Spoonful of Blues

Mondays 7pm-9pm

From its beginnings in the Mississippi delta as the call-and-response chants of plantation workers to the musically technical and progressive genre that it has become, the blues has an atmosphere and style all its own.

Started 40 years ago by local blues man Steve Tallis, Spoonful of Blues takes in a veritable feast of different approaches to the genre, including swampy New Orleans blues, classic styles like Delta and Memphis blues, fusions like country, soul and gospel blues, and the fuzzed-out psychedelically tinged electric blues. Incorporating guitar and piano-based variations on the genre, Spoonful of blues offers up soulful tunes for a Monday night in the company of some of the greatest legends of music, as well as contemporary artists taking the genre to new audiences.

From down and dirty to the greatest heights of musical invention, if it sings it like it means it, it’s here on Spoonful of Blues.

Presented by

Stephen Pike

Tamara Szep

Simon Johnson (Rhymin’ Simon)

Pete Greenwood- The Purple One

Dave McEwan

Eugene Hideaway Bridges Brings the Blues

Blues legend Eugene Hideaway Bridges joins Spoonful of Blues on Monday. Bridges is playing 3 shows in […]

Tuesday 12th February 2019

Live blues with Lucky Oceans, Fiona Rea and Tommy O’Brien

Lucky Oceans, Tommy O’Brien and Fiona Rea joined Rhymn’ Simon on Spoonful of Blues. Lucky Oceans is […]

Wednesday 7th November 2018

Swamp Stompers wade into WA

Corey from the Swamp Stompers joined Simon on Spoonful of Blues this week before they made […]

Thursday 25th October 2018

Passion for the Blues – The Perth Blues Club

Spoonful of Blues presenter Steve Pike speaking with Perth Blues Club musicians Gabriele Campani and Rick […]

Tuesday 17th July 2018

Lloyd Spiegel’s Goes Global

Australian blues singer songwriter Lloyd Spiegel has released many albums in his time including his most […]

Tuesday 8th May 2018

Kerry B Ryan Lets Love Grow With New Music

WA blues guitarist Kerry B Ryan dropped by Spoonful of Blues to talk about his latest […]

Tuesday 18th April 2017

Sliding with Andrew Winton

Andrew Winton Joined us on Spoonful of Blues this week. To sing us a couple of […]

Tuesday 23rd February 2016

Harbour Sundays: Old Blood

RTRFM & WA Maritime Museum’s free live music series Harbour Sundays continues this weekend with its […]

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Mon 17 Jun 2019 Listen

The PurpleOne's in the studio, with my usual ratbag collection of all things blues, a stack of new blues tonight, as well as my regular fav's Rory gallagher, Robin Trower and Savoy Brown.(always gets the phone ringing.) Joe Bonamassa makes two appearances, his own acoustic album and guesting on Randy Bachman's - Heavy Blues album. There's also new female blues artists featured tonite, Ally Venable, Joanne Shaw Taylor, along with Ana Popovic and Ruthie Foster also making an appearance