Jazz & Blues Lounge

Finding jazz on the radio has become a very difficult thing.  Essentially, if you want to listen to grea jazz music, you need to listen online or to your own CDs or maybe your MP3 player.  There’s nothing wrong with that, of course, but I am a guy who still enjoys actual radio shows.  This is probably because of my days in radio.
Here in Chicago, the local National Public Radio station used to play classic jazz all night long. Then they went and changed that and got rid of it.  It was rather sad, but the numbers over night were …read more

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There are really very few radio stations that JUST broadcast the blues these days.  This is true even in Chicago, where you would think things like blues and jazz would be on the air all the time.  It must be that there are just not the ad dollars in broadcasting 24-hour blues and jazz.  That’s why you usually find blues and jazz relegated to the non-commercial, listener-supported area of the FM band.
So, where can you tune into some great blues music in Chicago?  Well, you have to kind of plan things a bit.  You can’t just tune in anytime you …read more

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