Leo's "Bluesland"

Hey now, let's enjoy some music together including several Grateful Dead songs, Tom Rush, Joan Baez and David Crosby.

Here is music in the air, radio waves that is, from February 19, 2026 featuring Ruthie Foster, Mahalia Jackson, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, D.K. Harrell, Ronnie Baker Brooks and more. 

Hey now, here are some Grateful Dead tunes for you in addition to some folk music. Click on the link/picture and enjoy. 

Click on the link/picture and enjoy blues, soul and rock n roll. Also a salute to the music of Mardi Gras including Professor Longhair, Lloyd Price, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and more. Let the good times roll! Blues include B.B. King, Joe Bonamassa and Gary Clark, Elmore James and other great artists. 

Hey Now! Here is my music podcast featuring the music of The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Country Joe and The Fish and more Grateful Dead recorded live on KMRE 88.3 FM from Monday February 9, 2026. Enjoy and tell all our tribe. The Grateful Dead is alive!!!

Here is my music podcast from KMRE 88.3 FM February 5, 2026. Lot's of fine music including Koko Taylor, Maria Muldaur, Little Walter, Elmore James, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sonny Landreth and more. Also an interview with Jonathan Pittman winner of Best Harmonica Player at The International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Thanks for tuning in. the podcast is cut short due to a recording issue. Art by the artist Brian Kramer. Enjoy.

Here is my interview with Ali deLaBruere. Ali is the race director for The Greater Bellingham Running Club's (GBRC) Whatcom Falls 5 K coming up February 7, 2026. We talk about the race course, GBRC running club and the benefits of running. Also Ali's running history, coaching and bears in Alaska while she was running there. Yikes! See you at the race Saturday.

Hey Now! Here is some great tunes from The Grateful Dead. Also Bruce Springsteen and Jesse Welles new tunes with Throwing Stones by The Dead and more. Hope to see you all at upcoming shows. Come over and say hey!

Here is my music podcast featuring blues, soul and rock n roll. Also Bruce Springsteen's new single Minneapolis. Thank you for listening. 

Hey Now! Here is tunes from The Grateful Dead, Joan Baez, Peter Paul and Mary, Pete Seeger, Donovan and more Grateful Dead, Enjoy and send me any requests for next week's show. 

Here is the podcast of my music show "Bluesland" from January 22, 2026 featuring Muddy Waters, Susan Tedeschi, Leon Russell, Tommy Castro, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan and more. Also a special set of music from the movie "Sinners" the 16 Academy Award nominee recipient. Click on the picture/link and enjoy. Thank you for supporting KMRE 88.3 FM.

Hey Now! Here is my music podcast from January 19, 2026 on KMRE 88.3 FM. I start out the show with a Martin Luther King Jr. speech in honor of his life and MLK Jr. Day. then The Grateful Dead, Country Joe and The Fish, Bob Dylan with The Grateful Dead, Tom Waits and more Grateful Dead. Enjoy. 

Here is my music podcast of Bluesland from Thursday January 15, 2026. I play some great blues plus two speeches. One from Martin Luther King's last speech before he was assassinated and one from John Lewis. All in honor of Martin Luther King Day January 19, 2026. As John Lewis would say "Get in good trouble". 

Here is my music podcast of Bluesland January 8, 2026. Included is the music of Muddy Waters, The Isley Brothers, Elvis Presley, Pat Travers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and more. Also is a set of songs that concern current events with Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash and young. Click on the link and enjoy. Thank you for supporting community radio.

Hey Now! Here is the music of The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, The Doors, The Band and more Grateful Dead. Click on the picture/link and enjoy. See you next Monday live at KMRE 88.3 FM at 7 PM.

Here is my January 1, 2026 music podcast. Click on the link/picture and hear some fine blues, soul and rock n roll. Music includes D.K. Harrell, Tab Benoit, Doug Macleod, Elvin Bishop, Curtis Salgado/Robert Cray and more. Happy New Year!

It's time to enjoy several cuts featuring the music of The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, The Byrds, Bright Eyes, Jackson Brown and more. Thanks for tuning in and I hope you have a wonderful New Years Eve celebration. 

Merry Christmas to all. Here is my gift of music.

Hey Now! Here is my radio show Grateful Dead Hour with Leo Schumaker Dec. 22, 2025 with my fellow DJ Dare taking my place. Thank you Dare. The music is wonderful. 

Here is a music podcast of my Grateful Dead music radio show from December 15.  Music includes several tunes from The Grateful Dead Fillmore East show Feb. 11, 1969. Also Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Spirit and It's a Beautiful Day. Enjoy and let's all be Grateful for all we have.  

Here is my music podcast of Bluesland Dec. 11, 2025. Included is the music of Ray Charles, Little Charlie and The Nightcats, Tab Benoit, Tom Waits, Otis Rush and more. Also a set saluting Raul Malo and The Mavericks. Thank you for listening and being my friend. See you next Thursday on the radio. 

