This week on Traveling Blues - New recordings from Sonny Landreth, Joe Louis Walker, and Steve Earle. Introducing Canadian guitarist/singer Samantha Martin. Booker T Jones is in Israel for one show. Remembering Long John Hunter who joined the heavenly choir this week. Celebrating the Blues birthdays of Tampa Red, Rick Taylor, Champagne Charlie, and Johnny Mayer.

Happy New Year everybody!

first hour:

01. DL Duncan - Your Own Best Friend

02. DL Duncan - I Know A Good Thing

03. Sonny Landreth - Bound By the Blues

04. Steve Earle - King of the Blues

05. Brad Wilson - Step by Step

06. Brad Wilson - Let's Go Barefootin' It

07. Cashbox Kings - Gotta Move Out to the Suburbs

08. Tommy Castro - Two Hearts

09. Shmekia Copeland - Outskirts of Love

10. Betty Fox - Slow Burn

11. Samatha Fish - Turn it Up

12. Ina Forsman - Hangin' Loose

13. Heather Crosse - Walkin' in Their Shoes

second hour:

14. BB King - When it All Comes Down

15. Noam Dayan - Little PLace Called Pi

16. Full Trunk - Mufletta Blues

17. Lazer Lloyd - Morrocan Woman

18. Buddy Guy - Cryingf Out of One Eye

19. Big Dave McLean - I Best Choose to Pick the Blues

20. BIlly Gibbons - Treat Her Right

21 Gregg Allman - Statesboro Blues

22. Eric Clapton - Key to the Highway

23. Joe Bonamassa - I Gave Up Everything for You Except the Blues

This week on Traveling Blues - Ina Forsman's new album is featured on the show. Joe Louiis Walker and Lurrie Bell are coming to Israel, and I give you a taste of their music. We celebrate the birthdays of Joe Louis Walker, Shawn Starski, Jorma Kaukonen, Cousin Joe, Kirk Fletcher, Frank Zappa, and Daphna Levy.

Traveling Blues-IDC International Radio, Dec. 16, 2015 (ep.230) by Eli Dr. Blues Marcus

Celebrating Hanuka - the festival of lights. A new recording from the Sweet Bourbon Band,

Happy birthday wishes to Shay Tochner, Kfir Tzairi, Efraim Shamir, Big Mama Thornton,

Junior Wells, Blind John Davis, and Jimmy Smith.

Here's the playlist:

01 Monkey Junk - Light It Up

02 Nick Moss - Light It Up

03 Shemekia Copeland - Long As I can See the Light

04 Chris Smither - Leave the Light On

05 Colin Linden - Between the Darkness and the Light Of Day

06 Sweet Bourbon - I Don't Need No Doctor

07 Junior Wells - Ships On the Ocean

08 Jimmy Smith - Big Fat Mama

09 Blind John Davis - When I Been Drinking

10 Big Mama Thornton - Bumblebee Blues

11 Big Mama Thornton - Everything's Gonna Be Alright

Traveling Blues-IDC International Radio, Dec. 2, 2015 (ep.228) by Eli Dr. Blues Marcus

Traveling Blues-IDC International Radio, Nov. 25, 2015 (ep.227) by Eli Dr. Blues Marcus

This week, we celebrate the birthdays of Duane Allman, Tab Benoit, Dr John (75!), and Hubert Sumlin.

New recordings by Walter Trout, Jason Rosenblatt, and The Reverend Shawn Amos, and Lil' Jimmy Reed - who will be appearing in Israel from Dec 2nd-6th.

Traveling Blues-IDC International Radio, Nov. 11. 2015 (ep.225) by Eli Dr. Blues Marcus

Traveling Blues-IDC International Radio, Nov. 4, 2015 (ep.224) by Eli Dr. Blues Marcus