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April 01, 2020
The Lovelight Orchestra are Blues Music Award-winner John Nemeth on vocals, Joe Restivo on guitar, Tim Goodwin on bass, Earl Lowe on drums, Gerald Stephens on keys, and a five-piece horn section that includes Marc Franklin, Scott Thompson, Art Edmiston, Jason Yasinksy, and Kirk Smothers. William…
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March 11, 2020
This week on Beale Street Caravan we feature activist, theologian, filmmaker, and musician, Rev. Sekou and the Freedom Fighters, supported by the Tennessee Mass Choir, in an electrifying performance marking the release of his new, live album titled, “When We Fight We Win - Live In Memphis” recorded…
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March 03, 2020
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have the energetic sounds of the Lucky 7 Brass Band. Also, Grammy-nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will be with us to deliver an installment of the Blues Hall of Fame, an exploration of the lives of the pioneers and innovators enshrined in the Blues Hall of Fame,…
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February 12, 2020
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have a star-studded lineup, joined together for an important cause: to defend the integrity of Memphis’ drinking water. Maria Muldaur, Ruthie Foster, Dom Flemons, and longtime close friend of the show Guy Davis all got together for one night in Memphis to sing,…
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February 04, 2020
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have Those Pretty Wrongs featuring Jody Stephens of the legendary band, Big Star, and Luther Russell, formerly of The Freewheelers. Grammy-nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will be with us to deliver an installment of the Blues Hall of Fame, an exploration of the…
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January 08, 2020
The Knights of Jazz is led by trumpeter Paul McKinney, whose smooth jazz style is inspired by the likes of George Duke, Miles Davis and Memphis’ own Kirk Whalum. Grammy nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will be with us to deliver an installment of the Blues Hall of Fame, an exploration of the lives…
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Jan 01, 2020
This week’s episode celebrates quite an amazing collaboration of musical talent and genius. We are talking about five-time Grammy award winner Robert…
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Oct 16, 2019
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have acclaimed singer-songwriter Todd Snider. Grammy-nominated blues man, Guy Davis, will be with us to deliver…
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Oct 02, 2019
The Lovelight Orchestra are Blues Music Award-winner John Nemeth on vocals, Joe Restivo on guitar, Tim Goodwin on bass, Earl Lowe on drums, Gerald…
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Sep 25, 2019
This week on the program we celebrate the biggest night in blues, the 2019 Blues Music Awards (BMA) presented by The Blues Foundation. The BMAs…
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Sep 18, 2019
This week on Beale Street Caravan we’ve got one of the newest, most exciting groups on the Memphis scene, Black Cream. The band joined together two…
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Sep 11, 2019
This week on BSC we feature a performance by Jericho Road Show from the Mighty Mississippi Music Fest during Bridging the Blues. The group is a…
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Sep 04, 2019
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have the Finals of the 2019 International Blues Challenge. For 35 years, blues societies from all over the world…
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Aug 28, 2019
This week on the program we have Mellotron Variations. An instrumental project built around one of the most unique instruments ever conceived. We’ll…
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Aug 21, 2019
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have hill country blues torch-bearer R. L. Boyce at his 2nd Annual Birthday Picnic in Como, Mississippi.…
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Aug 14, 2019
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have country bad boy Dale Watson. Watson is fresh off the release of February’s “Call Me Lucky,” an album he cut…
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Aug 07, 2019
This week, we feature Gospel stars, The McCrary Sisters. Their father, Sam McCrary, was a minister and founder of Gospel legends, The Fairfield Four.…
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Jul 24, 2019
This week we have the reigning King of the Hill Country, Kenny Brown, with an incendiary set of gut bucket, hip-shaking blues at the Hill Country…
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Jul 17, 2019
Join us as we celebrate Memphis/New Orleans restauranteur (and BSC community partner) Karen Carrier's 15th year bringing great music and food to…
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Jul 10, 2019
This week’s episode celebrates quite an amazing collaboration of musical talent and genius. We are talking about five-time Grammy award winner Robert…
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Jul 02, 2019
This week we have the highly anticipated Brian Owens & The Deacons of Soul in a live performance captured at the Levitt Shell. Brian Owens comes to…
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Jun 26, 2019
If you’ve ever found yourself walking down Beale Street in search of real deal, authentic blues music, chances are your ears led you into a club…
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Jun 19, 2019
Robert Finley got his big break at last year’s King Biscuit Blues Festival when he talked the sound engineer into letting him get on stage in between…
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Jun 12, 2019
Jimbo Mathus (via Facebook)This week on Beale Street Caravan we have Willie Farmer and Jimbo Mathus at Bar DKDC in Memphis, TN. We also catch up with…
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Jun 05, 2019
The Lovelight Orchestra -- Blues Music Award-winner John Nemeth on vocals, Joe Restivo on guitar, Tim Goodwin on bass, Earl Lowe on drums, Gerald…
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Apr 02, 2019
This week on Beale Street Caravan we feature rock ‘n’ rollers, Low Cut Connie.
