About Blues Progressions

Where Every Note Tells a Story

The blues has influenced nearly every major form of American popular music.

Its history is filled with extraordinary musicians, groundbreaking instruments, technological innovations, cultural transformations, and stories that deserve to be remembered.

Blues Progressions is a music-history podcast dedicated to exploring those stories.

Hosted by Karl Sorochinski, the program examines the origins, development, and lasting influence of the blues, including its connections to rock and roll, Southern rock, blues rock, jazz, soul, and other musical traditions.

Our mission is to make music history accessible, informative, entertaining, and historically responsible.

We explore not only the musicians who made the music famous, but also the inventors, producers, recording engineers, communities, and historical circumstances that made their achievements possible.

How the Podcast Has Evolved

Blues Progressions began as a traditional, long-form podcast.

Each episode explored an individual subject in considerable depth, allowing for extended discussions of music history, influential artists, and the evolution of the genre.

While rewarding, producing these detailed programs required substantial time for research, writing, recording, editing, and production.

Eventually, the demands of maintaining that format alongside other professional commitments made regular publication impractical, and the podcast entered an extended hiatus.

Rather than abandon the project, we reconsidered how to deliver the same educational value in a more sustainable format.

The result was a new approach to Blues Progressions.

A New Format: Six Episodes, One Subject

Beginning with our 2026 relaunch, Blues Progressions adopted a season-based format.

Each season explores a single overarching subject through six focused episodes, released weekly.

Individual episodes generally run approximately 25 minutes.

This approach allows us to explore complex musical subjects in manageable chapters while maintaining the historical detail and educational focus that define the podcast.

A season might explore:

• The instruments that shaped blues and rock

• The origins and evolution of Southern rock

• The development of blues rock

• The innovators who transformed music and recording

• The musicians, producers, and cultural movements that changed musical history

Each episode stands on its own while contributing to the larger story told throughout the season.

Listeners can follow along weekly or enjoy an entire six-part series at their own pace.

Our original long-form episodes remain part of the Blues Progressions archive, offering additional opportunities to explore individual subjects.

Research, History, and Accuracy

Blues Progressions is built on a commitment to thoughtful research and responsible historical storytelling.

We draw upon academic scholarship, historical publications, documented interviews, archival materials, and other credible sources to develop our episodes.

Music history is not always straightforward. Accounts can differ, historical claims can become exaggerated, and popular legends are sometimes repeated as established fact.

We strive to distinguish documented history from interpretation, acknowledge uncertainty when appropriate, and provide listeners with an informed understanding of the subjects we explore.

Our goal is not merely to repeat familiar stories, but to understand the people, circumstances, and musical developments behind them.

Humanizing AI Through Music

Blues Progressions also represents a practical application of our commitment to Humanizing AI.

Artificial intelligence is incorporated throughout our podcast creation process, supporting research, planning, writing, production, editing, and publication.

We believe AI can help make educational content more accessible, improve production efficiency, and enable independent creators to develop meaningful projects that might otherwise be difficult to sustain.

However, technology is a tool—not a replacement for historical accuracy, human judgment, or the creativity of the musicians whose stories we tell.

Our use of AI is guided by a commitment to responsible research, transparency, and respect for the people and traditions that created the music.

Sponsored and Produced by EKA Technology, LLC

Blues Progressions is sponsored and produced by EKA Technology, LLC.

EKA Technology's guiding philosophy, Humanizing AI, emphasizes using intelligent technology to support human creativity, understanding, and opportunity.

Blues Progressions demonstrates that philosophy by combining modern production technology with an appreciation for musical history and the people who shaped it.

Blues Progressions — Where Every Note Tells a Story.