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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 September 13, 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 let's warm up with some new singles from Pokey LaFarge, Omer Netzer, Mathias Lattin, Sonny Landreth, Wood Burnt Red, and Gwyn Ashton. There's still a lot of maple syrup on the new release deck to feature new Canadian albums from Angel Forrest, Harry Manx, and Wailin' Walker, plus Mark Hummel's All Stars. The history part of the show starts with a 1928 classic from Blind Willie Johnson, and continues with Wingy Manone, Billie Holiday, T-Bone Walker, Charles Brown, Roy Milton, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson II, Silas Hogan, B.B. King, Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford, JD Souther, Nick Gravenites, and Billy Boy Arnold. We'll close the show with Kim Adams & The House Cats who'll be appearing at the Royal Canadian Legion in Morin-Heights on Saturday.

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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  Here's what we're doing tonight.     
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HOT NEW SINGLES!
Pokey LaFarge  My Baby Loves Me   Favoriting Rent Money  Boxer Boy Records  2026  Pokey LaFarge (AKA Andrew Heissler) celebrated Friday's release of his new album Rent Money by dropping a new video for "My Baby Loves Me" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06bI0d5q1gY  ✓    
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Omer Netzer  Praise The Lord (For A Woman)   Favoriting Let It Sing: Side A  Indie  2026  “Praise The Lord (For A Woman),” is the lead single from Omer Netzer's upcoming EP ‘Let It Sing: Side A,’ a five-track EP out October 2nd. The video depicts a dimly lit club where Omer is performing in front of a red-curtain stage populated by attractive burlesque dancers. (My first paying gig was at Terry Evanshon's Shed 25, a strip club biker bar near the docks on Notre Dame E. in the 70's). ‘Let It Sing: Side A’ marks the first chapter in a three-part release. Netzer will follow with Side B and a Live EP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOZTzGsZyBA  ✓    
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Mathias Lattin  Cadillac Assembly Line   Favoriting Cadillac Assembly Line - single  Red Zero Records  2026  Cadillac Assembly Line is the first single from Mathias Lattin, who has signed with Red Zero Records, the new label founded by GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. The song was written by Mack Rice and was first released by Albert King in 1976. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf65aXAZA0c  ✓    
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  CKUT Promo - Full Circle              
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Gráinne Duffy  ID - Gráinne Duffy   Favoriting            
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Sonny Landreth  Lady On The Rise   Favoriting Lady On The Rise - single  Provogue  2026  “Lady On The Rise” is the first single from a new studio album coming in 2027. On September 16, Landreth will make his first appearance at Americanafest in more than twenty years when he performs on the day stage at Eastside Bowl alongside Grace Potter, Eli Paperboy Reed, and others. The performances will be broadcast live on WMOT Roots Radio, in partnership with NPR Music, World Café and Nashville PBS. The broadcast will be also be presented on NPR Music’s YouTube channel alongside Nashville PBS’s main channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcRcb5uwqus  ✓    
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Wood Burnt Red  Best Things   Favoriting Hold on Tight  Indie  2026  “Best Things” is the second single taken from UK Southern-rock four-piece Wood Burnt Red’s debut album Hold on Tight released Friday September 4th. “Best Things is a feel-good song about being completely skint,” says Wood Burnt Red’s lead singer and guitarist, Tom Franklin. “You’ve got a nice home you don’t own, a car you haven’t paid for, a mortgage you can barely afford and a pension that thinks you’re worthless, but from the outside, you’re absolutely smashing it.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc79rzl-m9E  ✓    
