This week on JamFest is built around what our listeners love most: real performances, real moments, and real music history—broadcast exactly the way it should be heard. From legendary festival stages to newly revived underground energy, JamFest delivers a week that feels less like a playlist and more like a living, breathing archive of great live music.
Available exclusively on TuneIn, JamFest continues its mission of celebrating live performance across genres, generations, and scenes—connecting classic recordings, modern releases, and festival culture into one continuous global soundtrack.
And this week, the spotlight is firmly on three defining moments: a masterclass from Buddy Guy, a complete broadcast of the historic No Nukes concerts, and the long-awaited return of The Jack Rubies with their brooding new single, Visions In The Bowling Alley, debuting on NRN Radio.
All Things Considered Live
Buddy Guy – Live at the Newport Jazz Festival (1994)
Mondays at 7PM EST
Few live recordings capture both authority and urgency the way Buddy Guy’s 1994 appearance at the legendary Newport Jazz Festival does. Recorded on August 14, 1994, this performance stands as one of the most electrifying festival sets of Guy’s modern era—a moment when a lifelong blues innovator stepped into a powerful career resurgence and reminded the world exactly why his influence runs so deep.
The set is built around extended, high-impact medleys that move fluidly through blues history. Guy weaves together “All Your Love (I Miss Loving You),” “Five Long Years,” and “Someone Else Is Steppin’ In (Slippin’ Out, Slippin’ In)” with unfiltered intensity, then turns around and drives straight into another explosive run featuring “Mustang Sally,” “Sweet Little Angel,” and “Feels Like Rain.”
Signature moments anchor the show, including a definitive performance of “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues” and a roaring take on “Hoochie Coochie Man,” forever associated with the towering legacy of Muddy Waters.
One of the most emotional highlights arrives during an instrumental tribute to his close friend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with a moving interpretation of “Cold Shot” that resonates far beyond the festival grounds.
This concert landed during a pivotal moment for Guy—following the massive success of his Grammy-winning Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues album—and it captures a master performer reclaiming center stage in front of a global audience.
On JamFest, this is blues history presented exactly as it happened—loud, loose, and completely alive.
NewGrass Radio
Music Without Rules — Every Monday at 9PM EST
NewGrass Radio continues to redefine what modern bluegrass can be by honoring tradition while fearlessly dismantling its boundaries. Built on the philosophy of Music Without Rules, the show bridges old-school craftsmanship with genre-stretching experimentation—welcoming artists who fuse bluegrass with rock, jazz, folk, improvisational music, and modern Americana.
The show’s DNA traces directly back to the revolutionary spirit of New Grass Revival, the group whose 1970s breakthroughs opened bluegrass to new structures, audiences, and creative freedom. Their rotating and evolving lineups helped launch and elevate some of the most important innovators the genre has ever produced—artists who proved that bluegrass is not a fixed tradition, but a constantly evolving musical language.
Every Monday night, NewGrass Radio carries that legacy forward by spotlighting established masters, rising performers, and fearless collaborators who continue to expand the sound far beyond its original frame.
Live Nuggets
No Nukes – The MUSE Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future (1979)
Tuesdays beginning at 9PM EST
Long before benefit concerts became a standard part of the music industry, the No Nukes shows set the blueprint.
Presented as The MUSE Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future, this historic five-night stand took place at Madison Square Garden from September 19 through 23, 1979. The concerts were a direct response to the Three Mile Island nuclear accident earlier that same year—and quickly became one of the most powerful intersections of music, activism, and social awareness ever staged.
This week, Live Nuggets Radio presents a very special, fully hand-picked broadcast of the complete No Nukes performances—aired in their entirety, from opening moments through the final encore. It is not a highlight reel. It is the full historical document.
Listeners will experience a time when the live stage became a platform for political voice, cultural unity, and artistic courage—proving that rock music could move public conversation as powerfully as it moved crowds.
It remains one of the most celebrated benefit concert series in rock history—and on JamFest, it plays exactly as it was meant to be heard.
NRN Radio Show
The Jack Rubies Return With a Dark Spark on “Visions In The Bowling Alley”
Wednesdays beginning at 9PM EST
After decades away from the spotlight, The Jack Rubies are not staging a quiet comeback—they are launching a statement.
Visions In The Bowling Alley marks a striking return from the English post-punk survivors, reconnecting their original emotional volatility with a newly sharpened, modern edge. The track leans heavily into atmosphere and restraint, choosing tension over gloss and unease over comfort.
Filed loosely under alternative, garage, and post-punk, the song pulses with wiry guitar lines, shadow-soaked melodies, and an ever-present sense that something is about to fracture beneath the surface. It feels cinematic, restless, and unapologetically moody—exactly the kind of record that rewards deep listening.
On this week’s NRN Radio Show, JamFest proudly premieres Visions In The Bowling Alley as part of a hand-selected New Releases Now spotlight—introducing a new generation of listeners to a band that has rediscovered its teeth without losing its soul.
Festival Radio Show
Every Thursday — Beginning at 9PM EST
Thursday nights belong to the festival crowd.
For more than eight straight hours, Festival Radio delivers nothing but live performances pulled exclusively from the world’s most iconic music festivals. Every track, every set, every moment comes from real festival stages—bringing back the sound and atmosphere of the events you attended, loved, and still talk about.
What Is Hip?!
Fridays beginning at 10PM EST
As the weekend arrives, JamFest shifts into unmistakable New Orleans mode. Drawing from the city universally recognized as the birthplace of jazz, What Is Hip?! delivers a groove-heavy late-night blend of funk, brass, soul, and second-line spirit.
From classic influences to modern interpretations, the show keeps the heartbeat of the Crescent City pulsing straight through Friday night and into Saturday morning.
Club Night
Saturdays at 10PM EST
Saturday belongs to the dance floor.
Club Night features DJ sets, studio sessions, festival performances, and cutting-edge EDM from the world’s top electronic stages—bringing global club culture directly into your weekend.
Sunday Spunday
All Night Saturday into Sunday Morning (2AM–9AM EST)
When Saturday night refuses to end, Sunday Spunday takes over—carrying the party straight through the early hours with nonstop energy and seamless transitions.
The Gospel Lunch
Sundays from 12:30PM to 2:00PM EST
The Gospel Lunch celebrates New Orleans–style music with joy, soul, and deep cultural roots—offering a vibrant midday broadcast that blends tradition, spirit, and unmistakable NOLA rhythm.
Project Reggaeologist
Sunday Nights
From roots reggae to modern dancehall, ska, and global reggae festival recordings, Project Reggaeologist delivers a worldwide perspective on reggae culture—spanning continents, generations, and sounds in one continuous flow.
NPR News Now
Four times daily: 9AM, 12PM, 6PM & 8:30PM EST
For listeners who want to stay informed alongside their music, NPR News Now delivers concise five-minute updates from correspondents around the world—covering politics, business, culture, and breaking news throughout the day.
This week on JamFest isn’t just about what’s playing—it’s about where the music comes from, why it matters, and how it continues to shape culture across generations.
From Buddy Guy’s unforgettable festival performance, to the historic power of No Nukes, to the dark, modern spark of The Jack Rubies on NRN, JamFest is once again turning live music into memories that last a lifetime.
JamFest — We’ll make your day special.