This week on Blues With A Feeling, Shaun shines a spotlight on one of Australia’s most electrifying bluesmen — Brisbane’s own Michael "Mojo" Webb, a guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi‑instrumentalist whose music channels the raw spirit of Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy and Robert Johnson.

Mojo’s second album The Cat (2012) is our classic feature — thirteen original songs recorded just weeks before the Mojo Webb Band headed to Memphis to represent Australia at the International Blues Challenge, where they reached the semi‑finals. The record captures everything that makes Mojo a force of nature: the fire, the passion, the road stories, the love, the heartbreak, and the unmistakable chemistry of three musicians who’ve played together for decades — Mojo Webb, JB Lewis and Coojee Timms.

Shaun shares personal stories from 35 years of friendship: gym‑floor melodies, jungle dance parties in northern Thailand, long drives in an old F100 ambulance packed with guitars, and the rise of a young bluesman who could shake a room to its foundations.

Plus: brand‑new releases from Janiva Magness, Keb Mo, Laura Chavez, Jason Ricci & Bad Kind, Danielle Nicole, Dustin Arbuckle & The Damnations and more.

BWAF — 33 years of blues storytelling. Ride on, baby. Ride on.

This week on Blues With A Feeling, Shaun shines a spotlight on one of Australia&rsquo;s most electrifying bluesmen &mdash; Brisbane&rsquo;s own Michael "Mojo" Webb, a guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi‑instrumentalist whose music channels the raw spirit of Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Howlin&rsquo; Wolf, Buddy Guy and Robert Johnson.
Mojo&rsquo;s second album The Cat (2012) is our classic feature &mdash; thirteen original songs recorded just weeks before the Mojo Webb Band headed to Memphis to represent Australia at the International Blues Challenge, where they reached the semi‑finals. The record captures everything that makes Mojo a force of nature: the fire, the passion, the road stories, the love, the heartbreak, and the unmistakable chemistry of three musicians who&rsquo;ve played together for decades &mdash; Mojo Webb, JB Lewis and Coojee Timms.
Shaun shares personal stories from 35 years of friendship: gym‑floor melodies, jungle dance parties in northern Thailand, long drives in an old F100 ambulance packed with guitars, and the rise of a young bluesman who could shake a room to its foundations.
Plus: brand‑new releases from Janiva Magness, Keb Mo, Laura Chavez, Jason Ricci &amp; Bad Kind, Danielle Nicole, Dustin Arbuckle &amp; The Damnations and more.
BWAF &mdash; 33 years of blues storytelling. Ride on, baby. Ride on.

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.

Shaun Bindley&rsquo;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.

Blues with a Feeling - The Official Podcast

Shaun Bindley’s Blues with a Feeling has been playing the latest and greatest blues releases, album features and interviews from across the world for almost 30 years.

Shaun Bindley&rsquo;s Blues with a Feeling has been playing the latest and greatest blues releases, album features and interviews from across the world for almost 30 years.

Shaun Bindley's Blues With A Feeling

SE 6 Ep 34 -  Classic Album Feature: The Mojo Webb Band - The Cat

This week on Blues With A Feeling, we’re heading back to France, 1975 — to the Nancy Jazz Pulsations festival — where Freddie King delivered one of the most electrifying live performances of his career. We’re featuring the classic Live in Nancy double album, a recording that captures Freddie and his band in full flight: raw, immediate, and utterly alive.

Joining me this week is Lewis Stephens, Freddie’s piano player during the final three years of his life. Lewis brings a rare, first‑hand perspective on Freddie’s musical instincts, the chemistry within the band, and the energy of that unforgettable night in Nancy. We’ll talk about Lewis’s musical journey and how that path ultimately led him into Freddie’s touring band.

It’s a deep dive into one of the great live blues recordings, guided by someone who was right there on stage. Settle in for a special show filled with history, memory, and the unmistakable power of Freddie King.

This week on Blues With A Feeling, we&rsquo;re heading back to France, 1975 &mdash; to the Nancy Jazz Pulsations festival &mdash; where Freddie King delivered one of the most electrifying live performances of his career. We&rsquo;re featuring the classic Live in Nancy double album, a recording that captures Freddie and his band in full flight: raw, immediate, and utterly alive.
Joining me this week is Lewis Stephens, Freddie&rsquo;s piano player during the final three years of his life. Lewis brings a rare, first‑hand perspective on Freddie&rsquo;s musical instincts, the chemistry within the band, and the energy of that unforgettable night in Nancy. We&rsquo;ll talk about Lewis&rsquo;s musical journey and how that path ultimately led him into Freddie&rsquo;s touring band.
It&rsquo;s a deep dive into one of the great live blues recordings, guided by someone who was right there on stage. Settle in for a special show filled with history, memory, and the unmistakable power of Freddie King.

SE 6 Ep 33 - Classic Album Interview Feature - Freddie King - Live At Nancy

This week on BWAF we dive into something truly special — the winner of the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album, Get Up! by Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite. It’s a record carved out of lived experience: ten Harper originals delivered with fire and finesse, and Charlie’s Memphis‑born harmonica weaving through every track like a spell.