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Feb 26, 2019
It’s ladies only this week on Beale Street Caravan as we feature two up and coming female artists from Memphis, both with new records to celebrate.
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Feb 05, 2019
This week on BSC we feature a performance by Jericho Road Show from the Mighty Mississippi Music Fest during Bridging the Blues.
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Dec 11, 2018
It's a holiday episode of Beale Street Caravan, featuring The Maitre D's bringing Booker T.
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Oct 30, 2018
This week on the program we feature the deep, soulful grooves of Yemen Blues.
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Sep 18, 2018
To blues lovers around the globe, The Juke Joint Duo -- Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm -- embodied the spirit of North Mississippi Hill…
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Sep 11, 2018
This week on the Caravan we have Members Only: A Tribute to Bobby Blue Bland.
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Sep 04, 2018
This week we feature Fat Possum recording artist, Liz Brasher, who recently moved to Memphis and is celebrating the release of her latest album,…
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Aug 28, 2018
Archived recordings and interviews from the Beale Street Caravan vault, remembering Blues legend Little Milton.
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Aug 21, 2018
This week on BSC we go back in the archives with Grammy winner and blues legend Bobby Rush in a performance at the 2017 grand reopening of the…
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Aug 13, 2018
Bluesman Leo “Bud” Welch passed away December 19, 2017 at the age of 85.
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Aug 07, 2018
In early 1970, Booker T Jones was on sabbatical in California having grown disillusioned with the confines of Stax Records and Memphis, when he heard…
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Jul 31, 2018
This week we feature a hometown performance by the North Mississippi Allstars – Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson – at the Levitt Shell in Midtown,…
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Jul 24, 2018
Reverend John Wilkins in a performance at the Country Blues Festival, recorded live at the Levitt Shell in midtown Memphis, TN.
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Jul 17, 2018
Join us as we celebrate Memphis/New Orleans restaurateur (and BSC community partner) Karen Carrier's 15th year bringing great music and food to…
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Jul 10, 2018
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have southern roots artist, Shannon McNally.
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Jul 03, 2018
This week on Beale Street Caravan we have soul music legend and Fat Possum Records recording artist, Don Bryant.
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Jun 26, 2018
From the BSC vault, we'll hear an archived performance and interview with Rufus and Carla Thomas.
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Jun 19, 2018
We have a lot in store for you this week on BSC! First, we have The Bo-Keys performing in Studio A of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music.
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Jun 12, 2018
It's real-deal Memphis Blues... the kind of sophisticated blues and jazz sounds you would have heard floating from the windows of The Palace on Beale…
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Jun 05, 2018
This week on the Caravan we have Members Only: A Tribute to Bobby Blue Bland.
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May 29, 2018
This week on the program we have Mellotron Variations. An instrumental project built around one of the most unique instruments ever conceived.
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May 22, 2018
This week we feature highlights from Dale Watson’s 2018 Ameripolitan Music Awards, held in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Apr 12, 2018
Tuesday night on Beale Street Caravan: Beale Street Caravan features Memphis’ own Motel Mirrors as they celebrate the release of their newest studio…
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Mar 05, 2018
This week we unlock the Beale Street Caravan vault to remember Blues legend, James Milton Campbell Jr.
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