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Gwyn Ashton  Stop The Chop   Favoriting Stop the Chop - single  Fab Tone Records  2026  Australian blues-rockin' activist Gwyn Ashton wrote "Stop the Chop" in support of environmental demonstrations opposing the Malinauskas State Government's redevelopment of the North Adelaide Golf Course. The $45 million project - featuring a LIV Golf-style upgrade designed by Greg Norman - requires the removal of up to 600 established trees in the Adelaide Park Lands. More trees are about to come down for this PLUS development for Motocross bike races. These trees are essential for South Australia, many being hundreds of years old and supposed to be protected, not only for the environment but they are homes to thousands of native animals that can’t just be relocated elsewhere. https://youtu.be/Ce1cdVQHoow?si=pilwG5TvZ_pEtuVK  ✓    
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES
  Talk Time ID         Grammy-nominated, Blues Music Award-winner Mark Hummel’s newest CD is Road Dog, featuring mostly recordings from 2024, complemented by three previously unissued tracks from the 2015 sessions for Golden State Lone Star, along with a couple of previously unreleased gems. The All Stars on this recording are guitarists Anson Funderburgh and Junior Watson, drummer Wes Starr, Bob Welsh on piano, Kedar Roy on bass plus bandleader and master blaster Mark Hummel. Six songs are original while others are well chosen covers. Hummel has been featured on over thirty recordings since 1985     
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Mark Hummel  Road Dog   Favoriting Road Dog  Rockinitis Records  2026  "Road Dog, the title cut, an original song I did an acoustic version of on Way back Machine. I had done an unissued version prior with a full band which I really liked but knew this band could one up it. With a combo like Anson laying it down on an Eddie Taylor two beat and Watson playing wicked fills, I couldn’t go wrong. The rhythm section of Starr and Roy plus Bob Welsh on keys is unbeatable."  ✓    
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Mark Hummel  Black Nights   Favoriting Road Dog  Rockinitis Records  2026  "Black Nights is a Lowell Fulson hit I was fortunate enough to have performed alongside this legend many nights, as it was a huge hit of Fulson’s. I recently started doing this song again as I felt Anson’s guitar style lends itself well to Lowell’s iconic tune. It has long been one of my favorite blues tracks and the fifth one I’ve recorded by Fulson."  ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         A ten-time Maple Blues Award winner, Angel has been named Female Vocalist of the Year eight times and has also received awards for Songwriter and Producer/Recording of the Year. She was a finalist at the 2018 International Blues Challenge in Memphis and a JUNO Award nominee.     
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Angel Forrest  Beautiful Thing   Favoriting A Beautiful Life  Indie  2026  After more than three decades of touring, recording, and building a loyal international audience, award-winning Canadian artist Angel enters a new chapter with A Beautiful Life, her first fully independent album.  ✓   ㏄  
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  AD TRACK 19 Cinematheque QC              
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  AD TRACK 14 Cinema Cinema              
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Angel Forrest  ID - Angel Forrest   Favoriting            
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Angel Forrest  Guitbox   Favoriting A Beautiful Life  Indie  2026  Accompanied as always by her partner Denis Coulombe on bass, acoustic guitar and whatever else is needed. Jean Sebastien Chouinard provides guitar, Marc Antoine Dauphin on drums, Bernard Quessy on keys. Keeping it in the family, design & photography are by her daughter Dylansky. This song represents a common theme for guitarists, so it's interesting to hear the view from the other side of this equation.  ✓   ㏄  
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  Talk Time ID         Harry Manx released his 22nd album, Falling Upwards, on August 28. He studied the Mohan Veena, a remarkable 20-string hybrid instrument that you hear in the opening to my show every week under the master Vishnu Bhatt. In this truly international release, Harry's guests include Joey Landreth of The Landreth Brothers, Montreal guitarist Simon Godin, vocalist Geneviève Jodoin, and Victoria-based violinist Mark Ferris, Nepalese violinist Prasad Anjali, Australian musician Clayton Doley, German guitarist William MacKenzie, and Calgary accordionist Michael Danglemaier.     
