Midwest Beat Blues: December 12, 2025

By Tom Lounges

Published December 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM CST

ARTISTS INCLUDE: ALBERT COLLINS, TAJ MAHAL, ALBERT KING, KINSEY REPORT, JON SPEAR BAND, BENNY TURNER, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, JEFF MASSEY, GARY CLARK JR., GARY MOORE, B.B. KING,

MICHAEL BLOOMFIELD, CLASSICAL BLAST, and many others.

Midwest Beat Blues

Tom Lounges

Tom Lounges has been a radio personality and music journalist since 1979. For the last 43 years, Tom has been reporting on entertainment as a weekly music columnist and feature writer for The Times newspaper.

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