Fresh Roots New Blues on WNRN

15/12/2024

Fresh Roots New Blues on WNRN

“Blues From The Blue Ridge To The Bay”

Show Six Hundred And Fifteen

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Air Date:12/14/24, Saturday 6-8 PM

Set 1

• Mississippi MacDonald – I Got What You Need (I Got What You Need) (APM)
• Kat Riggins – New Level (Revival) (House Of Berry)
• Todd Partridge – Goin’ Home Empty (Desert Fox Blues) (Self)
• Fantastic Negrito – This Little Light Of Mine (Son Of A Broken Man) (Storefront)

Set 2

• Little Georgie & The Shuffling Hungarians – Gutbucket (The Compendium Of Unruly Caterwauling) (Queen Bee)
• Sugar Brown – Bad Health, No Wealth (Toronto Bound) (Self)
• Andy Peake – As Good As It Gets (Pocket Change) (Big Little)

Set 3

Document Records Christmas BLAST SET

• Roosevelt Sykes – Let Me Hang Your Stockings In Your Christmas Tree (Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1955)) (Vol. 2)
• The Marquees – Santa Done Got Hip (Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1962))
• The Victory Five – Children Go Where I Send Thee (Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1962))
• Skip James – Loretta Blues (Blues, Blues Christmas (1924-1962)) (Vol. 7)
• Roy Milton & His Solid Senders – Christmas Time Blues (Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1962))
• Bob Wills – Santa Is On His Way (Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1962))
• Arthur Guitar Boogie Smith’s Sensational Trio – Guitar Jingle Blues (Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1962))

Set 4

• Lower Case Blues – Take it For A Ride (Take It For A Ride) (Self)
• Catfish Keith – Nobody’s Fault But Mine (Shake Me Up) (Fish Tail)
• The Bruce Katz Band – In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (Back In Boston Live) (Dancing Rooster)

Set 5

• Wailin’ Walker – This Time / She Can Rock / All Fired Up (All Fired Up) (Self)
• Mikey Junior – Old Enough To Know (Traveling North) (8th Train)
• Tas Cru – Grizzle N’ Bone (Live) (Subcat)

Set 6

• Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne – Whatcha Gonna Do Now (Ooh Yeah!) (Stony Plain)
• Mitch Woods – Jump For Joy / Shakin’ The Shack (Happy Hour) (Mojo)

Dessert

• Tas Cru – You Keep The Money (Live) (Subcat)



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14/12/2024

Just one hour before tonight's Fresh Roots New Blues on WNRN! It'll be the last regular show of the year and I'll highlight some of the best releases of 2024 with some brand new music sprinkled in for good measure. Also a Document Records Christmas Blues BLAST set!! Stream it from anywhere at www.wnrn.org and tell your friends! Cheers! 😎

14/12/2024

Where has this year gone? Tune in tonight for the last "regular" Fresh Roots New Blues on WNRN of the year! Time flies, as they say and "they" are right,, unlike when "they" say some of the other things "they" say, amirite?

Tune in tonight, 6-8 ET for 2 hours of the freshest blues on the planet featuring Sugar Brown (aka Ken Kawashima), Kat Riggins, Little Georgie & The Shuffling Hungarians (from NY), Lower Case Blues, Mikey Junior, new music from Wailin' Walker and a Document Records Christmas FRNB BLAST. It'll be great fun - don't miss out!!

If you're in Central VA, listen on the airwaves at 91.9 in Charlottesville, 94.3 in the Valley, 94.7 in Nelson County, 89.9 in Lynchburg, 95.3 in Lexington, 88.5 in Richmond,102.5 in Hampton/Norfolk/Newport News, 103.3 in Williamsburg and 99.5 in Roanoke!! Or stream it from anywhere at www.wnrn.org. And while you're there why not become a member of the station? Just click on the "contribute now" link, plop down a small amount of cash (really small!) and boom!, that’s it, you’re a member. You'll get a chance to win gift cards and tickets to shows and so much more - every week of the year! It's a great "end of the year" thing to do - don't put it off! And, don't forget to download the WNRN app on Google Play or The App Store so you can take us with you wherever you go. You can even tell your smart device to “play WNRN”!

Live is always better but if you wish you can now listen to the show “on demand” for the next two weeks! Just go to www.wnrn.org/ondemand and l look for the link!!

You can also check it tomorrow 7-9 PM or Tuesday 1-3 PM Eastern Time at www.blues-radio.co.uk Just click the play button on the player, midway down the page on the right. Or you can listen live on Tune In Radio on your computer, phone, Sonos device, etc.