Hey Now! Here is my Grateful Dead radio show from Dec. 8, 2025. The music playlist includes The Grateful Dead, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Blind Faith, Phil Ochs and more Grateful Dead. Thanks for listening and being my friend and tribe member. 

Here is my music podcast Bluesland from December 4, 2025. I start the show out with Steve Croppers music, history and how important he was to soul, blues and rock n roll. Then a few of the songs he played, produced or wrote including Green Onions, Sitting on The Dock of the Bay, Soul Man and more. Also include is Taj Mahal, Joe Cocker, The J. Geils Band, Jimi Hendrix and more. Thank you for listening and supporting KMRE 88.3, Bluesland and all local bands. 

My very special guest is Anna Booker a Professor of History at Whatcom Community College and runner Dec. 1, 2025. We have a great conversation about running, injury recovery, equipment and more. Thank you Anna. If you want to come on the air and talk about your running inspiration/history please contact me at leosrunningandracing@yahoo.com. 

Hey Now! Here is some fine tunes for including The Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia & David Grisman, Jimmy Cliff, David Crosby, Leo Russell and more Dead! Click on the picture/link and enjoy. I'll be back next Monday on KMRE 88.3 FM. 

Thanksgiving special on Bluesland November 27, 2025. Here is some great tunes for your listening pleasure. Included is Alicia's Restaurant, Cab Calloway, Robert Johnson, The Blues Brothers, Tom Waits, Linda Ronstadt, Savoy Brown, Bobby Blue Bland and more. Also a poem by Cowboy poet Baxter Black about turkeys! Click on the picture and enjoy. Hope you all celebrated with family and friends. 

Hey Now! Here is my music podcast The Grateful Dead Hour with Leo Schumaker. I have the pleasure of interviewing Bellingham Dead Head Kevin Nelson. Kevin brought in some great music so let's get to it. Just click on the picture/link and enjoy. Send me any requests here or come into the studios and we'll play some Dead tunes.

Here is my Bluesland music podcast from Nov. 20, 2025 recorded live at The KMRE 88.3 FM studios in Bellingham, WA. Featured is the music of Tommy Castro, The Allman Brothers Band, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Tinsley Ellis, John Primer, Chris Cain and more. Also a talk with Kevin Sutton from The Washington Blues Society about The International Blues Challenge and fundraiser. Tom Langen is also in the studios talking about his past music venue Ramble Tamble and his new idea for a show on KMRE. Looking forward to all the great events coming up soon in Bellingham and other places throughout the world!

Hey Now! Here is my Grateful Dead Hour with music from The Dead, Jefferson Airplane, The Dave Matthews Band and more Dead. I interviewed Dylan Daugherty of the band Jamnesia about The Wild Buffalo benefit Nov. 25, 2025 raising funds for Aaron Goude medical expenses.. Go to my The Grateful Dead Hour Leo Schumaker Facebook page for more episodes. 

Here is my music show Bluesland from Thursday Nov. 13, 2025 featuring an interview with Debbie Lyons Simmonds and Robert Schaffner about Debbie's husband Kim Simmonds of The Savoy Brown Blues Bands autobiography "Street Corner Talking-The Autobiography of Kim Simmonds. The Life and Music of The Founder and Guitarist of Savoy Brown. Also the music of Savoy Brown, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Chris Eger, Tinsley Ellis, Samantha Fish and more. 

Hey now, here is my music radio show The Grateful Dead Hour with Leo Schumaker from November 10. Music includes several cuts from The Grateful Dead, Humble Pie, Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac and more. Just click on the link/picture and turn it up to 11!

Here is my music podcast of Bluesland November 6, 2025 with the music of William Clarke, John Lee Hooker, George Thorogood, Muddy Waters, Sue Foley, Tinsley Ellis and more. Click on the picture/link and dance up a storm!

Hey now it's time for the music of The Grateful Dead, Peter Greene's Fleetwod Mac, Warren Zevon, Jefferson Airplane and more Dead on this music podcast. Click on the picture/link and enjoy.

I have the pleasure of talking to Dane Rauschenberg runner, author, speaker and more on my running show. I enjoyed our talk about how Dane got started running, how he continues running and inspiring others with his books and inspirational speeches. Thank you Dane.

Here is my Halloween special on Bluesland from October 30, 2025 featuring Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Tom Waits, Warren Zevon, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers , Howlin' Wolf and more spooky stuff. Enjoy and have a great Halloween. By the way...Boo!

Here is my Bluesland music podcast from October 23, 2025. Included is the music of Bo Diddley, pictured, John Lee Hooker, Ronnie Baker Brooks, D.K.Harrell, Bonnie Raitt, Sue Foley, Ray Charles and more. Click on the link/picture and enjoy. Art of Bo by Brian Kramer. Thanks Brian.

