 
                
                        Val Wilmer in Conversation
Photographer Val Wilmer chats to Cerys about photographing blues legends Muddy Waters, Buddy Moss and Aretha Franklin.
This week Cerys' guest is writer, social historian, acclaimed photographer Val Wilmer, who shares stories from her career and photographing blues legends Muddy Waters, Buddy Moss and Aretha Franklin.
In 1956, a 14-year-old Valerie Wilmer took a snap at London Airport of a grinning Louis Armstrong, which spawned a remarkable career that has brought her close up to almost every significant figure in post-war jazz, blues and R&B.
Cerys' weekly round up of all the blues you need to hear, in all shapes and sizes!
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    ![]()  Eilen JewellIt's Your Voodoo Working - It's Your Voodoo Working.
- Signature Sounds Recordings.
- 1.
 
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    ![]()  Tampa RedWitchin' Hour Blues - The Best of Tampa Red.
- Platinum Music Libraries.
- 13.
 
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    ![]()  Heavenly CreamWhite Room - Digital Single.
- Quarto Valley Records.
- 1.
 
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    ![]()  Muddy WatersLouisiana Blues - His Best 1947 To 1956 - The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (Reissue).
- Geffen.
- 6.
 
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    ![]()  Aretha FranklinI Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) - Atlantic.
 
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    ![]()  Buddy MossIn the Evening - The George Mitchell Collection.
- Big Legal Mess Records.
- 1.
 
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    ![]()  Joanne Shaw TaylorBlack Magic - Digital Single.
- Journeyman Records.
- 1.
 
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    ![]()  Precious BryantWasn't I Scared? - My Name Is Precious.
- Pinnacle.
 
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    ![]()  The RattlesThe Witch - Have You Heard of the Rattles, Vol. 2.
- Supreme Media.
- 1.
 
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    ![]()  Lil' Jimmy ReedEarly In The Morning - Blues In Paradise.
- Fast Western.
 
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    ![]()  Ian Stewart & Bob HallChicken Shack Boogie - Blues & Boogie Explosion.
- Jeton.
 
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    ![]()  Candi StatonEvidence - I'm Just A Prisoner.
- Kent.
 
Broadcast
- Mon 30 Oct 2023 21:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 2
