26 July 2017

#599 :: LIVE Blues Recording Wednesday :: Sonny Landreth Live In Lafayette (26 July 2017)

The Blues Room #599
Wednesday 26 July 2017
9pm-10pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0
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LIVE Blues Recording Wednesday features music from the King of Slydeco, Sonny Landreth. Recorded live In Lafayette (2017).

Blues Attack
Hell At Home
Key To the Highway
The U.S.S. Zydecoldsmobile
True Blue
Brave New Girl
Soul Salvation
Walking Blues

19 July 2017

#598 :: Another Belly Fulla Blues With Fatt Max (9 July 2017)

The Blues Room #598
Wednesday 19 July 2017
9pm-10pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0


The Flaming Mudcats – Heavy 
Biscuit Miller – Down At The Mississippi 
Cedric Davis – Keep On Snatching It Back 
The Graveltones – Running To You 
Sleepy John Estes – Brownsville Blues 
The Alexis P Suter Band – Another Place And Time 
James Luther Dickinson – Dixie Fried 
Shane Speal & His Snake Oil Band - Don’t Give Me None Of Yo’ Business 
Laurence Jones – Live It Up 
Albert Collins – Ice Pick 
Vaughn Brothers – Hard To Be 
Mike Zito – On The Road 
A C Reed & Bonnie Rait – She’s Fine 
Cyril Neville – Blues Is The Truth 
John Long – Suitcase Stomp 
B B King – Don’t Answer The Door

12 July 2017

#597 :: You Gotta Move (12 July 2017)

The Blues Room #597
Wednesday 12 July 2017
9pm-10pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0

1. Buster Benton and Carey Bell - Born with the Blues
2. Roy Gaines - A Hell of a Night
3. North Mississippi All Stars - You Got To Move
4. Little Bushman - Te Oranga
5. Darren Watson's New Acoustic LP - Pledge Me Project
6. Darren Watson - I Still Feel The Same
7. Mike Garner -The Way I Feel
8. Moses Walker and Ronnie Shellist - Come On In My Kitchen
9. Flavio Guimaraes & Netto Rockfeller - Times Is Getting Faster
10. Victor Puertas & The Mellow Tones - She's My Baby
11. Bo Diddley - Don't Know Where I've Been
12. John Mayer - Crossroads
13. Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - Diving Duck Blues
14. Big Bill Morganfield - I Don't Know Why
15. Paul Lamb & The Blues Burglars - Late One Evening

The Nukes hit Hamilton July 22 to release new album

The Nukes III album has spent six weeks on the NZ album chart top ten as well as being 
the number 1 independent NZ album of the week.

All their latest promo and show updates including those just gone can be found on their facebook page, lots going on https://www.facebook.com/thenukesukuleletrio.

Nukes on the go again and slowly covering this beautiful land with our uke tunes and new album NUKES III ....in some places we can even work in a pre show workshop session so for all you Hamiltonians here's a Saturday early evening opportunity

Workshop for ticket holders only from 5.30pm with show doors opening at 7.00pm. 
All ages welcome. Limited cash door sales: $25 adults $15 children under 16. Tickets online at The Meteor http://themeteor.co.nz/events/ or in person from Shearers Musicworks and Excite Music Academy. Pre sales include workshop and show deal for $30.

Swamp Thing tour North Island, starting at Raglan's Yot Club: July-August 2017


Swamp Thing’s energetic live performances are re-known for inspiring concert goers to dance and have fun while showcasing a wealth of musical experience and engaging their audience at all times.

Swamp Thing play every show like it is their last, making a sound that reaches far back into the musical DNA of roots music.

Catch Swamp Thing on their north island tour this July and August 2017.

6 July 2017

#596 :: Hour Of Blues Power With Darcy Perry (5 July 2017)

The Blues Room #596
Wednesday 5 July 2017
9pm-10pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0

1. Chris Cain - Trying To Forget It
2. Aretha Franklin - Trouble in Mind
3. Golden Earring - Radar Love
4. R.L. Burnside - Miss Maybelle
5. Ry Cooder - Down in Mississippi
6. Rory Block - Silver Wings
7. Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland - Lion's Den
8. Shaken not Stirred - God Bless the Child
9. Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It
10. The Nukes - Lemon Tree
11. The Blind Boys of Alabama - Many Rivers to Cross
12. Hound Dog Taylor - Roll Your Money Maker
13. Bo Diddley - Bring it To Jerome
14. Jimmy Reed - Shame, Shame, Shame