Crossroads Blues Radio E508 "Some Blues Novelties" (11/09/2026)

Podcast de l'episodi de l'11 de Setembre de 2026. "Some Blues Novelties", una selecció de deu novetats del Blues, dels seus diferents estils i deribats. Un total de vint cançons presentant els nous àlbums dels següents artistes a la playlist: Keith Dunn & Klaas Wendling, Anni Piper, Vargas Blues Band, Giles Robson, Camilla Lindstrøm Blues Band, Tas Cru, Albert Castiglia, Janiva Magness, Keb' Mo' i Danielle Nicole. (Primer podcast de la nova temporada 2026-2027).

Podcast del episodio del 11 de Septiembre de 2026. "Some Blues Novelties", una selección de diez novedades del Blues, de sus diferentes estilos y deribados. Un total de veinte canciones presentando los nuevos álbumes de los siguientes artistas en la playlist: Keith Dunn & Klaas Wendling, Anni Piper, Vargas Blues Band, Giles Robson, Camilla Lindstrøm Blues Band, Tas Cru, Albert Castiglia, Janiva Magness, Keb' Mo' y Danielle Nicole. (Primer podcast de la nueva temporada 2026-2027).

Podcast of the September 11, 2026 episode. "Some Blues Novelties," a selection of ten new blues releases, spanning various styles and offshoots. A total of twenty songs showcasing new albums from the following artists on the playlist: Anni Piper, Vargas Blues Band, Giles Robson, Camilla Lindstrøm Blues Band, Tas Cru, Albert Castiglia, Janiva Magness, Keb' Mo' and Danielle Nicole. (First podcast of the new 2026-2027 season).

1 Keith Dunn & Klaas Wendling

Album: Love To See You Dance 

Songs: 1) Deep In My Heart For You 2) Rollin' And Tumblin' 

2 Anni Piper

 Album: Men Are Like Potato Chips

 Songs: 1) Angel From Montgomery 2) Naughty Nurse

3 Vargas Blues Band

 Album: Barrio Blues

 Songs: 1) Ciudad con Rio 2) Lluvia en mis Ojos

4 Giles Robson

 Album: 1) Nine Blues Originals

 Songs: 1) Your Dirty Look & Your Sneaky Grin 2) Miss Heaven & Go To Hell

5 Camilla Lindstrøm Blues Band

Album: Camilla Lindstrøm Blues Band

Songs: 1) Love Me Like A Man 2) Never Met A Man Like You

6 Tas Cru

 Album: Might Give Out... But I Won't Give In

 Songs: 1) Lucky At Love 2) Tulsa Tornado

7 Albert Castiglia

 Album: Grits & Glory

 Songs: 1) The Milk Is Still Good 2) Yer Blues

8 Janiva Magness

 Album: Truth In The Room ''The Clearmountain Sessions''

 Songs: 1) Make It Rain 2) Slipped, Tripped And Fell In Love

9 Keb' Mo'

 Album: The Breakdown

 Songs: 1) Fussing And Fighting 2) They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To

10 Danielle Nicole

 Album: Fireflies

 Songs: 1) Take Me Back 2) Soulside

Crossroads Blues Radio E507-C LUTHER ALLISON

LUTHER ALLISON

Luther Sylvester Allison (August 17, 1939 - August 12, 1997) was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Widener, Arkansas, although some accounts suggest his actual place of birth was Mayflower, Arkansas. Allison was interested in music as a child and during the late 1940s he toured in a family gospel group called The Southern Travellers. He moved with his family to Chicago in 1951 and attended Farragut High School where he was classmates with Muddy Waters' son.

He taught himself guitar and began listening to blues extensively. Three years later he dropped out of school and began hanging around outside blues nightclubs with the hopes of being invited to perform. Allison played with the bands of Howlin' Wolf and Freddie King, taking over King's band when King toured nationally. He worked with Jimmy Dawkins, Magic Sam and Otis Rush, and also backed James Cotton. Chicago Reader has called him "the Jimi Hendrix of blues guitar".

