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Cha Cha Cha In Blue Favoriting : Playlist from June 14, 2026

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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 14, 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 serve up new singles from upcoming albums by Albert Castiglia, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Fantastic Negrito, and Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour, plus a new single from Lil' Red & The Rooster. Ottawa's Sherri Harding released a new video from her latest album. This week's featured new releases are by John Primer, Jason Ricci, Blind Dog Mayer Group, McKinley James and another tune from Sherri Harding. The history part of tonight's show starts in 1923 with Bessie Smith, followed by music from Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Lillie Mae Kirkman, Wynonie Harris, Eddie Boyd, Grace Brim, Bill Doggett, Lazy Lester, Bobby Christina's Caravan, Steve Dawson, and Big Bill Morganfield. We'll close with a song from Ginger St. James 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!
Albert Castiglia  I’m Afraid To Fall Asleep   Favoriting Grits & Glory  Gulf Coast Records  2026  The 2nd single from Albert Castiglia's upcoming album Grits & Glory, arriving July 31 via Gulf Coast Records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQZQCRhNrBA  ✓    
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Sherri Harding  Through It All   Favoriting Storyland  Fontana North  2026  Ottawa's Sherri Harding invited Jeff Rogers to record the duet “Through It All” for her new album Storyland and released her new video shot by videographer Chris Paine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FJsiDbrI6U  ✓   ㏄  
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Joanne Shaw Taylor  Tired Of Being Right   Favoriting The Trouble With Love  Journeyman Records  2026  The fifth single taken from Joanne Shaw Taylor’s forthcoming studio album The Trouble With Love released by Journeyman Records on October 23rd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pwEgZ1OReA  ✓    
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Fantastic Negrito  How Long?   Favoriting Fantastic Negrito Alive!  Storefront Records  2026  Three-time GRAMMY® Award winning artist Fantastic Negrito (who performed at Jazz fest last year) released “How Long?,” a new single from his upcoming album Fantastic Negrito Alive!, arriving July 17 via Storefront Records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmmdeZoXH3M  ✓    
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  CKUT Promo - Full Circle              
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Angel Forrest  ID - Angel Forrest   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Lil' Red & The Rooster  Why Don't You Do Right? feat. Bobby Floyd   Favoriting Why Don't You Do Right? - single  Lil Red Records  2026  A reimagining of the Kansas Joe McCoy (or was it Lil' Green?) classic. Washboard scratch, out-of-tune upright, gitjo twang, Grammy-nominated Bobby Floyd on piano, and a two-woman vocal duet with new on the scene Lauren Tucker (Images of Apollo). G-Louis (The Rooster) on banjo guitar and The Governor on bongos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CNOaY8umrY  ✓    
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Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour  Until Now feat Ron Wood   Favoriting Watching The Tide  Provogue-Artone Label Group  2026  ‘Until Now’ is the latest single from Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour’s Watching The Tide and features legendary guitarist Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones. The new album will be released on August 28 via Provogue / Artone Label Group. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrOVwOAn5Vc  ✓    
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES!
  Talk Time ID         For this Tribute to Theresa’s Lounge three-time Grammy nominee and Blues Hall of Famer John Primer gathered the living blues artists who all played at the famed venue. “We are all in our seventies, eighties, and nineties now. I am so happy we were all healthy enough to make this tribute to Theresa’s Lounge together.”     
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John Primer and Friends  Little by Little   Favoriting Tribute to Theresa's Lounge  Blues House Productions  2026  Junior Wells played here every Thursday night and this was one of John Primer's favorites of his to play.  ✓    
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  CKUT Promo - Off The Hook              
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  PSA - QPIRG Fundraiser              
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Chambers Deslauriers  ID - Chambers Deslauriers   Favoriting            
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John Primer and Friends  She's Nineteen Years Old Feat. Carlos Johnson   Favoriting Tribute to Theresa's Lounge  Blues House Productions  2026  Muddy Waters was among the many artists who John Primer accompanied regularly at Theresa's Lounge.  ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         Multiple award-winning jazz, funk, and blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter Jason Ricci released "13 Hours", his third album for Gulf Coast Records and and a tribute to late drummer John Perkins.     
