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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 July 19, 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 start with new singles from Oli Mac And Hi Rhythm, Kody Shade Harrell, and Honeybear, the Band plus previews of upcoming albums by Eddie 9V, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Keb’ Mo’, Davis Coen, Danielle Nicole, and Billy F Gibbons. This week's featured new releases are Canadian allstars: Toronto's Robin Banks and those "purveyors of fine Rocky Mountain roots and boogie blues" Ethan Askey and The Elevators. The history part of tonight's show starts in 1933 with Lucille Bogan, followed by music from Champion Jack Dupree, Big Joe Williams, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Howlin' Wolf, Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow, Ray Charles, Lambert-Hendricks & Ross, Chuck E. Weiss, Phillip Walker, John Mayall, and Mighty Mo Rodgers. We'll close the show with a song from Colin Perry's Tin Pan Troubadours who provide the music for Swing Connexion's dance night at Café La Ligne Verte on Wednesday. Come early for the swing dance lesson, stay for the great band.

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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!
Eddie 9V  Blowin’ Up   Favoriting Down Here  Easy Eye Sound  2026  Atlanta-bred guitarist-singer-songwriter Eddie 9V just released "Blowin’ Up", the first single from his new album "Down Here", produced by GRAMMY® Producer of the Year winner Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and due Nov 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jWNbUGVzqI  ✓    
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Oli Mac And Hi Rhythm  You Got To Call Me   Favoriting You Got To Call Me - single  APM Records  2026  To his British friends he’s known as Oli, to his American friends he’s known as Mac and spent years paying his dues as ‘Mississippi’ MacDonald. From a series of recording sessions, produced by Grammy award winner Boo Mitchell, comes this first single of Oli Mac’s own songs honed by the connection he made with the legendary Hi Rhythm section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=namg50V_c_s  ✓    
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Kody Shade Harrell  Blues Luxury   Favoriting Blues Luxury - single  Indie  2026  Blues Luxury is a nod to the torch-bearers and musical heroes who have come before and are rolling strong today, paving the way on the road and living in all the "blues luxury" that is touring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vpVbU05fSA  ✓    
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Davis Coen  Hurricane Man   Favoriting Hurricane Man - single  Soundview  2026  Hurricane Man is the debut single & title track off the forthcoming Davis Coen EP album release, which honors his late father who passed in 2020 and left behind a stockpile of half-finished original music. This track is one of two on the EP featuring guitar by Eric Deaton, who currently tours with The Black Keys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doqgvozT1Gk  ✓    
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Honeybear, the Band  Just Your Fool   Favoriting Just Your Fool - single  Playmor  2026  Vancouver based quartet Honeybear, the Band released their new single "Just Your Fool", a classic blues ballad built around the Slim Harpo tune "Raining in My Heart". They'll be back in Montreal at La Sala Rossa on Aug 5 but their site claims it's SOLD OUT. Try anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNokUE67ABw  ✓   ㏄  
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  CKUT Promo - Full Circle              
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  QPIRG fundraiser PSA              
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Joanne Shaw Taylor  ID - Joanne Shaw Taylor   Favoriting            
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Joanne Shaw Taylor  Bad Boy   Favoriting The Trouble With Love  Journeyman Records  2026  British blues-rock artist Joanne Shaw Taylor released “Bad Boy”, the latest single from her forthcoming studio album The Trouble With Love, due October 23rd via Journeyman Records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r__Zt8RX7SA  ✓    
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Keb’ Mo’  Cadillac Assembly Line   Favoriting Morgan Freeman's Symphonic Blues Experience  Decca Records  2026  The second single from Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience is Keb'Mo's take on Albert King's classic “Cadillac Assembly Line”. This "concept compilation" album will be available Aug 14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K1WW0zHfhY  ✓    
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Danielle Nicole  Take Me Back   Favoriting Fireflies  Forty Below Records  2026  Grammy-nominated artist and 10-time Blues Music Award winner Danielle Nicole has released her new single, “Take Me Back,” featuring North Mississippi Allstars guitarist Luther Dickinson. The song is the latest preview of her forthcoming album, Fireflies, which will be released on August 28 via Forty Below Records. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRr7LMuoMJg  ✓    
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Billy F Gibbons and the BFGs  Hangin' On A Cliff   Favoriting Antone's 50th Presents Chicago Bound - Honoring Muddy, Cliff & Blue  Blues Till 2 Recording Co.  2026  So, when Antone’s called upon their family of blues legends to put together a four-disc set to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Antone’s Nightclub, they came up with more blues than they could possibly fit into one collection. It soon became the start of their next project. Set for release on August 28, 2026, Antone's 50th Presents Chicago Bound: Honoring Muddy, Cliff & Blue caps the club’s 50th anniversary celebration. The introductory single is “Hangin’ On A Cliff,” by Billy F Gibbons (of ZZ Top fame) and the BFGs. Gibbons draws a distinction between "hanging on a cliff” and “hanging out with Cliff” — the former is hazardous, the latter is much more pleasurable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20mblaqIm1M  ✓    
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES!
  Talk Time ID         "Lost In Austin" by Miss Robin Banks is new music from Texas via Toronto featuring guitarist Johnny Moeller (Texas Headhunters, Fabulous Thunderbirds) and his brother Jason Moeller (Sue Foley) on drums plus Steve Marriner harmonica, Roly Platt harmonica, Bruce Bears keyboards, Drew Allain bass and Dale Rivard pedal steel.     