Luther Sylvester Allison was born on August 18, 1939, in Widener, Arkansas, the fourteenth of 15 children. His family moved to Chicago when he was 12, in search of better opportunities. Several of Allison's siblings sang in a gospel group called the Southern Travellers. One of his older brothers, Ollie, soon began working as a guitarist on Chicago's booming South Side blues scene. Seeking to emulate his brother, Luther took up the guitar himself. By the middle of his teens, Allison was good enough to sit in with his brother's band on club dates.

From 1954, Allison jammed with his brother's band, the Ollie Lee Allison Band. By 1957, he had formed a band with Ollie and another brother, Grant Allison, initially called The Rolling Stones, later changed to The Four Jivers, and they performed at clubs in Chicago.

Allison's big break came in 1957, when Howlin' Wolf invited him to the stage. The same year he worked briefly with Jimmy Dawkins, playing in local clubs. Freddie King took Allison under his wing, and after King got a record deal, Allison took over his gig in the house band of a club on Chicago's West Side. He worked the club circuit in the late 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, Allison moved to California for a year where he worked with Shakey Jake Harris and Sunnyland Slim.

He recorded his first single in 1965. He signed a recording contract with Delmark Records in 1967 and released his debut album, Love Me Mama, the following year. He performed a well-received set at the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival and as a result was asked to perform there in each of the next three years. He toured nationwide. In 1972, he signed with Motown Records, becoming one of the label's very few blues artists. In the mid-1970s he toured Europe. He moved to France in 1977.

Allison was known for his powerful concert performances, lengthy soulful guitar solos and crowd walking with his Gibson Les Paul. He lived briefly during this period in Peoria, Illinois, where he signed with Rumble Records, releasing two live recordings, Gonna Be a Live One in Here Tonight!, produced by Bill Knight, and Power Wire Blues, produced by George Faber and Jeffrey P. Hess. Allison played the bar circuit in the United States during this period and spent eight months of the year in Europe at high-profile venues, including the Montreux Jazz Festival. In 1992, he performed with the French rock and roll star Johnny Hallyday in 18 shows in Paris, also playing during the intermission.

Allison's manager and European agent, Thomas Ruf, founded Ruf Records in 1994. Signing with Ruf Records, Allison launched a comeback in association with Alligator Records. Alligator founder Bruce Iglauer convinced Allison to return to the United States. The album Soul Fixin' Man was recorded and released in 1994, and Allison toured the United States and Canada. He won four W. C. Handy Awards in 1994. With the James Solberg Band backing him, nonstop touring and the release of Blue Streak (featuring the song "Cherry Red Wine"), Allison earned more Handy Awards and gained wider recognition. He won several Living Blues Awards and was featured on the covers of blues publications. 

During his tour in the summer of 1997, Allison checked into a hospital on July 10, 1997 for dizziness and loss of coordination. It was discovered that he had a tumor on his lung that had metastasized to his brain. He began radiation therapy on July 16, which lasted until August 1. In and out of a coma, Allison died on August 12, 1997, five days before his 58th birthday, in Madison, Wisconsin. His final album, Reckless, had was released just five months prior.

BAD NEWS IS COMING (full album)

His son Bernard Allison, at one time a member of his band, is now a solo recording artist. Bernard, the youngest of nine siblings, was exposed to all kinds of music by his father. The younger Allison made his first venture into the music business at age 13, when he performed on a live album with his father.

Allison was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2000, the Chicago Sun-Times called him "the Bruce Springsteen of the blues". He was a strong influence on many young blues guitarists, such as Chris Beard and Reggie Sears.

Allison is buried at Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery in Homewood, Illinois.

LUTHER'S BLUES (full album)

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Crossroads Blues Radio E507-B JAMES COTTON

James Henry Cotton (July 1, 1935 - March 16, 2017) was an American blues harmonica player, singer/songwriter, who performed and recorded with many fellow blues artists, including Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters and with his own band, the James Cotton Blues Band.