Hey now, here is some tunes for your listening pleasure from my live broadcast on KMRE 88.3 FM. Included are music of The Grateful Dead, Tom Waits, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks, Bob Dylan and more. Just click on the link/picture and enjoy. See you at The Wild Geese of The West show Oct. 25 at The Shakedown in Bellingham and Sleepy Alligators at The Elks Lodge, 710 Samish Way in Bellingham Oct. 31.

Here is my music podcast with Jill Newman featuring her new album "A Little Bit of Luck". We also talked about how she became a musician, the life of a musician and more. Also the music of the new Roomful of Blues, Leslie West, R.L. Burnside, Jimi Hendrix and more. 

Hey Now! Here is my Grateful Dead Hour music podcast from October 13, 2025. The Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, Los Lobos and more Grateful Dead. Also an interview with Hawk of The Owsley Foundation. Learned so much about Owsley Bear Stanley and look forward to the new releases. Go to www.owsleystanleyfoundation.org for more informationl See you next Monday on KMRE 88.3 FM.

Here is my music podcast of Bluesland October 9, 2025. Enjoy the music of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Larkin Poe, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Humble Pie, Savoy Brown, Bessie Smith and more. Just click on the link/picture and enjoy. See you next Thursday 7-9 PM on KMRE 88.3 FM.

Here is the music from my radio show Bluesland from Oct. 2, 2025. Great blue, soul, rock & roll and a little bit of Country. Fun! Just click on the link/picture and enjoy some fine tunes. #kmre

Here is my music podcast of The Grateful Dead Hour with Leo Schumaker from September 29, 2025 on KMRE 88.3 FM in Bellingham, WA. The music includes several Grateful Dead songs, Leon Russell, Billy Strings, Tom Waits, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Dylan with The Dead. Click on the picture/link and enjoy. see you next week on Monday 7-8 PM (PST).

Get ready for some great music from my radio show Bluesland September 25, 2025 including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Big Joe Turner, Ruthie Foster with Larkin Poe, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Jr. Parker, The Fabulous Thunderbirds (the picture) and more. Click on the picture and enjoy. I'll be back on the air live next Thursday 7-9 PM (PST) on KMRE 88.3 FM.

Hey Now! Here is my music podcast of The Grateful Dead Hour with Leo Schumaker from Monday September 22, 2025. Included is the music of The Grateful Dead, David Grisman & Jerry Garcia, It's a Beautiful Day, The Electric Flag, Tim Hardin and more Dead. I'll be live again Monday's 7-8 PM on KMRE 88.3 FM. 

Patricia Siegel is my special guest on Running and Racing. Patricia tells us about running, biking and swimming. Also her work as a sports scientist, personal trainer, how to take of your body and more. Patricia's website is www.thefitpelvicfloor.com. Thank you Patricia. 

Here is my music podcast from September 18, 2025 with the music of BB King, Tom Waits, John Hammond, The Tedeschi Trucks Band, Leon Russell, Otis Redding & Carla Thomas and more. Also my special in studio guest is musician Rob Hutchings, picture below, playing music live and telling about his musical journey. Thanks Rob. I enjoyed the heck out of your live appearance on Bluesland. See you all next Thursday 7-9 PM on KMRE 88.3 FM. 

Hey Now! Here is my music podcast from Sept. 15, 2025. Included on this Grateful Dead with Leo Schumaker Hour is The Grateful Dead's Franklin's Tower, House of the Rising Sun blueprint special with Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Tracy Nelson and more Grateful Dead. Also a great interview with Mark Trapper Lichtenberger about his love of music and The Grateful Dead. Thanks Mark.

Here is my music podcast Bluesland featuring the music of Elmore James, Charlie Musselwhite, Jeff Beck, The Animals, Jimi Hendrix, Sue Foley and more. Just click on the link/picture and enjoy some fine blues, soul and rock and roll. Thank you for listening and tell all your friends. 

Hey Now! Here is my radio show The Grateful Dead Hour with Leo Schumaker from Monday September 8, 2025. Tow songs featuring The Grateful Dead in Egypt, Country Joe and The Fish, Luke Combs & Billy Strings, Electric Flag and more. Tune in next Monday on KMRE 88.3 FM also at kmre.org 7-8. Thanks for the requests and I'm always interested in what you like with bands of that era, jam bands and more. 

Here is my music podcast from Thursday September 4, 2025. The music includes Ann Peebles, D.K. Harrel, Albert Collins, Jon Cleary, The Allman Betts Band, Dr. John and more. Just click on the picture/link and enjoy. Thanks for listening and being my friend. Picture is of D.K. Harrell.

Here is my music podcast from Sept. 1, 2025 with the music of The Grateful Dead, Captain Beefheart, Dave Matthews Band, Dan Hicks, Jimi Hendrix and more. Click on the picture and enjoy. Thanks for being my radio friend and I look forward to meeting you all personally. The picture I posted is of my new beverage cozies that I will be giving to listeners.