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Radio 2's Blues Playlist

In this week's blues playlist we feature travelling songs from Etta Baker, Howlin' Wolf, Missississippi Fred McDowell, a couple of blues tunes by Tom Waits, vintage Van Morrison, a classic desert blues collaboration between US guitarist Ry Cooder and Malian great Ali Farka Toure and much more.

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Mon 9 Oct 201702:03
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Etta Baker

    Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad

  • Howlin’ Wolf

    Mr. Highway Man

  • Ella Mae Morse

    A Little Further Down the Road Apiece

  • Mississippi Fred McDowell

    Highway 61

  • Martin Simpson

    East Kentucky

  • Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder

    Lasidan

  • Tom Waits

    Talking At The Same Time

  • S. J. Hawkins

    Heart Attack and Vine

  • Victoria Spivey

    T.B Blues

  • Van Morrison

    T.B. Sheets

  • Kaia Kater

    Saint Elizabeth

  • Rev Seckou

    In Times Like These

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Oct 201702:03
    BBC Radio 2