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Nick Barraciough and Mike Harding co-present highlights from this year's festival, staged in the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cambridge. Featuring interviews with star acts and music from the main stage, where the line-up includes Christy Moore with Declan Sinnott , Lucinda Williams , Mavis Staples , Jimmy Webb , the Blind boys of Alabama, Kate Rusby , Hayseed Dixie and many others.

Contributors

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Nick Barraciough
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Mike Harding
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Hinton Hall
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Christy Moore
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Declan Sinnott
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Lucinda Williams
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Mavis Staples
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Jimmy Webb
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Kate Rusby
Producer:
Nick Barraclough
Producer:
John Leonard

6/6. Paul Sexton explores the life and career of Mississippi-born blues singer, songwriter and guitarist Robert Johnson , who died in 1938, aged 27, unaware of the immeasurable impact his recordings would have on postwar Chicago blues, jazz, R&B and rock. This final edition explores the three possible burial sites for Johnson and features an interview with the 80-year-old widow of the grave-digger who buried the blues legend back in August 1938. Contributors include John Hammond , Taj Mahal and BB King.

Contributors

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Paul Sexton
Guitarist:
Robert Johnson
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John Hammond

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