…and Billy Bragg were the first to take previously unused Woody Guthrie lyrics and set them to their own music on the album Mermaid Avenue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3qemN_qp0s&list=OLAK5uy_kbOBrL78oHdQ1b9VdFqt-f8XV6x2KjM5U&index=13 In recent years, Tweedy…

Join host Holly Harris as she celebrates the birthday anniversaries of Memphis Slim (born 9/3/1915) and Freddie King (born 9/3/1934) plus more on this weekend’s Spinnin’ the Blues! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEmGbMd2duk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24isoA6xdL0…

Joe Jencks is an international touring musician, award-winning songwriter, and celebrated vocalist known for his performances of musical beauty, social consciousness and spiritual exploration….

…call Chicago blues. Below is film footage of Nighthawk performing on Maxwell Street in Chicago in the early 1960s, and an in-depth interview conducted with him in 1964. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMI5KHPFDns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z7bmmiAeWc…

…helped to break down the barriers of racial segregation in the mid-1950s and paved the way for the global spread of African American music throughout the twentieth century. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj059o9OwqY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btdzp52AmsE…