Category Archives: The Roadhouse

Tonight in The Roadhouse, you’ll hear Mississippi Fred McDowell, the bottleneck Delta player who grew up using a steak-bone to get his sound. Later, he switched to various bottle tops always searching for just the right one. Born in 1904, McDowell never got the opportunity to recorded like many of his peers during the pre-DepressionRead more...

Listen to the annual The Roadhouse tribute to the Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement - MLK and The Songs of Freedom. On this week’s show you’ll hear lots of gospel and field recordings from the early 60s - mass meetings and church gatherings throughout the south which captures the spirit of thisRead more...

Ben’s Chili Bowl, photo courtesy of dbking This week in The Roadhouse, Part Two of last week’s Holiday program, Thanksgiving Folk: The Origins Of The Traditional American Song. All the songs on this show are from the most influencial release of all-time. The Anthology Of American Folk Music. It’s an 84 song collection of recordingsRead more...

Greg Vandy has all the fixin’s for a special Roadhouse this Wednesday night from 6-9pm. “THANKGIVING FOLK – The Roots and Origins of the Traditional American Song.” Greg will play songs from the “Golden-Age” of American recordings from the 20s & 30s, to the Folk Revival of the 1960’s and beyond. Leadbelly to Beth Orton,Read more...

Johnny Cahse in White Plains, NY - February 1959 Image by Marvin Korner/CORBIS, courtesy of Bella of Bacardi Join me in The Roadhouse for a 3-hour special broadcast, “From Labor Songs to Vietnam - Topical Songwriters and American Protest Singers”. You’ll hear classic union songs and topical material from the 1930s to the ’60s featuringRead more...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww9CpcoN-og This week in the Roadhouse tune in tonight at 6pm for a special 3-hour program; Before Classic Rock: The British Blues of the 1960s. Hear your favorite classic rock bands in their early incarnations as hip Blues and R&B bands. Lots of rare and obscure stuff from The Stones, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, EricRead more...