Blues is the Truth
Blues is the Truth is a weekly 2 hour radio show, featuring some of the very best new Blues Music alongside some classic tracks that define the genre. Presented for a decade by Ian McHugh, frontman and guitarist with the band Blues is Truth and compere of the Ealing Blues Festival main stage,
The show is informative, entertaining and sometimes a little different....
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 119 minutes
- Episodes
- 263
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Blues is the Truth 553
In between Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton it's another jam packed edition of Blues is the Truth, packed with brand new music and stone cold classics...
There are tracks from Will Johns, Trev Turley, …
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Sun 07 Mar 2021
Blues is the Truth 552
It's another Blues is the Truth, packed with classic tunes and brand new music... IN this weeks show we have tracks from Howling Wolf, Jimmie Vaughan, Frank Bey, Buddy Scott, Joanna Connor, Hans Thee…
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Sun 28 Feb 2021
Blues is the Truth 551
What do you fit into the space between Will Johns and Koko Taylor? The best part of two hours of amazing blues music. There are tunes from Jimmy Reiter, Skylar Rogers, Curtis Salgado, Tim Penn and th…
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Sun 21 Feb 2021
Blues is the Truth 550
In this weeks show we take a pass through the nominees in the 2021 UK Blues Awards, with tracks from almost all of the nominees... We have tracks from Half Deaf Clatch, Connor Selby, Giles Robson and…
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Sun 07 Feb 2021
Blues is the Truth 549
In another packed show we have a world exclusive first play of a track from the new Will Johns album Bluesdaddy along side some other great tracks both old and new. Listen out for John Lee Hooker, Bo…
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Sun 31 Jan 2021
Blues is the Truth 548
Starting with a brilliant version of Smokestack Lightening this show is packed with amazing tunes.
There's the usual mix of brand new tunes and classics, featuring songs form 3am. SRV, Joanna Conno…
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Sun 24 Jan 2021
Blues is the Truth 547
After last weeks best of the year retrospective this week's blues is the truth goes retro and delves through the crates to pick out some of the best classics of blues, roots and more. There are track…
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Sun 17 Jan 2021
Blues is the Truth 546 The best of 2020
2020 may have been an awful year for live music (and just about anything else) but one of the best for recorded blues. This weeks show features two hours of the very best, though it wasn't even close…
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Sat 09 Jan 2021
Blues is the Truth Christmas Special 2020
It's time for the annual Blues is the Truth Christmas Special featuring a plethora of festive tunes from the likes of Charles Brown, Albert King, Lawrence Lebo, Ron Sayer and Charlotte Joyce, Mike Zi…
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Thu 24 Dec 2020
Blues is the Truth 544
In the penultimate show before the anual Blues is the Truth Christmas Special it's packed with amazing tunes! Starting with Colin James and Taking a ride through Midy Abair, Michael Messer Emma Wilso…
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Sun 20 Dec 2020
Blues is the Truth 543
It's another packed show this week, with no end of amazing music ready for your delectation. Starting with the Pete Harris R&B All Stars and finishing with Buddy Guy the space in between has amazing …
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Sun 13 Dec 2020
Blues is the Truth 542
We start with Long John Baldry, celebrate a couple of big birthdays in blues with trackd from John Mayall and Jimi Hendrix and then we get down to the rest of the show which features tracks from Coll…
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Sun 06 Dec 2020
Blues is the Truth 541
This weeks show is another packed edition, from start to finish, with great tunes. There's Eric Clapton to start, And Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes to finish... In between there are tracks from Josh S…
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Sun 29 Nov 2020
Blues is the Truth 540
It's time for another Blues is the Truth, and this week it's packed from start to finish with amazing tunes... We have tracks from Jonny Lang, Bob Margolin, Giles Robson and Chris Corcoran, Ry Cooder…
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Sun 22 Nov 2020
Blues is the Truth 539
Another packed edition of Blues is the Truth this week starts with Irma Thomas, and ends with a brand new track from Sonny Green. In between there's a selection of amazing tracks from Stevie Watts Or…
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Sun 15 Nov 2020
Blues is the Truth 538
This week the technology took over and chose the songs, it's always fun dong this because we end up discovering some of the very best music that I've forgotten about, along with some of the very best…
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Sun 08 Nov 2020
Blues is the Truth 537
This weeks show is a doozy, packed to the gills with amazing tunes and full of so much new music it's hard to beleive I had room for a couple of classics, but I did! Featuring tunes from Jimmy Rogers…
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Sun 01 Nov 2020
Blues is the Truth 536
From the Paul Butterfield Blues Band Through to the Untouchables it's a blues packed edition of Blues is the Truth, with a shed load of new music to enjoy along with a smattering of classics! We feat…
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Sun 25 Oct 2020
Blues is the Truth 535
The first show of October is packed with new tunes, and a fair smattering of real classics. It starts with Eddie Boyd before moving through songs from Jimmy Regal and the Royals, Kim Wilson, John May…
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Sun 18 Oct 2020
Blues is th Truth 534
Time for another edition of Blues is the Truth... once more packed with some truly awesome tunes! Starting with Eric Clapton and moving through the likes of Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion, Toby Lee, Tony…
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Sun 04 Oct 2020
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