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Cha Cha Cha In Blue Favoriting : Playlist from February 23, 2025

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John Detcheverry

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Blues from every era. Interview with artists, concert listings, blues related events, information and trivia, gearhead heaven…just what kind of harmonica was that?

On Cha Cha Cha In Blue, the longest-running blues show in Montreal, host John Detcheverry devotes equal time to the classics, new releases and Canadian artists. On the air since 1990.

Listeners can expect to hear the likes of Paul Deslauriers, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Pop Staples, Downchild, Steve Rowe, MonkeyJunk, and Charlie Musselwhite, as well as live performances and interviews.


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Favoriting February 23, 2025: NEW SINGLES MADE WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIEND(S)! NEW RELEASES! This Week In Blues History! Where It's At (The Live Music Roundup)!

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Tonight on Cha Cha Cha In Blue we start with new singles from artists who prove that "team work makes the dream work": Stacy Mitchheart with Bobby Rush, TajMo (Taj Mahal & Keb 'Mo) with Ruby Amanfu, Glenn Alexander with daughter Oria, Frenchie Moe with Tiffany Pollack, Janiva Magness with Sue Foley, and Bob Corritore with Francine Reed & Duke Robillard. Only ZZ Ward braves it all alone This week's featured new releases are from Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Ireland's Dom Martin, and Belgium's Travellin' Blue (formerly Travellin' Blue Kings). In the "history" set we again go back more than 100 years for a Bessie Smith track recorded in 1923 and continue with James P. Johnson (the father of stride piano), Big Maceo Merriweather, Slim Gaillard, Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow, Leroy Washington, Memphis Slim, B.B. King, Albert King, Johnny Winter, Jimmy Burns with Jesse Fortune, and Zac Harmon. We'll close with a song from Justin Saladino who will be at L'Aquarium Café Bar on Saturday.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Images
 
