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Content from KIOS staff relating to jazz, blues, and all kinds of music.

KIOS BLUES CHART: APRIL 2015

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.JACKIE PAYNE / I SAW THE BLUES / BLUE DOT
2.ROBBEN FORD / INTO THE SUN / PROVOGUE
3.THE CASH BOX KINGS / HOLDING COURT / BLIND PIG
4.DEBBIE DAVIES / LOVE SPIN / VIZZTONE
5.AJ GHENT BAND / LIVE AT TERMINAL WEST / BLUE CORN
6.JOE BONAMASSA / MUDDY WOLF AT RED ROCKS / J&R
7.DOUG MACLEOD / EXACTLY LIKE THIS / REFERENCE
8.NANCY WRIGHT / PUTTING DOWN ROOTS / DIRECT HIT
9.TAD ROBINSON / DAY INTO NIGHT / SEVERN
10.TOMISLAV GOLUBAN / BLOW JUNKIE / MENART-SPONA
11.SLAM ALLEN / FEEL THESE BLUES / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE
12.PETER NOVELLI / ST. AMANT SESSIONS
13.HARRISON KENNEDY / THIS IS FROM HERE / ELECTRO FI
14.GHOST TOWN BLUES BAND / HARD ROAD TO HOE / SELF
15.POKEY LAFARGE / SOMETHING IN THE WATER / ROUNDER
16.BETH HART / BETTER THAN HOME / MASCOT-PROVOGUE
17.JAMES HARMAN / BONETIME / ELECTRO FI
18.BLACKBURN / BROTHERS IN THIS WORLD / ELECTRO FI
19.IAN SIEGAL / THE PICNIC SESSIONS / NUGENE
20.ISAIAH B BRUNT / JUST THE WAY THAT IT GOES / SELF
21.BREEZY RODIO / SO CLOSE TO IT / WIND CHILL
22.JEWEL BROWN & BLOODEST SAXOPHONE / ROLLER COATER BOOGIE / DYNAFLOW
23.SHERWOOD FLEMING / BLUES BLUES BLUES / DYNAFLOW
24.MICHAEL FALZARANO / I GOT BLUES FOR YA / HYPNOTATION
25.EARL AND THEM / LIVE AT GEORGE'S MAJESTIC LOUNGE / SWINGIN' DOOR
26.MIKE HENDERSON / IF YOU THINK IT IS HOT HERE / ELLERSOUL
27.OTIS TAYLOR / HEY JOE OPUS RED MEAT / INAKUSTIK
28.MACY BLACKMAN & THE MIGHTY FINES / FRISKIN' THE WHISKERS / MAMA RU
29.ANTHONY GOMES / ELECTRIC FIELD HOLLER / UP2ZERO
30.DAVE STEEN & JAILHOUSE TATTOO / TOWN FULL OF SECRETS / LATERSVILLE
31.BEN RICE & LUCY HAMMOND / DESTINATION CLARKSDALE / SELF

This list was submitted to Living Blues Magazine for inclusion in the
National Blues Chart for May 1, 2015

Mike Jacobs has been with KIOS since 1988 while attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mike began his career at KIOS working weekends acting as local host for NPR’s Weekend Edition. He also hosted Morning Edition from 1990-1996. Mike began hosting the weekly blues program “Blues in the Afternoon” in October 1994 and took on the responsibilities of jazz programming and maintaining the music library in 1996. He has held the position of Music Director since 2002. In addition to hosting “Jazz in the Afternoon” on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Mike also helps with assembling music for “Jazz From Studio One” hosted by the advanced radio students at the Omaha Public Schools Career Center. Mike is an Omaha native and graduated from Technical High School in 1984.