LINKS

Blogs of Interest

Florida Jazz Associations

Florida Blues Associations

Other Jazz & Blues Associations

Radio/Web/TV Stations

Other Sites We Like  


Blogs of Interest

 JAZZ BLUES FLORIDA Blog Spot


Florida Jazz Associations

Central Florida Jazz Society, LLC

Charlotte County Jazz Society

Clearwater Jazz Holiday

Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society

Gainesville Friends of Jazz

Gold Coast Jazz Society

 

Hernando Jazz Society

JAMS (Jazz Arts Music Society of Palm Beach)

Jazz Society of Pensacola, Inc.

North East Florida Jazz Association

South County Jazz Club

South Florida JAZZ 

 

Space Coast Jazz Society

Suncoast Dixieland Jazz Society

Sunshine Jazz Organization (Miami)

Tampa Bay Jazz Association, Inc. (Al Downing)

Tampa Jazz Club

Treasure Coast Jazz Society


Florida Blues Associations

Apalachee Blues Society

Blues Alliance of the Treasure Coast  

Daytona Blues Society

Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society

Nature Coast Friend of Blues

North Central Florida Blues Society

Orange Blossom Blues Society

South Florida Blues Society 

Space Coast Blues Society

Springing the Blues Society 

Suncoast Blues Society

Soutwest Florida Blues Society

Southwest Florida Blues Society


Jazz & Blues Associations Outside Florida 

 Heart of Carolina Jazz Society

Blues Foundation (International Association)


  Radio/Web Stations/Programs of Note  

(Non-Florida shows are presented below in the OTHER SITES WE LIKE section)


 

BLUES POWER WITH GIL ANTHONY 

  • (WWNT) LIVE SHOW STREAM MONDAYS 6-11PM (central)
  • - (WVVL) LIVE SHOW STREAM SUNDAYS 6-11PM (central)

Gil knows his blues, and even when he spins gut-bucket blues, darn-it-all, they are QUALITY gut-bucket blues! The show provides a blues reality check for NW Florida, broadcasting out of Dothan, AL.  


 LAJAZZTV.COM

This show features 30 minuites of jazz, R&B, AC and light rock taped live in the Los Angeles area. They recently started to air on UTV in the Miami area and will soon start to air programing from Miami.


Smokestack Lightnin'  - Archived Programs

WUCF - Live 8-11pm Saturday Night

From The New Blues Capital of the American South, Orlando, Florida

Smokestack Lightnin' features the very best New Blues and newly reissued Classic Blues, Adult R&B, Soul Blues, Blues Rock, Zydeco Blues, and Gospel. This program is extremely valuable to those interested in what is happening right now on the blues scene and do not have 40 hours a week to review new music or the money to purchase that much new & unknown music.  Smokestack Lightnin' is a professional listener's filter and a general listener's source for finding the best of what is coming out. 


Sunday Blues with Dar (Archived Programs)

Hey, if you don't know what is happening in your own backyard, you might as well stay in the house!  Dar's weekly show is our neighborhood window to the local scene and our tie to the larger world of the blues.  She opens that window every Sunday to let some fresh air in! 


WDNA 88.9 FM, Miami, Florida (Live Stream)

Every Monday 11 AM - 12 Noon, THE SAMMY FIGUEROA SHOW

and, Jazz, pretty much 24/7.


 WFCF  Flagler College, St. Augustine, Florida (Live Stream)

Every Sunday, 6-9pm, EVENING BLUES CRUISE show hosted by Sheldon Pettit


WFIT Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida (Live Stream)

Monday - Friday, midnight to 5am, JAZZ WORKS
Monday & Tuesday , 7-10p, A Taste of Jazz
Wednesday, 7-10p, Blues W/ A Twist
Thurday, 7-10pm, JAZZ ON THE BEACH
Friday, 7-10pm, ITS ALL THE BLUES

Friday, 10pm-midnight, Reverend Billy's Rhythm Revival
Saturday - Sunday, midnight to 6am, JAZZ WORKS
Saturday, noon-3pm, SATURDAY BLUES show hosted by Brother Frank and Father Jay


WGCU (90.1)  Fort Myers - Terristrial and Streaming Live

"Jazz with Bob Parlocha" swinging, straight-ahead jazz & great commentary:

Mon-Thur 9 PM to 3 AM; Fri-Sun 11 PM to 5 AM.


