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Bobby Charles, Valerie June and David Bowie!

Cerys' weekly round up of the blues you need to hear, from all around the world and in all shapes and sizes! Valerie June tells us about her new single Rollin' and Tumblin'.

Cerys' weekly round up of the blues you need to hear, from all around the world and in all shapes and sizes!

This week Valerie June tells us about her new single Rollin' and Tumblin'. Guitarist Carlos Alomar explains how David Bowie used blues in the process of recording the track Fame, plus music from Bobby Charles, The James Hunter Six, and Beth Ditto with Jools Holland.

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57 minutes

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Mon 24 Nov 202521:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Imarhan

    Tellalt

    • Wedge.

  • The James Hunter Six & Van Morrison

    Ain't That A Trip

    • Ain't That A Trip.
    • Easy Eye Sound.
    • 1.

  • Maria Muldaur

    Dreaming of You

    • One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey.
    • Nola Blue Records.
    • 4.

  • Bobby Charles

    Homesick Blues

    • Proper Records Ltd,The.

  • David Bowie

    Fame

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.

  • Aquakultre

    Gallows

    • Gallows.
    • Next Door Records.
    • 1.

  • Damien Jurado

    On The Land Blues

    • Tumbledown (Original Soundtrack Album).
    • Masterworks.
    • 5.

  • Valerie June

    Rollin' and Tumblin'

    • Rollin' and Tumblin'.
    • Concord Records.
    • 1.

  • Little Walter

    My Babe

    • Stray Dog Blues.
    • Rev-Ola.
    • 2.

  • Beth Ditto & Jools Holland

    It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (Later...with Jools)

  • D.K. Harrell

    Talkin' Heavy (Radio 2 Session, 17 November 2025)

  • Charlie Musselwhite

    Hip Shakin' Mama

    • Charlie Musselwhite under exclusive license to Forty Below Records.

  • Slash & Gary Clark Jr.

    Crossroads

    • Orgy of the Damned.
    • Gibson Records.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Mon 24 Nov 202521:00
    BBC Radio 2