40 Best Blues Music Podcasts to Listen to (2026)

Nothing but the blues, from the earliest to the latest, all genres

BANDANA BLUES invites you on a musical journey every week for about an hour and a half of 21st Century Blues with a nod to The Masters.Beardo (from Philly, USA) started with the Bandana Blues shows doing them live on the internet in the late 1990's and was soon joined by his long-time friend Spinner (from The Hague, NL). Soon after the turn of the century Bandana Blues became a weekly podcast. Beardo & Spinner have produced the shows together for almost 15 years. After the sad and suddden demise of Beardo in 2017, Spinner continued the labor of love on his own. more

Salty Dog Blues N Roots is a two hour podcast / radio broadcast featuring the best Australian and world blues, roots and alt-country - since April 2005. Produced by Salty Dog in Melbourne, Australia. more

Learning the guitar can be very frustrating foo many. In this podcast, I want to help you improve your guitar skills by giving you these FREE blues and slide guitar lessons. You'll learn how much easier learning blues guitar can be, with lessons and tips geared toward your success as a blues guitarist. These are lessons I have taught to my private students for the last 20 years. Whether you're looking to improve you're existing skills, or maybe start learning slide guitar, I want to keep you focused and interested in improving your guitar skills. These lessons are in the style of BB King, Eric Clapton, Duane Allman and more. For complete courses on taking your blues and slide guitar playing to the next level, please visit www.learningguitarnow.com. Start learning the guitar now! more

At the end of the Second World War, economics forced the big bands to trim their once great size and thus, the Jump Blues combo was born. Between 1946-1954, rhythm and blues laid the tracks for what was to become Rock n' Roll. So how come, 75 years later, this vibrant and influential music is still so unknown to so many?Matt The Cat is going to change that with the radio program, 'Juke In The Back.' These were the records that you couldn't hear on the jukebox in the front of the establishment. To hear all this great 1950s rhythm & blues, you had to go to 'Juke In The Back.' more

This blues podcast brings the best of blues music to ya, old and new, signed and unsigned! Get a refill on your favorite drink, grab a seat, and get ready to get some blues in the blood! more

Founded in 1991 - now in our fourth decade Nebraska Music Hall of Fame, inducted, Iowa Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, inducted, Blues Foundation, Keeping the Blues Alive, recipient Omaha Blues Society Award., recipient NOW broadcast in England on Lionheart Radio Musical Ecclectrity - exploring the blues through the familiarity of Archival Classic Rock more

Dutch Blues radio show. Live recordings , interviews and good blues music since 2004 http://www.bluesmoose.nl https://www.youtube.com/user/Bluesmooseradio https://twitter.com/BluesMoose https://www.facebook.com/bluesmooseradio/ https://itunes.apple.com/nl/podcast/blues-music-blues-moose-radio/id350828303?mt=2 https://www.mixcloud.com/bluesmooseradio also on local FM at omroep Berg en Dal, GL8, more

'Rock 'n' Blues Today' is one of the oldest blues radio programs in Italy. It's been on-air since March 1989 on the Umbrian local radio station called RadioRCC. Every Tuesday and Friday (with its 180 minutes) the show gives its listeners the opportunity to find out the most recent releases in the independent blues music scene from delta blues to jump blues, from swing to soul, a little bit of jazz and rockabilly, too. In January 2006 'Rock 'n' Blues Today' has become a reporting station for the radio chart of Living Blues magazine so……May The Blues Be With U! more

Talking to musicians, music fans, sound and light workers, managers, and promoters about their experience and love of blues and southern rock music. Part of Pantheon Podcasts. more

Two podcasts each month featuring recent album releases. BLUES TIME presents its discerning play-list of rich acoustic and electric blues. ROOTS RENDEZVOUS brings you a selection from the genres of roots, alt. country, folk, Americana and indie rock. Produced by David Stoeckel. Podcasting roots and blues music since 2005. Recorded in the Bowen Studio located in beautiful suburban Adelaide, South Australia. more

Shaun Bindley's Blues with a Feeling has been playing the latest and greatest blues releases, album features and interviews from Australia and across the world for almost 30 years.With a dedicated following both locally and internationally as a radio show of 27 years, Shaun is now working on producing Blues with a Feeling as a Podcast. more

Omar Dykes from Omar and the Howlers created this podcast to educate fans about the Blues Masters, entertain the audience with personal stories about their influence on his career, and to emphasize the genre of the blues. more

Each week, Beale Street Caravan brings the Sounds of Memphis to an international public radio audience. Live, concert performances from contemporary masters of blues, soul, folk, and rock n roll. The program is hosted by Pat Mitchell-Worley and Kevin Cubbins, with feature segments from industry insiders, writers, and musicologists. Beale Street Caravan is distributed by NPR. Go to our website to find a carrier station in your area. more

