Celebrating Women in Blues
Cerys celebrates women in blues to coincide with National Album Day 2021. Female blues artists from around the world pick their favourite tracks.
Cerys celebrates women in blues to coincide with National Album Day 2021. We hear from a whole host of blues artists from around the world, who choose the songs by women that mean the most to them.
Music from towering figures such as Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, chosen by the likes of Elles Bailey, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Sunny War, and many more.
From cutting edge contemporary sounds to scratchy old vinyl from the past, whether it鈥檚 from Memphis, Mali, or Manchester, no stone is left unturned in the search for the best of the blues. With live guest sessions and interviews, alongside blues voices from the archives.
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Marie Knight, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sam Price Trio
Up Above My Head I Hear Music In The Air
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Mavis Staples
You Are Not Alone
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Elles Bailey, The Midnight Band
Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You
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Gwenifer Raymond
Bleeding Finger Blues
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Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie Jitis Blues
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Big Mama Thornton
Hound Dog
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Joanne Shaw Taylor
Stop Messin' Around
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Aretha Franklin
Gentle on My Mind
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Ann Peebles
I Can't Stand the Rain
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Joanne Connor
I Feel So Good
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Sister Marie Knight with Sam Price
Trouble In My Mind
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Bonnie Raitt
Love Me Like a Man
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Algia Mae Hinton, Taj Mahal
I Ain't the One You Love
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Elizabeth Cotten
Freight Train
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Sunny War
Love Became Pain
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Erja Lyytinen
Dust My Broom (Live)
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Koko Taylor
I'm A Woman
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- Mon 18 Oct 2021 21:0091热爆 Radio 2