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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 June 7, 2026: HOT NEW SINGLES! 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 spin new singles from upcoming albums by Ruthie Foster, Albert Castiglia, Snowy White, Molly Johnson, Kevin Burt, and Keb’ Mo’. Let's add new live singles from Warren Haynes and Samantha Fish plus a lively new summer bopper from Pat Smillie. This week's featured new releases are a rerelease by Big Time Lew And The Screamin' Rockets and a tribute to Ida Cox by Gina Coleman. The history part of tonight's show starts in 1924 with Jelly Roll Morton, followed by music from Bo Carter, Skip James, Bessie Smith, The Nite Owls, Fats Waller, Junior Wells, Howlin' Wolf, J.B. Hutto, James Harman, Monster Mike Welch, and Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd. We'll close with a song from Dan Livingstone who'll be at west end dive Bar De Courcelle on Wednesday.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Images
 
INTRO
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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HOT NEW SINGLES!
Ruthie Foster  Thank You   Favoriting Just Say Yes  Sun Records  2026  Austin-based Grammy Award-winning artist Ruthie Foster announced the forthcoming release of her new studio album, "Just Say Yes", slated for release on August 28 via Sun Records. Here's the first single "Thank You" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_csXQJa09A  ✓    
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Pat Smillie  Next to Nothing   Favoriting Next to Nothing - single  Fat Bank Music  2026  Pat Smillie's new uplifting bop for the summer is "Next to Nothing" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opKDG7lp8JM  ✓    
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Albert Castiglia  In My America   Favoriting Grits & Glory  Gulf Coast Records  2026  Multiple Blues Music Award winner and Billboard No. 1 artist Albert Castiglia announced his new album ‘Grits & Glory’ will be released July 31, 2026. He recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios and dropped the first single "In My America" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evmoknNopQY  ✓    
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Snowy White And The White Flames  Lost In The Blues   Favoriting The Finishing Touch  Snowy White Distribution  2026  Legendary guitarist Snowy White will release his final studio album, The Finishing Touch, on June 26, 2026. Over the decades he has been a touring guitarist for Pink Floyd during the Animals and The Wall eras, he's recorded acclaimed albums with Thin Lizzy, and achieved solo success with the timeless hit Bird of Paradise. Over the years, White also worked with Roger Waters, Peter Green, Jim Capaldi, Phil Lynott, and Linda Lewis.  ✓    
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  CKUT Promo - Full Circle              
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Sunday Wilde  ID - Sunday Wilde   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Molly Johnson  Holiday   Favoriting Talk To Me  Universal Music Canada  2026  Molly Johnson announced her new album Talk To Me will be released June 26 via Universal Music Canada. The 10-track project combines music from Johnson’s recent EPs "All I See" and "Long Time Running" with four new recordings, including lead single “Holiday,” available now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y-Z1iUn5pg  ✓   ㏄  
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Warren Haynes  Shakedown Street   Favoriting Dreams & Songs  Evil Teen Records  2026  GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, guitar legend, producer, and Gov’t Mule frontman Warren Haynes released live version of the Grateful Dead classic ‘Shakedown Street’ from his forthcoming symphonic album Dreams & Songs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpOazbdxZ_g  ✓    
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Samantha Fish  Lose You   Favoriting Paper Doll Live  Rounder Records  2026  "Lose You" is your last taste before the Paper Doll Live album drops on FRIDAY!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0xJkQYPMIU  ✓    
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES!
  Talk Time ID         Louis‑David Leclerc, AKA Big Time Lew, first released this album in 2019 but then before he could capitalize on it COVID struck and he's decided to rerelease the album this year.     
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Big Time Lew And The Screamin' Rockets  Let's Swing!   Favoriting Let's Swing!  Blue Coati  2019  He has reunited with Kevin Mark who is credited as a songwriter, performer, producer, and album designer. You can catch them playing around all summer.  ✓   ㏄  
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Big Time Lew And The Screamin' Rockets  I Have The Right To Cry   Favoriting Let's Swing!  Blue Coati  2019  You can catch them live June 20 at Smoke Meat Pete, July 9 & 10 at Mont Tremblant, and at the West Island Blues Fest in Dorval Aug 8  ✓   ㏄  
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  Talk Time ID         Two more new singles from upcoming albums     
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Keb’ Mo’  Fussing and Fighting   Favoriting The Breakdown  Concord Records  2026  Keb’ Mo’ announced his new album ‘The Breakdown’ is coming August 21 and this time he strips back his recordings to just his guitar, voice and occasional vocal contributions from the Soweto Gospel Choir and the gospel sextet Take 6. He also dropped the first single Fussing and Fighting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8k3ioGvVTE  ✓    
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  CKUT Promo - Off The Hook              
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Kevin Burt  Home Goin' Time   Favoriting This Trip  Gulf Coast Records  2026  Kevin Burt announced his fourth studio album "This Trip" will be released Aug 28. "Home Goin' Time" is the first single https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbvm4WqH5DQ  ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         With over 100 original songs and 27 years of band management under her belt, Gina Coleman, founder and leader of the band Misty Blues, felt a profound connection to 1920s powerhouse Ida Cox’s independent spirit while researching her Queens of the Blues podcast.     