Each Blues Disciples podcast has a primary purpose to entertain and then to help listeners better understand the importance of the blues music genre in our history and culture. We let our listeners know of the incredible obstacles faced by generations of blues artists as they struggled to raise themselves from the poverty and oppression they faced as tenant farmers in the South. These early blues artists were self-taught for the most part and we highlight their commitments and creativity that increased their audience and differentiated them from their peers. Each podcast contains short discussions of the upcoming artists, the songs and some career highlights prior to playing each song within an 11 14 song playlist (podcasts recorded prior to Episode #10 have fewer songs). From time to time, we interview current blues artists and highlight their music during a podcast. With each tune we play, we now identify the artist and composer and note the dates of the composition and performance more

Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation (JDBHPF) is a nonprofit established in 2011, officially becoming a 501 (c) 3 in 2016 to create public programs that raise cultural and ethnic awareness of Black traditional music, traditional art, folklore, oral histories, and the experiences of Black people in the United States. Standing on the foundation of the Blues People's legacy, JDBHPF works to celebrate, preserve, and conserve Blues music and culture while highlighting the many events in American history that have cultivated our communities and musical expressions. more

In 1927, the record industry split American music in two and sold it to separate audiences. We've believed the split ever since.Groundwater is a music history podcast that follows the current underneath — the blues, running from Congo Square to the South Bronx, from Robert Johnson to Aretha Franklin to hip-hop.Each episode traces a moment the industry tried to keep apart: the soul sessions at Stax and Muscle Shoals that crossed every line; Louis Armstrong working race and commerce from New Orleans to Chicago; the Great Migration carrying Muddy Waters and the Delta sound up the Illinois Central to Memphis, Chicago, and Detroit; and the state's long campaign against the singers who got political, from Billie Holiday to the Dixie Chicks.If you want to understand why American music sounds the way it does, start here and follow the water. more

Queens of the Blues with Gina Coleman from the band, Misty Blues, will explore the fertile landscape of female artists who were at the foundation of early recorded blues and celebrate music created by female blues artists up to present times. The show will also give space for Gina's friends, from varied creative backgrounds, to share the works of their most admired female blues artists and how they've influenced their artistry. more

Legendary Blues artist Buddy Guy brings you the Blues. Interviews from his night club in Chicago, Legends. Live recordings, original content, and much more... website and radio link https://buddyguyradio.com more

Blues old and new 

Blues is the Truth is a weekly 2 hour radio show, featuring some of the very best new Blues Music alongside some classic tracks that define the genre. Presented for a decade by Ian McHugh, frontman and guitarist with the band Blues is Truth and compere of the Ealing Blues Festival main stage, The show is informative, entertaining and sometimes a little different.... more

This show features blues, soul, and rock n roll with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, Ray Charles and more. more

Blues Therapy Radio has been on the air since 2004. Biggdaddy Ray Hansen has been inducted into the official Blues Hall of Fame and is the deejay and owner of this award winning radio program. more

A two minute daily podcast revealing events that happened on this day in Blues history.

'Working hard to make reality a lot less painful', the Blues Zeppelin airs on Sunday afternoons from 15h00 - 17h00 CET on Radio RaBe, Bern's alternative radio. more

Blues From The Ouse Best UK Blues Podcast | New Blues Releases, Classic Blues, British Blues, Chicago Blues, Blues Rock & Blues Guitar Weekly radio-style show featuring the best in modern and classic blues , including listener requests, new releases, and tracks from artists like Joe Bonamassa, B.B. King and Shemekia Copeland. Perfect for fans of blues guitar, blues rock, Chicago blues, and classic blues radio . Broadcasting from Yorkshire, England , the show showcases new blues releases, deep cuts, and independent blues artists from the UK, USA, and beyond. Hosted by Paul Winn alongside Ben Darwin and Angie Howe , the show mixes sharp commentary, listener requests, and artist spotlights in a classic and modern blues radio show — with the occasional harmonica solo that threatens structural damage. From Chicago blues legends to emerging British blues talent , Blues From The Ouse champions authentic blues music — no fluff, no filler, just blues with bite. Paul and Ben are members of DC Blues and co-directors of the York Blues Festival , bringing insider knowledge of the British blues scene, live events, and the artists shaping modern blues. An independent weekly UK blues podcast and radio show, originally broadcast live, for listeners who love authentic blues music. DC Blues: https://www.dcbluesband.com/ York Blues Festival: https://www.yorkbluesfest.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. more

