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Hosted by Cindy McLeod, The Blues Witness is a weekly radio program at CJSW Radio 90.9FM and online at www.cjsw.com Featuring the best in blues from Canada and beyond.

07/16/2025

The Blues Witness 6-7PM MST
Hosted by Cindy McLeod
Playlist July 16, 2025
Artist / Album / Song (** Canadian)

Zac Harmon / Floreada's Boy / Never Have A Better Night

Southern Avenue / Family / Upside

** Donald Ray Johnson / These Blues / Slow Down Baby

** Shakura S'Aida / Hold On To Love / Glad For Today

Buddy Guy / *single / How Blues Is That (f. Joe Walsh)

Gaye Adegbalola / Satisfied / Big Ovaries, Baby

** Chris Antonik / Waves Of Stone / We're Not Alone (f. Paul DesLauriers)

** Angelique Francis / *single / Train Coming w. Eric Gales

Billy Branch & the Sons Of Blues / *single / Beggin' For Change (f. Shemekia Copeland)

Jimi Prime Time Smith / It's My Time / Don't Let the Devil Ride

** David Gogo / Yeah! / Give'er At the River

** Andre Bisson / Latchford / Tail Wags The Dog

** Sugar Brown / Toronto Bound / Sixteen Shots

07/09/2025

The Blues Witness 6-7PM MST
Hosted by Cindy McLeod
Playlist July 9, 2025
Artist / Album / Song (** Canadian)

Mud Morganfield / Portrait / Catfishing

Janiva Magness / Back For Me / Do I Need You

** Tony D / Electric Delta / New Attention

** Honeybear, The Band / I Was Wrong / Everyone's Invited

Lurrie Bell / The Devil Ain't Got No Music / I'll Get To Heaven On My Own

Shemekia Copeland / Done Come Too Far / Nobody But You

** Brandon Isaak / Walkin With the Blues / Livin In the City

** Tribz / *single / Long Black Cadillac

Charlie Musselwhite / Look Out Highway / Hip Shakin' Mama

Kirk Fletcher / Heartache By the Pound / Shine A Light On Love

** Chambers DesLauriers / Our Time To Ride / In the Heart Of the Night

Terry Hanck / Grease to Gravy / Going Down Slow

** Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / Sing Pretty Blues

07/02/2025

The Blues Witness 6-7PM MST
Hosted by Cindy McLeod
Playlist July 2, 2025
Artist / Album / Song (** Canadian)

Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA / Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

Robbin Kapsalis and Vintage 18 / Soul Shaker / The Cannonball

** Blackburn / Brothers In This World / Good Woman

** Big Dave McLean / This Old Life / Young Fashioned Ways

Maria Muldaur / One Hour Mama - The Blues Of Victoria Spivey / Any Kind A Man

DK Harrell / Talkin Heavy / Liquor Stores And Legs

Bob Stroger & the Headcutters / Bob Is Back! / Loan Me Train Fare

** Garret T Willie / Same Pain / Rolled

John Primer / Grown In Mississippi / Nothin' But A Chicken Wing

** Chambers DesLauriers / Our Time To Ride / People Gonna Talk

** Hogtown Allstars / Hog Wild / She's Got the Stuff

Jovin Webb / Drifter / Blues For A Reason

** Russell Jackson / Have Mercy / Brand New Life

** The Sugar Darlings / Thirsty For Your Love / South Shore Rock

06/25/2025

The Blues Witness 6-7PM MST
Hosted by Cindy McLeod
Playlist June 25, 2025
Artist / Album / Song (** Canadian)

W***y Buck & Bob Corritore / Oh Yeah / She's Alright

Janiva Magness / Back For Me / Masterpiece (f. Joe Bonamassa)

