Australian Syndicated Blues Radio Show Has Got It Working There are radio shows and then there are radio shows and when you want choice music you know what you are looking for and a man in Australia has got the it working big time. His name is Barry Maxwell, most folks call him “Baz” and this man knows his blues. His down under “Blues On The Hill” radio show has been picked up by radio station after radio station and no wonder. This radio show host is in there, he knows the blues and presents song after song in an easy going show format that is highly addictive not to mention extremely entertaining. Baz became a big time blues lover back in the eighties after hearing Buddy Guy for the first time. The experience was so cool that it then led him on a journey of discovery even going all the way back to the sources and checking out Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Son House, Burnside and more. Their history and music were so cool that he wanted to share the latest in blues with the world and so he approached Sunbury Radio 99.3 FM with a new show idea. The show would be named “Blues On The Hill”. A show that would focus on what’s new in blues more so than focusing on the classics. A show that would present what’s cooking right now and since then Blues On The Hill has become so popular that today it is an internationally syndicated radio show. Baz’s passion for all things blues brought him to Memphis Tennessee in America where in both 2016 and 2019 he was chosen to be one of the judges at the annual International Blues Challenge that hosts over two hundred entries from around the world. Not one to sit still Baz became the President of the noted “Shake Shack” aka The Hume Blues Club where still today the man handles the bookings and emcee’s their weekly live events. But it doesn’t stop there, no way, no how as the man went on to organize Australia’s first Blues Music Hall Of Fame which is located in the state of Victoria. However, even with all these extra curricular activities going on Barry still finds time to this day to listen to the new submissions for his radio show. In fact artists can submit their music via Dropbox along with their one sheets to Barry. As an example most recently “Blues On The Hill” featured three tracks belonging to blues singer/songwriter Sam Barlow out of El Paso Texas. Baz commented, “Energy, Passion and soul. Next generation Blues great- ness. Get on it Blues people.” Quite a compliment coming from a man that is head over heels in love with the blues. Show spins are submitted to both the Australian Blues And Roots Chart as well as the internationally famous Living Blues Report in America. If you are traveling and Australia is in your plans you will want to check out the information that Barry Maxwell is connected to down under. Whether you are a big time fan of the blues or an established blues artist looking for that righteous gig check out the roads that Barry can point you toward. In the mean time tune in and turn on to the hot, new blues releases from around the world on the Blues On The Hill radio show. You can check out what’s happening at www.facebook.com/ bluesonthehill September 2020 • Rock and Blues International
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