Jam with us tonight at 6PM and tell your friends!! Next week is the Obligatory Christmas show and the last one of 2024 - The Best Of 2024. Get your top 10 blues albums of 2024 to me at [email protected] or [email protected] and I'll include them in the year end tally. Cheers! 😎

12/12/2024

2x 2025 Grammy® Nominated Album

11/12/2024

08/12/2024

Fresh Roots New Blues on WNRN

“Blues From The Blue Ridge To The Bay”

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Air Date:12/7/24, Saturday 6-8 PM

Set 1

• Tommy Castro & The Painkillers – Woke Up And Smelled The Coffee (Closer To The Bone) (Alligator) 2025
• Carly Harvey – Misery (Kamama) (Do Good)
• Walk That Walk – On The Road Again (Red Devil Lye) (Self)
• Ping Rose – Much Left To Lose (Conjure Man) (New Sun)

Set 2

• Vanessa Collier – Shoulda Known Better (Do It My Own Way) (Phenix Fire)
• Ben Levin – Regifted (Ben Levin Presents A Holiday Blues R***e) (Self)
• CW Ayon – Been A Long Time (Bounce, Boogie & Bump) (Independent)

Set 3

J.B. Hutto BLAST SET

• Now She’s Gone (single) (Chance) 1954
• Combination Boogie (single) (Chance) 1954
• Sidewinder (Sidewinder) (Delmark) 1972
• I Feel So Good (Chicago Slide – The Final Shows 1982) (Rockbeat) 2015

Set 4

• Southern Hospitality – Nobody’s Fault But Mine / Yard Sale (Yard Sale) (Self)
• Gabe Stillman – Ain’t Gonna Change (Just Say The Word) (VizzTone) 2021
• Albert Castiglia – The Dollar Done Fell (Righteous Souls) (Gulf Coast)

Set 5

• The Hitman Blues Band – I Know You Rider (Calling Long Distance) (Nerus)
• Trampled Underfoot – You Never Really Loved Me (Badlands) (Telarc) 2013
• Greg Nagy – Come To Poppa (The Real You) (Self)
• Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes – Ain’t None Of My Bizness (Soultime!) (Leroy) 2015

Set 6

• Tab Benoit – Little Queenie / Bayou Man (I Hear Thunder) (Whiskey Bayou)
• Frank Catalano & Lurrie Bell – I’m Ready (Set Me Free) (Self)

Live is always better but if you wish you can now listen to the show “on demand” for the next two weeks! Just go to www.wnrn.org/ondemand and l look for the link!

Did you miss a WNRN show or just want to revisit it? Find our on-demand shows available here!

07/12/2024

07/12/2024

Hey, it's me again, and it's Saturday and time for Fresh Roots New Blues on WNRN, tonight,, 6-8 PM ET!! As we wind down 2024 it's also time for the traditional year end fund raiser! Become a member tonight from 6-8 on the website, wnrn.org, and you'll get the awesome FRNB shirt, our members list (email every Monday with a chance to win tickets (to events throughout our listening area) , gift cards, etc., entry to some of our members only events and your choice (at the $5 a month level) of 4 awesome, new blues CDs or (at the $10 a month level) your choice of 2 blues LPs! When 6 PM rolls around the details will be on the website so check it out!

But there's music as well (did I mention fresh blues?) from Tommy Castro & The Painkillers (new single), Ben Levin (new holiday album), Carly Harvey, Vanessa Collier, Albert Castiglia, Tab Benoit and this weeks' FRNB BLAST set with J.B. Hutto! And more!

If you're in Central VA, listen on the airwaves at 91.9 in Charlottesville, 94.3 in the Valley, 94.7 in Nelson County, 89.9 in Lynchburg, 95.3 in Lexington, 88.5 in Richmond,102.5 in Hampton/Norfolk/Newport News, 103.3 in Williamsburg and 99.5 in Roanoke!! Or stream it from anywhere at www.wnrn.org. And, don't forget to download the WNRN app on Google Play or The App Store so you can take us with you wherever you go. You can even tell your smart device to “play WNRN”!

Live is always better but if you wish you can now listen to the show “on demand” for the next two weeks! Just go to www.wnrn.org/ondemand and l look for the link!!

You can also check it tomorrow 7-9 PM or Tuesday 1-3 PM Eastern Time at www.blues-radio.co.uk Just click the play button on the player, midway down the page on the right. Or you can listen live on Tune In Radio on your computer, phone, Sonos device, etc.

So check it out at 6PM, Contribute a bit and get a lot while supporting FRNB and the station and rock to some great blues. Cheers! 😎

05/12/2024

The New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe Krewe du Vieux has announced that Little Freddie King (LB #226) will be the monarch for their 2025 parade.

The Krewe will march through Faubourg Marigny, the French Quarter, and the Warehouse District on February 15, 2025.

04/12/2024

Guitar virtuoso Ronnie Earl!

02/12/2024

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