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The Queens of the Blues podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920's to present times. This show, entitled “In My Girlish Days,” is entirely about Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women#saffiretheuppityblueswomen

This interview was recorded via video conference on  October 29, 2021 by Angela Denise Davis. Gaye Adegbalola talked about her early years in Virginia, college life in Boston, and her career as a Blues musician, griot, and activist. Gaye Adegbalola's website: https://adegbalola.com/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GayeAdegbalolaMusician/ Gaye Todd Adegbalola, a Blues Music Award winner, is best known musically as a founding member of Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women (1984 – 2009). The group recorded exclusively with Alligator Records. Additionally, she has 6 recordings on her own label, Hot Toddy Music (Todd is her family name). Gaye was born and raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia where she sat-in, picketed and protested its racism. She graduated as valedictorian of the then-segregated Walker-Grant High School, went “ up North” to Boston University to finish with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry. Prior to becoming a teacher, she worked as a technical writer for TRW Systems, a biochemical researcher at Rockefeller University, and a bacteriologist at Harlem Hospital. She has a Master's degree in Educational Media (with a concentration in photography) from Virginia State University.

Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Soul Fixin' Man – Luther Allison; Got My Mojo Working – Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown; Sloppy Drunk – Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women; That Did It – Roy Buchanan; Keep On Lovin' Me, Baby – The Paladins; Love Disease – Michael Burks; I'm A Blues Man – Kenny Neal; Run Myself Out Of Town – The Holmes Brothers; Jump Start – Little Charlie & The Nightcats; I'm Still Leaving You – Katie Webster; Don't Lose My Number – Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King; Corner Of The Blanket – The Kinsey Report; There's A Devil On The Loose – Mavis Staples. Escuchar audio

AhSa-Ti Nu meets with composer, guitarist and vocalist Gaye Adegbalola. Best known musically as a founding member of Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women (1984 – 2009). The group recorded exclusively with Alligator Records. Additionally, she has 6 recordings on her own label, Hot Toddy Music (Todd is her family name). More importantly she is the proud mother of son, Juno Lumumba Kahlil. A true griot of our time through both her music and just easy conversation. In addition to being a queer black woman of color artist she is also a powerful activist, as she sat-in, picketed and protested against racism and segregation. In her songwriting she tries to provide a voice for those who have been marginalized by society. By maintaining the blues tradition, she sees herself as a contemporary griot – keeping her history alive, delivering messages of empowerment, ministering to the heartbroken, and finding joy in the mundane. Her most recent CD released in January, 2019, is called “The Griot” and has received rave reviews. Please be sure to follow her on her website, social media and purchase her music! www.adegbalola.com Twitter: @gayeblueswoman Facebook:@GayeAdegbalolaMusician

Our kitchen Christmas party continues this week featuring Saffire & The Uppity Blues Women, Lonnie Brooks, Fatts Waller, Tinsley Ellis, Lara Hope & The Ark-Tones, The Reverend Horton Heat, Busker Incognito, Chubby Checker with Bobby Rydell, MO7S, Bob Seeger & The Last Herd, Hawk Nelson, Johnny Cash, The Supremes, Lucious Jackson, Sonny Boy Williamson, B.B. King, and the Attending Doctors and Their Guitars.  Merry Christmas to all!

ESPECIAL ANN RABSON El pasado 30 de enero de este 2013 fallecia Ann Rabson. Ella era conocida como una cantante de blues, pianista y guitarrista y miembro fundador de Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women. Ann recientemente colaboro con Bob Margolin en un disco de duetos titulado Not Alone. Fue nominada para para los Blues Music Award como álbum acústico del Año. Ella también ha sido reconocida por su primer álbum en solitario para el sello Alligator Music Makin 'Mama. Ella será recordada con cariño por personificar perspectiva de la mujer en el blues, y su cálida sonrisa y la bondad universal.

