Tom Reney was honored by the Jazz Journalists Association with the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting in 2019. In addition to hosting Jazz à la Mode since 1984,  Tom writes the Corner Pocket music blog at tomreney.com and hosts the Jazz Beat podcast at New England Public Media. He began working in jazz radio in 1977 at WCUW, a community-licensed radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tom holds a bachelor's degree from UMass Amherst, where he majored in English and African American Studies.

Tom's website

Charlie Musselwhite's website

2022 profile of Charlie in Delta Magazine

"Moment of Charlie Musselwhite" is from the promotional video for his 2025 album "Look Out Highway"

The photo is of Charlie at age 18. You can definitely feel the Robert Mitchum vibe.