Kilborn Alley Blues Band
@kilbornalley.bsky.social
Started as 18 year olds playing Chicago electric blues, 25 years later your musical friends.
BMA nominations '07, '08, '11; BLUES BLAST Awards '09, '10; addnl BLUES BLAST nominations '08, '09, '10, '12, '17 (2), '22; BLUES CRITICS READERS runnerup '08.
BMA nominations '07, '08, '11; BLUES BLAST Awards '09, '10; addnl BLUES BLAST nominations '08, '09, '10, '12, '17 (2), '22; BLUES CRITICS READERS runnerup '08.
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Now playing on Freewheelin': "Don't Be Ashamed (feat. Bettye LaVette & Willie Jones)" by Steve Cropper
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Now playing on Freewheelin': "Don't Be Ashamed (feat. Bettye LaVette & Willie Jones)" by Steve Cropper
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It was only a matter of time before Kushner was back on the “diplomatic” scene.
December 4, 2025 at 11:33 PM
It was only a matter of time before Kushner was back on the “diplomatic” scene.
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youtube.com/watch?v=baZ8... Nancy Wilson Houdini of the midnight hour
Houdini Of The Midnite Hour
YouTube video by Nancy Wilson - Topic
youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=baZ8... Nancy Wilson Houdini of the midnight hour
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It took me about 15 months to type the history of the R&B charts into a spreadsheet so that I could organize by the date the song entered the charts.
3119 of 22,828
Sam Cooke
"Sugar Dumpling"
August 14, 1965
#musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2kI...
3119 of 22,828
Sam Cooke
"Sugar Dumpling"
August 14, 1965
#musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2kI...
1965 HITS ARCHIVE: Sugar Dumpling - Sam Cooke
YouTube video by The45Prof
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December 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
It took me about 15 months to type the history of the R&B charts into a spreadsheet so that I could organize by the date the song entered the charts.
3119 of 22,828
Sam Cooke
"Sugar Dumpling"
August 14, 1965
#musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2kI...
3119 of 22,828
Sam Cooke
"Sugar Dumpling"
August 14, 1965
#musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2kI...
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Otis Rush - Rainy Night in Georgia
#MusicThroughYears
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#OtisRush
#MusicCover
#TonyJoeWhite
Day 4: 1970 - 1971
From 1971's Right Place, Wrong Time. A great version of this song!
youtu.be/nAJanVvcgAs?...
#MusicThroughYears
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#OtisRush
#MusicCover
#TonyJoeWhite
Day 4: 1970 - 1971
From 1971's Right Place, Wrong Time. A great version of this song!
youtu.be/nAJanVvcgAs?...
December 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Otis Rush - Rainy Night in Georgia
#MusicThroughYears
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#OtisRush
#MusicCover
#TonyJoeWhite
Day 4: 1970 - 1971
From 1971's Right Place, Wrong Time. A great version of this song!
youtu.be/nAJanVvcgAs?...
#MusicThroughYears
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#OtisRush
#MusicCover
#TonyJoeWhite
Day 4: 1970 - 1971
From 1971's Right Place, Wrong Time. A great version of this song!
youtu.be/nAJanVvcgAs?...
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youtube.com/watch?v=eUr6... Quincy Jones Is it love that we're missin
Is It Love That We're Missin'
YouTube video by Quincy Jones - Topic
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December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=eUr6... Quincy Jones Is it love that we're missin
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youtube.com/watch?v=LQf0... Cannonball Adderley Live
Cannonball Adderley Quintet • “Country Preacher/Mercy Mercy” • 1970 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]
YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66
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December 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=LQf0... Cannonball Adderley Live
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Breakfast Books & Booze, one of our favorite events of the year, happens this Sunday, Dec. 7th, featuring a righteous brunch prepared by the amazing crew @elsurstreetfoodco and an extensive book sale with the one and only Mary Chamberlain of Tree of Knowledge. No cover charge until 4pm. Come see us!
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Breakfast Books & Booze, one of our favorite events of the year, happens this Sunday, Dec. 7th, featuring a righteous brunch prepared by the amazing crew @elsurstreetfoodco and an extensive book sale with the one and only Mary Chamberlain of Tree of Knowledge. No cover charge until 4pm. Come see us!