ESPECIAL ANN RABSON El pasado 30 de enero de este 2013 fallecia Ann Rabson. Ella era conocida como una cantante de blues, pianista y guitarrista y miembro fundador de Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women. Ann recientemente colaboro con Bob Margolin en un disco de duetos titulado Not Alone. Fue nominada para para los Blues Music Award como álbum acústico del Año. Ella también ha sido reconocida por su primer álbum en solitario para el sello Alligator Music Makin 'Mama. Ella será recordada con cariño por personificar perspectiva de la mujer en el blues, y su cálida sonrisa y la bondad universal.

This week on The Authentic Woman, Guest Host Susan Singer interviews Gaye Adegbalola, Blues Music Award winner and a founding member of Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women. Gaye composes, plays guitar and harmonica, and has recorded 10 CDs on Alligator Records and has toured widely throughout the U.S. and internationally. Gaye has also released four CDs on her own Hot Toddy Music label. A former Virginia State Teacher of the Year, Gaye is also in demand for workshops, lectures and motivational public speaking. A longtime activist, she is presently involved with issues of diversity and is committed to the struggle for LGBT rights. Susan Singer is a rabble-rousing artist, activist, writer, and teacher whose primary desire is to make the world a better place by ending violence against women, helping people find their personal path, creating beauty, and spreading creativity. She uses her artwork to reach deep within herself to find her core and to channel her vision of Spirit to inspire, delight, (and perhaps sometimes provoke!) others. The Authentic Woman with Shannon Fisher explores personal, political, and societal perspectives of the female experience in America. The show delves deeply into the worlds of women writers, artists, celebrities, and community leaders and offers listeners food for thought on ways to better themselves and the world around them. Follow Shannon on Twitter: @MsShannonFisher. Copyrighted podcast solely owned by the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network, LLC. #AuthorInterviews #Authors #Writers #Writing #Books #AuthorsOnTheAir #Radio #Podcast #ShannonFisher #MsShannonFisher #Women #GayeAdegbalola #SusanSinger #Blues

Family graduations two days and five hundred miles apart mean you get a Roadhouse Rewind for show 638. From ten years ago, I hope Roadhouse 118 will keep you entertained until I return next week with another new show. We return to the freewheelin' feel of The Roadhouse this week, with the Blues Music Awards shows behind us. Dave Hole, Hamilton Loomis, Anson Funderburgh, Roosevelt Sykes, and Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women are just some of the artists you'll love in this edition. It may be a tough genre to pin down, but you're sure to find each and every artist in the 118th Roadhouse Podcast deeply rooted in the blues - the finest blues you've never heard.

Andra Faye shares her journey from full time RN to world touring musician as part of Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women.   The Dish: Andra's path from RN to world touring musician Why she keeps her RN up to date How attending blues camp changed her life How she learned from her musical mentors How she had to learn to “jam” The importance of gratitude Meeting her musical heroes The Glamour to Grunge cycle of gigs    Links & Resources: Andra's interview in Mandolin Magazine Andrafaye.com Connect with Andra on Facebook Laying Down Our Blues – Andra Faye & Scott Ballentine   Ways to Join the conversation & spread the word: If you found a nugget or two of value, or just enjoyed the conversation, drop by iTunes to leave a rating, review, and subscribe.   Follow on twitter The Brassy Broad on Facebook   Subscribe to The Brassy Broadcast   ·      Click here to subscribe via iTunes ·      Click here to subscribe via Stitcher ·      Click here to subscribe via RSS

Hey there! Welcome to another BluzNdaBlood Show!  This is your missing in action blues DJ Dave Harrison coming at ya once again from  the Star City of Virginia! This is Show #132! It's that time of year again! It's time for another "Blues Yule Love, 2011" This show is playign lots of new and old holiday tunes, not bluesy, some not so bluesy... I always enjoy putting these shows together Well, we started off the show a great cover from Davina and the Vagabonds playing "Sleigh Ride!" So who else is on my Blues Yule Love show? Well, how about Tinsley Ellis, Shemekia Copeland, Sean Carney & Omar Coleman, Lawrence Lebo, The Holmes Brothers, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Cyndi Lauper, Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, Jeff Healey, The Rusty Wright, The Michael Burks Band, Cephas and Wiggins, Nasty Ned, and Ratcliff Bailey? So are youready to fill up on your egg nog, grab a seat and listen to some Blues Yule Love? Well, I hope so! Crank it up my friends, we're off and running! Well, I hope you've enjoyed show #132, "Blues Yule Love, 2011"...  Thanks to Bruce Iglauer and Alligator Records, and all the others that helped assist in this show! Please keep in touch!  Send your emails to dave@bluzndablood.com. Friend me on Facebook or MySpace, follow me on Twitter, check out my YouTube channel, but most importantly subscribe to the show through iTunes! So until next time, this is Dave Harrison reminding you to keep the blues alive and keep the blues in the blood!

