The Blues Show

16/11/2025

Tune into Radio Folkestone on
Monday 17th November, 2025, at 19.00 (BST)

A super session of fine tunes from top-notch players:

~ Fred Hostetler
~ Mollie Marriott
~ Danielle Nicole
~ John Campbell
~ Bo Diddley; Muddy Waters; Howlin' Wolf
~ Roger Hubbard
~ The Vintage Explosion
~ Jo Harman
~ Teddy Swims
~ Kenny Wayne Shepherd
~ Allman Brothers Band
~ King King

On 105.9 FM locally.
Online at: www.radiofolkestone.com
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09/11/2025

Tune into Radio Folkestone
on Monday 10th November at 19.00 (GMT)

Hot news – the UK SLIDE GUITAR FESTIVAL arrives next weekend - 14th; 15th and 16th November – featuring guests from Canada; Australia and the USA.

Hosted by Michael Messer – whose music I have been delighted to play on the show – Saturday (15th) night features an intimate concert by Michael with Phillip Henry at Market Square Folkestone – tickets and further information from: WWW.MICHAELMESSER.CO.UK

No surprise that this is slide-heavy session:

Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Muddy Waters - I Can’t Be Satisfied
Mississippi Fred McDowell/ - You Gotta Move
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Nowadays A Woman Gotta Hit A Man
Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues
Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited
Justin Lavash - Slide
John Haitt - Tennessee Plates
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley
Michael Messer - Moonbeat
John Lee Ho**er & Bonnie Raitt - I’m In The Mood
The Rolling Stones - Stop Breaking Down
Led Zeppelin - In My Time Of Dying

On 105.9 FM locally.
Online at: www.radiofolkestone.com
Via your smart-speaker "play Radio Folkestone", make sure the TuneIn skill is enabled on your device.

This programme was previously broadcast on 27th October, 2025.

09/11/2025

01/11/2025

Tune into Radio Folkestone
on Monday 3rd November, 2025 at 19.00 (BST)

Ace-players in the session this week:

* TBelly - I Never Want To See Me Again
* The Black & Blues Band - Coming Home
* Samantha Fish - Twisted Ambition
* Wily Bo Walker & E D Brayshaw - Could Have Loved You
* Troy Redfern - Ghosts
* Tom Malachowski & Paul Gillings - One More Beer
* R.K.Turner - I'm Going Under
* Robbie Reay - Up & Down
* Ritchie Dave Porter & Debra Susan - I Can Hear The Train A Comin'
* Zed Mitchell - I Like To Drive My Car - I Like To Live
* Billy Jones & Delta Blues Outlaws - Don't Answer The Door
* Joanne Shaw Taylor - If That Ain't A Reason
* Eliza Neals - Another Lifetime
* StephenStills - Jet Set Sigh
* Malone Sibun - I Want You Back

On 105.9 FM locally.
Online at: www.radiofolkestone.com
Via your smart-speaker "play Radio Folkestone", make sure the TuneIn skill is enabled on your device.

31/10/2025

Listen again to 27th October, 2025 session.

Hot news for for Folkestone – the UK SLIDE GUITAR FESTIVAL arrives for the weekend of - 14th; 15th and 16th November – featuring guests from Canada; Australia and the USA.

All of this is hosted by Michael Messer.

Saturday (15th) night features an intimate concert by Michael with Phillip Henry at Market Square Folkestone.

Tickets and further information from: WWW.MICHAELMESSER.CO.UK

No surprise that this is slide-heavy session featuring:

Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Muddy Waters - I Can’t Be Satisfied
Mississippi Fred McDowell/ - You Gotta Move
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Nowadays A Woman Gotta Hit A Man
Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues
Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited
Justin Lavash - Slide
John Haitt - Tennessee Plates
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley
Michael Messer - Moonbeat
John Lee Ho**er w. Bonnie Raitt - I’m In The Mood
The Rolling Stones - Stop Breaking Down
Led Zeppelin - In My Time Of Dying

JUST PRESS PLAY!

as broadcast on 105.9 Radio Folkestone - a celebration of all things slide

28/10/2025

Listen again to the 20th October, 2025 session on Mixcloud -
let's do this again:

# Bison Hip - Chemicals
# Walter Trout - Artificial
# Dea Matrona - Red Button
# Big Joe Shelton - Too Wet To Plow
# Orianthi - How Do You Sleep
# Bywater Call - Walk On By
# Tom Hambridge - Willie Dixon’s Gone
# Lloyd Spiegel - Any Second Now
# Caitlin Krisko and The Broadcast - Haunted By You
# Albert King - Travellin’ Man
# Albert Collins - Cold Cuts
# Myron Elkins - Nashville Money
# Kent Burnside - I Heard
# ANA Popovic - Hurt So Good

JUST PRESS PLAY!

as broadcast, exclusively, on 105.9 Radio Folkestone.

26/10/2025

Tune into Radio Folkestone
on Monday 27th October at 19.00 (GMT)

Hot news for for Folkestone – the UK SLIDE GUITAR FESTIVAL arrives for the weekend of - 14th; 15th and 16th November – featuring guests from Canada; Australia and the USA.