He made his first recordings in Memphis for Sun Records, under the direction of Sam Phillips. In 1955, he was recruited by Muddy Waters to come to Chicago and join his band. Cotton became Muddy's bandleader and stayed with the group until 1965. In 1965, he formed the Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet, with Otis Spann on piano, to record between gigs with the Muddy Waters band. He eventually left to form his own full-time touring group. His first full album, on Verve Records, was produced by the guitarist Mike Bloomfield and the singer and songwriter Nick Gravenites, who later were members of the band Electric Flag.

In the 1970s, Cotton played harmonica on Muddy Waters' Grammy Award–winning 1977 album Hard Again, produced by Johnny Winter.

Slow Blues (Angel Of Mercy/Blues in My Sleep)

Cotton was born in Tunica, Mississippi, his parents Hattie and Moses, were sharecroppers and died when he was nine years-old. He became interested in music when he first heard Sonny Boy Williamson II on the radio. He left home with his uncle and moved to West Helena, Arkansas, finding Williamson there. For many years Cotton claimed that he told Williamson that he was an orphan and that Williamson took him in and raised him, a story he admitted in recent years is not true. However, Williamson did mentor Cotton during his early years. Williamson left the South to live with his estranged wife in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, leaving his band in Cotton's hands. Cotton was quoted as saying, "He just gave it to me. But I couldn't hold it together 'cause I was too young and crazy in those days an' everybody in the band was grown men, so much older than me."

Cotton played drums early in his career but is famous for his harmonica playing. He began his professional career playing the blues harp in Howlin' Wolf's band in the early 1950s. He made his first recordings as a solo artist for Sun Records in Memphis in 1953. In 1954, he recorded an electric blues single "Cotton Crop Blues", which featured a heavily distorted power chord–driven electric guitar solo by Pat Hare. Cotton began working with the Muddy Waters Band around 1955. He performed songs such as "Got My Mojo Working" and "She's Nineteen Years Old", although he did not play on the original recordings; Little Walter, Waters's long-time harmonica player, played for most of Waters's recording sessions in the 1950s. Cotton's first recording session with Waters took place in June 1957, and he alternated with Little Walter on Waters's recording sessions until the end of the decade.

In 1965 he formed the Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet, with Otis Spann on piano, to record between gigs with Waters's band. Their performances were captured by producer Samuel Charters on volume two of the Vanguard recording Chicago/The Blues/Today! After leaving Waters's band in 1966, Cotton toured with Janis Joplin while pursuing a solo career. He formed the James Cotton Blues Band in 1967. The band mainly performed its own arrangements of popular blues and R&B from the 1950s and 1960s. Cotton's band included a horn section, like that of Bobby Bland's. After Bland's death, his son told news media that Bland had recently discovered that Cotton was his half-brother.

Easy Lovin'

In the 1970s, Cotton recorded several albums for Buddah Records, including 100% Cotton with Matt "Guitar" Murphy, one of Cotton's best known albums. He played harmonica on Muddy Waters's Grammy Award–winning 1977 album Hard Again, produced by Johnny Winter. In the 1980s he recorded for Alligator Records in Chicago; he rejoined the Alligator roster in 2010. The James Cotton Blues Band received a Grammy nomination in 1984 for Live from Chicago: Mr. Superharp Himself!, on Alligator, and a second for his 1987 album Take Me Back, on Blind Pig Records.

He was awarded a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album for Deep in the Blues in 1996, produced by John Snyder. He was also nominated for his albums Living The Blues (1995),Superharps (2001), Baby, Don't You Tear My Clothes (2005), Giant (2010).

Cotton appeared on the cover of the July–August 1987 issue of Living Blues magazine (number 76). He was featured in the same publication's 40th anniversary issue of August–September 2010.

In 2006, Cotton was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame at a ceremony conducted by the Blues Foundation in Memphis. He has won or shared ten Blues Music Awards.

