Alligator Records To Release Free Sampler For Public Radio Music Month

Alligator
Records, in collaboration with NPR and public radio stations, will release a
free, downloadable 17-song sampler to help bring attention to Public Radio Music
Month. Alligator Records Presents Blues & Roots
features songs selected from throughout the label’s storied 42-year history. The
sampler was personally curated and annotated by Alligator president and founder
Bruce Iglauer, and will be available beginning April 11 at the Alligator Records
Facebook
page. It will remain available until May 11. Alligator is the only label with
which Public Radio Music Month is collaborating on a sampler.

Artists include Marcia Ball, James Cotton, JJ Grey & Mofro, Curtis
Salgado, Janiva Magness, Joe Louis Walker, Tommy Castro & The Painkillers,
Koko Taylor, Roomful Of Blues, Saffire–The Uppity Blues Women, Jesse Dee, Rick
Estrin & The Nightcats, Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Anders Osborne,
The Holmes Brothers, Charlie Musselwhite, and Albert Collins, Robert Cray, and
Johnny Copeland (together).

Public Radio Music Month, held during April, is a tribute to the impact of
public radio in music. The Public
Radio Music Month website states, “The national initiative brings together
local public radio stations, artists and music to recognize the work and
importance of these cultural institutions.”

According to Iglauer, “Since Alligator Records was founded over 40 years ago
public radio has been one of the best friends of blues and roots music. Public
radio stations have dedicated themselves to helping their listeners discover
important music, whether old or new — music of depth, complexity and intense
emotion (including music that’s intensely fun!), whether it’s commercially
popular or not.

“We’ve created this free sampler of some of Alligator’s current and classic
artists as a salute to public radio and its open-to-discovery listeners. We hope
you enjoy the music, make some new discoveries, and remember that, without
public radio, a lot of great blues and roots music might never have reached your
ears. Happy Public Radio Music Month!”