I’ve been a Musselwhite fan since the late 80s, and I was standing at the front of the stage at Bluesfest Byron Bay in 1996 when Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals lit up the Australian musical conscience for the first time. Charlie was on that same bill, and that’s where the seeds of this collaboration were planted. Over the next decade they crossed paths on John Lee Hooker’s Burnin’ Hell, on Charlie’s Sanctuary, and on stages around the world — before finally creating this remarkable album in 2012.

Alongside the feature, I’ve loaded the show with brand‑new releases from Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band, Steve Cropper & The Midnight Hour, Keb’ Mo’, Danielle Nicole, Doyle Bramhall II, Janiva Magness, Jason Ricci & Bad Kind, Laura Chavez, Chris O’Leary, Mike Wheeler, Harrell Davenport and more.

If you love the blues — the real stuff — you’re in the right place. This is BWAF.

This week on BWAF we dive into something truly special &mdash; the winner of the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Blues Album, Get Up! by Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite. It&rsquo;s a record carved out of lived experience: ten Harper originals delivered with fire and finesse, and Charlie&rsquo;s Memphis‑born harmonica weaving through every track like a spell.
I&rsquo;ve been a Musselwhite fan since the late 80s, and I was standing at the front of the stage at Bluesfest Byron Bay in 1996 when Ben Harper &amp; The Innocent Criminals lit up the Australian musical conscience for the first time. Charlie was on that same bill, and that&rsquo;s where the seeds of this collaboration were planted. Over the next decade they crossed paths on John Lee Hooker&rsquo;s Burnin&rsquo; Hell, on Charlie&rsquo;s Sanctuary, and on stages around the world &mdash; before finally creating this remarkable album in 2012.
Alongside the feature, I&rsquo;ve loaded the show with brand‑new releases from Taj Mahal &amp; The Phantom Blues Band, Steve Cropper &amp; The Midnight Hour, Keb&rsquo; Mo&rsquo;, Danielle Nicole, Doyle Bramhall II, Janiva Magness, Jason Ricci &amp; Bad Kind, Laura Chavez, Chris O&rsquo;Leary, Mike Wheeler, Harrell Davenport and more.
If you love the blues &mdash; the real stuff &mdash; you&rsquo;re in the right place. This is BWAF.

SE 6 Ep 32 - Classic Album Feature: Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite Get Up!  

This week on Blues With A Feeling, Shaun sits down with one of the true ambassadors of Chicago Blues — Billy Branch. Across a remarkable fifty‑year career, Billy has become an Emmy Award winner, a three‑time Grammy nominee, a Blues Hall of Fame inductee, and one of the most recorded harmonica players of the modern era. Mentored by legends like James Cotton, Junior Wells, Willie Dixon and Big Walter Horton, Billy has carried the torch for the promotion and preservation of the blues across more than 300 recordings and stages around the world.

His brand‑new album, The Blues Is My Biography, is a powerful, deeply personal work produced by Larry Batiste and featuring special guests Bobby Rush, Shemekia Copeland and Ronnie Baker Brooks. Billy describes it as “the most important work I’ve ever done,” and across eleven tracks he tells his story with honesty, fire, humour and heart.

In this week’s feature, Shaun shares his conversation with Billy Branch and takes listeners through the album — from the swagger of Hole In Your Soul to the emotional depth of Begging For Change, the grit of Dead End Street, and the autobiographical centrepiece The Blues Is My Biography.

Tune in for a celebration of a true Chicago master and one of the standout blues releases of the year.

 

This week on Blues With A Feeling, Shaun sits down with one of the true ambassadors of Chicago Blues &mdash; Billy Branch. Across a remarkable fifty‑year career, Billy has become an Emmy Award winner, a three‑time Grammy nominee, a Blues Hall of Fame inductee, and one of the most recorded harmonica players of the modern era. Mentored by legends like James Cotton, Junior Wells, Willie Dixon and Big Walter Horton, Billy has carried the torch for the promotion and preservation of the blues across more than 300 recordings and stages around the world.
His brand‑new album, The Blues Is My Biography, is a powerful, deeply personal work produced by Larry Batiste and featuring special guests Bobby Rush, Shemekia Copeland and Ronnie Baker Brooks. Billy describes it as &ldquo;the most important work I&rsquo;ve ever done,&rdquo; and across eleven tracks he tells his story with honesty, fire, humour and heart.
In this week&rsquo;s feature, Shaun shares his conversation with Billy Branch and takes listeners through the album &mdash; from the swagger of Hole In Your Soul to the emotional depth of Begging For Change, the grit of Dead End Street, and the autobiographical centrepiece The Blues Is My Biography.
Tune in for a celebration of a true Chicago master and one of the standout blues releases of the year.
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SE 6 Ep 34 - Classic Album Feature: The Mojo Webb Band - The Cat

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