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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.

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Favoriting February 1, 2026: 2026 JUNO NOMINEES! 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 congratulate the 2026 JUNO Award nominees for Blues Album Of The Year Crystal Shawanda, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, Miss Emily, Secondhand Dreamcar, and Steve Marriner, plus Matt Andersen in the blues-adjacent category of Contemporary Roots Album and blues rockers The Damn Truth in the anything goes category of Rock Album. This week's featured new releases are from Selwyn Birchwood, Tinsley Ellis, David Ronaldo, The Kevin Peter Jones All-Star Band, and Duke Robillard. The "history" part of the show starts with a 1936 classic from Bumble Bee Slim and continues with music from Louis Jordan, Willie Mabon, Guitar Slim, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Schoolboy Cleve with Lightnin' Slim, Muddy Waters, Nappy Brown, King Curtis, Magic Sam, Jody Williams, Gary Moore, and Curtis Salgado. We'll close with a song from the Otis Ali Blues Group who bring their classic Chicago style blues to Upstairs on Thursday.

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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  Tonight's agenda     
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AND THE 2026 JUNO NOMINEES ARE ...
Crystal Shawanda  Sing Pretty Blues   Favoriting Sing Pretty Blues  New Sun Records  2025  Nominated for BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR  ✓   ㏄  
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Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne  Whatcha Gonna Do Now?   Favoriting Ooh Yeah!  Stony Plain Records  2024  Nominated for BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR    ㏄  
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Miss Emily  Remember This Song   Favoriting The Medicine  Gypsy Soul Records  2025  Nominated for BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR  ✓   ㏄  
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Secondhand Dreamcar  Tell Me What You're Thinkin' Baby   Favoriting Answer The Call  7161160 Records DK2  2024  Nominated for BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR    ㏄  
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Steve Marriner  Hellbound For Heaven   Favoriting Hear My Heart  Cordova Bay Records  2025  Nominated for BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR  ✓   ㏄  
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Matt Andersen  You're Here To Stay   Favoriting The Hammer & The Rose  Sonic Records  2025  Nominated for CONTEMPORARY ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR  ✓   ㏄  
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The Damn Truth  Love Outta Luck   Favoriting The Damn Truth  Spectra Musique  2025  Nominated for ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR  ✓   ㏄  
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES
  Talk Time ID         Some background on these new releases     
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Selwyn Birchwood  Church Of Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues   Favoriting Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues  Alligator Records  2026  Award-winning blues artist Selwyn Birchwood will release his sixth album for Alligator Records, Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues, on Friday, March 27, 2026. The first single from the album, “The Church Of Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues,” has been released alongside an accompanying music video. The track serves as Birchwood’s mission statement, “the music is the mission….[it’s the] creation of joyful jubilation.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w5p3j5Iz7U  ✓    
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Tinsley Ellis  Too Broke   Favoriting Labor Of Love  Alligator Records  2026  Atlanta-based blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Tinsley Ellis released his new all acoustic album, Labor Of Love, his second acoustic album (after 2024’s Blues Music Award-nominated Naked Truth), and his first acoustic album to contain all original material. Tinsley celebrated the release with a new single & video for "Too Broke". According to Ellis, “Too Broke” has lyrics everyone can relate to now. It was inspired, he notes, by blues great Tommy Johnson’s Big Road Blues. A new video of the song was directed by filmmaker Tony Bieser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubWXTMdR24w Additionally, Vintage Guitar magazine features Ellis on the cover of their newest issue (February 2026).  ✓    
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David Ronaldo  Suzy’s Home   Favoriting Suzy’s Home - single  Fandango Music Belgium  2026  David Ronaldo leads a raw Southern Rock band from Belgium formed in 2019, and has released four studio albums and a live album. In the run-up to the release of their sixth album, David Ronaldo and his band unveiled the first single “Suzy’s Home” on January 23: “Suzy’s Home” is a song whose poignant lyrics tell a story of loss and the quiet aftermath of war for those left behind. The track is not a political statement, but a deeply cutting human portrait. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1d_kaDc-F0  ✓    
