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Multi-Award Winning Blues DJ Jonathan “Oogie” Richards & Sweet Danny Ray O’Bryant join forces with NWCZ Radio in Tacoma, WA. Beginning Monday, June 4, 2012, 8:00PM - 11:00PM PST they debut their new Internet Blues Radio Show “Mighty Mouth Blues” which will bring the best of Independent Blues Artists and Bands from the Pacific NW and beyond. The show will be produced live with a focus on weekly Interviews and Performance from the region’s top acts. Oogie and Sweet Danny Ray are known for their high energy, humor driven personality radio show. They will bring Blues Entertainment to a Global Audience presented in a real, honest and sometimes raw format, which is the Blues!

NWCZ Radio is proud and feels very privileged to be adding the award winning Jonathan “Oogie” Richards and Sweet Danny Ray to the Monday night line up on www.nwczradio.com. We know Jonathan and Danny bring years of experience to the new show. The Internet will give them the platform they need to bring you what they’ve really been wanting to say and play but couldn’t on terrestrial radio. It will be exciting and fresh yet with the same quality “Oogie” and Danny have been bringing their listeners for years!!

Jonathan says; “I am excited to launch the next phase of my radio career in partnership with NWCZ Radio. Internet radio is revolutionizing how consumers get what they want; good radio from relevant artists, delivered by a DJ not suffocated from a broken terrestrial radio business model. Internet radio is neither unfiltered nor polluted, it is the new frontier! Content will be King again and we are now positioned for this exciting revolution!”

Danny O’Bryant; ” This is an exciting time to be in radio. The way our music is delivered to us has been, and will continue to be in flux. The shift to Internet radio gives us more opportunities than ever before. Independent artists are now able to get exposure on a global scale, easily and affordably. We intend to showcase local and regional blues artists on an international platform.” 

NWCZ Radio brings you what corporate/terrestrial radio won’t. Streaming 24/7 online at www.nwczradio.com we are proud to play independent Northwest bands and give them the platform and exposure they deserve. NWCZ Radio’s goal is to take the proud heritage of music and talent the Northwest has to offer and deliver it to the world!

I ran across this outstanding documentary - now podcast - about the rise of rural, country blues in the Mississipppi Delta and had to share it. Whether you are a fan or artist of the blues genre and roots music, this is something worth listening too...

(Originally Published at TheCountryBlues.com)

“I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down,” a six hour long radio documentary about the Mississippi Delta Blues is Written, Produced and Narrated by Frank Matheis, Melon Productions, New York. The 6 hour long program series takes its title from a song by Mississippi Fred McDowell. It is a historical documentary series that covers the rise of the rural, country blues of the Mississippi Delta from the 1920’s through the migration of African-Americans to points north in the 1940’s. It includes the period up to development of the urban sound known as “the Chicago blues”. The documentary concludes with a look at the acoustic blues today, in the 21st Century, and spotlights some of today’s musicians in this genre.

"‘I Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down’ …should be required listening for anyone interested in American music…because it brims with powerful, potentially life-changing blues. You cannot hear this music and remain unmoved.” - Eric Pooley, TIME Magazine

The descriptions and 6 part podcast can be viewed and listened to by clicking here...

• Part 1A | 31:20 | Download
• Part 1B | 23:09 | Download
• Part 2A | 27:18 | Download
• Part 2B | 28:36 | Download
• Part 3A | 25:18 | Download
• Part 3B | 28:17 | Download
• Part 4A | 26:48 | Download
• Part 4B | 27:29 | Download
• Part 5A | 28:38 | Download
• Part 5B | 24:37 | Download
• Part 6A | 26:40 | Download
• Part 6B | 27:31 | Download

This is one of the best blues podcasts out there. A great listen, and one highly recommended for subscribing too for listening on a regular basis. We need to get some more Pacific NW artists in the Roadhouse line up!

"High temperatures and near-recovery from the Mississippi Valley Blues festival make for the perfect reasons to stay indoors and listen to some great blues. The summertime mix includes Meena, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Magic Slim and The Teardrops, Luther Allison, and Chris James and; Patrick Rynn. The 281st Roadhouse is one quick hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard."

Listen Here: The Roadhouse Podcast #281

The RoadhousePodcast.com