Cotton battled throat cancer in the mid-1990s, but he continued to tour, using singers or members of his backing band as vocalists. On March 10, 2008, he and Ben Harper performed at the induction of Little Walter into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, playing "Juke" and "My Babe" together; the induction ceremony was broadcast nationwide on VH1 Classic. On August 30, 2010, Cotton was the special guest on Larry Monroe's farewell broadcast of Blue Monday, which he had hosted on radio station KUT in Austin, Texas, for nearly 30 years.

Depp In The Blues (full album)

Cotton's studio album Giant, released by Alligator Records in late September 2010, was nominated for a Grammy Award. His album Cotton Mouth Man, released by Alligator on May 7, 2013, was also a Grammy nominee. It includes guest appearances by Gregg Allman, Joe Bonamassa, Ruthie Foster, Delbert McClinton, Warren Haynes, Keb Mo, Chuck Leavell and Colin Linden. Cotton played harmonica on "Matches Don't Burn Memories" on the debut album by the Dr. Izzy Band, Blind & Blues Bound, released in June 2013. In 2014, Cotton won a Blues Music Award for Traditional Male Blues Artist and was also nominated in the category Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica.

Cotton's touring band included the guitarist and vocalist Tom Holland, the vocalist Darrell Nulisch, the bassist Noel Neal (brother of the blues guitarist and harmonica player Kenny Neal) and the drummer Jerry Porter.

Cotton died of pneumonia on March 16, 2017, at the age of 81, at a medical center in Austin, Texas, and was buried on July 11, 2017, in Texas State Cemetery in Austin.

100% Cotton (full album)

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Artículo de "La Taberna del Blues" 

James Cotton - El largo camino de Mr. Superharp

Crossroads Blues Radio E507 "Summer Blues" N4 (24/07/2026)

CUART EPISODI ESPECIAL "SUMMER BLUES". Dues hores de només música, sense interrupcions. Una selecció, de 28 artistes i 28 cançons, amb novetats presentades durant la primera part d'aquesta temporada. Llistat de músics a la PLAYLIST: Dr. Helander & Third Ward; Jay Lang; Maness Brothers; Debra Power; Eric Bibb; Laura Chavez; Tinsley Ellis; TaínBlues; Jeff Espinoza & Chuck Cutter; Slim Jim Blues; Altered Five Blues Band; Garret T. Willie; Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials; Thomas Heppell; Mateo Ortega; Selwyn Birchwood; The Bluetonics; Stefan Hillesheim Band; Amani Burnham; Blues Against The Machine; Jodi Stapler; Mike Zito; Lagunak Sessions; Stevie B Band; Gina Coleman; JP Soars & Anne Harris, Tori Sparks i Joe Bonamassa. 

CUARTO EPISODIO ESPECIAL "SUMMER BLUES". Dos horas de sólo música, sin interrupciones, con una selección, de 28 artistas y 28 canciones, de novedades que fueron presentadas durante esta temporada. Listado de músicos en la PLAYLIST: Dr. Helander & Third Ward; Jay Lang; Maness Brothers; Debra Power; Eric Bibb; Laura Chavez; Tinsley Ellis; TaínBlues; Jeff Espinoza & Chuck Cutter; Slim Jim Blues; Altered Five Blues Band; Garret T. Willie; Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials; Thomas Heppell; Mateo Ortega; Selwyn Birchwood; The Bluetonics; Stefan Hillesheim Band; Amani Burnham; Blues Against The Machine; Jodi Stapler; Mike Zito; Lagunak Sessions; Stevie B Band; Gina Coleman; JP Soars & Anne Harris, Tori Sparks y Joe Bonamassa. 

