It’s warm in The Roadhouse Studios with snow just outside the window. And, an hour of new blues can generate plenty of heat. Trampled Under Foot. Carolyn Wonderland, Big Pete, Fleetwood Mac, and Dion help make a great case that the blues is alive and well. If it’s an hour of new blues, you can [...]

This week, we salute the talent of Etta James, through tracks you may not hear elsewhere. But, it’s not all Etta. Little Freddie King, Studebaker John & The Hawks, Joe Louis Walker, Bryce Janey, and Monkeyjunk are out there waiting to compel uncontrollable chair-dancing. It’s an ubeatable combination and an unbeatable foundation for another hour [...]

The 360th Roadhouse is a bag of gems – little surprises and shining moments spread across an hour. Larry McCray, Ruthie Foster, Johnny Nicholas, Shemekia Copeland, and the Reba Russell Band provide some very nice moments in the hour. And, as I always promise, it’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.

The 359th Roadhouse takes a little different turn, steering away from traditional blues with new blues sounds as the destination. Jason Ricci, Beverly McClellan, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Treasa Levasseur, and Nick Moss deliver that new sound in an interesting hour of our favorite musical genre. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard [...]

The final Roadhouse hour of 2011 is filled with smooth blues. Little Hurricane, Shaun Murphy, Big George Jackson, Carolina Chocolate Drops, and Etta James end the year in smooth style. The 358th Roadhouse is an hour of blues with few rough edges and is also, of course, another hour of the finest blues you’ve never [...]

This week, we pay respects to the artists who passed in 2011. Big Jack Johnson, John-Alex Mason, George Mojo Buford, Doyle Bramhall, and Eddie Kirkland light up the little bandstand in the corner in this edition. With all due respect, the 357th Roadhouse really is another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.

It’s the final Christmas edition of The Roadhouse for 2011, with a holiday track in every set. I’ve also got music from the Blues Music Awards nominations list that was released this week. Big Pete, Mac Arnold’s Blues Revival, Johnny Rawls, Mary Flower, and Jackie Johnson lay down great blues around some great holiday blues [...]

The 355th Roadhouse takes on holiday blues in more ways than one. I include several blues Christmas tracks. And, we express our own holiday blues at the passing of Hubert Sumlin with a full Sumlin set. Omar & The Howlers, Roomful of Blues, Savoy Brown, Oz Noy, and Tracy Nelson stand right out in this [...]

Time flies in The Roadhouse. Matt Woods & The Thunderbolts, CC Bronson, Johnny Winter, Gary Smith, and Grandpa Elliott fill the hour with tracks that will move us closer to 2012 in great blues style. The end of the year is nearing, but one of the few remaining hours in 2011 is filled with the [...]

On a US holiday weekend, a Roadhouse Replay fills the plate. Super Chikan, John Nemeth, Robert Lockwood, Bobby Jones, and Mitch Kashmar escort Thanksgiving into The Roadhouse. And, we’re always thankful for the blues. The 353rd Roadhouse is the 210th hour – another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.

The 352nd Roadhouse contains a pile of blues. As always, that pile is comprised of new stuff and a pretty wide mix of music. J.C. Rico, Louisiana Red & Little Victor’s Juke Joint, Harrison Kennedy, Oz Noy, and Eric Lindell round out the hour with debut music you haven’t heard in the show. And, it’s [...]

The 351st Roadhosue takes a look at what’s coming down the blues pike with future blues releases. Alexis P. Suter Band, Son Seals, Larry McCray, David Philips, and Eden Brent step up to lead the way. As always, there’s a good variety of styles in the hour, as well. You’re bound to hear something you [...]

We’re stepping away from the strife and misery of the world to have a ball in the 350th Roadhouse. Keith B. Brown, The Kinsey Report, Matthew Curry & The Fury, Buster Brown, and Nick Moss provide the shelter. Dress to the nines and join the Roadhouse crowd on the dance floor for a wordly escape [...]

The 349th Roadhouse mixes up artists on small labels and large. Many of the tracks are also less than a month old, or less than a month ahead of release. Big Pete, Cash Box Kings, The Sugar Prophets, Sista Monica Parker, and Big Walter Horton pave the way for an hour of blues that I [...]

We’re finding blues all over in the 348th Roadhouse. From the South, to the Midwest, West, East, and Europe, we fill an hour with great music. Carolyn Wonderland, Popa Chubby, Mike Zito, Big George Brock, and Snooky Pryor light up the map with pushpins from all over in the 348th Roadhouse. It’s a big world [...]

This edition of The Roadhouse is clearly upbeat. Nick Moss, Monster Mike Welch, Matt Hill, Mighty Lester, and Monkeyjunk make the point loud and clear that blues is more than just a man with a guitar on a porch. Contrary to what strangers to the form might think, blues can be upbeat, too, as evidenced [...]

The 346th Roadhouse is all about music that’s got legs. Each and every track in this edition has an arc and a self-propulsion all its own. Lazy Lester, Johnny Winter, Maria Muldaur, Junior Kimbrough, and Joe Bonamassa & Beth Hart represent a really wide swath of the blues highway and will help hold your attention [...]

The variety of blues in this edition is matched only by its newness. Carolyn Wonderland, Joe Bonamassa & Beth Hart, Ian Siegal & The Youngest Sons, Muddy Waters, and Tab Benoit help fill the hour with blues so new it has to be another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 345th [...]

This edition of The Roadhouse is an hour of variety, with new music, pre-release tracks and a wide range of styles. Sugar Ray & The Bluetones, Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley, Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, Eric Bibb, and Johhny Big Moose Walker paint a soundscape of blues that’ll stay with you for awhile. [...]

Some of my favorite artists and tracks fill the hour in Roadhouse 343. It’s an hour in Chicago with Walter Horton, Koko Taylor, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, J.B. Hutto, Hound Dog Taylor, and a full stage of other artists who helped make Chicago the home of the blues. They’re just a slice of that sound, [...]