Free Blues Music|
You don’t need to spend money — or even leave the comfort of your home — in order to access more blues music than you could listen to in a lifetime. Our very own Madison Public Library has recordings on CDs, vinyl LPs, and cassettes. These resources are available at the library in person, or you can logon from your computer to check out music or other resources. Your library card will give you access to 3,475 recordings (many of which were donated by the Madison Blues Society!
Online Music:
YouTube
Videos and a great audio recording that deserve your attention.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=blues+music
Slow Blues Music
The best, slow blues music of all times (click here!)
TOP 100 Greatest Blues Songs of All Time (click here!)
Dirty Blues – Chillout Whiskey Blues Music (click here!)
Blues Radio Stations
An enormous list of blues stations: internet-radio.com
Live365 has dozens of online stations. ttps://live365.com/listen/search?query=blues
AccuRadio https://www.accuradio.com/blues
WORT archive: http://archive.wortfm.org/ Shows from the previous two weeks, available on demand. Look for “Two for the Blues” and “Blues Cruise”.
WMES Milwaukee: Wednesday Blues Drive: https://www.wmse.org/program/the-blues-drive/
Broadcast on WMSE 91.7 (Milwaukee) from 3:00-6:00 PM. It is NOT an online stream but has blues shows from back to 2014 archived as mp3 files (with playlists) that are available for streaming.
WXPR, a Rhinelander-based station, has two blues-oriented shows.
- Select the “All Streams” link in the corner of this page to listen “live”.
They have four stations (Blues, Traditional Blues, BB King, and Modern Blues). - Blues Friday live (6:00-9:00PM). Online archives.
- Friends of the Blues live (Friday, 9:00-11:00PM).
- Online archives: The archives contain the past TWO YEARS of programs, so you don’t actually need to listen “live”.
LiveOne.com lists both music stations and playlists. However, each station has a published (and evidently static) playlist, so you are able to play individual songs if you prefer.
Podcasts
Podcasts are an alternative to radio stations. You can listen to them live, but recordings of podcasts are usually available soon after broadcast, accessible at your convenience. The format is typically more like traditional programming, with a host, perhaps a theme, etc.
Listen Notes’ list of Latest Blues Podcasts