WGRV The Groove Smooth Jazz - Live Stream
93.1 FM (WGRV-LP) Melbourne
103.3 FM Palm Bay
103.3 FM Cocoa Beach
102.3 FM Cape Canaveral
100.7 FM Rockledge  


 WJCT 89.9 FM  Community-supported public broadcasting station, Jacksonville, Florida (Live Stream)

www.wjct.org

Monday, 11pm: "The Blues Horizon" Hosted by Andrew Wiechman

Blues Horizon presents the Best in Classic and Modern Blues. Featuring Exclusive Interviews, Live and In-Studio performances from established and up and coming blues artists.


WLRN - 91.3 FM - Miami, Florida (Live Stream)

  • 9:30pm-midnight, Mon-Fri: Tracy Fields' "Evenin' Jazz"
  • 8pm-midnight, Sunday: Night Train w/ Ted Grossman
  • 1-2pm, Fri: South Florida Arts Beat w/ Ed Bell.


 WMNF 88.5 FM, Tampa, Florida

 Mo' Blues Monday w/ Larry Lisk (Live Stream)

Mondays 6-8pm

Larry is heard every Monday playing the blues on WMNF 88.5 FM from 6-8 PM where he has an amazing streak of 13+ years on the air with never missing a show.  Larry was the co-founder and President of the Suncoast Blues  Society from 1997-2005. The Suncoast Blues Society grew from an idea into one of the largest and most active Blues Societies in the United States and was recognized for its achievements and accomplishments by the Blues Foundation in Memphis, TN with its prestigious Keeping The Blues Alive Award as the Blues Organization of the Year in 2004.

Weekly Schedule

Mondays: 
6-8PM Mo' Blues Monday
8-10PM  360 Degrees of Blues
Fridays: 
9-midnight Blues with a Groove on WMNF 88.5 with Bob "Soulman" Schier
Sundays: 
6-9PM Jazz Clinic 


   

WSBB 1230 AM - New Smyrna Beach - Terrestrial and streamed live at www.myam1230.com
 

Every Sunday, 8-9pm, Marc Monteson Hosts his big band tribute show, "A Swinging Sunday." 


WSLR 96.5 FM wslr.org Sarasota Community Radio (Live Stream)
Wednesday, 3-5pm, RADIO GUMBO w/ Charly Lukhardt
Thur, 7-9pm, We Need More Jazz
Sunday, 3-5pm, Blues with the Velvet Hammer (Beth Hammer)
Sunday, 7-9pm, Louisiana Gumbo Show 


WUFT - 89.1 FM, University of Florida (Live Stream)

  • Saturdays, 8-10PM,  Soul Circuit with Margi Hatch 
  • Sundays, 3-5PM, On the Bridge with Kristen Wanner
  • Sundays, 8-10PM, Ballads and Blues with Steve Seipp

WUFT-FM, broadcasting in stereo on an FM frequency of 89.1 Megahertz with 100,000 watts of effective radiated power, WUFT-FM’s signal reaches the following counties: Alachua, Union, Bradford, Gilchrist, Levy, Marion, Putnam, Clay, Baker, Columbia, Suwannee, Lafayette, Dixie, Duval, Hamilton, and Flagler.


WUSF - 89.7 FM - TAMPA wusf.usf.edu Jazz every night, all night. (Live Stream)


WUWF - 88.1 FM - PENSACOLA (Live Stream)

The Blue Plate Special w/ Greg Guzman, Saturday, 10pm-midnight
The program began in February 2000 with the mission to present every side of contemporary and classic blues music to hungry blues hounds. The Blue Plate Special now places greater emphasis on present days blues artists because they are the hard working musicians keeping this music alive for all of us.

and

Big Bands and Jazz w/ Dale Riegle, Saturday & Sunday, 8-10pm


 WWUS - 104.1 US 1Radio "Jazz Flavors"  hosted by Chuck Thomas
Key West to Key Largo 
Streaming live at us1radio.com
Every Sunday, 6-11am 
Jazz from the 20's through today's Smooth Jazz


WXJZ 100.9fm, Smooth Jazz, Gainesville, FL (Live Stream)

