Blues on Demand. Demand the blues.

A blues show built from what’s happening now — electric blues, soul, funk, R&B, and rock ’n’ roll, with artists who know the tradition without being trapped by it. The connections are there: in the grooves, the voices, the riffs, the attitude and the occasional sideways turn.

Not a history lesson. Not a lecture. Call it informed programming without the annotated bibliography. Mostly just letting the music do the talking. Jovin Webb - Every Time I Roll The Dice
Ghalia Volt - Last Minute Packer
Dana Fuchs - Double Down On Wrong

Bernard Allison - Hustler (feat. Bobby Rush)
Matthew Stubbs - Funky Head
Selwyn Birchwood - The Church Of Electric Swamp Funkin Blues

Chris O'Leary - One Way Street
Jimmy Vaughan, Johnny Nicholas, & Steve Riley - My Soul
Joanna Connor - Cissy Strut

Gyasi - Sukey
Tinsley Ellis - Hoodoo Woman
Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials - One Foot On The Brake, One On The Gas

Ruthie Foster - Sitting Still
Mavis Staples - Chicago
John Primer - Here I Am (feat. John Watkins)

Anthony Geraci - Even A Fool's Right Once In Awhile
Thee Sinseers & Joey Quiñones - She Was In Love
Jalen Ngonda - Hang it On The Shelf

Thee Sacred Souls & Victor Axelrod - Same Difference
The Womack Sisters - Laughter and Tears
Little Milton - We're Gonna Make It

Jamiah Rogers - Tell Me What It Is
Carolyn Wonderland - Let's Play A Game
Billie & the Kids - I Won't Be Your Fool

Mike Wheeler - Brand New Cadillac
Toronzo Cannon - Shut Up And Play
GA-20 with Charlie Musselwhite - Crazy Love
Ally Venable - Money Power

Big Daddy Wilson - Voodoo
Amani Burnham - Fastlane
Bette Smith - I'm A Sinner

Bob Corritore - Tell Me Darling (feat. Carla Denise)
Eddie 9V - Dog Me Around
DK Harrell - Grown Now

The Scientific Method

The Scientific Method is a blues show that refuses to stay in one place. New voices, deep roots, soul, R&B, rock & roll, & the occasional left turn—all connected by that particular electricity that makes a great blues record impossible to sit still through.

From Carolyn Wonderland and Samantha Fish to Ike Turner and Hubert Sumlin, to Amani Burnham and Jimi Hendrix, the past keeps colliding with the present. Along the way: St. Louis history, Memphis soul, Chicago grit, Mississippi heat, and plenty of trouble.

Turn it up. Something here is bound to grab you.

Carolyn Wonderland - Truth Is
Samantha Fish - Show Me
Whitney Shay - Tell The Truth

Bernard Allison - Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo
Dave Specter - March Through The Darkness
Matthew Stubbs - Soul Bender

Jackie Brenston & the Delta Cats - Rocket88
Ike Turner Kings of Rhythm - I Know (You Don't Love Me) (feat. Tommy Hodge
St. Louis Kings of Rhythm - Just Like A Woman (feat. Clayton Love)

Ruthie Foster - Doubling Back
The Womack Sisters - If I Let You
Bette Smith - Signs & Wonders

GA-20 & Charlie Musselwhite - Big Stars Falling
Kenny Neal - Mount Up On The Wings Of The King (feat. Christone Kingfish Ingram)
Ally Venable - Unbreakable (feat. Shemekia Copeland)

Jalen Ngonda - Love is Gone
The Knight Brothers - Temptation 'Bout to Get Me
Johnnie Taylor - Cheaper to Keep Her
Thee Sinseers & Joey Quiñones - What Can I Do

Anthony Geraci - Where Were You
Big Joe Duskin - Key To The Highway
Hubert Sumlin - No Panties
Kory Montgomery - How Many People

Pokey LaFarge - Can't Take It With You
Bob Corritore - Going Fishing
John Primer - Up In Heah

Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials - 13th Street And Trouble
Dana Fuchs - Home is Where The Hatred Is
Karate Boogaloo - Down Home

Eddie 9V - Miss James
Amani Burnham - Sideways Thru Time
Jimi Hendrix - Mannish Boy
Jamiah Rogers - What'd I Say

Research Note: Jazz, Radio, Modernism

"The position of African Americans in both [Stein's] Brewsie and Willie and American wartime radio reinforces the importance of attending to the form of expressive programs. As content, African American culture and questions of race were not considered outside the purview of radio. A large part of radio's success could be attributed to its popular jazz programming."