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Harry Manx  Pork Pie Turban   Favoriting Falling Upwards  Dog My Cat Records  2026  The instrumental “Pork Pie Turban,” created in collaboration with Steve Marriner (MonkeyJunk, Colin James Band), highlights Marriner’s talents on both guitar and harmonica.  ✓   ㏄  
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Harry Manx    God's Gonna Cut you Down  Dog My Cat Records  2026  The album opens with “God’s Gonna Cut You Down,” a traditional folk-blues song featuring the exceptional guitar work of Kevin Breit (formerly with Norah Jones, k.d. lang, and The Sisters Euclid) alongside the captivating vocals of Omkara, a mantra singer based in Portugal.  ✓   ㏄  
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Wailin' Walker  Cadillac Car   Favoriting Bluesman  Jitterbug Records  2026  Wailin' Al Walker has been recording since 1978 and has accumulated awards and accolades since then. In the tradition of tonight's first new release this road dog's new release is simply "Bluesman".  ✓   ㏄  
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Wailin' Walker  Directly From My Heart   Favoriting Bluesman  Jitterbug Records  2026  An oft overlooked straight blues from Little Richard's VeeJay catalogue. (Also covered by Frank Zappa with Sugarcane Harris on "Weasels Ripped My Flesh")  ✓   ㏄  
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Blind Willie Johnson  The Soul of a Man   Favoriting The No. 1 Blues Collection  Stardust Entertainment  1928  d. 1945-0918, BEAUMONT, TX 48     
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Wingy Manone  Up The Country Blues   Favoriting The Wingy Manone Collection Vol 1  Collectors Classic  1930  Recorded Sep 19, 1930     
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Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra  He's Funny That Way   Favoriting Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles  Columbia Records  1937  Recorded Sep 13, 1937     
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T-Bone Walker  Call It Stormy Monday   Favoriting Jazz Noire: Darktown Sleaze from the Mean Streets of 1940s L.A.  Fantastic Voyage  1947  Recorded Sep 13, 1947     
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Charles Brown  Gee!   Favoriting The Cocktail Combos  Capitol Records  1950  b. 1922-0913, TEXAS CITY, TX     
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Roy Milton  I Got a Big Fat Mama   Favoriting Roy Milton Greatest Hits  Lionfish Music Recorded  1947  d. 1983-0918, CANOGA PARK, CA 75     
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  PSA - Radio Moon - Mental Health              
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  AD TRACK 18 Apathy is Boring              
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Sunday Wilde  ID - Sunday Wilde   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Muddy Waters  Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone   Favoriting Chess Blues 1952-1954  Chess Records  1952  Recorded Sep 17, 1952     
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Sonny Boy Williamson II  Down Child   Favoriting Vol. 1 Don't Start Me To Talkin'  Roots  1960  Recorded Sep 15, 1960 plus "Too Close Together" and "Trust My Baby"     
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Silas Hogan  Everybody Needs Somebody   Favoriting Sound Of The Swamp: The Best Of Excello Records, Vol 1  Rhino Records  1964  b. 1911-0915, WESTOVER, LA     
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B.B. King  Paying The Cost To Be The Boss   Favoriting King Of The Blues  MCA Records  1967  Recorded Sep 14, 1967     
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Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford  Spoonful   Favoriting Jump Blues Live 1972  Liberation Hall  1972  Jimmy Witherspoon d. 1997-0918, LOS ANGELES, CA 75     
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  CKUT Promo - Amandla! SOWETO              
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  AD TRACK 12 Festival Quartier Danse              
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Son Of Dave  ID - Son Of Dave   Favoriting           ㏄  
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JD Souther  Girls All Over The World   Favoriting Home By Dawn  Omnivore Recordings  1984  d. 2024-0917 SANDIA PARK, NM 78     
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Nick Gravenites  Blues Singers   Favoriting Rogue Blues  M.C. Records  2024  v/g/prod/BUTTERFIELD, ELECTRIC FLAG d. 2024-0917 85     
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Billy Boy Arnold  Work Song   Favoriting The Blues Soul Of Billy Boy Arnold  Stony Plain Records  2014  b. 1935-0916, CHICAGO, IL a Nat Adderly composition, Oscar Brown Jr added lyrics    ㏄  
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WHERE IT'S AT: LIVE BLUES & ROOTS MUSIC IN & AROUND MONTREAL
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting September 13 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Kim Adams & The House Cats  Man Sized Job   Favoriting Cover Stories  Indie  2016  SAT SEP 19, 2026 AT 8 PM AT Royal Canadian Legion Branch 171, Morin-Heights, QC J0R 1H0 https://www.facebook.com/events/4754058124867314/    ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  1:13pm George Akiki:

A very very nice show, smooth sailing all the way. Enjoyed it from start to finish but felt something when Angel Forrest sang.
Thank you very much sir John. 👍🏼
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