The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews

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The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews: Val Wilmer in Conversation

Val Wilmer in Conversation

BBC Radio 2 - The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews, Val Wilmer in Conversation

Photographer Val Wilmer chats to Cerys about photographing blues legend Muddy Waters.

Photographer Val Wilmer chats to Cerys about photographing blues legends Muddy Waters, Buddy Moss and Aretha Franklin.

This week Cerys' guest is writer, social historian, acclaimed photographer Val Wilmer, who shares stories from her career and photographing blues legends Muddy Waters, Buddy Moss and Aretha Franklin.

In 1956, a 14-year-old Valerie Wilmer took a snap at London Airport of a grinning Louis Armstrong, which spawned a remarkable career that has brought her close up to almost every significant figure in post-war jazz, blues and R&B.

Cerys' weekly round up of all the blues you need to hear, in all shapes and sizes!

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