Blues Foundation's 33rd International Blues Challenge on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm

402ab70e 09d9 4db1 8136 924bab4c96c6This week on BSC we bring highlights from the finals of the Blues Foundation’s 2017 International Blues Challenge. For 33 years, Beale Street has opened it’s hallowed music halls and barrooms for one special week to hundreds of aspiring artists from around the globe. For many it’s a shot at living the dream, for others it’s the experience of coming to Memphis and playing the rooms and street corners that their heroes played. Listen in as we interview participants and air highlight performances from the finals.

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January 13, 2021

Dale Watson on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm

This week on Beale Street Caravan we have country bad boy Dale Watson. Watson is fresh off the release of February’s “Call Me Lucky,” an album he cut for Red House Records. Rolling Stone commended album cut “The Dumb Song,” an ode to all the dumb things we shouldn’t do. Listen to Watson at his…
January 05, 2021

Beale Street Caravan Stays in the Holiday Spirit – Wednesday at 11pm

This week on BSC we’ll be keeping with the holiday spirit as we have Susan Marshall and Friends back with us with a setlist full of holiday classics. Done Memphis style, of course. Beale Street Caravan can be heard Wednesday nights at 11 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91 / streaming @ norcalpublicmedia.org /…
December 30, 2020

Hear Music from Sons of Mudboy on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm

This week we feature the mysterious, inscrutable, ever-changing Sons of Mudboy. Also joining us will be BSC contributor, Jim Spake, exploring the legendary sidemen from the early years of rock and roll that played rock’s original lead instrument in a series called "Crazy About a Saxophone." Beale…
December 23, 2020

Low Cut Connie on Beale Street Caravan – Wednesday at 11pm

This week on Beale Street Caravan we feature rock ‘n’ rollers, Low Cut Connie. Led by frontman Adam Weiner, the band has released two studio efforts since their last appearance on the program: Dirty Pictures Part 1 and Dirty Pictures Part 2. Last year, NPR dubbed them, “The Essence of Rock and…

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