Max Spiegel

An archive recording for the WPSU Jazz show as aired on October 6, 2018 and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from The Black Keys, Taj Mahal, The White Stripes, Earl King, Doc Watson, Cory Harris, Leon Redbone, Etta James, Muddy Waters, Lead Belly, John Lee Hooker, and more.  

An archive recording for the WPSU Jazz show as aired on September 29, 2018 and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from Rich Gallagher, The Black Keys, The Four Blazes, Speckled Red, Canned Heat, Blind Willie McTell, Cathy Jean, Charlie Musselwhite, Memphis Slim, Big Bill Bronzy, The Yardbirds, and more.

An archive recording for the WPSU Jazz show as aired on August 18, 2018 and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from Tommy Castro, Otis Redding, Corey Harris, J.B. Hutto and The Hawks, John Hammond, Al Copley and The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Canned Heat, Rev. Gary Davis, Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson, Ma Rainey, B.B. King, and more.

In the second hour, hear Taj Mahall, Memphis Minnie, Muddy Waters, Cephas and Wiggins, J.J. Cale, Little Milton, and more.

An archive recording for the WPSU Jazz show as aired on August 11, 2018 and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from Buddy Guy,  Jimmy Roger All-Stars, Big Joe and the Dynaflows, Big Bill Bronzy, Otis Spann, Leon Redbone, Seasick Steve, Eric Bibb, Led Zeppelin, Bo Diddly, and more.

In the second hour hear Albert Collins, Rev. Gary Davis, Albert King, Dave Van Ronk, Guitar Shorty, Greg Brown, Elmore James, Freddy King, B.B. King, James Harmon, and more.

An archive recording for the WPSU Jazz show as aired on July 21, 2018 and hosted by Max Spiegel.

In the first hour, hear tracks from Johnny Cash, Greg Brown, Bob Dylan, Taj Mahall, Professor Longhair, Bob Brozman, Nick Drake, Linsey Alexander, Dave Van Ronk, Roosevelt Sykes, Ian & Sylvia, Commodores, and more.

In the second hour, hear Junior Wells, The Yardbirds, Maybelle & Sara Carter Bayes, Willie Lomax Blues Revue, Charley Patton, Popa Chubby, Charlie Musselwhite, Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters, Lead Belly, Doc Watson, and more. 

An archive recording for the WPSU Jazz show as aired on July 7, 2018 and hosted by Max Spiegel.

In the first hour, hear tracks from Luther Allison, Big Bill Broonzy, Cory Harris, Earl King, Taj Mahall, Eden Brent, Muddy Waters, Super Chicken, Shemika Copeland, David Bromberg and more.

In the second hour, hear String Beans & The Stalkers, Big Joe Williams, The Yardbirds, Linda Hopkins, Walter Taylor, Tom Nelson, John Lee Hooker, Steve Cohen, Rory Gallagher, Willie Dixon, and more.

An archive recording for the WPSU Jazz show as aired on June 30, 2018 and hosted by Max Spiegel, with a show featuring tracks released in 1972. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from Dr. John, Frank Zappa, Doc Watson, Clarence Carter, The Staples Singers, Ry Cooder, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Albert King, Neil Young, Bob Marley and The Whalers, Lou Reed and more.

An archive recording for the WPSU Jazz show as aired on June 16, 2018 and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from The Persuasions, The Black Keys, Levon Helm, The Four Blazes, R.L. Burnside, Charles Williams, Doc Watson, Dixon Brothers, Canned Heat, Leadbelly, and more.

In the second hour, hear James Cotton with Billy Branch and Charles Musselwhite, Clifton Chenier, Guy Clark, Rory Block, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Eric Bibb, J.J. Cale, W.C. Spencer, The Chambers Brothers, Leon Redbone, Otis Spann, and more.

An archive recording for the WPSU Jazz show as aired on June 9, 2018 and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from Willie Lomax, David “Honeyboy" Edwards, Mac Arnold, Robin Holcomb, Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Blind Willie McTell, Elvis Presley, Etta James, John Coltrane, Ike Turner, and more.

In the second hour, hear  Brad Vickers and His Vestapolitans, Allen Toussiant, Buddy Moss, Big Momma Thornton, Pops Staples, J.J. Cale, Earl Hooker, Mavis Staples, and more. 

An archive recording for the WPSU Jazz show as aired on June 2, 2018 and hosted by Max Spiegel.

This week, Max welcomes special guest Jerry Zolten who talks about the new documentary “How They Got Over: Gospel Quartets and The Road to Rock & Roll.”  The film will have a free screening on Thursday, June 12, at 7pm at the State Theatre. Zolten, who is a Penn State professor and American roots music authority, is a co-producer of the film and on screen narrator.

