CKUT: Cha Cha Cha In Blue: Playlist from January 25, 2026

Cha Cha Cha In Blue : Playlist from January 25, 2026

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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.

Every Sunday 9 - 11pm (EST)

January 25, 2026: SINGLES NIGHT! This Week In Blues History! Where It's At (The Live Music Roundup)!

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Tonight is SINGLES NIGHT on Cha Cha Cha In Blue! Most are slated for inclusion on future albums so they won't stay single for long! Meet Handsome Jack, Eric Bibb, Alexis P. Suter Band with guest Garth Hudson, Terry Donaghue, Spencer Mackenzie, Ivan Neville's contribution to Joe Bonamassa's B.B. King tribute, Garret T. Willie, Travis Bolt, Solomon Hicks, Joyann Parker, and somehow married couple Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks slipped into Singles Night but hey, Tedeschi Trucks Band can do no wrong. Joanne Shaw Taylor and the Altered Five Blues Band released singles with identical titles and we meet some international singles from Australia's Kaliopi & The Blues Messengers and Portugal's Vítor Bacalhau. The "history" part of the show covers from 1934 to last week with music from Charley Patton, Professor Longhair, Hot Lips Page, Big Joe Turner, Tampa Red (recording as Jimmy Eager), Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Grant Green (with a young Herbie Hancock), Ann Rabson, Sonny Landreth, Charlie Musselwhite, and Lucinda Williams. We'll close with a song from the Durham County Poets to prep you for their Thursday show in the beautiful Cabaret-Théâtre du Vieux-Saint-Jean in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