I'm warming up for a full weekend of blues at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival over the July 4th weekend. Many of the artists in this edition of The Roadhouse will take the stage in Davenport next weekend as I feed real-time reports and pictures to Roadhouse listeners. Junior Watson, Matt Schofield, Duke Robillard, Magic Slim, and Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women make for a short festival in this edition. But, it's no less an hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 228th Roadhouse.

I'm warming up for a full weekend of blues at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival over the July 4th weekend. Many of the artists in this edition of The Roadhouse will take the stage in Davenport next weekend as I feed real-time reports and pictures to Roadhouse listeners. Junior Watson, Matt Schofield, Duke Robillard, Magic Slim, and Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women make for a short festival in this edition. But, it's no less an hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 228th Roadhouse.

This week's playlist: • Baby's Like A Train (4:53) by Robert Stanley, from Roadman's Hammer (2008); available from DigStation.com, CDConnection.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit RoadmansHammer.com and Robert's MySpace page for more information. • Going Down to the River (3:14) by Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, from Havin' the Last Word (2009); available from the store at their site and the iTMS. Visit UppityBluesWomen.com for more information. • Catfish Blues (4:51), The Philly Shimmy (3:06) and That's Right (4:09), all by Steve Guyger and all from Last Train To Dover (1997); available from Blues Leaf Records' page at CD Universe and the iTMS. Visit SteveGuyger.com for more information. • Love Gone Crazy (4:51), Just Like You (4:02) and Country Boy (4:13), all by John Nemeth and all from Love Me Tonight (2009); available from Blind Pig Records and the iTunes Music Store. Visit JohnNemethBlues.com for more information. • Stay Here In Your Arms (3:17) by Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm, from 2 Man Wrecking Crew (2008); available from DeltaGrooveProductions.com and the iTMS. Visit LightninMalcolm.com and their MySpace page for more information. • Hold That Train (4:00) by Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, from Full Tilt (2008); available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit LilEdandtheBluesImperials.com for more information. In addition to email, you can contact me through Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Excellent sources of information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues; BluesRevue.com, the online home of Blues Revue magazine; BigCityBluesMag.com, the online home of Big City Blues magazine; BluesCritic.com. Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. For up-to-the-minute news about things to do in Chicago: TheLocalTourist.com. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #151 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com or Garageband.com)

We've got the sawdust on the dance floor, the spots shining on the little stage in the corner, the bartender pouring drafts and mixing drinks, and everyone dressed to the nines. It is Saturday night in The Roadhouse and we're going back to the roots of the show. Albert Collins, Elmore James, Jr., Jimmy Burns, Mighty Joe Young, and Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women headline the bill from that little stage in the corner, inviting you one by one to get up and dance in the 205th Roadhouse.

We've got the sawdust on the dance floor, the spots shining on the little stage in the corner, the bartender pouring drafts and mixing drinks, and everyone dressed to the nines. It is Saturday night in The Roadhouse and we're going back to the roots of the show. Albert Collins, Elmore James, Jr., Jimmy Burns, Mighty Joe Young, and Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women headline the bill from that little stage in the corner, inviting you one by one to get up and dance in the 205th Roadhouse.