An archive recording for the WPSU Jazz show as aired on May 19, 2018 and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from Buddy Guy, The Boogie Kings, Rev. Gary Davis, Taj Mahal, John Lee Hooker, Tony Hollins, Bettye LaVette, Lead Belly, Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Land Slim, Roy Bookbinder, Mudcat, and more.

In the second hour hear Brownie McGhee, Sonny Boy Williamson, Canned Heat, B.B. Kink, Tommy Johnson, Mike Bloomfield, Doc Watson, Earl Hooker, Mississippi John Hurt, Etta James and more. 

An archive recording for the WPSU Jazz show as aired on May 12, 2018 and hosted by Max Spiegel.

In the first hour, hear tracks from Parliament, Blind Boys of Mississippi, Doc Watson, B.B. King, Eden Brent, Seth Walker, The Black Keys, Blind Willie McTell, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, Junior Kimbrough, Dave Van Ronk, Frank Zappa, Sugar Pie Desanto, J.J. Cale and more.

In the second hour, hear Howlin' Wolf, Susan Tedeschi, Etta James, Beck, Rory Block, Bob Brozman, Develle Crawford, Chris Thomas King, David Bromberg, Ry Cooder, Jesse Fuller and more. 

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on May 5, 2018, and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear Betty LaVette, The Stone Foxes, Alabama Shakes, Galactic, Maria Muldaur, Jorma Kaukonen, George Thorogood, Willie Dixon, Mavis Staples, The Memphis Jug Band, and more.

In the second hour, hear The North Mississippi All Stars, Nina Simone, White Stripes, Jeff Beck, Doc & Merle Watson, John Hurt, Taj Mahal, The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Cephas & Wiggins, Eric Clapton, and more. 

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on April 28, 2018, and hosted by Max Spiegel.

In the firdst hour, hear Ken Whitley, Buddy Guy, Supertramp, The Black Keys, Lead Belly, Ray Charles, Ry Cooder, The Blues Brothers, Lonnie Donegan, Willie Green, Albert King, Frank Zappa, and more.

In the second hour, hear David Maxwell and Louisiana Red, Joseph Spence, Morning 40 Federation, Sly & The Family Stone, Tampa Red, Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, and more.   

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on April 21, 2018, and hosted by Max Spiegel. It’s Max’s annual “birthday show” with a selection of songs from across the music spectrum  

In the first hour, hear tracks from Led Zeppelin, Tom Waites, Prince, Alabama Shakes, Hazmat Modine, Frank Zappa, Ray Charles, Mel Tormé, G-love and The Special Sauce, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Devin In A Woodpile, The White Stripes, The Modern Lovers, and more.

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on April 15, 2018, and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from Canned Heat, Rev. Horton Heat, Mavis Staples, Taj Mahal, Thunderbitch, B.B. King,  Jack White, Galactic, Bobby Blue Band, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Rogers, and more.

In the second hour, hear John Butler Trio, John Lennon, Dan Pickett, Roosevelt “The Honeydripper” Sykes, Buddy Guy, KoKo Taylor,  Mean Gene Kelton, Townes Van Zandt, Merle Travis, Big Bill Broonzy, Champion Jack Dupree, and more.

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on April 7, 2018, and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from The Felice Brothers, Rev. Gary Davis, Cephas & Wiggins, The Persuasions, Seasick Steve, Eric Clapton, Leadbelly, Joe Willy Wilkins, Rory Block, and more.

In the second hour hear Bukka White, The Clothesline Revival, Swamp Cabbage, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Ben Harper, The White Stripes, James Brown, Robert Johnson, Satan & Adams, North Mississippi All Stars, Canned Heat, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, and more. 

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on March 31, 2018, and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from The Black Keys, Larkin Poe, The Beatles, Nathaniel Ratliff and The Night Sweats, Chris Smithers, Danielle Nichole, Muddy Waters, Entanglement, Skip James, Jimi Hendrix and more.

In the second hour, hear Thin Lizzie, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon, Guy Davis, Alabama Shakes, Odetta, Eden Brent, and more.  

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on March 17, 2018, and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from Dr. John, Sam Cooke, ZZ Top, The Black Keys, Rev. Gary Davis with Sonny Terry, Corey Harris, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Yardbirds, Robert Wilkins, and more.

In the second hour, hear Alabama Shakes, Skip James, Lucinda Williams, Greg Brown, Stringbean and The Stalkers, Dave Van Ronk, and more.   

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on February 24, 2018, and hosted by Max Spiegel.  

In the first hour, hear tracks from Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Nina Simone, Sam Cooke, Alabama Shakes, Hot Tuna, Rev. Gary Davis, Ry Cooder, Dr. John, Michael Hurley, Cory Harris, Little Feat, and more.

