Blues Break
Saturday 7:00am - 8:00am
Hosted by the late Michael Bourne
Michael draws from his encyclopedic musical knowledge to assemble a vast collection of artists from every corner of the blues world. Presented from WBGO's Archives.
Show Archive
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Latest Episodes
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Some of the best and brightest women of jazz grew up in British Columbia: Renee Rosnes, Ingrid and Christine Jensen, Diana Krall — and trumpeter-singer… -
Bobby Rush is one of the last of the blues titans, especially from the Chicago scene of Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Jimmy Reed and Buddy Guy. (Buddy is… -
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is the brightest young artist erupting on the Blues scene today. He’s from Clarksdale, Miss., ground zero of the Delta blues.… -
Southside Johnny — singer and harmonicat, "the Godfather of the Jersey Sound," a sidekick of Bruce Springsteen, an inspiration for Jon Bon Jovi — is… -
Doug MacLeod is a definitive troubadour. He travels. He sings. He tells the stories of the songs. And he's a terrific guitar player.Albert King, Albert… -
Lonesome Blues is a play about blues legend Blind Lemon Jefferson, one of the best-known and best-selling blues artists of the 1920’s. His emotional… -
Selwyn Birchwood's new album, Pick Your Poison, is a soulful collection of genre-bending blues and roots. Birchwood, a guitarist and vocalist, recently… -
Coco Montoya's latest album, Hard Truth, covers a variety of emotions. From songs about gambling and drinking to warnings about how "The Devil Don't… -
Rob Paparozzi is a virtuoso of the harmonica, and played a box full of harps — different sizes, different keys — when he came to WBGO for a talk on… -
Marcia Ball is an old friend to WBGO's Performance Studio and Steinway B. When she plays solo, she fills the room with her busy left hand and raspy…