Sarah Wilson. "Gertrude Stein and the Radio," Modernism/Modernity, Volume 11, Number 2, April 2004, page 272.

Playlist: Wednesday, August 3

Duke Ellington

Sonny Stitt (Jay Jay Johnson's Boppers) * * * Afternoon In Paris * * * Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949 - 1952 * * * Prestige

Sonny Stitt * * * Quartet Nice Work If You Can Get It * * * Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949 - 1952 * * * Prestige

Sonny Stitt (Gene Ammons Band) * * * New Blues Up and Down * * * Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949 - 1952 * * * Prestige

Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian * * * Gloria's Step * * * The Complete Village Vanguard Sessions 1961 * * * Riverside

Vadim Eilenkrig * * * C'est Si Bon * * * The Shadow of Your Smile * * * Butman Music

Oleg Butman * * * Road to the Paradise * * * Passion * * * Butman Music

Blind Boy Fuller with Sonny Terry * * * Mistreater, You're Going To Be Sorry * * * (1935 - 1940) Wolf

Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas * * * Hip Shakin' Strut * * * Shake Your Wicked Knees * * * Yazoo

Original Dixieland Band * * * Dangerous Blues * * * The 75th Anniversary * * * Bluebird

Andy Kirk * * * There's Rhythm in the River * * * Moten Swing * * * Pro-Arte

Gene Krupa & His Orchestra * * * Let Me Off Uptown * * * The Chronological: 1941 * * * Classics

Duke Ellington * * * Echoes of the Jungle * * * Creole Rhapsody * * * Living Era

Duke Ellington * * * Uptown Downbeat * * * Creole Rhapsody * * * Living Era

Duke Ellington * * * Wanderlust * * * The Duke's Men, Vol. 2 * * * Columbia

Duke Ellington * * * A Blues Serenade * * * The Duke's Men, Vol. 2 * * * Columbia

Duke Ellington * * * Diga Diga Do * * * The Duke's Men, Vol. 1 * * * Columbia

Duke Ellington * * * Pigeons and Peppers * * * The Duke's Men, Vol. 1 * * * Columbia

Slim & Sam * * * Dopey Joe * * * The Groove Juice Special * * * Columbia-Legacy

Blind Blake * * * Sweet Papa Low Down * * * The Master of the Ragime Guitar * * * Indigo

Brownie McGhee * * * Million Lonesome Women * * * Blues in History I * * * History

Kokomo Arnold & Signifyin' Mary Johnson * * * Delmar Avenue * * * Blues in History I * * * History

Son House * * * Preachin' the Blues Part 1 * * * Blues in History II * * * History

Tampa Red * * * You Can't Get That Stuff No More * * * Blues in History II * * * History

Mound City Blues Blowers * * * Tailspin Blues * * * Eddie Condon: The Classic Sessions 1928 - 1949 * * * JSP

Joe Marsala's Chicagoans * * * Jazz Me Blues * * * Eddie Condon: The Classic Sessions 1928 - 1949 * * * JSP

Doris Rhodes * * * Let There Be Love * * * Eddie Condon: The Classic Sessions 1928 - 1949 * * * JSP

Eddie Condon & His Town Hall Jazz Band * * * Uncle Sam's Blues * * * Eddie Condon: The Classic Sessions 1928 - 1949 * * * JSP

Playlist: Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Illinois John Fever
Leroy Carr * * * When the Sun Goes Down * * * Blues in History II * * * History

Robert Johnson * * * Love In Vain Blues * * * The Complete Recordings: The Centennial Collection * * * Columbia-Legacy

Dr. Clayton * * * Pearl Harbor Blues * * * Blues in History I * * * History

Sonny Boy Williamson 1 * * * Win the War Blues * * * Blues in History I * * * History

Arthur Big Boy Cruddup * * * Give Me a 32-20 * * * Blues in History I * * * History

Dr. Clayton * * * '41 Blues * * * Blues in History I * * * History

David Edwards * * * The Army Blues * * * Blues in History I * * * History

Homer Harris * * * Atomic Bomb Blues * * * Blues in History I * * * History

Andy Kirk * * * All the Jive Is Gone * * * Moten Swing * * * Pro-Arte

Tony Bennett * * * Let's Begin * * * The Beat of My Heart * * * Columbia-Legacy

Tony Bennett * * * Lullabye of Broadway * * * The Beat of My Heart * * * Columbia-Legacy

