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12-Bar Talk: A Blues Podcast

12-Bar Talk: A Blues Podcast

By: Chelsea June Adams
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Welcome to 12-Bar Talk, a blues music and dance podcast that covers blues history, current artists and trends, dances done to blues music, and more. Join Dr. Chelsea Adams as she interviews musicians, dancers, scholars, and delves into the myriad of topics that deal with this uniquely black American art form.Copyright 2023 All rights reserved. Art Entertainment & Performing Arts Music
Episodes
  • Episode 22: On Lifting Others Up with Lady A
    Jun 19 2025

    Dr. Adams sits down with Lady A to discuss her music, but overall, this is an episode about getting to know your neighbors, about lifting each other up, and about speaking up for those who may not have opportunities to succeed if you don’t.

    Guest: Lady A Website: https://www.ladyababyblues.com/

    Info for One Seattle Soul: https://therhapsodyproject.org/one-seattle-soul/

    Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams Post-Production by Jeremy Carberry

    12-Bar Talk is brought to you from Ogden, Utah's "Junction City" full of blues and jazz history on Historic 25th Street. You can learn more about Ogden's rich black history at https://www.visitogden.com/blog/celebrating-black-history-month-in-ogden-utah/.

    Podcast intro music is Chicago Shuffle Blues, courtesy of JuliusH. Song can be found at https://pixabay.com/users/juliush-3921568/.

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    47 mins
  • Episode 21: Let's Talk Culture and Community with Damon Stone
    May 23 2025

    Dr. Adams sits down with dance historian and blues dance practitioner Damon Stone to discuss what we call the blues dance community, cultural ambassadorship, the good and the bad of culture, the need to spend time in black spaces, and more.

    Guest: Damon Stone Website: https://damonstone.dance/

    Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams Post-Production by Jeremy Carberry

    12-Bar Talk is brought to you from Ogden, Utah's "Junction City" full of blues and jazz history on Historic 25th Street. You can learn more about Ogden's rich black history at https://www.visitogden.com/blog/celebrating-black-history-month-in-ogden-utah/.

    Podcast intro music is Chicago Shuffle Blues, courtesy of JuliusH. Song can be found at https://pixabay.com/users/juliush-3921568/.

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    41 mins
  • Episode 20: Blues Musical Complexity, a Conversation with Stef Rosen
    Apr 27 2025

    Stef Rosen and Dr. Adams sit down and talk about his love for blues music and what it is like to learn the culture as you learn to play the blues, how he encountered the blues dance community and his experiences playing music for them, and the differences in various styles of blues, and more.

    Guest: Stef Rosen

    Website: https://slidinwolf.com/

    Bandcamp: https://stefrosen.bandcamp.com/album/soulify

    Socials: IG, @stefrosenblues, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/stefanoronchi.blues/ , TikTok @stef.rosen

    Produced by Dr. Chelsea Adams Post-Production by Jeremy Carberry 12-Bar Talk is supported by Salt City Blues, LLC, a blues dance event and education organization committed to bringing education about black dances and blues to the Greater Salt Lake City area. Podcast intro music is Chicago Shuffle Blues, courtesy of JuliusH. Song can be found at https://pixabay.com/users/juliush-3921568/.
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    40 mins
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