonnie Johnson, BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON, Roy Milton's Solid Senders and Brian Grey.Happy New year and I'll be back in 2025!
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Welcome to this week's special Christmas Blues episode. I'm archie Archive and the performers in episode 96 are; Charles Brown, Bessie Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Barbara Carr, Roosevelt Sykes, Kev Seeley, Rhonda Burchmore, Charlie Musselwhite, Holly Cole, Smokehouse, B.B. King, Dave Hole and a special appearance by Billy Gibbons!
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Welcome to episode 95 of Norty Blues. I am your host, Archie Archive and the performers this week are; Blind Willie Johnson, Mamie Smith, Tampa Red, Lil Green, The Dennis Brothers, Kankawa Nagarra, HatFitz and Cara, Daniel Castro, Beth Hart, BB King and Trixie Smith.
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Welcome to this weeks' episode of Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and this is episode 94 and the performers this week are
Ramblin' Thomas & The Dallas Blues Singers, Kitty Brown, Son House, Jo Ann Kelly, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Carolyn Packer, Ivor Simpson-Kennedy, John Coltrane, Bonnie Raitt, Howlin' Wolf, Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends, Muddy Waters and Nina Simone
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Welcome to episode 93 of Norty Blues. I'm Archie Archive and the entertainment this week is from
Sippie Wallace, Robert Johnson, Clara Smith, John Mayer & Eric Clapton, The Blues Brothers, Tommy 'Boss' Bosson, Bonnie Kay and the Sweet Patooties, T-Bone Walker, Dinah Washington, John Lee Hooker and Ruth Brown
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Monday Nov 25, 2024
Welcome to this week's Norty Blues. Near on an hour of old blues, new blues, nice blues and naughty blues!
The entertainment is from Chippie Hill, Clifford Hayes, Viola McCoy, Lonnie Donegan, Susan Tedeschi, Joshua Batten, Cass Eager, Chet Baker, Roy Book Binder, Maria Muldaur and Charlie Turner with Winston Holmes
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Welcome to this, the 91st weekly episode of Norty Blues. This episode is based around that other pastime of those with time on their hands, alcohol! Each track will be introduced by a quote NOT of the singer's making. The entertainers this week are
Dinah Washington, Bo Carter, Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Otis Taylor, Frank Sultana, the Annie Scionti Trio, Johnnie Johnson and friends, Lucille Bogan, Amos Milburn and Tim Quick