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Kim Wilson  ID - Kim Wilson   Favoriting            
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Kevin Peter Jones All-Star Band  Blue Miles (Live)   Favoriting Blues Alley  Pacific Records  2026  Drummer, producer, and arranger Kevin Peter Jones assembled an all-star band featuring GRAMMY®-winning legends Randy Brecker and Jeff Lorber to play eight sold-out shows at the iconic Blues Alley in Washington, DC. Their live set, Blues Alley, was released on Friday January 23 on Pacific Records, making Jones one of only four artists ever granted permission to release a live recording from the storied venue. “Blue Miles” is a bluesy jazz-blues number from Chick Corea’s songbook. Guitarist Dean Brown, who can be heard on over 200 recordings, including four Grammy Award winners, passed away January 26, 2024 at age 68. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXHBAh1MnLw  ✓    
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Duke Robillard  Lowdown   Favoriting Blast Off!  NOLA Blue Records  2026  “Lowdown” is the first single from his upcoming album, Blast Off!, set for release February 20 on NOLA Blue Records. “When thinking about a powerful song to launch the album, I chose a hard-rocking Tom Waits tune to highlight great times touring with him in 2006,” says Robillard. Joining Duke are Chris Cote (lead vocal and guitar), Bruce Bears (piano), Marty Ballou (bass), Mark Teixeira (drums), Doug James (sax), and Mark Earley (sax). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiCNHEkfopo  ✓    
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton)  Hard Rocks In My Bed   Favoriting Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective, 1925-1950  Columbia Records    Recorded Feb 6, 1936 in Chicago     
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Louis Jordan  Ain't That Just Like a Woman   Favoriting Just Say Moe! Mo' of the Best of Louis Jordan  Rhino Records  1946  d. 1975-0204, LOS ANGELES, CA 66     
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Willie Mabon  I'm Mad   Favoriting Chess Blues 1952-1954  Chess Records  1953  Recorded Feb 5, 1953     
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Guitar Slim  Twenty-Five Lies   Favoriting Sufferin' Mind  Specialty Records  1954  d. 1959-0207, NEW YORK CITY, NY 33 Guitar Slim died of pneumonia in New York City. "The Things That I Used to Do" is listed in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.     
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson  Space Guitar   Favoriting The Chronological Johnny "Guitar" Watson 1952-1955  Classics  1954  Recorded Feb 1, 1954 According to Watson, a remark by the unnamed recording engineer inspired the title for the instrumental: "I don't know what you're trying to do, man, but Jesus, man, what is it? Are you some kind of spaceman?"     
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Schoolboy Cleve & Lightnin' Slim  Strange Letter Blues   Favoriting Rock Me Mama  Blue Label  1954  Schoolboy Cleve d. 2008-0205, DALY CITY, CA 82     
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Muddy Waters  I Want To Be Loved   Favoriting I Want To Be Loved - single  Chess Records  1955  Recorded Feb 3, 1955 with Little Walter, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Rogers, and Francis Clay     
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Nappy Brown  It's All Yours   Favoriting It's All Yours - single  Savoy Records  1955  Recorded Feb 1, 1955 in NYC, unreleased except on 45.     
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King Curtis  Soul Groove Part 2   Favoriting Didn't He Play!  Red Lightnin' Records  1959  b. 1934-0207, FORT WORTH, TX     
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Magic Sam  I Feel So Good (Boogie Chillun)   Favoriting Legacy  Delmark Records  1966  Recorded Feb 6, 1966 plus "Lookin' Good" in Chicago at Sound Studio with Eddie Shaw, tenor sax, Mac Thompson, bass, and Robert Richey, drums     
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Jody Williams  You May   Favoriting Return of a Legend  Evidence Records  2001  b. 1935-0203, MOBILE, AL     
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Gary Moore  Still Got The Blues   Favoriting Best of the Blues  Virgin Records  2002  d. 2011-0206, COSTA DEL SOL, SPAIN 58 heart attack brought on by a blood alcohol level of 0.38%     
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Curtis Salgado  My Girl's A Nut   Favoriting Fine By Me  Little Village Foundation  2024  b. 1954-0204, EVERETT, WA     
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting Feb 1 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Otis Ali Blues Group  Mean Old World   Favoriting Posted on Facebook  Indie  2025  THURS FEB 5, 2026 AT UPSTAIRS JAZZ 1254 Rue Mackay, Montréal, QC H3G 2H4 http://upstairsjazz.com/    ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  8:15pm George Akiki:

Gary Moore; all I need to say, no MORE. He’s that good to my ears.
The other nominations were good but the pain and sorrow from Gary is enough to water my eyes.
Great show 👍🏼
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