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Robin Banks  Not Today   Favoriting Lost In Austin  Dallas Blues Society Records  2026  This record is dedicated in memory of Chuck Nevitt as well as my late friend Debbie Dvoracek. Chuck was an important part of the Dallas Blues music scene making records and producing shows for many Dallas area artists including The Moeller Brothers and myself.  ✓   ㏄  
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  AD TRACK 92 Nuits d'Afrique              
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Lucky Losers  ID - Lucky Losers   Favoriting            
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Robin Banks  Talk Dirty To Ya   Favoriting Lost In Austin  Dallas Blues Society Records  2026  This album will not be streaming in any way. If you'd like to purchase a physical copy, etransfer or PayPal $25 to robinbanksblues@gmail.com $25 US includes shipping to the US and elsewhere, and $25 Canadian includes shipping to Canada. Plus, while they last you get a free Robin Banks bumper sticker with every purchase! #bonus Or if you prefer the digital download version, just go to my brand new website where you can sample all of the songs:  ✓   ㏄  
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  Talk Time ID         Ethan Askey is creating original roots, rock, and blues music in Canada's Rocky Mountains. Having served a long apprenticeship as studio session player and sideman he has launched his exciting new project, Ethan Askey & the Elevators. These self-described "purveyors of fine Rocky Mountain roots and boogies blues", released their new album Outside the Lines June 29, 2026.     
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Ethan Askey and The Elevators  Big Bad Bossman   Favoriting Outside the Lines  Indie  2026  The third single from their album 'Outside the Lines'. The upbeat blues shuffle takes aim at every petty tyrant who ever mistook control for strength.  ✓   ㏄  
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  AD TRACK 90 Something Fest              
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Stephen Barry  ID - Stephen Barry   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Ethan Askey and The Elevators  Time for a Change   Favoriting Outside the Lines  Indie  2026  A catalyst for the record was a January 2023 road trip Askey and guitarist Keith Larsen made through Mississippi and Tennessee. To finish the album, Askey and Larsen travelled east from the Rockies to Ganaraska Recording Co., the Ontario farmhouse studio owned by Blue Rodeo guitarist Jimmy Bowskill, where multiple JUNO Award winner Steve Marriner came aboard to mix the album and do some of the recording there.  ✓   ㏄  
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Lucille Bogan  Groceries On the Shelf   Favoriting Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) Vol. 2  Document Records  1933  Recorded July 19, 1933 in NYC     
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Champion Jack Dupree  Dupree Shake Dance   Favoriting Black Woman Swing  CD Drive  1940  b. 1909-0723, NEW ORLEANS, LA     
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Big Joe Williams  Baby Please Don't Go   Favoriting The No.1 Blues Collection  Stardust Entertainment  1947  Recorded July 22, 1947 in Chicago with Sonny Boy Williamson on harp     
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Jessie Mae Hemphill  You Can Talk About Me   Favoriting Deep Blues (Music From The Original Soundtrack)  Anxious Records  1992  d. 2006-0722, MEMPHIS, TN 82     
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Howlin' Wolf  Howlin' Wolf Talks #3   Favoriting The Chess Box  Chess Records  1968  Howlin' Wolf Talks (about "I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)")     
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Howlin' Wolf  I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)   Favoriting The Chess Box  Chess Records  1956  Recorded July 19, 1956. Hosea Lee Kennard (p), Willie Dixon (b), Earl Phillips (d), Otis "Smokey" Smothers & Hubert Sumlin (g)     
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Howlin' Wolf  The Natchez Burnin'   Favoriting The Chess Box  Chess Records  1956  Recorded July 19, 1956. Hosea Lee Kennard (p), Willie Dixon (b), Earl Phillips (d), Otis "Smokey" Smothers & Hubert Sumlin (g)     
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Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow  I'm Hurt   Favoriting Louisiana Swamp Blues  Capitol Records  1953  Recorded July 24, 1953     
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  PSA - Radio Moon - Mental Health              
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  PSA - My CRI Campaign_ENG              
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John Campbelljohn  ID - John Campbelljohn   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Ray Charles  Busted   Favoriting True Genius  Tangerine Records  1963  2021 Recorded July 24, 1963 at Capitol studios in New York     
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Lambert, Hendricks & Ross  Twisted   Favoriting The Beat Generation  Rhino Word Beat  1959  ANNIE ROSS b. 1930-0725, MITCHAM, UK     
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Chuck E. Weiss  Extremely Cool   Favoriting Extremely Cool  Slow River Records  1999  d. 2021-0720 LOS ANGELES, CA 76 and, yes, he was THAT Chuck E from the Rickie Lee Jones song     
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  CKUT Promo - Amandla! SOWETO              
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Marcus Trummer  ID - Marcus Trummer   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Phillip Walker  Big Rear Window   Favoriting Blues  Hightone Records  1998  d. 2010-0722 PALM SPRINGS, CA 73     
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John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers  Blues For The Lost Days feat. Buddy Whittington   Favoriting Silver Tones - Best Of  Silvertone Records  1998  d. 2024-0722, LAUREL CANYON, CA 90     
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Mighty Mo Rodgers  The Boy Who Stole the Blues   Favoriting Red, White And Blues  Blue Thumb Records  2002  b. 1942-0724, EAST CHICAGO, IN     
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WHERE IT'S AT: LIVE EVENTS IN & AROUND MONTREAL
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting July 19 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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The Tin Pan Troubadours  Baby Won't You Please Come Home   Favoriting The Tin Pan Troubadours (Facebok Posting)  Indie  2026  WED JULY 22, 2026 AT Les Mercredis Swing ! Au Café La Ligne Verte 2531 rue Ontario est Montreal, QC H2K 1W5 https://www.facebook.com/events/1280821807014589/  ✓   ㏄  
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  1:16pm George Akiki:

A very nice and soft blues show, it was very soothing and comforting.
Very well done Sir John. 👍🏼
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