Raven 'n' Blues
The weekly blues radio show and podcast together with the archive of the BFBS Radio 2 Multimedia and Games,Gadgets and Gizmos radio programmes.
If you want to skip the Joanne Shaw Taylor session because you've already heard it, jump from 26' to 37'

She Don't Know    Kilborn Alley Blues Band    Tear Chicago Down
Some These Days    Tom Doughty    Running Free
Carey Bell Rocks    Carey Bell    Heartaches & Pain
No Regrets    Porterdavis    Live At Eddies Attic
You Gotta Move    Townes Van Zandt    In Pain
Going Home    Joanne Shaw Taylor    Koraki Live
Kiss The Ground Goodbye    Joanne Shaw Taylor    Koraki Live
Revelations    Sean Taylor    Calcutta Grove
Little Sweet Pea    Catfish Keith    Sweet Pea
Ridin' In The Moonlight    Lemon Squeezin Daddies    Juiced One Night
Hoochie Coochie Man    Guy Davis    Sweetheart Like You
December Again    Little Queenie & The Blue Cats    December Again
Direct download: rnb4709.mp3
Category: Blues -- posted at: 12:55 PM
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3 years since her last visit, Erja returns and plays numbers from her latest CD - "Grip of the Blues". We talk about becoming a woman, her dark days of song writing and even her hair colour and she plays four great live tracks.
Watch the video  - http://blip.tv/file/2851793
Direct download: rnb-erjalyytinen.mp3
Category: Blues -- posted at: 12:13 PM
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A super session from Joanne Shaw Taylor with four live tracks and some great conversation - watch the video at http://blip.tv/file/2848264
Direct download: rnb-joanneshawtaylor.mp3
Category: Blues -- posted at: 12:10 PM
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Title    Artist    CD
Rock Mr Baby    Luther Snakeboy Johnson    Get Down To The Nitty Gritty
Liza    Joan Armatrading    Into The Blues
Ain't No Shoe My Mouth Won't Fit    Niki Leeman    mp3
The Colour    The Cedars    Little Copper Still
Winter Time Blues    Roscoe Chenier    Swamp Blues
Honkey Tonkin    Delbert McClinton    Honky Tonk
Have A Little Faith    Deanna Bogart    11th Hour
Little Paranoia    Ian Siegal    Broadside
Hottest Brand Goin'    Smoky Babe    Hottest Brand Going
Knee Deep In Mud    The Aces    No One Rides For Free
Destiny Blues    Eric Bibb    Diamond Days
Walking The Dog    J B Hutto & the Hawks    High And Lonesome

Direct download: rnb4609.mp3
Category: Blues -- posted at: 1:01 PM
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Title    Artist    CD
Big Town Playboy    Omar Kent Dykes    Big Town Playboy
As The Crow Flies    Joe Bonamassa    The Ballad Of John Henry
Candy Man    Ben Andrews    Journey
I Don't Know Why    Angela Strehli    Blue Highway
Forevermore    Gov't Mule    By A Thread
Harmonica King    Shar Baby    Chicago Blues
Blue Tarp Blues    Sonny Landreth    From The Reach
Ain't Gotta Dime    Boo Boo Davis    Ain't Got A Dime
Wreck On The Highway    Watermelon Slim    Escape From The Chicken Coop
Someone Somewhere    Rick Estrin & The Nightcats    Twisted
Going To The River    Cephas & Wiggins    Richmond Blues
Straighten Up    Lemon Squeezin Daddies    Juiced One Night
Shopping For Clothes    The Coasters    Honky Tonk

