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Juke Joint: May 13, 2018

This week on "The Juke Joint" broadcast Robert Barclay featured the 2018 Blues Music Award winners that were presented recently in Memphis. Some of the winners included Taj Mahal, Keb' Mo', Rick Estrin & the Night Cats, Robert Cray, Curtis Salgado, Ruthie Foster, Mavis Staples and others depicted in this photo.

Robert Barclay launched "The Juke Joint" broadcast on WCMU in April 1985. It has been a Sunday night fixture from 8:00-11:00 pm ever since. A devoted listener dubbed him the "Duke of Juke." He includes nearly a century's worth of blues history on his program including traditional and contemporary blues along with boogie woogie, soul music, rhythm & blues, zydeco and gospel music.