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Gina Coleman  Wild Women Don't Have The Blues   Favoriting Uncrowned: A Tribute To Ida Cox  Guitar One Records  2026  Ida was a prolific composer and savvy businesswoman who wrote her own hits and recorded over 78 titles for Paramount Records.  ✓    
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Gina Coleman  ID - Gina Coleman   Favoriting            
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Gina Coleman  Blues Ain't Nothing Else But   Favoriting Uncrowned: A Tribute To Ida Cox  Guitar One Records  2026  "Uncrowned: A Tribute to Ida Cox" is the first full-length album dedicated entirely to Ida's catalog.  ✓    
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Jelly Roll Morton  Original Jelly Roll Blues   Favoriting The Piano Rolls  Nonesuch Records  1924  Recorded June 9, 1924 in Richmond, Indiana for Gennett Records     
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Bo Carter  West Jackson Blues   Favoriting Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective, 1925-1950  Columbia Records  1930  Recorded June 10. 1930 in San Antonio, Texas     
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Skip James  Devil Got My Woman   Favoriting The Complete Early Recordings 1930  Yazoo Records  1930  b. 1902-0609, YAZOO CITY, MS     
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Bessie Smith  Long Old Road   Favoriting The Complete Recordings Volume 4  Columbia Records  1931  Recorded June 11, 1931     
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The Nite Owls  Memphis Blues   Favoriting Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective, 1925-1950  Columbia Records  1938  Recorded June 12, 1938 in Dallas, Texas for Vocalion     
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Fats Waller & His Rhythm  Buck Jumpin' feat Al Casey   Favoriting Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar  Columbia Records  1938  Recorded Jun 8, 1938 in NYC     
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  AD TRACK 72 Jazz Festival              
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  AD TRACK 59 One Word              
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Rob Lutes  ID - Rob Lutes   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Junior Wells  Hoodoo Man Featuring Elmore James   Favoriting Blues Hit Big Town, the 1953-54 Recordings  Delmark Records  1953  Recorded June 8, 1953 with Johnny Jones, Elmore James, and Odie Payne     
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Howlin' Wolf  Howlin’ Wolf Talks #2   Favoriting The Chess Box  Chess Records  1968  The origin of the "Howlin' Wolf" name     
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Howlin' Wolf  I'm The Wolf   Favoriting The Chess Box  Chess Records  1954  b. 1910-0610, WEST POINT, MS     
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J.B. Hutto & His Hawks  Too Much Alcohol   Favoriting Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics  Rhino Records  1965  d. 1983-0612, HARVEY, IL 54     
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  AD TRACK 75 Suoni per il Popolo_ENG              
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  AD TRACK 73 Orkestar Kriminal              
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Stephen Barry  ID - Stephen Barry   Favoriting           ㏄  
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James Harman  Old Man Eyes   Favoriting Takin' Chances  Cannonball Records  1998  b. 1946-0608, ANNISTON, AL     
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Monster Mike Welch  Good To Me As I Am to You   Favoriting Keep Living Til I Die  Indie  2025  b. 1979-0611, LEXINGTON, MA     
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Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd  Hey Baby (What Are We Gonna Do)   Favoriting Young Fashioned Ways  Deep Rush Records  2025  Kenny Wayne Shepherd b. 1977-0612, SHREVEPORT, LA     
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WHERE IT'S AT: LIVE EVENTS IN & AROUND MONTREAL
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting June 7 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Dan Livingstone And The Griffintown Jug Addicts  Done Left Here   Favoriting The Griffintown Jug Addicts  Indie  2011  WED JUNE 10, 2026 AT Bar de Courcelle 4685 Notre-Dame Ouest Montreal, QC H4C 1S7 https://www.bardecourcelle.com/    ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  10:25am George Akiki:

A very very good show overall. 👍🏼
I liked Big Time Lew’s funky and swinging blues.
A very very good show,
Thank you sir John. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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