CKUT: Cha Cha Cha In Blue: Playlist from April 20, 2025

Cha Cha Cha In Blue : Playlist from April 20, 2025

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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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April 20, 2025: JAZZ FEST PREVIEW! 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 preview some of the free shows announced for this year's jazz festival. We'll listen to Matteo Mancuso, Mavis Staples, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Grace Bowers, Fantastic Negrito, Annika Chambers & Paul DesLauriers, The Sugar Darlings, and Dawn Tyler Watson. But before that we wish everyone a "Happy Easter" with William Clarke's "Easter Bunny Boogie". This week's featured new releases are by Johnny Iguana, Muddy What?, Andrew Duncanson, and Tony Holiday. In the "history" set we've got Bessie Smith, Johnny Shines, Willie Nix, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Earl Hooker, Lonesome Sundown, Dave Specter & Barkin' Bill Smith, HeavyDrunk & Watermelon Slim, and Albert King. We'll close with a song from Bernard Adamus who'll be at Delires et Delices on Saturday.

(✓ = new, ㏄ = CanCon)

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments
INTRO
Harry Manx	ID - Harry Manx						㏄
Junior Wells/Talk	Cha Cha Cha In Blue	Messin' With The Kid	Charly Records	1957	What's on the show tonight
HAPPY EASTER!
William Clarke	Easter Bunny Boogie	Deluxe Edition	Alligator Records	1999
Lonnie Brooks	Happy Easter	Gator Bites	Alligator Records	1998
PREVIEWING JAZZ FEST FREE SHOWS
Matteo Mancuso	Blues for John	The Journey	Mascot Label Group	2023	Mon June 30 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm Rogers Stage Young Italian guitar phenom
Mavis Staples	No Time For Cryin'	Live In London	Anti- Records	2019	Thurs June 26 9:30 pm TD Stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7m-kbPOrl8 Will probably have Rick Holmstrom on guitar
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram	Mississippi Night (Instrumental)	Live In London	Alligator Records	2023	Thurs July 3 7:30 pm TD Stage
Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge	Tell Me Why You Do That	Wine On Venus	Indie	2024	Sat June 28 7:30 pm TD Stage Young guitar phenom you may have seen on Jimmy Kimmel Live or sitting in with the band on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert
	AD TRACK 55 Teal 2 Heal Fundraiser
Hitman Blues Band	ID - Hitman Blues Band
Fantastic Negrito	Crooked Road	Son of a Broken Man	Storefront Records	2024	Thurs July 3 7:00 pm Rogers Stage. Has the bad luck of being opposite Christone "Kingfish" Ingram's show on the TD Stage.
Annika Chambers And Paul DesLauriers	Money's Funny	Good Trouble	Disques Bros	2022	Fri July 4 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm Rogers Stage New album Our Time To Ride set for release on Aug 22		㏄
The Sugar Darlings	Grow Up	Thirsty For Your Love	Indie	2023	Tues July 1 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm Rogers Stage		㏄
	AD TRACK 67 Community Benefit for Sudan
Dawn Tyler Watson	ID - Dawn Tyler Watson
Dawn Tyler Watson	This And That	Mad Love	Indie	2019	Sun June 29 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm Rogers Stage		㏄
FEATURED NEW RELEASES
	Talk Time ID				Intro to these new releases
Johnny Iguana	Bass Key Boogie	Johnny Iguana At Delmark	Delmark Records	2025	This album was recorded “Live” on a Sony MCI 2-inch tape machine from the 80’s, with each track in one take, on the 1917 Steinway B piano, which came to Delmark via Paul Serrano, jazz trumpeter, recording engineer and studio owner. This is a collection of blues classics and new compositions by Johnny Iguana	✓
Muddy What?	Loan Me A Dime	Live at Victoria Teatern	Howlin' Who Records	2025	Muddy What? is a German blues trio built around siblings Fabian (gtr, vcl) & Ina (gtr, mand.,) Spang plus Michi Lang (bass, drums). Muddy What? live at Victoria Teatern (2025) was recorded 100% live on two sold-out concert nights at the legendary Victoria Teatern in Malmö, Sweden.	✓
	AD TRACK 69 BRB MayDay Event
Popa Chubby	ID - Popa Chubby
Andrew Duncanson	California Trap Feat. Michael Peloquin	California Trap	Run It Back Records	2025	Andrew Duncanson has been the voice of the Kilborn Alley Blues Band, who logged more than 2000 gigs, and more recently The Dig3, and two tours as the featured singer with the Nick Moss Band. California Trap is his first solo album.	✓
Tony Holiday	Shoulda Known Better feat. Laura Chavez	Keep Your Head Up	Forty Below Records	2025	Tony says, “’Shoulda Known Better’ is a classic blues tale of a man who gives into temptation and is confronted by an (armed) jealous lover.” It also features multi–Blues Music Award-winning guitarist Laura Chavez who got her start with Candye Kane based on a recommendation by Sue Foley.	✓
COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
	Talk Time ID				This Week In Blues History
Bessie Smith	Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do	The Complete Recordings Volume 1	Columbia Records	1923	Recorded Apr 26, 1923
Johnny Shines	Sitting On Top of the World	Traditional Delta Blues	Biograph Records	1972	d. 1992-0420, TUSCALOOSA, AL 76 He was scheduled to appear at Théâtre St-Denis for Blues '92 This is a great song to learn in Open G
Willie Nix	Truckin' Little Woman	Chess Blues 1952-1954	Chess Records	1952	Recorded Apr 24, 1952 with Walter Horton on harp, and Willie Johnson on guitar
Ruth Brown	5-10-15 Hours	The No.1 Blues Collection	Stardust Entertainment	1952	Ruth Brown hit the R&B #1 spot this day when her "5-10-15 Hours" replaced Jimmy Forrest's "Night Train" at the top.
	AD TRACK 13. Zamalek
Cécile Doo-Kingué	ID - Cécile Doo-Kingué
Ray Charles	Drown in My Own Tears	75 R&b Classics	La Bambolina s.a.s.	1955	Recorded Apr 23, 1955 plus "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" & "A Fool For You"
Earl Hooker	Blue Guitar	Messin' With The Kid	Charly Records	1961	d. 1970-0421, CHICAGO, IL 40 died from complications due to tuberculosis.
Lonesome Sundown	Gonna Stick To You Baby	Louisiana Swamp Blues	Flyright Records	1959	d. 1995-0423, GONZALES, LA 66
	AD TRACK 55 Teal 2 Heal Fundraiser
	AD TRACK 97 Black Education Trailer
Anthony Paule	ID - Anthony Paule
Dave Specter	Railroad Station Blues feat. Barkin' Bill Smith	Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark	Delmark Records	2021	Barkin' Bill Smith d. 2000-0424, CHICAGO, IL 71 Originally released 1991
HeavyDrunk And Watermelon Slim	Little Bighorn	Bluesland Theme Park	HeavyDrunk Records	2025	Watermelon Slim (William P. Homans III) b. 1949-0425, BOSTON, MA	✓
Albert King	Cadillac Assembly Line	The Ultimate Collection	Rhino Records	1975	b. 1923-0425, INDIANOLA, MS
WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
	Talk Time ID				Live blues/roots for the week starting APR 20 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/
Bernard Adamus	Noir sur blanc	Montréal, Texas	Indie	2019	SAT APR 26 @ DÉLIRES ET DÉLICES 1626 Avenue Bourgogne, Chambly, QC J3L 1Y7 https://www.facebook.com/DeliresetDelices		㏄

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