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Most recently, Highbrow Happy Hour played Sidewalk Wildflower by Sonya Cohen Cramer on Monday 7th Oct, 2024.

On BFF.fm

BFF.fm has played Smithsonian Folkways releases from artists such as Elizabeth Cotten, The Tremè Brass Band, Henry Butler, Jake Blount, Mali Obomsawin, Joe Rainey, Snooks Eaglin, peggy seeger, Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters Blues Band, Nathan Abshire and the Balfa Brothers, Eureka Brass Band, Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Liberty Brass Band, Barbara Dane, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, Our Native Daughters, Roscoe Holcomb, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Pete Seeger, Anna & Elizabeth, Clifton Chenier.

Trending Tracks

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    Henry Butler – Basin Street Blues
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    Jake Blount, Mali Obomsawin, Joe Rainey – My Way's Cloudy
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    Elizabeth Cotten – Freight train
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    Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters Blues Band – I'm Feeling All Right
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    Nathan Abshire and the Balfa Brothers – Hicks Wagon Wheel Special
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    The Tremè Brass Band – Grazing in The Grass
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    Eureka Brass Band – Trombonium
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    Liberty Brass Band – Whoopin' Blues
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    The Tremè Brass Band – Give Me My Money Back
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    peggy seeger – Long, Lonesome Road
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    Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard – The One I Love Is Gone
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    Snuffy Jenkins and Homer Sherrill – Possum Up A Gum Stump
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    Reverend Gary Davis – Devil's Dream
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    Sonya Cohen Cramer – Sidewalk Wildflower
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    Kirby Snow – No Tears in Heaven

Recently Played Albums

  1. Elizabeth Cotten
    Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes
  2. The Tremè Brass Band
    New Orleans Brass Bands: Through the Streets of the City
  3. Sonya Cohen Cramer
    You've Been a Friend to Me
  4. Big Joe Williams and Amelia Johnson
    Going Back to Crawford
  5. Henry Butler
    The Mississippi River of Song
  6. Snuffy Jenkins and Homer Sherrill
    Pioneer of the Bluegrass Banjo
  7. Reverend Gary Davis
    Pure Religion and Bad Company
  8. Snooks Eaglin
    New Orleans Street Singer
  9. Mississippi Fred McDowell
    Classic Delta and Deep South Blues

Listen

Check out these shows on BFF.fm, showcasing music from Smithsonian Folkways!

Take the dirt road with Wolfwhistle Rose. This serpentine Southern sampler surveys regional blues, roots music, boogie woogie, swamp-pop, alt-country, jazz, gospel, brass bands, & other wild tunes stamped by time & place.

Themed playlists that make you feel things.

Folk music to rattle your brain around in its juice.

Because it take allsorts (of sounds).

finding flow as we wax aesthetic. Connecting and Diving Deep.

An eclectic mix of Black music from the past, present and future.

Two hours of soulful grooves, jazzy keys, latin vibes and that extra little *zing* to remind you that you're cool, classy and feeling good. Interviews with local artists, musicians and chefs add San Francisco flavor to your bi-weekly happy hour dose.

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