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With Special Guest Beverley Knight

Beverley Knight tells Cerys about playing Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the play Marie & Rosetta. And Cerys rounds up all the latest blues tunes you need to hear!

Cerys' weekly round up of the blues you need to hear, from all around the world and in all shapes and sizes!

This week, Cerys chats to Beverley Knight about starring as Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the play Marie and Rosetta. The play, written by George Brant, tells the true story of American singer and songwriter Rosetta Tharpe and her prot茅g茅 Marie Knight. The production features gospel and blues hits in its portrait of the godmother of rock 鈥檔鈥� roll.

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57 minutes

Last on

Mon 19 May 2025 21:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys

    Old Salty Dog Blues

  • Lightnin鈥� Hopkins

    Shaggy Dog

  • Big Mama Thornton

    Hound Dog

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    I Shall Know Him

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    I Looked Down The Line (And I Wondered)

  • T鈥怋one Walker

    Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong

    • The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966.
    • Hip-O Records.

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Marie Knight & Sam Price Trio

    Didn't It Rain

  • Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers

    Fender Bender

  • 骋础鈥�20

    Sitting At 蜜芽传媒 Alone

  • Mississippi John Hurt

    Salty Dog Blues (Live)

  • James McMurtry

    The Black Dog And The Wandering Boy

  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s & The Mar鈥怟eys

    Philly Dog

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 May 2025 21:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 2