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Harry Manx  ID - Harry Manx   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Junior Wells/Talk  Cha Cha Cha In Blue   Favoriting Messin' With The Kid  Charly Records  1957  What's on tonight!     
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WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THEIR FRIEND(S)
Stacy Mitchheart  Shake (Make Your Body Move) feat. Bobby Rush   Favoriting Shake - single  Dr. Sam Records  2025  " To be able to record a song with Bobby Rush is truly an honor.” Stacy Mitchheart  ✓    
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TajMo  Room on the Porch feat. Ruby Amanfu   Favoriting Room on the Porch  Concord Records  2025  Taj shares: "This song started out as a little guitar piece I used to play by myself after shows when I was still wired from the stage. I shared it with everybody in the studio, and then Keb’ and Ruby Amanfu built this whole beautiful song around it.” Room on the Porch is the title track to their new disc coming out May 23.  ✓    
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Glenn Alexander & Shadowland  Back To The Blues Again   Favoriting Back to the Blues Again - single  Rainbow's Revenge Records  2025  This bluesy tune features an all-star lineup: Glenn Alexander, Oria Aspen (his daughter), Greg Novick, Dave Anthony, and the legendary Jukes Horns/New York Horns  ✓    
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Frenchie Moe  The Hunter feat. Tiffany Pollack   Favoriting The Hunter - single  Lightning In A Bottle Records  2025  Moe Kronheim, AKA Frenchie Moe, originally from France but now making NOLA her home, has teamed with Tiffany Pollack for a cover of Albert King's classic "The Hunter", video also available on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_mEIMPtQLQ  ✓    
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  AD TRACK 31 Progressive Publics              
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Janiva Magness  ID - Janiva Magness   Favoriting            
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Janiva Magness  Holes feat. Sue Foley   Favoriting Back for Me  Blue Élan Records  2025  Janiva's new single, “Holes,” features award-winning guitarist Sue Foley. When asked about the track, Janiva warned, “Careful now, this one might sting… Owww! It’s that jolt of realization that the hole we’re stuck in? We dug it ourselves!”. The new album Back for Me, out March 28 via Blue Élan Records with additional guest appearances by guitar legends Joe Bonamassa and Jesse Dayton  ✓    
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Bob Corritore and Friends  I Guess I’m A Fool feat. Francine Reed & Duke Robillard   Favoriting Doin’ the Shout!  VizzTone Label Group  2025  The new album Doin’ the Shout! is due February 28 and marks a major milestone for Corritore, celebrating his thirtieth release.  ✓    
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ZZ Ward  Naked In The Jungle   Favoriting Liberation  Sun Records  2025  Acclaimed singer-songwriter ZZ Ward goes it alone in her return to the blues with “Naked in the Jungle,” the latest single from her forthcoming album Liberation, out March 14 via Sun Records.  ✓    
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES
  Talk Time ID         Reverend Peyton decided to record an all-acoustic album in his living room as a throw-back to his roots. And as the album was being completed, several guests were added to the mix: Michael Cleveland (fiddle), the McCrary Sisters (vocals), Billy Branch (harmonica), Colton Crawford (banjo) & guitar tech Aaron Ransdell (upright bass). This is the twelfth full release from the band.     
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Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band  Freeborn Man   Favoriting Honeysuckle  Family Owned Records  2025    ✓    
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  AD TRACK 22 Syli d'Or              
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Reverend Peyton  ID - Reverend Peyton   Favoriting            
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Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band  Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning   Favoriting Honeysuckle  Family Owned Records  2025    ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         Irishman Dom Martin is a multi award winning artist from Belfast Northern Ireland, with many likening his style and stage presence to the likes of the late greats Rory Gallagher and Belfast's own Gary Moore.     
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Dom Martin  Unhinged (Live)   Favoriting Buried Alive  Forty Below Records  2024    ✓    
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  AD TRACK 29 Castlemain_FR              
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Murray Kinsley  ID - Murray Kinsley   Favoriting            
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Dom Martin  Daylight I Will Find (Live Acoustic Feat. Demi Marriner)   Favoriting Buried Alive  Forty Below Records  2024    ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         A modified line-up with Luke Alexander on guitars and Steve Wouters on drums, as well as a renewed repertoire prompted the band to make a minor name change from Travellin' Blue Kings to Travellin' Blue for this 3rd album "Take The Edge Off", released on February 21 on CD, blue vinyl (what else?) and digitally. ‘Take The Edge Off’ is the 100th release of the Belgian roots rock label NAKED.     
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Travellin' Blue  Take The Edge Off   Favoriting Take The Edge Off  Naked  2025    ✓    
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Travellin' Blue  The Closer is King   Favoriting Take The Edge Off  Naked  2025    ✓    
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
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Bessie Smith  Gulf Coast Blues   Favoriting The Complete Recordings Volume 1 (1923-1924)  Columbia Records  1923  Recorded Feb 26, 1923     
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James P. Johnson  Snowy Morning Blues   Favoriting The Original James P. Johnson, 1942-1945: Piano Solos  Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  1927  Recorded Feb 25, 1927     
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Major "Big Maceo" Merriweather  Chicago Breakdown   Favoriting Picking the Blues: Boogie Woogie Pioneers  Document Records  1945  d. 1953-0226, CHICAGO, IL 47     
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Slim Gaillard  Sightseeing Boogie   Favoriting Shuckin' And Jivin'  Charly R&B  1945  d. 1991-0226, LONDON, UK 75     
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Bobby Dove  ID - Bobby Dove   Favoriting            
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Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow  I'm Hurt   Favoriting Louisiana Swamp Blues  Capitol Records  1953  b. 1911-0227, WELSH, LA     
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Leroy Washington  Wild Cherry   Favoriting Sound Of The Swamp: The Best Of Excello Records, Vol 1  Rhino Records  1958  b. 1932-0301 PALMETTO, LA     
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Memphis Slim  Memphis Slim U.S.A.   Favoriting Delmark 70th Anniversary Blues Album  Delmark Records  1954  d. 1988-0224, PARIS, FRANCE 72 Also feat. Matt "Guitar" Murphy     
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B.B. King  Blues At Midnight   Favoriting King Of The Blues  MCA Records  1962  Recorded Mar 1, 1962     
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Albert King  Calling On My Darling   Favoriting Chess Blues 1960-1967  Chess Records  1961  Recorded Mar 1, 1961     
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  AD TRACK 24 Exodus_ENG              
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  AD TRACK 33 House Justice Convergence              
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Cécile Doo-Kingué  ID - Cécile Doo-Kingué   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Johnny Winter  Slippin' And Slidin'   Favoriting Second Winter  Columbia Records  1969  b. 1944-0223, BEAUMONT, TX And Little Richard's first Number One R&B hit, "Slippin' and Slidin'," was released on Feb 27, 1956     
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Jimmy Burns  Three O' Clock Blues feat Jesse Fortune   Favoriting Live At B.L.U.E.S.  Delmark Records  2006  Jimmy Burns b. 1943-0227, DUBLIN, MS Jesse Fortune b. 1930-0228, MACON, MS     
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Zac Harmon  Babe & Ricky's Inn   Favoriting Floreada's Boy  Catfood Records  2024  b. 1957-0301, JACKSON, MS     
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting FEB 23 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Justin Saladino Band  Fan The Flames   Favoriting Honest Lies  Indie  2023  SAT MAR 1 @ L'AQUARIUM CAFÉ BAR 2923 Masson Montréal, Qc https://www.facebook.com/events/603835068906644/    ㏄  
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