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I should emphasize that on that 1st hour, the Bomb Shelter 25th anniversary show doesn't begin for 7 minutes, and there's no way to skip ahead on Spinitron's archives, it's an hourlong chunk, take it or leave it. Here is the 2nd hour:
spinitron.com/KXLU/pl/2161...
spinitron.com/KXLU/pl/2161...
KXLU 12/3/25, 3:00 AM Wed Dec 3 with KXLU Archives on KXLU
spinitron.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I should emphasize that on that 1st hour, the Bomb Shelter 25th anniversary show doesn't begin for 7 minutes, and there's no way to skip ahead on Spinitron's archives, it's an hourlong chunk, take it or leave it. Here is the 2nd hour:
spinitron.com/KXLU/pl/2161...
spinitron.com/KXLU/pl/2161...
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THREAD: Many thanx 2 @s1sixstrings.bsky.social for hipping me to the fact that until December 16, all of us can check out my "25th anniversary as a KXLU deejay" show from 2013, in which I spun my self selected "Top 100 Bomb Shelter Songs of All Time" for 5 hours. Click the link for the 1st hour.
@thebombshelter.bsky.social Hey - KXLU archives played your 25th anniversary top 100 yesterday spinitron.com/KXLU/pl/2161...
KXLU 12/3/25, 2:07 AM Wed Dec 3 with KXLU Archives on KXLU
spinitron.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
THREAD: Many thanx 2 @s1sixstrings.bsky.social for hipping me to the fact that until December 16, all of us can check out my "25th anniversary as a KXLU deejay" show from 2013, in which I spun my self selected "Top 100 Bomb Shelter Songs of All Time" for 5 hours. Click the link for the 1st hour.
NEW BLUES BLAST MAGAZINE, free at this link. Billy Branch cover story!
www.bluesblastmagazine.com/issue-19-48-...
www.bluesblastmagazine.com/issue-19-48-...
Issue 19-48 December 4, 2025
Cover photo © 2025 Bob Kieser In This Issue Bucky O’Hare has our feature interview with Billy Branch. We have six Blues reviews for you this week including new music from Big Al Dorn & The Blues How...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
NEW BLUES BLAST MAGAZINE, free at this link. Billy Branch cover story!
www.bluesblastmagazine.com/issue-19-48-...
www.bluesblastmagazine.com/issue-19-48-...
Right NOW-- Thursday between 1-3 CST in the US and your time wherever you are-- CRYSTAL BLUES at crystalfm.co.uk !
You'll be glad to listen!
You'll be glad to listen!
Community Radio for South Midlothian, Scotland
Crystal FM 107.4 Radio from Penicuik. This website has programme schedules and presenter profiles, local weather and the upto date happenings on this radio station.
crystalfm.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Right NOW-- Thursday between 1-3 CST in the US and your time wherever you are-- CRYSTAL BLUES at crystalfm.co.uk !
You'll be glad to listen!
You'll be glad to listen!
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Big Bill Broonzy - Hollerin' Blues
youtu.be/6TwOnYUlVI4?...
Recorded 1951
Released 1958 on the album Big Bill Broonzy The Blues
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Recorded 1951
Released 1958 on the album Big Bill Broonzy The Blues
Hollerin' Blues
YouTube video by Big Bill Broonzy - Topic
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December 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Big Bill Broonzy - Hollerin' Blues
youtu.be/6TwOnYUlVI4?...
Recorded 1951
Released 1958 on the album Big Bill Broonzy The Blues
youtu.be/6TwOnYUlVI4?...
Recorded 1951
Released 1958 on the album Big Bill Broonzy The Blues
And if you are really lucky, the German Food Truck will be there to provide great food.
Experience Champaign-Urbana is hosting one last New to CU Mixer of 2025 at Riggs Beer Company on December 11th.
Mix, mingle, and jingle at the New to CU Mixer - SPlog
Before the hustle and bustle of the end of the year wears us out so much that we prepare to hunker down after the new year, get out and make some friends with whom to ...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
And if you are really lucky, the German Food Truck will be there to provide great food.
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Musician Larry Davis (d. 1994) born Dec. 4, 1936 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Davis co-wrote & originally recorded the now classic “Texas Flood” in 1958.
youtu.be/lPs6Hv3nzLw?...