This week's playlist: • Postcard From Mexico by Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch and Fats Kaplin from Lost John Dean (2006); available through the store at their site and the iTunes Music Store. Full albums and individual tracks can be downloaded here. Visit DeadReckoners.com for more information. • That's What Love Will Make You Do by Janiva Magness, from What Love Will Do (2008), available from the store at Janiva's site, Alligator Records, and the iTMS. Visit JanivaMagness.com for more information. • Bubba's Blues by Watermelon Slim and the Workers, from No Paid Holidays (2008); available from the store at Slim's site, NorthernBlues.com and the iTMS. The announced release date is for No Paid Holidays is June 24th, 2008. Visit WatermelonSlim.com for more information. • These Blues Are Kicking My Ass, Ghost in My House and My Baby Don't Wear No Panties, all by Mean Gene Kelton & The Die Hards; These Blues Are Kicking My Ass andGhost in My House are from Mean Guitar (2003), while My Baby Don't Wear No Panties is from Most Requested (1999). Both albums are available from the store at Mean Gene's site, CD Baby and the iTunes Music Store. Visit GeneKelton.com for more information. • Prodigal Son by Billy Goodman, from Blues From The Gospel (2006), available from ItsAboutMusic.com and the iTMS. Visit BillyGoodman.com for more information. • I'm Looking For A Miracle by the Phantom Blues Band, from Out of Shadows (2006), available from DeltaGrooveProductions.com and the iTMS. Visit the Phantom Blues Band page at the Delta Groove site for more information. • Sloppy Drunk by Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, from Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women: Deluxe Edition (1994); available from Alligator Records or the iTunes Music Store. Visit UppityBluesWomen.com for more information. • Miss Maebelle by Richard Johnston, from Foot Hill Stomp (2002); available from the store at Richard's Web site. Visit RichardJohnston.com and Richard's MySpace page for more information. Excellent online resources for more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. (Music on Murphy's Saloon # courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, the PROMONET program of the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, Download.com or Garageband.com)

This week's playlist: • Sloppy Drunk by Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, from Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women: Deluxe Edition (1994); available from Alligator Records or the iTunes Music Store. Visit UppityBluesWomen.com for more information. • Honey Bee by Papa Mali from Do Your Thing (2007); available from FogCityRecords.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit this page, sponsored by Fog City Records, and read this article at JamBands.com for more information about Papa Mali. • I'm Still Leaving You by Katie Webster, from Katie Webster - Deluxe Edition (1999); available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit Katie's bio page at the Alligator site for more information. • The Tune (the chords my daddy taught me) by Michael Charles, from BAR, Volume 5 (2008); available from BluesAndRootsPromotions.com. Michael's CD, I'm Nobody's Fool (2006), which also includes The Tune, is available from the store at Michael's site and CD Baby. Visit MichaelCharles.us and his MySpace page for more information. • Anytime You Want, Can't Let Go and How in the Devil, by Sean Costello, all from We Can Get Together (2008); available now from the U.S. iTMS. Release of the physical CD is set for Feb. 19th. Visit SeanCostello.com and this page at DeltaGrooveProductions.com for more information. • When Malindy Sings by Phantom Blues Band, from Footprints (2007); available direct from the band when you click the "CD" link at their site, and the iTMS. Visit PhantomBluesBand.com and this page at DeltaGrooveProductions.com for more information. • Good Day 4 Bad Whiskey by The Paul Wood Band, from Pirate Radio (2003), available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit Paul-Wood.com and Paul's Garageband page for more information. • Lower on Your List of Priorities by Roomful of Blues, from Raisin' a Ruckus (2008); available from the store at their site, Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit Roomful.com for more information. Mentioned during this show: what's a cannoli?; Mike's Pastry, Boston home of sublime cannoli; how people feel about Mike's Pastry; and the blues thread at MyMontanaReduxMyfreeforum.org; click here for more information about how you can obtain podcasts; click here to donate to the Bob Enos Memorial Fund. Excellent online resources for more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #112 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, the PROMONET program of the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, Download.com or Garageband.com)

It's another boogie blast edition of The Roadhouse. While some don't think of it right away, boogie blues are as integral to the genre as a lone man on his porch with an acoustic guitar. Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women, Pee Wee Crayton, James Solberg Band, George Smith, and Jimmy Yancy give you the perfect opportunity to scuffle the sawdust on The Roadhouse dance floor. The 131st Roadhouse Podcast will leave you with no reason to act anything but the fool.

