Talkin' The Blues

This episode of Talkin' The Blues with Microwave Dave features veteran Connecticut R&B singer D.A. Foster; Isaiah B. Brunt from Australia; Eight O'Five Jive from Nashville specializes in late 194O/early 195Os R&B from the pre rock 'n roll era; and Breezy Rodio from Chicago.
 

This episode of Talkin' The Blues with Microwave Dave features Texas/Louisiana guitar duo Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, San Francisco's Macy Blackman & the Mighty Fines, and Nashville's Shaun Murphy.

Featured in this episode Talkin' The Blues with Microwave Dave are the Igor Prado Band from Sao Paolo, Brazil, showing great expertise in mid 2Oth century American blues; My Own Holiday, a roots duo from a small town in southern California with great vocals and songwriting; plus Joe Filisko & Eric Noden, who bring the prewar blues of the 193Os into the 21st century with subtlety, skill and a sense of humor.

This episode of Talkin' The Blues features piano and guitar blues from Jeff Baldori; UK singer and songwriter Jo Harman's live recording at the Royal Albert Hall; Bill Phillippe plays acoustic hill country blues in the Bay Area; and Rob Stone offers fine harmonica-driven Chicago blues.

In response to a couple requests, this episode of Talkin' The Blues with Microwave Dave departs from the normal current blues releases in magazine format to listen to individual tracks from formative 195Os blues artists like Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf, B.B. King, Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers, and Big Mama Thornton.

This edition of Talkin' The Blues with Microwave Dave includes the Sauce Boss, Bill Wharton of the Florida panhandle in a smoked up one man band format; Eric Clapton and friends celebrate the music of the late JJ Cale; Deak Harp plays big-toned dirty harmonica and guitar simultaneously in Clarksdale, MS; and Nathan James from California releases a pair of albums in one jacket that feature very strong songwriting and fine authentic playing and singing of original songs that sound sixty years old.

This episode of Talkin' The Blues with Microwave Dave features guitar slinging from the 199Os releases by Jimmy Thackery; fine acoustic versions of songs by Reverend Gary Davis from the film Harlem Street Singer by the Empire Roots Band; Robin Banks explores the lounge facet of blues music; and Linsey Alexander plays classic Chicago blues.

This edition of Talkin’ The Blues features music from Duke Way from Huntsville with his album of jazz stories and hipster poems; Georgie Bond from Philadelphia sings a new batch of songs; from Boston comes Erin Harpe & the Delta Swingers; and Canada's JW-Jones releases and album recorded in Nashville.