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
"haunted house blues" by steve gornall and the blue collar blues band
steve gornall and the blue collar blues band
"you got the voodoo" by Monsieur Guillaume and His Zydeco Hepcats
motown mojo
"Hole in the wall" by Tommy Castro and The Painkillers
closer to the bone