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A Bessie Smith reading and a visit from Fearne Cotton

Fearne Cotton drops in with a song request and Jackie Kay reads from her new Bessie Smith book.

Fearne Cotton drops in with a song request and Cerys shares an extract from Jackie Kay reading her new book Bessie Smith which was Radio 4's Pick of the Week recently.

From cutting edge contemporary sounds to scratchy old vinyl from the past, whether it鈥檚 from Memphis, Mali, or Manchester, no stone is left unturned in the search for the best of the blues.

57 minutes

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Mon 1 Mar 2021 21:00
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Music Played

  • The Allman Brothers Band

    One Way Out

    • Allman Brothers Band Recording Company.

  • Muddy Waters

    I Want To Be Loved #2

    • Blue Sky.

  • Elmore James

    Country Boogie (Tool Bag Boogie)

    • Disky.

  • Susan Tedeschi

    Talking About

    • Verve Forecast.

  • Bessie Smith

    Empty Bed Blues

    • Sony.

  • Rod Stewart

    I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town

    • Spectrum Music.

  • Lonnie Johnson, Otis Spann

    Riverside Blues

    • Storyville Records.

  • Vieux Farka Tour茅

    Samba Si Kairi

    • Six Degrees Records.

  • Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe

    When The Levee Breaks

    • Columbia.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Bring It On 成人快手

    • Atlantic.

  • Meic Stevens

    Gwely Gwag

    • Sunbeam Records.

  • Rory Gallagher

    Laundromat

    • Polydor.

  • Grateful Dead

    Big Boss Man - Live at Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 6 1971

    • Warner Bros..

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Mar 2021 21:00
    成人快手 Radio 2