Dick Lupino * * * Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)/Come Fly With Me * * * Eclectic Nostalgia * * * DickLupinoMusic.com

Jack Wood * * * Come Rain or Come Shine * * * A Time for Love * * * WoodWorks

Ella Fitzgerald * * * Things Are Looking Up * * * Our Love is Here To Stay * * * Verve

Brian Conigliaro Trio * * * Josie * * * The Economics of Love * * * Hurry Up & Wait

James Cotton * * * Blues for Koko * * * Giant * * * Alligator

Ivan Farmakovsky * * * Morning Blues * * * The Way Home * * * Butman Music

Alexander Berenson * * * Blues for Eugene K. * * * Take Me With You * * * Butman Music

Illinois John Fever * * * Keep To Boogie If Ye Like * * * Now Is Not The Way It Is * * * Ralston Stick

South Memphis String Band * * * Bloody Bill Anderson * * * Home Sweet Home * * * Memphis International

Dave Rawlings Machine * * * To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High) * * * A Friend of a Friend * * * Acony

Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers * * * Monkey on a String * * * Old Time * * * Songs County

Mark Growden * * * Shady Grove * * * Lose Me In The Sand * * * Porto Franco

Blind Blake * * * He's In the Jailhouse Now * * * Master of the Ragtime Guitar * * * Indigo

Slim & Slam * * * Swingin' in the Key of C * * * Groove Juice Special * * * Columbia-Legacy

Rum Drum Ramblers * * * If It Have To Be * * * Mean Scene * * * Lightin' Thunders

Louis Armstrong's Hot Five * * * Skid-Dat-De-Dat * * * Hot Fives & Sevens, Vol. 1 * * * JSP

Ory's Creole Jazz Band * * * Blues for Jimmy * * * Central Avenue Sounds. Disc 1 * * * Rhino

Texas Tommy * * * Jail Break Blues * * * Texas Blues * * * Orbis

Lonnie Johnson * * * Got The Blues For The West End * * * Thirties Blues * * * Orbis

Playlist: Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Bill Evans Trio * * * Solar * * * The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 * * * Riverside

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong * * * Let's Call The Whole Thing Off * * * Our Love Is Here To Stay * * * Verve

Ella Fitzgerald * * * St. Louis Blues * * * Twelve Nights in Hollywood, Vol. 3 & 4 * * * Verve

Louis Armstrong's Hot Five * * * Gut Bucket Blues * * * Hot Fives & Sevens, Vol. 1 * * * JSP

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five * * * Don't Jive Me * * * Hot Fives & Sevens, Vol. 3 * * * JSP

Louis Armstrong & Buck Washington * * * Dear Old Southland * * * Hot Fives & Sevens, Vol. 4 * * * JSP

Louis Armstrong * * * East of the Sun (& West of the Moon) * * * Louis Under the Stars * * * Verve

Louis Armstrong * * * Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen * * * I've Got the World on a String * * * Verve

Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart * * * Chittlin' Switch Blues * * * The Groove Juice Special * * * Columbia-Legacy

Shreveport Home Wreckers * * * Fence Breakin' Blues * * * Texas Blues * * * Orbis

Blind Blake * * * C.C. Blues * * * The Master of Ragtime Guitar * * * Indigo

Black Ivory King * * * Working For The P.W.A. * * * Thirties Blues * * * Orbis

The Swingville All-Stars * * * I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans * * * Memphis Blues * * * Good Time Jazz

Art Tatum & His Swingsters * * * Body & Soul * * * Central Avenue Sound, Vol. 1 * * * Rhino

Bix Beiderbecke (Wolverine Orchestra) * * * Jazz Me Blues * * * The Bix Beiderbecke Story: Singin' the Blues * * * JSP

Bix Beiderbecke (Frank Trmbauer & His Orchestra * * * Krazy Kat * * * The Bix Beiderbecke Story: In A Mist * * * JSP

Bix Beiderbecke (Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra * * * Dardanella * * * The Bix Beiderbecke Story: Mississippi Mud * * * JSP

Bix Beiderbecke (Hoagy Charmichael & His Orchestra) * * * Rockin' Chair * * * The Bix Beiderbecke Story: Louisiana * * * JSP

Mezz Mezzerow * * * Hot Club Stomp * * * Dixieland Jazz * * * Membron

Jelly Roll Morton * * * When They Get Lovin' They's Gone * * * Dixieland Jazz * * * Membron

