The Roadhouse

The finest blues you've never heard.

Roadhouse 904 07/02/2022

Roadhouse 904 The hour ahead is a "thank you," seventeen years in the making. It's an hour chock full of artists who have helped define the sound of the show. Sean Costello, Boo Boo Davis, Duke Robillard, Janiva Magness, Mavis Staples - it feels like there's an awful lot of primary colors in this edition, but mostly primary blue. It's not an hour of the finest blues you've never heard, but an hour of the finest blues you have heard right here in The Roadhouse. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/23613221

Roadhouse 903 06/24/2022

Roadhouse 903 This hour contains a record-setting number of Roadhouse debuts, with many artists closer to the beginning of the careers than the end. That fact alone makes this a pretty optimistic and hopeful edition. Rome Yamilov & Henry Kaiser, Brad Absher & The Superials, John Paul Keith, Sven Zetterberg, and Strongman Blues Remedy step out front and center to welcome the future. It's a bright one, and it definitely makes for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/23534768

Roadhouse 902 06/18/2022

Roadhouse 902 The next edition of The Roadhouse is pretty upbeat, full of shuffles, and probably another chair-dancing edition. Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames, Ian Siegal, G. Love & Special Sauce, Deitrick Haddon, and Janiva Magness provide details in one of the most compelling pictures of the blues today. It's an hour I'm pretty proud to be a part of. And, it's made all the better by being yet another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/23471417

Roadhouse 901 06/11/2022

Roadhouse 901 In the next hour of The Roadhouse, the full range of blues is on display. I have some tracks that are clearly unadulterated blues, some with roots rock leanings, some that are blues-rock, and one or two that just mark their own path. Bonham-Bullick, Eliza Neals, Duke Robillard, The Nighthawks, and Rory Block. Aside from that broad range, it's all about sending you down the path of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/23397233

Roadhouse 900 06/04/2022

Roadhouse 900 Like the bear claws at the donut shop, the hour ahead is from a variety of sources and includes tracks that were not included in previous shows. Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames, Ian Siegal, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Danielle Ponder, and Kenny Neal provide the waypoints through the hour. And, they help ten other great artists make up The Bear Claw Edition. It's all in the spirit of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/23326826

Roadhouse 899 05/28/2022

Roadhouse 899 In the next hour of The Roadhouse, we do what we know best. Son of Dave, Junior Wells, Dr. John, Walter Trout, and Trudy Lynn are all just waiting for a chance to make you move, or to move you. All in all, it just feels like a cloak of familiarity - the familiarity of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/23256395

Roadhouse 898 05/21/2022

Roadhouse 898 A cloudy afternoon brings a savory hour this week, to offset the occasional technicolor explosion from The Roadhouse Studios. Mavis Staples & Levon Helm, The Meltdown, Paul Thorn, Marcus King, and Albert Cummings are all ahead. And, a track that will have you singing along before it's over. It's the savory to the usual sweet, the spice of life, and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/23186489

Roadhouse 897 05/14/2022

Roadhouse 897 It's a quieter week in The Roadhouse, after a week with a smoking hot blues guitar set. Larry McCray, Charlie Musselwhite, Edgar Winter, Staples Jr. Singers, and Bonnie Raitt are all ahead. If it's been about nothing else, this hour has always been about variety. That and being another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/23111051

Roadhouse 896 05/07/2022

Roadhouse 896 A good roll continues in the next hour of The Roadhouse. I've got four more Roadhouse debuts and a 4-track set of dense blues and blues-rock guitar. Diunna Greenleaf, Greg Koch, Ledisi, Marcus King, and Trombone Shorty step out front to lead the way through another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/23037374

Roadhouse 895 04/30/2022

Roadhouse 895 It's an hour of firsts in the next hour of The Roadhouse. I have a full set of Roadhouse debuts, five debuts in total. And, almost half of the music in the show is self-released. Duke Robillard, Julian Sas, Arthur Gunn & Dibesh Pokharel, Justin Golden, and The Wildroots provide all the variety you'd ever need in the hour. And, of course, they help provide another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22962596

Roadhouse 894 04/23/2022

Roadhouse 894 In the next hour of The Roadhouse, I'll just try to stay out of the way of an hour of great blues tracks, providing just a little arrangement to help it along. John Hammond, Josh Smith, Hurricane Ruth, Mighty Mike Schermer, and The Nighthawks are all ahead. If we just let the music do the talking, this might be a pretty great conversation - and a pretty great hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22887167

Roadhouse 893 04/16/2022

Roadhouse 893 In the next hour of The Roadhouse, a pool of 30 tracks fell together into 12 that fit together perfectly. Bob Stroger & The Headcutters, Altered Five Blues Band, Edgar Winter, Dana Fuchs, and Larry McCray are ahead. Putting the hour together is an easy task when it all falls together like this. And you know what? It really does make for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22813094

Roadhouse 892 04/09/2022

Roadhouse 892 The next hour of The Roadhouse fulfills the need for the familiar, the comfortable, the predictably reliable. Larry McCray, David Lumsden, Leyla McCalla, Luke Winslow-King, and Keb' Mo. Even with a Next Generation set in the back half of the hour, I think this edition of The Roadhouse is a great example of the ease of the blues. And, of course, I think it's also a great example of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22738418

Roadhouse 891 04/02/2022

Roadhouse 891 In the next hour of The Roadhouse, I've got a full set of Roadhouse debuts, a track from a deluxe edition follow-up to a first-of-its-kind release, and a surprising Roadhouse debut from a guitarist who's been around since the early 1960s. Balta Bordoy & the Bad Boys, Gov't Mule, Delbert McClinton, Bonham-Bullick, and Mindi Abair lead the hour. We're pretty much right on par with 14 tracks in the hour and that those tracks definitely comprise another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22658846