FOURTH SPECIAL EPISODE "SUMMER BLUES". Two hours of uninterrupted music, featuring a selection of 28 artists and 28 songs, all new releases that were presented during this season. List of musicians on the PLAYLIST: Dr. Helander & Third Ward; Jay Lang; Maness Brothers; Debra Power; Eric Bibb; Laura Chavez; Tinsley Ellis; TaínBlues; Jeff Espinoza & Chuck Cutter; Slim Jim Blues; Altered Five Blues Band; Garret T. Willie; Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials; Thomas Heppell; Mateo Ortega; Selwyn Birchwood; The Bluetonics; Stefan Hillesheim Band; Amani Burnham; Blues Against The Machine; Jodi Stapler; Mike Zito; Lagunak Sessions; Stevie B Band; Gina Coleman; JP Soars & Anne Harris, Tori Sparks and Joe Bonamassa.

EPISODE PLAYLIST

"SUMMER BLUES N4

00' 00'' Radio Program Tune

00':49'' Dr. Helander & Third Ward - Congratulations

05' 47'' Jay Lang - Squeeze Your Lemon

09' 46'' Maness Brothers - Life

14' 09'' Debra Power - I Got A Secret

18' 23'' Eric Bibb - Crossroads Marilyn Monroe

22' 12'' Laura Chavez - Napa Street (Instrm)

26' 35'' Radio Program Spot

27' 11'' Tinsley Ellis - Hoodoo Woman

30' 19'' TaínBlues - Champagne & Reefer

33' 03'' Jeff Espinoza & Chuck Cutter - Journey

37' 49'' Slim Jim Blues - Smokestack Lightning

42' 21'' Altered Five Blues Band - Dare Me To Do It

47' 42'' Garret T. Willie - High Beam Blues

51' 34'' Radio Program Spot

52' 11'' Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials - Cold Side Of The Bed

56' 46'' Thomas Heppell - Dust My Broom

59' 43'' Mateo Ortega - The Devil Walkin´ by My Side

1h 03' 15'' Selwyn Birchwood - What I've Been Accused Of

1h 07' 48'' The Bluetonics - You Gotta Move

1h 11' 55'' Stefan Hillesheim Band - It Hurts Me Too

1h 15' 33'' Radio Program Spot

1h 16' 11'' Amani Burnham - The Last Thing I Remember

1h 20' 55'' Blues Against The Machine - Blues Against The Machine

1h 24' 13'' Jodi Stapler - Blood Don't Buy A Soul

1h 27' 19'' Mike Zito - The Blues Lover

1h 35' 36'' Lagunak Sessions - Two Dollar Bill (Greg Izor - MA Lonesome)

1h 38' 15'' Stevie B Band - Don't Start Me Talkin'

1h 41' 44'' Radio Program Spot

1h 42' 22'' Gina Coleman - Worries Mama Blues

1h 46' 15'' JP Soars & Anne Harris - Jessie Mae

1h 50' 27'' Tori Sparks - Do or Die Now

1h 53' 05'' Joe Bonamassa - I Wonder Who

PODCASTS

Crossroads Blues Radio E506 "Summer Blues" N3 (17/07/2026)

PODCAST DEL TERCER EPISODI ESPECIAL "SUMMER BLUES". Dues hores de només música, sense interrupcions. Una selecció, de 27 artistes i 27 cançons, amb novetats presentades durant la primera part d'aquesta temporada. Llistat de músics a la PLAYLIST: Tony O Blues; Nikki Jones Band; Ana Dukke; Mick Clarke; Tio Manuel; Sarah Barlow; Charles Tiner; Joe Bonamassa; Johnny BigStone & Sweet Marta; Blues Corner; Duke Robillard; Spencer Mackenzie; Neal Black & The Healers; Mike Finnigan; Chino Swingslide; Jack’s Waterfall; Robben Ford; Peter Karp; Stacy Mitchhart; Travellin' Brothers Big Band; The Cinelli Brothers; Kenny Wayne Shepherd; Ghalia Volt; Noa & The Hell Drinkers; Lena & The Slide Brothers, Lagunak Sessions i Samantha Fish. 