Direct download: rnb4509.mp3
Category: Blues -- posted at: 12:15 PM
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Title    Artist    CD
The Money I Make    Nick Moss & The Flip Tops    Sadie Mae
Big Green & Yeller    Seasick Steve    Man From Another Time
Cryin' Blind    Samuel James    For Rosa Maeve & Noreen
Crossdressers's Blues    Little Queenie & The Blue Cats    Another Blue Day
Wanna Get Closer    Erja Lyytinen    Grip Of The Blues
Kiss The Ground Goodbye    Joanne Shaw Taylor    White Sugar
Fire With Fire    Kilborn Alley Blues Band    Tear Chicago Down
East To Kansas    Kelly Joe Phelps    Western Bell
Mr Nobody    Pokey La Farge    Beat Move & Shake
Microphone King    Brotherhood Of The Jug    Word To Mother
You're Gonna Lose    The Aces    No One Rides For Free
Down South Blues    Guy Davis    Sweetheart Like You
Gimme One More Shot    Cry Baby & the Hoochie Coochie Boys    Salt Glazed Blues
That Ain't No Way    Catfish Keith    Sweet Pea

Direct download: rnb4409.mp3
Category: Blues -- posted at: 1:38 PM
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This week -
Good Luck    Nick Curran & the Nitelifes    Player!
The Milky Way Home    Sonny Landreth    From The Reach
Now I Got A Woman    John Mayall    In The Palace Of The King
Into The Blues    Joan Armatrading    Into The Blues
It's Never Too Hard To Be Humble    Watermelon Slim    Escape From The Chicken Coop
Grown Up People    Bob Cheevers    Koraki Live
Texas Is An Only Child    Bob Cheevers    Koraki Live
Kansas City    J B Hutto & the Hawks    High And Lonesome
Women & Cadillacs    Lemon Squeezin Daddies    Juiced One Night
Someday    Layla Zoe    Shades Of Blue
Behind The Ritual    Van Morrison    Keep It Simple

Direct download: rnb4309.mp3
Category: Blues -- posted at: 12:38 PM
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A welcome return from Bob Cheevers with four live tracks from his new album "Tall Texas Tales" and good conversation

You can also watch the video at http://blip.tv/dashboard/episode/2755345.
The tape runs out before the last number - sorry !
Direct download: rnb-bobcheevers09.mp3
Category: Blues -- posted at: 2:50 AM
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Title    Artist    CD
Come So Far, Yet Still So Far To Go    Chris Rea    The Best Of Chris Rea
Storm Of Worry    Sonny Landreth    From The Reach
My Black Mama    Rory Block    Walkin' Like A Man
West Doing 60    The Nouveaux Honkies    Where Do I Go
Is It Ever Going To Rain    Bob Cheevers    Tall Texas Tales
Slow Motion Daddy    Guy Davis    Sweetheart Like You
Mr Gip's Juke House    Shar Baby    Chicago Blues
Bigger Blacker Ben    Samuel James    For Rosa Maeve & Noreen
Evening Call    Greg Brown    Essential Recordings 1997-2006
Genieve    Roscoe Chenier    Swamp Blues
Kingdom Come    Ian Siegal    Broadside
Messin' With The Kid    Rory Gallagher    Live In Europe

Direct download: rnb4209.mp3
Category: Blues -- posted at: 12:39 PM
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Title    Artist    CD
I Don't Believe    Dave Herrero    Austin To Chicago
Can't Afford To Do It    Homesick James    Live In Austria
Old Jabo    Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee    Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing
Play With Your Poodle    Brotherhood Of The Jug    Word To Mother
1-800 Love    Freddy & The Screamers    Ful Moon On Main Street
Dew On Roses    Harry Manx    Bread & Buddha
Calcutta Grove    Sean Taylor    Koraki Live
Nightmares    Sean Taylor    Koraki Live
Life Is A Nightmare    The Crank Bros    Black Midnights, Stars & Streetlights
Alabama Train    Louisiana Red    Back To The Black Bayou
Here Is My Heart    Bex Marshall    Kitchen Table
Coming Home    Gordon Smith    The Essential Gordon Smith
Over Under Sideways Down    The Yardbirds    Birdland Live

Direct download: rnb4109.mp3
Category: Blues -- posted at: 1:31 PM
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