Highway 61

Friday: 2:00 pm-6:00 pm
Genre
blues

THE BEST IN BLUES, with our local DJ, Kitty~Luv, featuring new blues releases and Blues from many of our great Detroit-area artists, following in the tradition of our previous Hwy 61, WHFR Blues DJ (1995~2015)~ Jo Ann Korczynska (RIP 1/6/16).

Please join www.whfr.fm / 89.3fm for the best in Blues on Highway~61... ...Fridays 2pm until 6pm(EDT/EST). HWY61 is dedicated to...keeping the blues alive at #whfrfmradio.

Show Notes

TOP TEN BLUES for January 2025

Highway 61

1. TOMISLAV GOLUBAN WITH CROOKED EYE TOMMY: Nashville Road (Overton Music)
2. FRANK BEY: Peace (Nola Blue Records)
3. GILES ROBSON AND JOHN PRIMER: Ten Chicago Blues Classics (Giles Robson and Blues House Productions)
4. MICK KOLASSA: All Kinds Of Blues (Endless Blues)
5. BENNY TURNER: BT (Nola Blue Records)
6. SHEMEKIA COPELAND: Blame It On Eve (Alligator Records)
7. MISSISSIPPI MACDONALD: I Got What You Need (APM Records)
8. EDDIE 9VOLT: Saratoga (Ruf)
9. JOVIN WEBB: Drifter (Blind Pig Records)
10. BIG AL AND THE HEAVYWEIGHTS: Blues Power (VizzTone)

Latest Podcast

Hey, all you rock/country/blues fans: local artist Jennifer Westwood! In the upcoming Detroit Music Awards, she is nominated in the Outstanding Country Artist/Group (Jennifer Westwood & the Handsome Devils) and Outstanding Country Vocalist categories. Here she is, from her live performance on WHFR-FM, 3-25-16.

Recently played songs

"what a wonderful world" by bobby blue bland
blues at midnight
"i'm a bassett hound baby" by johnnie basset and the blues insurgents
Blues Across America - The Detroit Scene
"if the shoe was on the other foot" by Johnnie Bassett and Blues Insurgents
uncut detroit: live blues in the night
"i finally hit the bottom" by monster mike welch
KEEP LIVING TIL I DIE