** Billy Joe Green / *single / Endangered Man

** Ndidi O / Simple Songs For Complicated Times / Working Girl

Larry McCray / Heartbreak City / Crazy World

Terry Hanck / Grease To Gravy / If A Politician Was a Doctor

** Ray Lemelin / Thangs / The Monkey

** Ollee Owens / Nowhere To Hide / My Man

Buddy Guy / *single / How Blues Is That (f. Joe Walsh)

Southern Avenue / Family / Upside

** Steve Marriner / Hear My Heart / Through the Night

** Murray Porter / Stand Up! / Same Canoe

Alexis P Suter Band / Just Stay High / Piece Of Clay

06/18/2025

The Blues Witness 6-7PM MST
Hosted by Cindy McLeod
Playlist Jun 18, 2025
Artist / Album / Song (** Canadian)

This show is in honour of Juneteenth, an annual holiday celebrated June 19th in the US, that celebrates the end of slavery. The artists featured on this show are pioneers of and those that helped shape the blues that we hear today. I humbly and respectfully thank them for the gifts that they shared and for leading the way.

Muddy Waters / Fathers & Sons / Walking Thru the Park

Bobby Rush / Chicken Heads 50th Anniversary / Chicken Heads feat. Buddy Guy

Bessie Smith / *single / On Revival Day

** Harrison Kennedy / Who You Tellin' / Mountain Stomp

Bob Stroger & the Headcutters / Bob is Back!

Billy Boy Arnold / Consolidated Mojo / I'm A Man

Jessie Mae Hemphill / Jessie Mae Hemphill / Shake Your Bo**ie

Hubert Sumlin / Hubert Sumlin's Blues Party / Living the Blues

Pinetop Perkins & Jimmy Rogers / Genuine Blues Legends / Big Boss Man

Sister Rosetta Tharpe / Sister Rosetta Tharpe / The Gospel Train

** Bobby Dean Blackburn / Don't Ask, Don't Tell / I Got A Right

Son House / The Delta Blues Of Son House / Death Letter Blues

Ma Rainey / Ma Rainey / Blame It On the Blues

BB King / Why I Sing the Blues / The Thrill Is Gone

06/11/2025

The Blues Witness 6-7PM MST
Hosted by Cindy McLeod
Playlist Jun 11, 2025
Artist / Album / Song (** Canadian)

Benny Turner & Maria Muldaur / *single / Baby You've Got What It Takes

Southern Avenue / Family / Found A Friend In You

** David Gogo / Yeah! / Hurricane

** Sue Foley / Live In Austin / Hooked On Love

Brandon Santini / Which Way Do We Go / Mile After Mile

DK Harrell / Talkin' Heavy / Praise These Blues

** Guy Belanger / Voyages / Duck Soup

** Mark Dillon / Ghost Train / Modern Voodoo

Duke Robillard / Roll With Me / Built For Comfort

Kat Riggins / Revival / Lucky

** Bobby Dean Blackburn / Don't Ask, Don't Tell / Everyday I Have the Blues

** Secondhand Dreamcar / Answer the Call / Get Down On the Ground

Guy Davis / The Legend Of Sugarbelly / Kokomo Alley

** Sugar Brown / Toronto Bound / Bad Health, No Wealth

06/04/2025

The Blues Witness 6-7PM MST
Hosted by Cindy McLeod
Playlist Jun 4, 2025
Artist / Album / Song (** Canadian)

Charlie Musselwhite / Look Out Highway / Highway 61

Janiva Magness / Back For Me / Hittin On Nothin (f. Jesse Dayton)

