Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Radio 2's Blues Playlist

Diving deep into the blues from new to old from the Mississippi delta to the Malian desert.

57 minutes

Last on

Mon 23 Apr 201802:03
BBC Radio 2

More episodes

Previous

Radio 2 Playlist: Easy

Next

Radio 2 Playlist: Pop Ballads

See all episodes from Radio 2 Playlists

Music Played

  • Future Shape Of Sound

    Joy

    • Shakedown Gospel.
    • Gypsy Hotel Records.

  • Sister Lillie Mae Littlejohn

    Go Devil Go

    • Gospel Got Soul.
    • My Kind Of Music.

  • Rhiannon Giddens

    Underneath The Harlem Moon

    • Factory Girl.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Blu Acid

    Harlem Nocturne

    • Harlem Nocturne (Single).
    • Black & Tan.

  • Jake La Botz

    Getting Closer

    • All Soul And No Money.
    • Joseph Street.

  • Blind Blake

    Skeedle Loo Doo Blues

    • The Master Of Ragtime Guitar.
    • Indigo.

  • Ola Belle Reed

    Ola Belle Blues

    • Smithsonian Folkways.

  • Hillstomp

    John Henry

    • One Word.
    • Fuzzmonster.

  • Mississippi John Hurt

    Frankie

    • American Epic.
    • Legacy.

  • The Staple Singers

    Wade in the Water

    • Freedom Highway.
    • Legacy.

  • John Forté

    Give Me Water (feat. Valerie June)

    • The Water Suite EP.
    • Le Castle.

  • Ma Polaine's Great Decline

    Crazy

    • The Outsider.
    • OMH.

  • Little Walter

    Crazy, Mixed-Up World

    • Complete Checker Singles As & Bs (1952-1960).
    • Acrobat.

  • Eliza Jaye

    Marmalade

    • The Seed.
    • Sotones.

  • Walter “Wolfman” Washington

    Even Now (feat. Irma Thomas)

    • My future Is My Past.
    • Anti-.

  • Eric Bibb

    Guru Man Blues

    • Natural Light.
    • EarthBeat!.

Broadcast

  • Mon 23 Apr 201802:03
    BBC Radio 2