PODCAST DEL TERCER EPISODIO ESPECIAL "SUMMER BLUES". Dos horas de sólo música, sin interrupciones. Una selección, de 27 artistas y 27 canciones, con novedades que fueron presentadas durante la primera parte de esta temporada. Listado de músicos en la PLAYLIST: Tony O Blues; Nikki Jones Band; Ana Dukke; Mick Clarke; Tio Manuel; Sarah Barlow; Charles Tiner; Joe Bonamassa; Johnny BigStone & Sweet Marta; Blues Corner; Duke Robillard; Spencer Mackenzie; Neal Black & The Healers; Mike Finnigan; Chino Swingslide; Jack’s Waterfall; Robben Ford; Peter Karp; Stacy Mitchhart; Travellin' Brothers Big Band; The Cinelli Brothers; Kenny Wayne Shepherd; Ghalia Volt; Noa & The Hell Drinkers; Lena & The Slide Brothers, Lagunak Sessions y Samantha Fish. 

PODCAST OF THIRD SPECIAL EPISODE "SUMMER BLUES". Two hours of music only, without interruptions. A selection of 27 artists and 27 songs, including new releases that were presented during the first part of this season. List of musicians on the PLAYLIST: Tony O Blues; Nikki Jones Band; Ana Dukke; Mick Clarke; Tio Manuel; Sarah Barlow; Charles Tiner; Joe Bonamassa; Johnny BigStone & Sweet Marta; Blues Corner; Duke Robillard; Spencer Mackenzie; Neal Black & The Healers; Mike Finnigan; Chino Swingslide; Jack’s Waterfall; Robben Ford; Peter Karp; Stacy Mitchhart; Travellin' Brothers Big Band; The Cinelli Brothers; Kenny Wayne Shepherd; Ghalia Volt; Noa & The Hell Drinkers; Lena & The Slide Brothers, Lagunak Sessions and Samantha Fish.

EPISODE PLAYLIST

"SUMMER BLUES" N3

00' 00'' Radio Program Tune

00' 50'' Tony O Blues - Rich Man's Woman

05' 30'' Nikki Jones Band - Woman Across the River

10' 57'' Ana Dukke - That Ain't Gonna Work

13' 47'' Mick Clarke - Kansas City

17' 40'' Tio Manuel - Louisiana Blues

21' 56'' Sarah Barlow - Diamond In The Rough

#25' 37'' Radio Program Spot

#26' 15'' Charles Tiner - Blue Moon

#32' 11'' Joe Bonamassa - Let The Good Times Roll

(Feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Noah Hunt)

#37' 07'' Johnny BigStone & Sweet Marta - Save Me Some

#40' 16'' Blues Corner - The Blues Is About Giving All What We Are

#44' 14'' Duke Robillard & His All Star Band - Stand By Me

#47' 55'' Spencer Mackenzie - Evil

#51' 51'' Radio Program Spot

#52' 28'' Neal Black & The Healers - That Money

#56' 40'' Mike Finnigan - 20 Years Of B.B. King (Feat Joe Bonamassa)

#1h 02' 39'' Chino Swingslide - Speak Your Mind

#1h 05' 15'' Jack’s Waterfall - The Best Is Yet To Come

#1h 09' 23'' Robben Ford - Make My Own Weather

#1h 13' 45'' Peter Karp - Without You (Feat. John Ginty & Mark Johnson)

#1h 19' 08'' Radio Program Spot

#1h 19' 45'' Stacy Mitchhart - Bad As You

#1h 23' 51'' Travellin' Brothers Big Band - Adelene (Feat. Noa Eguiguren)

#1h 26' 56'' The Cinelli Brothers - Spell On Me

#1h 30' 10'' Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Deja Voodoo

#1h 36' 36'' Ghalia Volt - Burn The House Down

#1h 40' 52'' Noa & The Hell Drinkers - Broken Fingers

#1h 45' 58'' Radio Program Spot

#1h 46' 35'' Lena & The Slide Brothers - No Time To Waste

#1h 50' 45'' Lagunak Sessions - Preacher's Daughter (Sweet Marta - Greg Izor)

#1h 56' 05'' Samantha Fish - Better Be Lonely

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