Blues is the Truth

Blues is the Truth

By Ian McHughMusic
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Blues is the Truth episodes

  • Blues is the Truth 606
    It's a new month and there are some amazing new tracks in the show. There's a new Song Remains the Same and an amazing pair of tracks in the Title Track Tango, loads of great new music and some classics too.
    Featuring songs from Son House, Edgar Winter, Django Blackheart, The Nick Steed Band, Bobby Blue Bland, Ian Siegal, Ajay Sristav, The Guv'nors, Grieg Taylor, Larkin Poe, The Kokomo Kings, David Owen, The Bluesbones, Steven Troch, Big Mama Thornton, Paul Garner and more.... Hit play for two hours of amazing music!

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    2 hr
  • Blues is the Truth 605
    It's another show that's packed with brand new tunes in this weeks Blues is the Truth... We Start with a classic from Freddie King, and there are other anthems from Keb'Mo', Otis Grand, Buddy Whittington, Giles Robson and Junior Wells.

    The new tracks include numbers from the Boogie Beasts, Ann Peebles, Beaux Gris Gris, Son of Dave, Andres Roots, Danny Bryant, Steven Troch, Blue Touch, Mechanical Rooster, Dom Martin, Kaz Hawkins, Joe Strouzer, Django Blackheart and many more!

    Hit play for two hours of amazing music!

    You can join the Facebook group for the show at Facebook.com/groups/bluesisthetruth
    2 hr
  • Blues is the Truth 604
    This week's Blues is the Truth is another packed show, and there's a ton of new music for you to enjoy!

    We start with Jimmie Vaughan and then take tour through tunes from Mind Adair, The Black Crowes, Son of Dave, Al Corte, Kaz Hawkins, Paul Cox, Elvin Bishop, Robert Hokum, The Bluesbones, Greig Taylor, Whitney Shay, Bob Stroger, Phil Gates, Emma Wilson, Professor Louie and the Crowmatix, Elles Bailey and Bernie Marsden.

    It's start to finish awesome music and it's ready to stream now.

    You can join the Facebook group for the show at Facebook.com/groups/bluesisthetruth
    2 hr
  • Blues is the Truth 603
    This week starts with a great track from Duke Robillard, and features a great version of Hoodoo Man Blues from Errol Linton. Add in the Title track Tango that features Jonny Lang and Eugene Hideaway Bridges and the show is already great... But the rest of the show was given to the gods of random play...

    That means we have surprise track from the Rolling Stones, Doug MacLeod, The Starlite Campbell Band, Damon Fowler, Albert King, BB King, Johnny Burgin, John Mayall's Blues Breakers, Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion, Shemekia Copeland, Samantha Fish, Little Walter, The Boom Band, Otis Grand and many more.

    It's a great show so hit play and get listening!
    2 hr
  • Blues is the Truth 602
    Time for another Blues is the Truth, packed with some of the very best blues the world has to offer...

    We start with Muddy Waters and on our way to a collaboration between Robert Cray and Keb'Mo' we feature tracks from The British Bluescasting Corporation, Ry Cooder, Willie Dixon, Larry McCray, Eddie 9V, Buddy Guy, T Bone Walker, Ron Sayer Jr, Duke Robillard, Walter Trout, Kai Strauss and more.

    Hit play and enjoy!
    2 hr
  • Blues is the Truth 691
    I love to pack each weeks show with the very best blues I can find and this weeks is genuinely full to the brim...

    From Jimmie Vaughan with Omar Kent Dykes through to Quinn Devereaux there are so many amazing tracks to enjoy. Of course we pay tribute to the recently passed Don Craine of the Downliners Sect, part of the legendary birth of the British blues rock scene. Add to that some amazing tues from the likes of the Cinelli Brothers, Nick Andreas, Kathy Murray and the Kilowatts, Arsen Shomakov, Paul Cox, Emma Wilson, The British Bluescasting Corporation, Shout Sister Shout, Elles Bailey, Mike Zito, Jerry Portnoy and much more. It's a packed show that you DO NOT want to miss!
    2 hr
  • Blues is the Truth 600
    It's the 600th edition of Blues is the Truth, and it's packed with amazing music... just as you would expect!

    With tracks from Albert Collins, Elles Bailey, The City Boys All Stars, Freddie King, Koko Taylor, Mike Zito, John Mayall, Guy King, The Terraplanes Blues Band, The Cinelli Brothers, Charlie Musselwhite, Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, Songhoy Blues, Rick Dollar, Buddy Guy, Bernard Allison, and the Backwater Roll band with Jon Amor.

    It's a celebration of amazing music, and you should check it out now!
    2 hr
  • Blues is the Truth 599
    While the voting may have closed since the first broadcast the main focus on this weeks show is giving you the chance to hear as many of the nominees in the 2022 UK Blues Awards as possible, meaning tracks from Stevie Watts with Alice Armstrong, Dom Martin, When Rivers Meet, Elles Bailey, Kyla Brox, Giles Robson, Catfish, Will Wilde, King King, The Cinelli Brothers, Half Deaf Clatch, Mark Harrison, Martin Harley, Trevor Babajack Steeger, Toby Lee, King King, Connor Selby, Joe Anderton, Bernie Marsden and more, alongside the regular feature like The Song Remains The Same and Title Track Tango where we feature Brad Wilson, Jimmie Vaughan, Matt Schofield as well as including tracks from Katie Bradley and Muddy Waters.

    It's a show that can rightfully be called packed to the rafters... Enjoy!
    2 hr
  • Blues is the Truth 598
    From Santana to Joe Bonamassa there's a lot of quality music in this week's edition of Blues is the Truth. Of course we pay tribute to three giants of the community who recently passed away, Sam Lay, Jimmy Johnson and Syl Johnson. We introduce some fabulous new tunes from Emma Wilson, The Travelling Blue Kings, Love Light Orchestra, Mat Walklate and Alex Haynes, Kathy Murray and the Kilowatts, Hard Swimming Fish, Professor Louie and the Crowmatix and more. Then there are classics from Oscar Wilson, Jesse Davey, Ari Borger and Igor Prado, The Rolling Stones, Cream and much more... You really need to hit play and enjoy the best two hours of blues...
    2 hr
  • Blues is the Truth 597
    Starting a show with Stevie Ray Vaughan and ending it with Fleetwood Mac, things are obviously awesome in this week's show, so what do you put in between? Only the best part of two hours of the best blues and soul you're likely to hear. With new tracks from The Cinelli Brothers, Matt Walklate and Alex Haynes, Misty Blues, Andy Lindquist, The Cruzados, King of the World, Backwater Roll and more. Add is classics from Chris Corcoran, T-Bone Walker, Albert King, Samantha Fish, Marcus Bonfanti, Joe Louis Walker, John Lee Hooker, and Aynsley Lister its a packed show you do not want oy miss!
    2 hr

About Blues is the Truth

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Blues is the Truth is a weekly 2 hour radio show, featuring some of the very best new Blues Music alongside some classic tracks that define the genre. Presented for a decade by Ian McHugh, frontman and guitarist with the band Blues is Truth and compere of the Ealing Blues Festival main stage,