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Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland & Balla Kouyaté Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland & Balla Kouyaté May 18th, 2022 (Hour 1)
Blues and Jazz, African Roots and Branches with Shemekia Copeland & Balla Kouyaté

It’s Blueswomen, Jazzmen, African roots and branches. Chicago blues singer Shemekia Copeland‘s father, the late blues guitarist Johnny Copeland, brought her into his music as a child. As an adult, she found new ways to use blues to express her perspective. We’ll hear from some of Shemekia’s heroes including Etta James, Ruth Brown, Alberta Hunter and Big Mama Thornton. Then a conversation and performance by Boston-based Mandinka balafon player Balla Kouyaté and music inspired by and from the continent of Africa from Randy Weston, Miriam Makeba and the Modern Jazz Quartet.

Shemekia Copeland photo by Mike White

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May 28th, 2008

Step right up! It’s a sonic tonic for the mid-Winter blues as we turn to the healing power of music ranging from the “Hadacol Boogie” to “Dr. Jazz.” We include a visit with New Orleans piano man Eddie Bo, who also offers advice in the healing arts, and a trip to the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum in to find “Love Potion # 9.”

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HOUR ONE

  • Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns
    Having a Good Time: The Very Best of, Vol.1, West Side
  • Fever Little Willie John
    All 15 of his Chart Hits, King
  • Fever The Three Suns
    Cocktail Mix Vol.1, Rhino
  • Fever Thrill Rosie Ledet
    Zesty Zydeco, Maison de Soul
  • High Fever Blues Corey Harris
    Fish Ain't Bitin', Alligator
  • High Blood Pressure Huey Smith
    Having a Good Time: The Very Best Of Vol.1, West Side
  • Rockin' Pneumonia, Boogie Woogie Flu Funky Meters
    Get You a Healin', New Orleans Musicians Clinic
  • Instrumental: Live It Up Eddie Bo
    The Hook and Sling, Tuff City
  • INTERVIEW: Eddie Bo

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  • Got My Mojo Workin' Jimmy Smith
    Got My Mojo Workin', Verve
  • Instrumental: Got My Mojo Workin' Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown
    Standing My Ground,
  • Bop Pills Macy Skipper
    The Very Best of Sun Rockabilly, Charly
  • Snake Oil Steve Earle
    Ain't Never Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection, Hip-o
  • Hadacol Boogie Bill Nettles
    Fonville Winans Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press
  • Dr. Jazz Jelly Roll Morton
    Birth of the Hot, RCA

HOUR two

  • Great Medical Menagerist Harmonica Frank
    Harmonica Frank, Puritan
  • The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show The Band
    Across the Great Divide, Capitol
  • Pneumonia Blues Lightnin' Hopkins
    The Complete Prestige, Bluesville
  • Pneumonia Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson
    Blind Lemon Jefferson, Fantasy
  • Cocaine Habit Blues Memphis Jugband
    Rukus Juice and Chittlins Vol.1, Shanachie
  • Jug Band Music Lovin' Spoonful
    Anthology, Rhino
  • Instrumental: Jesus is a Dying Bedmaker 2 John Fahey
    America, Takoma
  • Them Bones Mitchell's Christian Singers
    The Gospel Tradition, Sony
  • Them Bones Eddie Kirk
    Stax Volt Singles, Atlantic
  • Your Molecular Structure Mose Allison
    Atlantic Vocal Jazz Classics, Rhino
  • I've Got You Under My Skin Prima and Keely Smith
    Capitol Collectors Series, Capitol
  • Instrumental: Big Shoe Bill Frisell
    Good Dog Happy Man, Nonesuch
  • SEGMENT: Pharmacy Museum
  • Love Potion #9 The Clovers
    The Best Of The Clovers, EMI
  • Spoonful Howlin' Wolf
    His Best, MCA
  • Spoonful Gil Evans Orchestra
    Cool Talkin' Verve, Verve
  • Dr. Feelgood Aretha Franklin
    Aretha's Blues, Rhino

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