It's another boogie blast edition of The Roadhouse. While some don't think of it right away, boogie blues are as integral to the genre as a lone man on his porch with an acoustic guitar. Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women, Pee Wee Crayton, James Solberg Band, George Smith, and Jimmy Yancy give you the perfect opportunity to scuffle the sawdust on The Roadhouse dance floor. The 131st Roadhouse Podcast will leave you with no reason to act anything but the fool.

This week's playlist: • Ride, Ride by Alexis P. Suter, from Shuga Fix (2005), available from CD Universe, EMusic.com, and the iTunes Music Store. Visit AlexisSuter.com for more information. • Sexual Chocolate by The Ken DeRouchie Band, from Unglued (2006). For more information, visit KDBand.net, their Garageband page, their page at American Idol Underground, or their MySpace page. • Sloppy Drunk by Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, from Deluxe Edition (1994), available from Alligator Records or the iTMS. Visit UppityBluesWomen.com for more information. • Lay Down This Love by Pat Coast, from Don't Touch My Guitar (2003), available from CD Baby.com. Visit PatCoastBand.comfor more information. • Don't Leave Me by The Chicago Thieves, a demo track from an album due to be recorded Summer 2007. Visit ChicagoThieves.co.uk for more information. • The Player by The Chicago Thieves, from The Player (2001), available by emailing Craig Giles at info@chichagothieves.co.uk. Visit ChicagoThieves.co.uk for more information. • Honey Bee by Papa Mali from Do Your Thing (2007), available from FogCityRecords.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit this page, sponsored by Fog City Records, and read this article at JamBands.com for more information about Papa Mali. • Not One Soul Told Me by Dale Jackson, which was downloaded from Dale's page at Garageband.com. • Border Town Blues by The Mannish Boys, from Big Plans (2007), available from DeltaGrooveProductions.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit TheMannishBoys.com for more information. • Low Down Dirty Shame by Mark Kerr from One Drink Away From The Blues (2005), available from CD Baby and the iTMS. For more information, visit MarkKerrLtd.com. Mentioned during this show: LevonHelm.com, ComedyCentral.com, the EelPieClub.com, AWorldofBlues.com, Mark Kerr's Blues Nation and KC OnlineRadio.com. Excellent online resources for more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. An essential read: Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #78 courtesy of the artists and either the Podsafe Music Network, the PROMONET program of the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, Download.com or Garageband.com)

We return the freewheelin' feel of The Roadhouse this week, with the Blues Music Awards shows behind us. Dave Hole, Hamilton Loomis, Anson Funderburgh, Roosevelt Sykes, and Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women are just some of the artists you'll love in this edition. It may be a tough genre to pin down, but you're sure to find each and every artist in the 118th Roadhouse Podcast deeply rooted in the blues - the finest blues you've never heard.

We return the freewheelin' feel of The Roadhouse this week, with the Blues Music Awards shows behind us. Dave Hole, Hamilton Loomis, Anson Funderburgh, Roosevelt Sykes, and Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women are just some of the artists you'll love in this edition. It may be a tough genre to pin down, but you're sure to find each and every artist in the 118th Roadhouse Podcast deeply rooted in the blues - the finest blues you've never heard.