Davis co-wrote & originally recorded the now classic “Texas Flood” in 1958.
youtu.be/lPs6Hv3nzLw?...
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Musician Larry Davis (d. 1994) born Dec. 4, 1936 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Davis co-wrote & originally recorded the now classic “Texas Flood” in 1958.
youtu.be/lPs6Hv3nzLw?...
Davis co-wrote & originally recorded the now classic “Texas Flood” in 1958.
youtu.be/lPs6Hv3nzLw?...
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Actually somewhat terrifying -- Grok is providing random people's home and work addresses to would-be stalkers
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People
Elon Musk's Grox chatbot will happily cough up real, current residential addresses of everyday Americans, with little to no prompting.
futurism.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Actually somewhat terrifying -- Grok is providing random people's home and work addresses to would-be stalkers
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
I, 2, you know what to do, Cleveland!
Thurs Dec 4
The Nighthawks
Music Box Supper Club
Cleveland OH
"The Nighthawks perform blues, R&B, soul, & rock. The band is led by master harmonica player Mark Wenner. The 2025 Nighthawks lineup features drummer Mark Stutso, talented guitarist Zach Sweeney, & powerful bassist/vocalist Sol Roots"
The Nighthawks
Music Box Supper Club
Cleveland OH
"The Nighthawks perform blues, R&B, soul, & rock. The band is led by master harmonica player Mark Wenner. The 2025 Nighthawks lineup features drummer Mark Stutso, talented guitarist Zach Sweeney, & powerful bassist/vocalist Sol Roots"
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I, 2, you know what to do, Cleveland!
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December 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Farren's at the Inman is undeniably different from the pub many C-U residents grew up with, yet it remains the same at its core.
Farren’s finds new life at the historic Inman Hotel - Food & Drink
Central Illinois’ dining scene can feel like a whirlwind with beloved restaurants coming and going, sometimes before we even have the chance to say goodbye. For those who can relate, it can feel like ...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Farren's at the Inman is undeniably different from the pub many C-U residents grew up with, yet it remains the same at its core.
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The Lovers’ Graveyard is a venue that has just started its work; however, it’s already brimming with creative energy that makes life feel lighter and possibilities feel more present.
The Lovers’ Graveyard is an ambitious collaboration for greater good - Music
Don’t let the name of the newest house venue in town fool you. The Lovers’ Graveyard is a lively venue that music-minded residents should know about. Located where campus ends and town starts, this ve...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Lovers’ Graveyard is a venue that has just started its work; however, it’s already brimming with creative energy that makes life feel lighter and possibilities feel more present.
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Very sad to read that Steve Cropper has passed. He co-wrote songs like "In The Midnight Hour," and "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay," so he was one of the few guitarists that could live high on the hog--big house, nice cars, no need to worry about next month's bills. Good for him. A life well-lived.
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Very sad to read that Steve Cropper has passed. He co-wrote songs like "In The Midnight Hour," and "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay," so he was one of the few guitarists that could live high on the hog--big house, nice cars, no need to worry about next month's bills. Good for him. A life well-lived.
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Another great Christmas doo-wop record, b-side to their smooth festive ballad, A Christmas Prayer.
The Penguins - Jingle Jangle
youtu.be/NkRcYaiBIgU?...
#musicsky #nowplaying #nowspinning
The Penguins - Jingle Jangle
youtu.be/NkRcYaiBIgU?...
#musicsky #nowplaying #nowspinning
The Penguins - Jingle Jungle [Mercury 70762] 1955
YouTube video by NIGHT BEAT RECORDS
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December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Another great Christmas doo-wop record, b-side to their smooth festive ballad, A Christmas Prayer.
The Penguins - Jingle Jangle
youtu.be/NkRcYaiBIgU?...
#musicsky #nowplaying #nowspinning
The Penguins - Jingle Jangle
youtu.be/NkRcYaiBIgU?...
#musicsky #nowplaying #nowspinning
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Mark Porkchop Holder - My Black Name (2017)
youtube.com/watch?v=YS6m...
youtube.com/watch?v=YS6m...
December 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Mark Porkchop Holder - My Black Name (2017)
youtube.com/watch?v=YS6m...
youtube.com/watch?v=YS6m...