In the second hour, hear Zuzu Bollin, The Dixie Hummingbirds, Skip James, The White Stripes, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Witherspoon, Wilson Pickett, Frank Zappa, and more.

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on February 17, 2018, and hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from Thunderbitch, Guy Davis, Little Martha, John Lee Hooker, Shemeka Copeland, Henry Butler, The Allman Brothers Band, Muddy Waters, Etta James, Lead Belly, Bob Dylan, Catfish Keith, and more.

In the second hour, hear Taj Mahall, Willie Lomax, Brownie McGhee, Little Milton, Keb’ Mo’, Otis Rush, Smith and Harper, Mattie Mae Thomas, Leon Redbone, Marcia Ball and more.  

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on February 10, 2018, hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from Rev. Gary Davis, Sweet Honey in the Rock, The Black Keys, Guy Clark, Harry Connick Jr., B.B. King, Bob Brozman, Mac Arnold, Sly and The Family Stone, Dave van Ronk, Josh White, Jim Burns and more.

In the second hour, hear T-Bone Walker, Taj Mahall, John Lee Hooker with Buddy Guy, Frank Hutchinson, Barry Levinson, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Nina Simone, The Kinks and more.   

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on February 3, 2018, hosted by Max Spiegel.  

In the first hour, hear tracks from Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, The White Stripes, Peggy Seeger, Son House, Modest Mouse Blues Band, Canned Heat, and more.

In the second hour, hear Brownie McGee and his definition of the blues, Jimmy Witherspoon, Guy Van Duser, John Lee Hooker, Bobby Blue Bland, Al King, Dave Van Ronk, Sonny Boy Williamson, Dinah Washington, Hamilton Louis, B.B. King, Dr. John, and more.

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on January 27, 2018, hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from Little Walter, Leo Kottke, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Modern Lovers, The Johnny Otis Show, The Black Keys. Alabama Shakes, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, and more.

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on January 20, 2018, hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first hour, hear tracks from The Black Bells, Sam Cooke, Ry Cooder, Greg Brown, The Black Keys, B.B. King, Hazmat Modine, Idris Muhammad, Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker and more.

In the second hour, hear Doc Watson, Corky Siegel, Louisiana Red, Delaney & Bonnie, Mississippi John Hurt, James Booker, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Theresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, Guy Davis, and more.  

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on January 6, 2018, hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first part, hear tracks from The Yardbirds, Joe & Eddie,  Muddy Waters, The Black Keys, Leo Kottke, The White Stripes, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, The North Mississippi All Stars, and more.

In the second hour, hear Shamika Copeland,  Gil Scott Heron, Townes Van Zandt, Ry Cooder, Hot Tuna, Shuggie Otis, Morning 40 Federation, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Norah Jones, and more.   

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on December 16, 2017, hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first part, hear tracks from Frank Zappa, Leon Redbone, Honey El-Katib,   Johnny Shines, Mose Allison, Nina Simone, Ry Cooder, The Felice Brothers, Mississippi John Hurt, Eric Bibb, and more.

In the second hour, hear Hadda Brooks, Nazareth, Dr. John, Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters & Johnny Winter, Roy Bookbinder, Mary Flowers, The Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Professor Longhair, and more.

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on December 9, 2017, hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first part, hear tracks from Leo Kottke, Frank Zappa, The Black Keys, Sweet Honey in The Rock, Memphis Mini, Ry Cooder, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Burns, Jim Kweskin, Bo Diddly, and more.

In the second hour, hear James Cotton, Rory Gallagher, The John Butler Trio, Dave Van Ronk, Robert Lockwood Jr., John Prine, Pearl Jam, Pyeng Threadgill, Shuggie Otis, Steve Earle, Charles Bradley, and more.   

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on December 2, 2017, hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first part, hear tracks from The Black Keys, Eric Gales, Jack White, Taj Mahall, David Bromberg, Frank Zappa, Mississippi John Hurt, Willie Dixon, Ry Cooder, Led Zeppelin, and more.

In hour two, hear Johnny Cash, The Sojourners, Sly & The Family Stone, Blind Gary Davis, The Four Blazes, Alabama Shakes, Bob Dylan, Lead Belly, Rory Block, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Sam Cooke, Albert King, and more.

An archive recording of the WPSU Blues Show as broadcast on November 18, 2017, hosted by Max Spiegel. 

In the first part, hear tracks from Ry Cooder, The Black Keys, Bukka White, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, Johnny Jenkins, Rev. Horton Heat, Mississippi John Hurt, Eli Cook, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, John Lennon and more.

In the second hour, hear The Allman Brothers Band, Elmore James, Seth White, Josh Walker, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, and more.