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Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind  The Big DisEasey   Favoriting 13 Hours  Gulf Coast Records  2026  Jason Ricci displays his eclecticism with this tribute to his current home town of New Orleans by including vibraphone (courtesy Mike Dillon) hip-hop, and more than a taste of beat poetry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf3oPIQfbpA  ✓    
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  AD TRACK 80 Taste of the Caribbean              
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Mitch Woods  ID - Mitch Woods   Favoriting            
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Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind  Nuit Waltz   Favoriting 13 Hours  Gulf Coast Records  2026  I can't resist a French title and who doesn't love an awkward waltz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n2ZIYzkCAo  ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         Intro to a few more new releases     
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Sherri Harding  Down In The Shoals   Favoriting Storyland  Fontana North  2026  Storyland continues Harding’s connection to the legendary Muscle Shoals music scene. The album features contributions from acclaimed Muscle Shoals guitarist Kelvin Holly, while the iconic Muscle Shoals Horns recorded their parts in Alabama. Grammy-winning engineer Jimmy Nutt mixed the album at The NuttHouse in Muscle Shoals.  ✓   ㏄  
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Blind Dog Mayer Group  Harley Rider   Favoriting Live Studio Session - From The Shadow Of The Castle  Blues Note Records  2026  Found the right theme for Smoke Meat Pete's Bike Night but had to go to Luxembourg to get it.  ✓    
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McKinley James  Back On The Run   Favoriting Back On The Run - single  Easy Eye Sound  2026  McKinley James immersed himself in his craft from the ground up—literally. He swept floors at Easy Eye Sound Studio in Nashville, falling directly under the mentorship of GRAMMY Award-winning producer and The Black Keys frontman, Dan Auerbach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sfV-YHeOsA  ✓    
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Bessie Smith  Lady Luck Blues   Favoriting The Complete Recordings Volume 1  Columbia Records  1923  Recorded June 14, 1923 in NYC with Fletcher Henderson on piano     
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Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson  Bull Frog Moan   Favoriting Blue Guitars  Smith & Co.  1929  Recorded June 15, 1929     
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Robert Johnson  Hell Hound On My Trail   Favoriting The Complete Recordings  Columbia Records  1937  Recorded June 20, 1937     
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Lillie Mae Kirkman  He's Just My Size   Favoriting Authentic Blues the Original Female Blues Singers 1920-1940  Nasjon LLC  1939  Recorded June 15, 1939     
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Wynonie Harris  Somebody Changed The Lock On My Door   Favoriting West Coast Jive  Delmark Records  1945  d. 1969-0614, LOS ANGELES, CA 54 (esophageal cancer)     
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  AD TRACK 72 Jazz Festival              
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Father 'N' Son  ID - Father 'N' Son   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Eddie Boyd  Five Long Years   Favoriting 100 Blues Classics & Greatest Blues Hits - The Very Best Classic Blues Collection  4:Squared Entertainment  1952  Recorded June 19, 1952     
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Grace Brim  Man Around My Door   Favoriting Chicago Blues Of The 1950's  Paula Records  1952  d. 1999-0615, GARY, IN 75     
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Bill Doggett  Honky Tonk, Pt. 1   Favoriting All His Hits  Gusto Records  1956  Recorded June 16, 1956     
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Lazy Lester  I Hear You Knockin'   Favoriting Sound Of The Swamp: The Best Of Excello Records, Vol 1  Rhino Records  1955  LESLIE JOHNSON AKA LAZY LESTER b. 1933-0620, TORRAS, LA     
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  AD TRACK 59 One Word              
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  AD TRACK 75 Suoni per il Popolo_ENG              
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Kim Wilson  ID - Kim Wilson   Favoriting            
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Bobby Christina's Caravan  Matt's Shuffle   Favoriting True Blues Brother The Legacy of Matt Guitar Murphy  NOLA Blue Records  2024  Matt "Guitar" Murphy d. 2018-0615, MIAMI, FL (88) (heart attack)     
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Steve Dawson  Broken Future Blues   Favoriting Solid States and Loose Ends  Black Hen Music  2016  b. 1972-0616, VANCOUVER, BC I highly recommend his podcast "Music Makers and Soul Shakers"    ㏄  
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Big Bill Morganfield  High Gas Prices   Favoriting Born Lover  Black Shuck Records  2009  b. 1956-0619, CHICAGO, IL     
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WHERE IT'S AT: LIVE EVENTS IN & AROUND MONTREAL
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting June 14 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Ginger St. James  Lowdown Lonesome Blues   Favoriting Told Ya  Busted Flat Records  2025  WED JUNE 17, 2026 AT Bar de Courcelle 4685 Notre-Dame Ouest Montreal, QC H4C 1S7 https://www.facebook.com/Bar-de-Courcelle-225553864241121/    ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  12:45pm George Akiki:

A great show, started strong with a morbid and funny song by Albert Castiglia’s I’m afraid to fall asleep and continued for the next 2 hours.
Very good show sir John 👍🏼
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