Beale Street Caravan

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Each week Beale Street Caravan takes listeners on a musical journey through the streets of Memphis and the crossroads of the Mississippi Delta with live, in-concert performances from true, authentic masters of blues, soul, gospel, and rock n roll traditions.

Co-Hosted by Pat Mitchell and Kevin Cubbins, the weekly program includes live musical performance, commentary and interviews, and educational series programmed by artists, scholars, and music industry insiders.

Now in its 21st year, Beale Street Caravan is a recent recipient of the ASCAP Deem Taylor Award for Radio Broadcast.

Forty original programs are produced each year.

Beale Street Caravan is also distributed via Content Depot, NPR Worldwide, Australia's CBAA, Soundcloud, and available as a podcast.


130 Pieces

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This week on Beale Street Caravan, we groove with soul/jazz/funk sensation, Hope Clayburn. From sharing the stage with icons like The Temptations t...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, we take a look back at the 2022 Memphis Music Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Highlighted performances include ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, we head to B-Side in Midtown for Robert Allen Parker's album release concert. The Memphis guitarist released a d...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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The boys are back in town this week on Beale Street Caravan, as Memphis' own legendary psychedelic funk rockers, Big Ass Truck, celebrate their 30t...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, we feature Paul Taylor and Three Springs live from the Green Room in Crosstown Arts. The episode marks Memphis m...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Jan 15, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, we’re back at the Overton Park Shell for the 2023 Tambourine Bash, a night of Memphis music collaboration and sh...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 22, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, we feature veteran songwriter, Spree Wilson, live from the Overton Park Shell. Also on the show, we sit down wit...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, we feature the electrifying sounds of international rock n’ roll band, Making Movies. The band was nominated in ...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors perform live at the concert to benefit the beloved Overton Park Shell, here in Me...

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 22, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, we feature blues from the Mississippi Delta and around the globe. Willie Farmer, Ryan Lee Crosby, and others tak...

Bought by WYAP, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, we return to the blues with Memphis' native son, Chris Pitts and The Memphis Prime, live from Ground Zero Blues ...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, we visit Growlers in midtown Memphis to catch an electrifying double header. Up first, blues rocker Jared James ...

Bought by KCNP, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WFHB


  • Added: Apr 27, 2023
  • Length: 01:57:00
  • Purchases: 4
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, we have Memphis favorites, Lucero. The band celebrated the release of their new album, Should've Learned by Now,...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash. and WFHB


  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, listen to a special anniversary performance from Booker T. Jones and Stax Music Academy Alumni, the Franklin Bro...

Bought by KCNP, KIYU-FM, WFHB, and KUGS Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 23, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, we bring back Dirty Streets as they celebrate the release of their latest project, "Who's Gonna Love You", live ...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KIYU-FM, and WFHB


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on Beale Street Caravan is the Concert to Protect our Aquifer. The annual fundraiser features appearances from Tom Paxton, The Accidental...

Bought by KIYU-FM


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Beale Street Caravan, the group Cha Wa delivers the sound of New Orleans brass bands and the style and energy of Mardi Gras Indians in...

Bought by KIYU-FM, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, and WFHB


  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 3
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This week on Beale Street Caravan we feature Stax guitar heroes Harold Beane, Bobby Manuel, and Skip Pitts, in a special presentation of the Master...

Bought by KCNP and KIYU-FM


  • Added: Nov 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on Beale Street Caravan we have locally grown rock band, Reigning Sound, live from Harbor Town, in downtown Memphis. The band was founded...

Bought by KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KCNP, KIYU-FM, and WFHB


  • Added: Nov 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
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This week’s episode features G. E. Smith and LeRoy Bell celebrating the release of their new album, Stony Hill. Grammy nominated blues man, Guy Da...

Bought by KCNP, KIYU-FM, WYAP, WFHB, KRSC and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 7