This week's playlist: • Didn't Know She Was Married by Chumslick Nick and the Sharks. Visit ChumslickNick and the Sharks.com or their page at GarageBand.com for more information. • Who Do I Gotta Kill by Joe White, from Trials Along The Trail (2005), available as a download from Independent Artists Company.com. Visit JoeWhiteMusic.com and Joe's page at Garageband.com for more information. • Three Chords by Jimmie Bratcher, from Red (2005), available from his online store and the iTunes Music Store. Visit JimmieBratcher.com for more information. • Angeline by George Fletcher's Bourbon Renewal (formerly known as George Fletcher and the Handsome Men), from Ain't The Worst That You Could Find (2000), available from CD Baby; also available: Dangerous Things - Live (2005). Visit GeorgeFletcher.com for more information and to see George's extensive photo gallery. • Breakin' Out by Shemekia Copeland, from The Soul Truth (2005), available from Alligator Records or the iTMS. Visit ShemekiaCopeland.com for more information. • Meet Me in the Middle by Stingray, from Ghosts in the Attic, available for download from MartianMusic.com. Visit StingrayOnline.com for more information. • Going Back to Alabama by the Siegel-Schwall Band from Flash Forward (2005), available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit Corky Siegel's ChamberBlues.com for more information. • I Feel It Too by The Hipnotics, from Plannin' An Accident (2003), available on CD from TheHipnotics.net. • Gut Bucket 3 by James Brown, the one and only Godfather of Soul. This track is available from the Podsafe Music Network. There are 58 different James Brown albums available through the iTMS. Visit the GodfatherOfSoul.com for more information. • Highwayman by Tinsley Ellis from Live - Highwayman (2005) available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit TinsleyEllis.com for more information. • Superharp by James Cotton, from High Compression (1984), available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit JamesCottonSuperharp.com for more information. • Ain't Got No Home by Roscoe Chenier, from Waiting For My Tomorrow (2006), available from Black & Tan Records and the iTMS, Visit Roscoe's MySpace page for more information. • Drinking My Last Dime by Rusty Zinn, from The Chill (2000), available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit Rusty's page at Alligator.com for more information. • Don't You Tell Me by Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, from Old, New, Borrowed & Blue (1994), available from Alligator Records or the iTMS. Visit UppityBluesWomen.com • Jona Lee by Roomful of Blues, from Standing Room Only (2005), available from Alligator Records or the iTMS. Visit the Roomful.com or Roomful of Blues page at Alligator.com for more information. • Natural Man by Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, from Head's Up! (2002), available from Alligator Records or the iTMS. Visit Lil' Ed's page at the Alligator Records site for more information. • Woolly Mammoth by The Robert Farrell Band, from Sun House Fury - Part 1 (2003). To buy the CD, or for more information, visit Doubleslide.com. Mentioned during this show: Google Analytics. For more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #55 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, where I obtained many of these tracks)

It's a good time to be a blues fan. With 84 editions of The Roadhouse, satellite radio channels dedicated to the blues, and new blues podcasts coming online every month, you're likely to hear more blues in a week than in any time in the past 40 years. But this is the week that will make you crank up the iPod, crack open a brew and chair-dance to your heart's content. The Teague Stefan Band, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Doug MacLeod, Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, and Larry Garner will make you glad to be a blues fan. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 84th Roadhouse Podcast.

It's a good time to be a blues fan. With 84 editions of The Roadhouse, satellite radio channels dedicated to the blues, and new blues podcasts coming online every month, you're likely to hear more blues in a week than in any time in the past 40 years. But this is the week that will make you crank up the iPod, crack open a brew and chair-dance to your heart's content. The Teague Stefan Band, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Doug MacLeod, Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, and Larry Garner will make you glad to be a blues fan. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 84th Roadhouse Podcast.