** Steve Marriner / Hear My Heart / Shootin' Off

** Dawn Tyler Watson / Mad Love / The River

Terry Hanck / Grease To Gravy / If A Politician Was A Doctor

Alexis P Suter Band / Just Stay High / Big Girl Panties

** Blue Room / Great To Be Alive / Next Exit

** Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / I Gave Up Everything Cept The Blues

Aki Kumar / God Bless the USA / Jarvos Woman

** Smiling Jack Smith / You Can't Go Home Again / Oh You Kid

** Ellen McIlwaine / Women In (E)Motion / Howl At the Moon

Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Young Ways

** Tribz / *single / Long Black Cadillac

Fabrizio Poggi / Healing Blues / The Blues Is Alright

** AV & Inner City / *single / The Failer

05/28/2025

The Blues Witness 6-7PM MST
Hosted by Cindy McLeod
Playlist May 28, 2025
Artist / Album / Song (** Canadian)

John Primer / Grown In Mississippi / Down In the Bottom (f. Billy Earhart)

Gina Coleman / Unequivocally Blue / Days Gone By

** Donald Ray Johnson / It’s Time / Louisiana Country Girl

** Dione Taylor / Born Free / Resist

Johnny Iguana / At Denmark / Bass Key Boogie

Roy Rogers / Blues On the Range / Baby Please Don’t Go

Brandon Santini / Which Way Do We Go / Blues So Bad

** Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whitely / Forever Blues / Prettiest Train

** David Vest & Terry Robb / CrissCross / Nehalem Shuffle

DK Harrell / Talking Heavy A Little Taste

Carolyn Wonderland / Truth Is / It Should Take

** Harpoonist & Axe Murderer / Checkered Past / Can’t Judge A Book

** Harrison Kennedy / Who U Tellin’ / Doctors In Hard Hats

** Matchedash Parish / Blues On the Range / When the Rains Come

05/21/2025

The Blues Witness 6-7PM MST
Hosted by Cindy McLeod
Playlist May 21, 2025
Artist / Album / Song (** Canadian)

Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shephard / Young Fashioned Ways / Hey Baby (What Are We Gonna Do)

Janiva Magness / Back For Me / I Was Good To You Baby

Wayne Baker Brooks - Ain't No Use - For Radio Stations & DJs copy

** Suzie Vinnick / Fall Back Home / Lift You Up

Popa Chubby & Friends / I Love Freddie King / Pack It Up

Lisa Mann / Great Women In Blues / I Sing the Blues (f. Terrie Odabi)

** Steve Marriner / Hear My Heart / Straight Line

** Debra Power / I'm Not From Chicago / Put Down the Baggage

DK Harrell - Grown Now copy 2

Charlie Musselwhite / Look Out Highway / Ghosts In Memphis (f. Al Kapone)

** Wayne Nicholson / Gin House / Trust Turns To Dust

** Angelique Francis / Long River / Heaven Water

** Garret T Willie / Same Pain / Black Shiny Shoes

** Kinjo & Young / Gone Too Long / Down I'll Go

05/14/2025

The Blues Witness 6-7PM MST
Hosted by Cindy McLeod
Playlist May 14, 2025
Artist / Album / Song (** Canadian)

Bob Stroger / 871 / Keep You Hand Off Her

Vanessa Collier / Do It My Own Way / Elbow Grease

** Steve Marriner / Hear My Heart / Shootin' Off

** Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman / Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie

Thornetta Davis / Honest Woman / Get Up and Dance Away Your Blues f. Marcus Belgrave

Christone Kingfish Ingram / Kingfish / Fresh Out

** Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / Sing Pretty Blues

** Bill Durst / Who's Running My World / Hippy

Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA / Blues In My DNA

Mike Zito / Rock 'n' Roll / No Particular Place To Go

** Ginger St James / Told Ya / Soul Shack

** Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin / Eye Of the Storm. / Friday Blues

** Amos Garrett / I Make My Home In My Shoes / All My Money

** Ollee Owens / Nowhere To Hide / Some Days

Mr. Sipp / Knock A Hole In It / Juke Joint

05/08/2025

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Hosted by Cindy McLeod, The Blues Witness is a weekly radio program at CJSW Radio 90.9FM or online at www.cjsw.com or www.bluesandrootsradio.com featuring the best in blues from Canada and beyond. @theblueswitness