Johnny Dodds * * * Memphis Shake * * * Dixieland Jazz * * * Membron

Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight * * * Astoria Strut * * * Dixieland Jazz * * * Membron

Sidney Bechet * * * I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say * * * Dixieland Jazz * * * Membron

South Memphis String Band * * * Bootlegger's Blues * * * Home Sweet Home * * * Memphis International

Squirrel Nut Zippers * * * Fat Cat Keeps Getting Fatter * * * Perennial Favorites * * * Mammoth

Billy Eckstine * * * Serenade in Blue * * * The Chronological: 1947 * * * Classics

Stan Getz * * * A Handful of Stars * * * Best of the West Coast Sessions * * * Verve

Graham Reynolds & the Golden Arm Trio * * * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * * * Duke! Three Portraits of Ellington * * * Imnova

Rum Drum Ramblers * * * Get Behind the Wheel * * * Mean Scene * * * Lightin' Thunders

Pokey LaFarge * * * Daffodil Blues * * * Riverboat Soul * * * Free Dirt

Playlist: Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Graham Reynolds by Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman

Graham Reynolds & the Golden Arm Trio * * * Echoes of Harlem * * * Duke! Three Portraits of Ellington * * * Innova

Ornette Coleman * * * Embraceable You * * * Ken Burns Jazz * * * Columbia-Legacy

James L. Dean & the Whiskey Cafe Jazz Quintet * * * No More Blues * * * These Things We Dig * * * Cexton

Paul Broadaux * * * Darn That Dream * * * Here's to Joe * * * n/a

Jack Wood featuring the Craig Larson Trio * * * The Shadow of Your Smile * * * A Time For Love * * * WoodWorks Music

Gene Krupa & His Orchestra w/ Anita O'Day * * * There'll Be Some Changes * * * Made The Chronological: 1941 * * * Classics

Peggy Lee & Art London w/ Benny Goodman * * * If You Build a Better Mousetrap * * * Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman Columbia-Legacy

Jack Teagarden & His Orchestra w/ Eddie Gale * * * You Rascal, You * * * The Chronological: 1930 - 1934 * * * Classics

Cab Calloway * * * Aw, You Dog * * * Kicking the Gong Around * * * Living Era

Squirrel Nut Zippers * * * That Fascinating Thing * * * Perennial Favorites * * * Mammoth

Rum Drum Ramblers * * * Jump Into A Frenzy * * * Mean Scene * * * Lightin' Thunders

Bing Crosby w/ Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires and John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra * * * Ohio * * * Good & Rare * * * Sepia

Bob Hope & Judy Garland * * * Goodnight Irene * * * Thanks for the Memory * * * Living Era

Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers * * * Take A Drink On Me * * * Old Time Songs * * * County

Cincinnati Jug Band * * * Newport Blues * * * Ruckus Juice & Chittlins * * * Yazoo

Benny Carter & His Orchestra * * * Sweet Georgia Brown * * * Big Band Jazz: The Jubilee Sessions * * * 1941 - 1946 Hindsight

Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra You're Driving Me Crazy* * * Big Band Jazz: The Jubilee Sessions * * * 1941 - 1946 Hindsight

Lionel Hampton* * * Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop* * * Big Band Jazz: The Jubilee Sessions * * * 1941 - 1946 Hindsight

Erskine Hawkins* * * Shower* * * Big Band Jazz: The Jubilee Sessions * * * 1941 - 1946 Hindsight

Sweethearts of Rhythm Blue Lou * * * Big Band Jazz: The Jubilee Sessions * * * 1941 - 1946 Hindsight

Duke Ellington * * * Closing Theme: One O'Clock Jump * * * Big Band Jazz: The Jubilee Sessions * * * 1941 - 1946 Hindsight

Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three* * * La La Blues* * * Riverboat Soul* * * Free Dirt

Pokey LaFarge* * * Walk Your Way Out of This Town* * * Beat Move and Shake* * * Big Muddy

Graham Reynolds & the Golden Arm Trio* * * String Abstraction #3 (Cotton Tail)* * * Duke! Three Portraits of Ellington* * * Innova

Duke Ellington* * * Harlem Suite* * * The 1952 Seattle Concert* * * Bluebird

Graham Reynolds & the Golden Arm Trio* * * Echoes of Harlem (Remix by Justin Sherburn & Jeff Hoskins)* * * Duke! Three Portraits of Ellington * * * Innova