Latest Blues/Blues Rock with some classics

LIVE BLUES MUSIC NEWS & TALK FOR PLANET EARTH - Blues Radio International broadcasts live interviews and music on shortwave radio, social media and the internet. Our mission is to uplift everyone with music in all corners of Earth & beyond. With confirmed listeners in 184 countries, our shortwave radio broadcasts do just that, provide healing music for people that do not have access to the internet via inexpensive shortwave AM radios. In 2019, The Blues Foundation awarded us the Keeping The Blues Alive Award. You can find live concerts, musical interviews & news from Blues Radio International at: BluesRadioInternational.net , Facebook.com/bluesradiointernational , Youtube.com/bluesradiointernational , Instagram: @bluesradiointernational - Please feel free to contact us by emailing: ****@gmail.com more

The Bus Stop Blues podcast, a three times a week radio show broadcasted from live and recorded at 98.3 FM The Life radio station in Northern Lake County, Illinois from 7pm on Tuesday's, Thursday's and Sunday nights. The show features blues inspired music, with originals from Kevin Purcell & The Nightburners as well as Blues legends from today and yesteryear. The show includes 'Tales From The Road' a recurring feature, plus witty conversations from your hosts and special in studio guests. more

The Blues Witness

Interviews with top artists in blues rock along with blues rock commentary and news.

Blues Progressions: Where every note tells a story 🎵 Welcome to Blues Progressions, the podcast that delves deep into the heart and soul of one of the most influential genres in music history: the blues. I'm your host, Karl Sorochinski and together, we'll embark on a rhythmic journey through time. So, whether you're a seasoned blues aficionado or a curious listener, join us on Blues Progressions. Let's groove, reflect, and celebrate the heartbeat of American music. 🎶🔵 Remember to subscribe, rate, and share the blues love! more

Travel down the Delta Blues Highway of Mississippi. This season explores cities and people from Tunica to Vicksburg. Talking with grammy award winners, and museum directors. It's also about food stops and venues and history. This is an 'audio travel book' you won't want to miss. more

Welcome to 12-Bar Talk, a blues music and dance podcast that covers blues history, current artists and trends, dances done to blues music, and more. Join Dr. Chelsea Adams as she interviews musicians, dancers, scholars, and delves into the myriad of topics that deal with this uniquely black American art form. more

Lightning Threads catch up with some of the biggest artists on the UK's blues and blues-adjacent music scene. Full episode: patreon.com/lightningthreadsFeaturing:'SIDEA/SIDEB' Tom and Sam battling it out to get a song on the ultimate playlist.'BETWEEN THE GROOVES' deep-dive on a favourite album.'ON THE RECORD' a guest selecting their all time dream band.'WHATS COMING UP' a scan of tours, shows, and releases on our radar. more

Billy Prewitt is 81 years old and began playing blues 7 decades ago. A surviving staple on the Chicago blues scene his podcast takes you on a colorful storybook journey through his long life in his own words, stopping off at the places he's been & everywhere in between. Telling about the people he's met & played with leading up to his Emmy winning documentary, the only blues documentary to ever win an Emmy called Talk A Blues Streak 'The Documentary.' An accomplished lead guitarist and master of the blues harmonica, he has secured his place in Chicago musical history as he continues to play live through every shade of blues. Each episode of the podcast ends with an original song about the story told. Listen & follow for free with no commercial interruptions. 'Talk A Blues Streak' is a registered trademark #98157866. more

HEY BLUES FANS - In this podcast, we cover the highlights in blues history, one week at a time. Want to know more about the household names like Muddy Waters and Bonnie Raitt? We cover them. Want to know more about Charley Patton, Roosevelt Sykes, and Robert Johnson? We cover them too! Basically, anything you want to know about the blues and blues history, one week at a time. Want to know more? Then follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigTrainBlues Or visit out website: https://bigtrainblues.com Want to watch it instead of listen to it? Then head to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BigTrainBlues more

A chance to catch the very popular award winning weekly radio show that is aired 17 times a week on DAB, FM and Internet stations based in France, Germany, New Zealand, Spain, the UK, and the USA featuring great blues and blues tinged music, old and new, from around the world.Details of how where and when you can listen and much more can be found at www.digitalblues.co.uk more

Just Talkin' Blues is a deep, honest conversation series dedicated to the people who live the blues. Each episode sits down with musicians, storytellers, and culture‑shapers to explore their journeys — the triumphs, the struggles, the craft, and the soul behind the music.It's not scripted. It's not polished. It's real talk from real artists who carry the blues forward in their own way. From personal histories to creative breakthroughs, this show opens the door to the stories that don't always make it to the stage.If you love authentic voices, heartfelt moments, and the human side of the blues, pull up a chair. We're just talkin' — but it runs deep.Just Talkin' Blues is a production of The Blues Hotel Collective. © 2026 The Blues Hotel Collective - All rights reserved. more

Veteran talk show host Jimmy Sengenberger, himself a blues harmonica maestro, talks the blues and the music business with iconic artists, longtime industry professionals, and many more. It ain't nobody's business but the blues business! more