This week's playlist: • Hell Of A Boy by The Lascivious Biddies, from their album Get Lucky (2004); available on CD from CD Baby and Amazon.com, or as downloads from the iTunes Music Store. The Biddies' site is here. • Jerking My Chains by Stefanie Seskin, who I found at the Podsafe Music Network. Her album, Edge of Reason (2005), is available from the iTMS and Amazon.com. For more information, visit her site and her MySpace page. Stefanie's tour schedule is here. • I Like Knowing You Miss Me by Circe Link, from More Songs! (2003), available from CD Baby, the iTMS and Amazon.com. Visit Circe's site for information about Moody Girl, her newly released album, or visit her MySpace page. • Don't You Tell Me by Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, from their CD Old, New, Borrowed & Blue (1994); available from the iTunes Music Store and on CD from Alligator Records or Amazon.com. • Someone To Talk To by Robin Banks, who I found at the PMN. Someone To Talk To is on the Hobo Jungle: Independent Blues Artists compilation CD from Silk City Records. • Blackheart Blues by Melissa Forbes, who I first found at Garageband.com. Her album No More Mondays (2005), is available from the iTMS and Amazon.com. Melissa's site is here and she has a MySpace page here. • No Good News by Janet Ryan and Straight Up! from Passion and Fire (2002), for sale at CD Baby, the iTMS and Amazon.com. I first found Janet and her band at Garageband.com. Their site is here. • Breakin' Out by Shemekia Copeland, from her 2005 album The Soul Truth, which you can purchase from Alligator Records, the iTMS or Amazon.com. Shemekia's site is here and her current tour itinerary is here. Mentioned on tonight's Murphy's Saloon: Adam Curry's Daily Source Code, and Smokin' Roy and his Traveling Juke Joint podcast. Keeping the blues flame burning bright on the Web: the Blues Foundation, the Delta Blues Museum, and the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, Uncensored History of the Blues. Check out No iPod Required for more information on how you can enjoy podcasts, including Murphy's Saloon, away from your computer. Thanks to the Smackieville Squire for the Murphy's logo and the Murphy's Saloon Disclaimer. Please note: If this is your first visit to Murphy's Saloon, and you want to hear more, you can skip the first 10-12 episodes with a completely clear conscience. Really. Trust me on this one. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #35 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, where I downloaded most of these tracks)

This week's music: • Take It Back by Jimmie Bratcher from his album Red; available from the iTunes Music Store. For more information and to buy his music on CD, Jimmy's site is here. • Chilly by The Tonemasters from the 2004 compilation album Red Hot Blues, put out by the United Jersey Blues Network and available from the iTunes Music Store. The album is available on CD from Silk City Records. • The High Road by Bettye Lavette from her Album I've Got My Own Hell To Raise, available from the iTunes Music Store. You can buy Bettye's music on CD at the Anti- label site. Bettye's own Web site is here. • Shoot Him Down by Jenny Beck from her album On The Outside; available on CD from jennybeck.co.uk. All songs from Jenny's previous releases are available from her site as individual downloads for £1 each. • Don't You Tell Me by Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women from their CD Old, New, Borrowed & Blue; available from the iTunes Music Store. Their music is available on CD from Alligator Records. • I'm Your Honeyboy by Reverend Raven and the Chain-Smoking Altar Boys, featuring Madison Slim, from their album Live At Blues On Grand; available from the iTunes Music Store. You can also buy their music on CD over at CD Baby. • Heartless by Michael Burks, from his album Make It Rain; available from the iTunes Music Store. You can also buy his CDs from Alligator Records. Also mentioned on tonight's show: the site No iPod Required - yes, you can listen to podcasts without the famous piece of hardware. You can even burn podcasts to CD for listening later. Two other great music podcasts I mention on tonight's show are Bad Dawg Radio and The Great American Music Hour. The Murphy's Saloon intro is from Just Got To Boogie by Matt Thorpe. (Music on this week's episode of Murphy's Saloon is courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network, the artists and the record labels cited above. Special thanks to Reverend Raven.)

The 54th Roadhouse Podcast is the number edition. Divide 2,340 by 52 weeks and you'll know the birthday I'm celebrating today. Michael Burks, Matt Schofield, Dan Treanor, Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women, and Holland K. Smith provide the music. Listener comments, a Mardi Gras Roadhouse Rewound, and an update on the HART Fund contributions provide the potables. It's an hour of the finest blues you've never heard, in the making since 1961 – the 54th Roadhouse Podcast.

The 54th Roadhouse Podcast is the number edition. Divide 2,340 by 52 weeks and you'll know the birthday I'm celebrating today. Michael Burks, Matt Schofield, Dan Treanor, Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women, and Holland K. Smith provide the music. Listener comments, a Mardi Gras Roadhouse Rewound, and an update on the HART Fund contributions provide the potables. It's an hour of the finest blues you've never heard, in the making since 1961 – the 54th Roadhouse Podcast.