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 May 27, 2024
Monday May 27, 2024
Welcome to this week's Norty Blues. This week we feature some tracks from the winners at this year's Blues Foundation Awards along with two classic singers and a couple of Aussies thrown in for good measure.
So you will be entertained by;Willie Dixon, Bessie Smith, John Primer, Sue Foley, Christone (Kingfish) Ingram, The Waifs, Frank Sultana, The Nick Moss Band, Danielle Nicole and Keb’ Mo’
Monday May 20, 2024
Monday May 20, 2024
An hour of the Blues, new and old, with an Australian touch. This week the entertainment is from Papa Charlie Jackson, Ma Rainey, Maggie Jones, Robert Johnson, Elles Bailey, Dutch Tilders, Mia Dyson, Erroll Garner, Nina Simone, Buddy Guy, Larkin Poe, Howlin' Wolf & .Rosetta Howard
Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
Welcome to this week's Norty Blues. This week we will be hearing from Memphis Minnie, Blind Willie McTell, Mae Glover, Blind Boy Fuller, Etta James, Kevin Borich Express, Toby Beard, Count Basie, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Samantha Fish and ZZ Top
Sit back and enjoy.
Monday May 06, 2024
Monday May 06, 2024
An hour of new and old Blues. This week the entertainment is from Daddy Stovepipe, Memphis Minnie, Mississippi Sheiks, Lil Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Georgia Lee, Chris & Fenn Wilson, Miles Davis, Julia Lee and Bumble Bee Slim.
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Monday Apr 29, 2024
Close to an hour of Blues with an Australian touch, featuring Jaybird Coleman, Victoria Spivey, Ma Rainey, Arthur Crudup, 'Pinetop' Perkins, Marji Curran, Frank Sultana, Coleman Hawkins, Bukka White, Big Bill Broonzy and Janis Joplin.
Monday Apr 22, 2024
Monday Apr 22, 2024
An hour of the Blues, old and new.
This week, the entertainment is from
Lucille Bogan. Bo Carter, Memphis Minnie, Royal Jokers, Dinah Washington, Lachy Doley, Anna Scionti, John Coltrane, Lightning Hopkins, Big Mama Thornton and Lead Belly.
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
An hour of old and new blues music. This episode has tracks from Johnnie Johnson, Rosa Henderson, Arthur "Blind" Blake, Bessie Smith, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Rufus Thomas, Jo Jo Smith, Wynton Kelly, John Coltrane & Stan Getz, Son House and Scott Henderson
Monday Apr 08, 2024
Monday Apr 08, 2024
An hour of the best blues from the past hundred years.This week the entertainment is from "Scrapper" Blackwell, Rosa Henderson, Hokum Boys, Memphis Minnie, Muddy Waters. Fiona Boyes, Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton, Thelonius Monk, Big Bill Broonzy, Helen Humes, Mississippi John Hurt and Clara Smith
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Welcome to this weeks Norty Blues. Old blues, New Blues; Norty Blues, Rocking Blues!
Our music this week comes from
Rambling Jack ElliotLil JohnsonCharlie PattonBig Mama ThorntonRoy Book BinderJerry 'Boogie' McCainJo Jo SmithJohn ColtraneOdettaOtis RushMary Stafford
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Welcome to this week's Norty Blues where the entertainment will be provided by
Bessie SmithBo CarterGeorgia White Slim HarpoNina SimonePigram BrothersToby BeardDizzy GillespieSmokehouseEthel WatersLittle Walter and Gerry 'Boogie' McCain