(✓ = 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 tonight
SINGLES NIGHT!
Joanne Shaw Taylor	Hell Or High Water	Hell Or High Water - single	Journeyman Records	2026	Joanne Shaw Taylor released a new single entitled “Hell Or High Water.” Written by Joanne and produced by Kevin Shirley (Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa), this is the first single taken from Joanne’s forthcoming album to be released later in the year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iXzY6jV3fU	✓
Eric Bibb	Didn’t I Keep Runnin’	One Mississippi	Repute Records	2026	Three-time Grammy-nominated blues icon Eric Bibb released his third single, “Didn’t I Keep Runnin’,” from his upcoming One Mississippi album arriving on January 30, 2026 by Repute Records. “This song was inspired by an old photograph, depicting a peg-footed banjo player, who was surely a slave who had tried to escape. Runaway slaves who were captured after unsuccessful attempts to flee, were often punished with the amputation of a foot to prevent further flight and to discourage other slaves from trying. As I see it, we’re all still on the road to freedom,” says Eric Bibb about the new single. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRXh20Etm4c	✓
Handsome Jack	Poly Molly	Barnburners!	Alive Naturalsound Records	2026	Following the release of their recent singles “Let’s Go Downtown” and “Do It! To It!,” the power trio Handsome Jack have just dropped their new follow-up single “Poly Molly” from their forthcoming studio album Barnburners! out in February. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTdSvLvopME	✓
Alexis P. Suter Band featuring Garth Hudson	Turn On Your Love Light	Live at The Falcon	NOLA Blue Records	2026	GRAMMY-winning mastering engineer, Alan Douches, recently uncovered a surround sound recording of an auspicious night in 2011 at The Falcon in Marlboro, New York, when Garth Hudson sat in with The Alexis P. Suter Band. Now, a year after Hudson's passing, the band honors him with this new album due Mar 17, 2026, mix/mastered in Dolby Atmos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA10eRwTGlE	✓
	Masters at Work_CKUT Ad
Harrell “Young Rell” Davenport	ID - Harrell “Young Rell” Davenport
Terry Donaghue	When The Shit Hits The Fan	When The Shit Hits The Fan - single	Indie	2026	Toronto-based roots singer/songwriter Terry Donaghue has released a folk-rock flavoured single “When The Shit Hits The Fan” along with a video (that's less explicit than the Game Of Thrones spinoff was last week). Terry says “I wrote this song in November 2017, late in the first year of the first term of the current US President. It’s a commentary on what I saw happening during the 2016 US elections and the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency. What I wrote then seems even more relevant now.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J81C3crHOdE	✓	㏄
Joe Bonamassa	Ghetto Woman feat. Ivan Neville	B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100	KTBA Records	2026	From Vol. V of Joe Bonamassa's B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 we have what producer Josh Smith says "... may be my favorite track" "Ghetto Woman feat. Ivan Neville". The complete 32 track album will be out Feb 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFVEiJbYlrw	✓
Kaliopi & The Blues Messengers	One Woman One Love	One Woman One Love - single	Indie	2026	Kaliopi & The Blues Messengers are one of Australia’s top blues acts. Fronted by Kaliopi Stavropoulos, an Australian-based musician from Greece and a graduate of Berklee College of Music’s Advanced Blues Guitar Program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agIn3ItgqNE (30 sec. sampler)	✓
SINGLES NIGHT PART ll
	Talk Time ID				Had to catch up on the info for all this music
Garret T. Willie	I’m Late	Bill’s Cafe	Gulf Coast Records	2026	“I’m Late” is about “running late to the gig,” explains Willie. “Stopping at the liquor store on your way there – even though you were already 40 minutes late – being up for three days, playing a two hour set, running out of gas on a hill, borrowing money to buy a soccer ball, trying your luck at the nine ball.” The single comes from the 25-year-old blues rocker’s upcoming sophomore album Bill’s Cafe, named after his grandfather’s pool hall café in Alert Bay, British Columbia, due Feb 27, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4B6aHaHScI	✓	㏄
Travis Bolt	Blues At My Funeral	Burning Bridges	Gravel Road	2026	East Texas singer-songwriter Travis Bolt released his single,“Blues At My Funeral,” from his debut full-length album, Burning Bridges, arriving March 6 2026, drawing on his personal challenges including living with Tourette’s Syndrome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYSFnPeyvH0
Solomon Hicks	Driftin' And Driftin'	How Did I Ever Get This Blue?	Artone/Provogue	2026	This was the first single from New York soul man Solomon Hicks' new album How Did I Ever Get This Blue? The album came out Jan 23 but the advance single has been available since November. Driftin’ And Driftin’ was popularised by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band on their 1967 album The Resurrection Of Pigboy Crabshaw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtd7bdGdBvQ	✓
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Joyann Parker	ID - Joyann Parker
Joyann Parker	Got Love	Life Lines	Indie	2026	American roots and soul singer-songwriter Joyann Parker is set to release her forthcoming album ‘Live Lines’ on March 27 and has released the first single “Got Love” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPWYi_1rgFA	✓
Tedeschi Trucks Band	I Got You	Future Soul	Fantasy Records	2026	Tedeschi Trucks Band (TTB), the GRAMMY Award-winning band led by the wife and husband duo of Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks has released the first single “I Got You”, from their upcoming sixth studio album, Future Soul, to be released on Friday, March 20th via Fantasy Records in the middle of TTB’s 10-show headlining run at NYC’s Beacon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLIEnDeSeBU	✓
Altered Five Blues Band	Hell or High Water	Hammer & Chisel	Blind Pig Records	2026	The fourth single off Altered Five Blues Band's album Hammer & Chisel, on Blind Pig Records due Feb 27, 2026 Just like the Joanne Shaw Taylor single played earlier it too is titled Hell Or High Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVGhMJb3xw4&list=RDEMAXfODgcDYLLOO_NclwKAEA&index=5	✓
Vítor Bacalhau	Behind The Line	Behind The Line - single	Coalman Recordings	2026	Portuguese blues rock artist Vítor Bacalhau has released a new single titled “Behind The Line,” marking the first in a series of tracks planned for release throughout the year. The run of singles will eventually culminate in a full-length album. Bacalhau performs all of the instruments on the track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-u8cEziaQA	✓
Spencer Mackenzie	Don't Know Where I'm Going	Empty Chairs	Gypsy Soul Records	2026	This rendition of Rory Gallagher’s acoustic classic is the fourth single from his upcoming new album Empty Chairs to be released by Gypsy Soul Records on February 20, 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lumbL_lvrFE	✓	㏄
COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
	Talk Time ID				This Week In Blues History
Charley Patton	Jersey Bull Blues	Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective, 1925-1950	Columbia Records	1934	Recorded Jan 30, 1934
Professor Longhair	Ball The Wall	Blues Masters, Vol. 14: More Jump Blues	Rhino Records	1953	HENRY ROELAND BYRD d. 1980-0130, NEW ORLEANS, LA 61
Hot Lips Page And His Orchestra	Walkin' In A Daze	Blues Masters, Vol. 13: New York City Blues	Rhino Records	1947	b. 1908-0127, DALLAS, TX
Big Joe Turner	Flip, Flop and Fly	75 R&B Classics	La Bambolina s.a.s.	1955	Recorded Jan 28, 1955
Jimmy Eager & His Trio (Tampa Red)	I Should Have Loved Her More	Chicago Is Just That Way: CD A 1949 - 1953	JSP Records	1953	Recorded Jan 29, 1953 in Chicago
	Electronic Intifada show promo
Rob Lutes	ID - Rob Lutes
Little Walter	My Babe	Chess Blues 1954-1960	Chess Records	1955	Recorded Jan 25, 1955 with Robert Lockwood, Leonard Caston, Willie Dixon, and Fred Below
Sonny Boy Williamson	The Goat	Chess Blues 1954-1960	Chess Records	1960	Recorded Jan 30, 1960 with Otis Spann, Robert Lockwood, Fred Below, Luther Tucker, and Willie Dixon
Grant Green	I Can't Stop Loving You	50 Grant Green's Greatest Hits	Unforgettable Record	1962	d. 1979-0131, NEW YORK CITY, NY 43 (heart attack) This was recorded in Nov 1962 after Ray Charles succeeded with this hit earlier in the year; a 22 year-old Herbie Hancock channeled his inner Floyd Cramer on this session.
Ann Rabson	I Want To Hop On Your Harley	The Art Of The Motorcycle - Songs Of The Open Road	Inside Sounds	2005	d. 2013-0130 FREDERICKSBURG, VA 67
Sonny Landreth	Taylor's Rock	Hound Dog Taylor: A Tribute	Alligator Records	1997	b. 1951-0201 CANTON, MS (I'm a little early on this one)
	Other Worlds on Earth_CKUT Show Promo
Murray Kinsley	ID - Murray Kinsley						㏄
Charlie Musselwhite	Ghosts In Memphis	Look Out Highway	Forty Below Records	2026	b. 1944-0131, KOSCIUSKO, MS
Lucinda Williams	The World’s Gone Wrong feat Brittney Spencer	World’s Gone Wrong	Highway 20 Records	2026	b. 1953-0126, LAKE CHARLES, LA	✓
WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
	Talk Time ID				Live blues/roots for the week starting Jan 25 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/
Durham County Poets	Back At The Groove Shack	Out Of The Woods	Indie	2022	THURS JAN 29, 2026 AT Cabaret-Théâtre du Vieux-Saint-Jean in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu https://www.facebook.com/events/1167522402252907/		㏄

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