All of this is hosted by Michael Messer – whose music I have been delighted to play on the show – Saturday (15th) night features an intimate concert by Michael with Phillip Henry at Market Square Folkestone – all extremely good news – tickets and further information from his website WWW.MICHAELMESSER.CO.UK

No surprise that this is slide-heavy session:

Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Muddy Waters - I Can’t Be Satisfied
Mississippi Fred McDowell - You Gotta Move
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Nowadays A Woman Gotta Hit A Man
Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues
Johnny Winter - Highway 61 Revisited
Justin Lavash - Slide
John Haitt - Tennessee Plates
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley
Michael Messer - Moonbeat
John Lee Ho**er w. Bonnie Raitt - I’m In The Mood
The Rolling Stones - Stop Breaking Down
Led Zeppelin - In My Time Of Dying

On 105.9 FM locally.
Online at: www.radiofolkestone.com
Via your smart-speaker "play Radio Folkestone", make sure the TuneIn skill is enabled on your device.

23/10/2025

Listen again to the 29th September, 2025 session on Mixcloud -
soul blues in the session to get your groove on:

* Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado - I Used To Love You
* Trampled Underfoot - Badlands
* Laura Rain & The Caesars - Rise Again
* Beautiful Bobby Blackmon - Feels Like Rain
* Liz Vice - Empty Me Out
* Tab Benoit - Nothing Takes The Place Of You
* Shemekia Copeland - Ghetto Child
* Ronnie Baker Brooks; Bobby Blue Bland - Old Love
* Beth Hart - Tell Her You Belong To Me
* AC Reed - These Blues Is Killing Me
* The Marcus King Band - Confessions
* Boz Scaggs - You’re Good Thing (Is About To End)

JUST PRESS PLAY!

as broadcast, exclusively, on 105.9 Radio Folkestone.

18/10/2025

Tune into Radio Folkestone on
Monday 20th October, 2025, at 19.00 (BST)

A super session of fine tunes from top-notch players:

# Bison Hip - Chemicals
# Walter Trout - Artificial
# Dea Matrona - Red Button
# Big Joe Shelton - Too Wet To Plow
# orianthi - How Do You Sleep
# Bywater Call - Walk On By
# Tom Hambridge - Willie Dixon’s Gone
# Lloyd Spiegel - Any Second Now
# Caitlin Krisko and The Broadcast - Haunted By You
# Albert King - Travellin’ Man
# Albert Collins - Cold Cuts
# Myron Elkins - Nashville Money
# Kent Burnside - I Heard
# ANA Popovic - Hurt So Good

On 105.9 FM locally.
Online at: www.radiofolkestone.com
Via your smart-speaker "play Radio Folkestone",
make sure the TuneIn skill is enabled on your device

12/10/2025

Tune into Radio Folkestone - Monday 13th October, 2025,
at 19.00 (BST)

A splendid slice of fine contemporary tunes from tip-top players in the session:

* Bex Marshall - I Can't Look You In The Eye
* Mike Goudreau Band - Isolation Blues
* Big Joe Shelton - In Mississippi
* Trevor Sewell - Matter of Time
* Chris Cain - A Case Of The Blues
* Ben Reel - Safe & Sound
* Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson - Woman Don't Lie
* Hannah Reem - Foolish Pride
* Sari Schorr - Letting Go
* Dan Burnett - What Goes Around
* Selwyn Birchwood - Living In A Burning House
* Walter Broes & The Mercenaries - Nice & Neat
* 80 Proof Mojo - Where's My Twelve Per Cent
* Mat Walklate - Manyharps
* Atomic 44's - Lyin' Still

On 105.9 FM locally.
Online at: www.radiofolkestone.com
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05/10/2025

Tune into Radio Folkestone
on Monday 6th October, 2025 at 19.00 (BST)

Fine tunes from the global Blues fraternity with these fabulous players in the session:

* Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado - Dreamland
* John Mayall ft. Coco Montoya - Mail Order Mystics
* Eric Bibb ft. Shaneeka Simon - Born of Woman
* Eliza Neals ft. King Soloman Hicks - Sugar Daddy
* Doyle Bramhall II - Baby What You Want Me To Do
* Sonny Landreth- Walking Blues
* Albert Castiglia - Getting' By
* DANI WILDE - Wild Women Don't Have The Blues
* Michael Burks - Blues Will Never Die
* Smokehouse - American Dream
* StephenStills - Black Queen
* The Reverend Shawn Amos - Moved
* Danielle Nicole - Crawl
* Savoy Brown - Standing In A Doorway

On 105.9 FM locally.
Online at: www.radiofolkestone.com
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04/10/2025

Listen again to the 8th September, 2025 session on Mixcloud -
it's time to get your groove on, all over again:

* King Flood - Taste The Sin
* Magic Sam - Lookin’ Good
* Taj Mahal - Here In The Dark
* Will Wilde - Thirty Eight
* Little Freddie King - Pocket Full Of Money
* Mark Cook Blue Voodoo
* Jared James Nichols w. Joe Bonamassa - Threw Me To The Wolves
* Ritchie Dave Porter & Debra Susan - A Hundred Degrees
* The Terraplanes - Tell Me
* Altered Five Blues Band - Let Me Be Gone
* Parker Barrow - Throwin’ Stones
* Grand Funk Railroad - Feelin’ Alright
* ZZ Top - Blue Jean Blues
* The Bad Day - Dreamers
* Carolyn Wonderland - Blues For Gene

JUST PRESS PLAY!

as broadcast exclusively on 105.9 Radio Folkestone (The Sound of Folkestone)