Roadhouse 890 03/26/2022

Roadhouse 890 It's all about the professionals in the next hour of The Roadhouse. There's not an artist in the hour who doesn't labor full-time in the blues. Trudy Lynn, Seth Walker, Oliver Wood, The Nighthawks, and Larry McCray - they're just five of the thirteen blues professionals in this edition. Let's tip our hats to the musicians who dedicate their lives to the blues, and who make for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22579211

Roadhouse 889 03/19/2022

Roadhouse 889 In the next hour of The Roadhouse, I've corraled a good mixture of new artists and old. Ferris & Sylvester, Rory Gallagher, Kilborn Alley Blues Band, Delaney & Bonnie, and Abby Girl and The Real Deal get the headline in the hour, but they really just indicate the great mix ahead - a mix of new and old, and a mix of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22501961

Roadhouse 888 03/12/2022

Roadhouse 888 I've got 17 tracks in the next hour of The Roadhouse, the most of any edition of the show, including music from Love & Light Orchestra, Albert Castiglia, Sugaray Rayford, Delbert McClinton, and Beth Hart. It's a dense and fast-moving hour of blues and, as always, another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22427450

Roadhouse 887 03/05/2022

Roadhouse 887 In the next hour of The Roadhouse, I follow up a week with a lot of Roadhouse debuts with a week with a lot of Roadhouse debuts. Just short of a third of the hour is folks who have never been featured and they get the support of some great artists who are, more or less, regulars in the show. John Mayall, Ferris & Sylvester, Larkin Poe, Robben Ford & the Blue Line, and Kirby make up the hour. That all just helps prove the point that we're headed directly for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22351583

Roadhouse 886 02/26/2022

Roadhouse 886 After an hour of show-openers, we go the other direction with five Roadhouse debuts in the next hour - a record for The Roadhouse. Bonham-Bullick, The Sully Band, Night Bluemers, Harley Kimbro Lewis, and Walk That Walk all make their first appearances in our dark little dive in the hour ahead. It's an hour of new friends, and certainly another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22266119

Roadhouse 885 02/19/2022

Roadhouse 885 There's an anniversary celebration in the next edition of The Roadhouse, commemorating 17 years of the show. As is our tradition, the hour is filled with opening tracks from the shows of the previous year. Johnny Tucker & The Allstars, Tia Carroll, Dave Specter, Curtis Salgado, and Sass Jordan help us celebrate another year of The Roadhouse and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22189592

Roadhouse 885 02/19/2022

Roadhouse 884 02/12/2022

Roadhouse 884 In the next hour of The Roadhouse, I had to whittle down the playlist from 26 tracks to a mere 16. But, it's 16 great tracks from artists like Dion, Corey Dennison, Freddie King, Fantastic Negrito, and Matt Katsis. It's blues galore in the hour, and it all makes for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22112234

Roadhouse 884 02/12/2022

Roadhouse 883 02/05/2022

Roadhouse 883 We're staring straight into a huge blues variety. JD Simo, Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder, Nina Simone, Eric Krasno, and Sugaray Rayford make the cut, along with ten other great blues artists. There's something for everyone in the hour, and it's something that we usually call another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/22034408

Roadhouse 882 01/29/2022

Roadhouse 882 In the next hour of The Roadhouse, I'll put together the puzzle pieces to deliver a coherent hour of music - great blues all of it. The hour includes a set of loud blues rock, some smooth contemporary blues, three Roadhouse debuts, and some of the biggest names ever in blues. Zoom with Shawn Kellerman, Bernard Allison, John Mayall, Sam Moss, and Tinsley Ellis. That's a taste - a taste of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/21945461

Roadhouse 881 01/22/2022

Roadhouse 881 In the next hour of The Roadhouse, I've got a playlist with 15 great tracks, including Rick Holmstrom, Robben Ford & The Blue Line, Howlin' Wolf, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, and Little Milton. And, that's almost a spoiler for a special set in the last half. Familiarity, surprise, and great blues - kinda sounds like another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/21859520

Roadhouse 880 01/15/2022

Roadhouse 880 The next hour of The Roadhosue is just a real good time. Brandon Santini & Victor Wainwright, Raphael Wressnig & Igor Prado, Tommy Castro, Lindsay Beaver & Brad Stivers, and Hans Teessink & Big Daddy Wilson all help to make sure you're gassed by the end of the hour - chair-danced out, as it were - by another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/21786047

Roadhouse 879 01/08/2022

Roadhouse 879 The next hour of The Roadhouse is all about the guitars, from crunchy blues rock, to hill country minimalism, to a bit of southern twang, and the smooth soul of Memphis. I've got Billy F Gibbons, The Black Keys, Mick Fleetwood, Sue Foley, and B.B. King. With very few exceptions, the hour is about blues guitar, and it's certainly another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/21715229

Roadhouse 878 01/01/2022

Roadhouse 878 I've got an hour of blues that's new to me, includiing two Roadhouse debuts. And, I've got a before-and-after set in the last half of the hour. Lowland Brothers, Ricci/Krown, Willie Cobbs, Kid Ramos & Bob Corritore, and Colin Linden help make up the hour. We roll on into another year and, of course, another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/21649127

Roadhouse 877 12/25/2021

Roadhouse 877 It's hard to imagine a better Roadhouse hour to end the year. In with the usual assortment of holiday tracks, I've got some outstanding blues artists and their wares. Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado, The Old No. 5s, Danielle Nicole, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, and Tony Holiday set the stage for the hour. Let's end the year with a bang - the kind of bang that can only be another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. /episode/index/show/roadhouse/id/21598709

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