Juke Joint

This week on "The Juke Joint" broadcast, Robert Barclay spins work by BB, Albert and Freddie King, Marcia Ball, Koko Taylor, Etta James, Howlin' Wolf, Big Mama Thornton and Hound Dog Taylor and celebrates the 94th birthday of Jimmy Johnson. He also includes new CDs by Angela Strehli, Vanessa Collier and Mud Morganfield plus four more tunes by the late Jerry Lee Lewis.

This week on “The Juke Joint” broadcast, Robert Barclay celebrates the passion of 78 rpm record collector, the late Joe Bussard. He includes pre-war blues from Memphis Minnie, Big Bill Broonzy, the Memphis Jug Band, Charlie Poole, Jimmie Rodgers, Mississippi John Hurt, Roosevelt Sykes, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell and Tampa Red, among others. Robert also spins some more tunes by the late Jerry Lee Lewis.

This week on “The Juke Joint” broadcast, Robert Barclay features new releases by Buddy Guy, Angela Strehli, Billy Price, Catfish Keith, Rory Block, Annika Chambers, Grant Dermody and Wild Boar Moore. He also offers a tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis and notes the birthdays of singer Sippie Wallace and pianist Johnny Jones.

This week on “The Juke Joint” broadcast Robert Barclay celebrates the work of Grammy-winning producer and compiler Andy McKaie. He'll include McKaie's reissues of work by Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter, Etta James, Billlie Holiday, Bobby Bland, Chuck Berry, Junior Parker, Bo Diddley and Koko Taylor.

This week on "The Juke Joint" broadcast, B-3 organist, Richard Lay, will co-host an evening of B-3 blues and soul music. We'll hear from Jimmy Smith, Merl Saunders, Brother Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Joey DeFrancesco, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Lee Michaels and Davell Crawford. We also note the passing of singer Mable John and pianist Ramsey Lewis.

This week on “The Juke Joint” broadcast Robert Barclay features new releases from Buddy Guy, Rory Block, Billy Price, Catfish Keith, the Rusty Wright Band, Al Basile, Jimmy Hall, John Németh and a Nashville tribute to a vintage Rolling Stones album from the 1960s.

This week on “The Juke Joint” broadcast, Robert Barclay featured songs about road trips, highways and destinations like Memphis, Chicago and San Francisco Bay. He included songs by Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Chuck Berry, Junior Parker, Chuck Willis, Lowell Fulson, Nat "King" Cole, Janis Joplin and Sonny Boy Williamson, among others.

This week on “The Juke Joint” broadcast Robert Barclay features new releases by Shemekia Copeland, John Nemeth, Rory Block, Mike Morgan & the Crawl, Demetria Taylor, Dylan Triplett, John Primer, Mick Kolassa, the Boneshakers and a tribute to a vintage Rolling Stones album from 1969.

This week on "The Juke Joint" broadcast Robert Barclay is spinning blues and soul tunes for the WCMU Public Radio fall fundraiser. He includes the work of Ray Charles, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Hound Dog Taylor, Etta James, Shemekia Copeland, Chubby Carrier, Johnny Shines, BB King, Albert Collins, Robert Cray and Johnny Clyde Copeland.

This week on “The Juke Joint” broadcast Robert Barclay celebrates some more September birthdays. He includes BB King, Roy Brown, Barbecue Bob, Jazz Gillum, John "Juke" Logan, Leo Kottke, Billy Boy Arnold, Shari Kane and the centennial of the birth of Charles Brown. He also debuts new CDs by John Primer and Mike Morgan and The Crawl.