2-7pm Mon-Fri: QQuincy’s Smooth Jazz

9pm-3am Every Sat: Smooth Blues Saturday Night With QQuincy


WVFS 89.7fm, Tallahassee, http://wvfs.fsu.edu (Live Stream)

  • SUNDAY MORNING BLUES, BLUES, R & B and GOSPEL, SUNDAYS, 10 AM - 1 PM
  • SUNDAY EVENING JAZZ, NEW and TRADITIONAL JAZZ, LIVE the 1st Sunday of the Month, 6PM - 8PM

WZAB 880am, Miami, www.880thebiz.com (Live Stream)

  • Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ Stu Grant, Every Sunday, 9-11am 

 

Other Links We Like: 

(in no special order)      


  National Blues Museum

The National Blues Museum: Proposed world-class cultural attraction located in downtown St. Louisis focused on education, entertainment and community involvement


Sounds of Blue with Bob Putignano
 

WFDU FM (New York) -Streaming live Mondays, 6:00Am to 9:00AM & Wednesdays, 9:00AM to 1:00PM Eastern Time 


 

 Sussex Antiques in the UK offers a collection of early jazz, modern jazz, Rock and Popular vinyl LP's with many more great albums of early classic jazz, modern jazz and rock music.


WWOZ

WWOZ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Station 90.7FM

WWOZ 90.7 FM is the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Station, a community radio station currently operating out of the French Market Corporation Offices in New Orleans, Louisiana. Our governance board is appointed by the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Foundation.

We are a listener-supported, volunteer-programmed radio station. WWOZ covers many events live in and around the city and across the United States. We also broadcast live from the famed New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival annually.


Radio Habana Cuba - la Esquina del Blues - The Blues ConerLa Esquina del Blues (The Blues Corner)
Sunday, 9:00 P.M( Eastern Time)
Habana Radio
D.J: Miguel de Oca, Blues Musician
mms://media.ohc.cu/habanaradio
www.laesquinadelblues.webs.com
Email: laesquinadelblues@yahoo.com


The Jazz Arts Foundation, Inc., of Lexington KY, is a corporation whose avowed mission is to "enhance the awareness of Jazz as a performing art". Since its founding in 1989, the JAF has committed itself to the purpose of educating the public about Jazz Arts through the promotion of awareness and sensitivity to Jazz, and to upgrade it as an art form to the level of community acceptance and support equal to that given other performing arts.
 


 Salty Dog Blues N Roots is a two-hour weekly podcast/radio broadcast featuring the best Australian and world blues, roots and alternative country since April 2005. This show is 'must' if you are looking for new music and can't afford the time and money to find and review great new music on a weekly basis, with a world perspective. If you can't trust the dawg, just who can you trust?  http://www.salty.com.au/


Jupiter Performing Arts Fund...a not-for-profit... Encouraging, promoting and supporting music in the public schools and helping music student move up the ladder of success by providing many things they otherwise could not have. Please see our website on how to help at jpaf.org 


  Founded as America’s first blues publication in Chicago in 1970, Living Bluesmagazine has set the standard for blues journalism around the world. Living Blues was acquired by the University of Mississippi in 1983 and is published bimonthly by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture.


IMRADIO

www.IMRadio.com (Independent Music Radio) - Tomorrow's Artist's Today

Free uploads for free airplay of original music.


NOCHE DE BLUES EN DOMINGO Desde CUBA (SUNDAY NIGHT BLUES From CUBA)
9 PM (eastern) Every Sunday - Live Stream from Habana at: mms://media.ohc.cu/habanaradio
MIGUEL DE OCA: Program Host, Blues Musician, and SOCIEDAD HAVANA BLUES BAND'S FRONTMAN

WEBSITE     www.laesquinadelblues.webs.com
CONTACT       laesquinadelblues@yahoo.com  


NOXWIRE - Your Nightlfe Insider Our job is to inform you of the nightlife activities in your city through descriptive reviews of clubs, lounges and bars.

We are currently promoting Montreal, Toronto & Fort Lauderdale.Let Noxwire be your guide to a great night out.


Blues Guitar Newsletter: The one and only Mike Dollins...put this together because he just KNOWS you have a couple extra hours to get lost in the blues!

 


Louisiana Music Factory   www.louisianamusicfactory.com 

What would music be, without  New Orleans?

  


Tony Hornick's Dance List Directory  www.DancingList.com