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KIOS BLUES CHART: APRIL 2016

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.CURTIS SALGADO / THE BEAUTIFUL LOWDOWN / ALLIGATOR

2.JANIVA MAGNESS / LOVE WINS AGAIN / BLUE ELAN

3.SHAUN MURPHY / IT WONT STOP RAINING / VISION WALL

4.JOSH HOYER & SOUL COLOSSAL / RUNNING FROM LOVE / SILVER STREET

5.MAC ARNOLD & PLATE FULL O BLUES / GIVE IT AWAY / SELF

6.VARIOUS ARTISTS / BLUES FOR BIG WALTER / ELLERSOUL

7.THE JAMES HUNTER SIX / HOLD ON! / DAP TONE

8.TORONZO CANNON / THE CHICAGO WAY / ALLIGATOR

9.SUGAR BLUE / VOYAGE / MC RECORDS

10.JOHNNY RAWLS / TIGER IN A CAGE / CATFOOD

11.GUY KING / TRUTH / DELMARK

12.COREY DENNISON BAND / DELMARK

13.PETER KARP / THE ARSON'S MATCH / SELF

14.PAUL FILIPOWICZ / ROUGH NECK BLUES LIVE! / BIG JAKE

15.ERIC LINDELL / MATTERS OF THE HEART / RED PARLOR

16.JEFF PLANKENHORN / SOUL SLIDE / LOUNGE SIDE

17.GOLDEN STATE LONE STAR BLUES REVUE / ELECTRO FI

18.JEFF JENSEN / THE RIVER CITY SESSIONS  / SWING SUIT

19.GEORGE STEPHEN KELLY / THE POWER, THE GLORY & THE MONKEY TIME / ACE SLEEVE

20.ILANA KATZ KATZ / MOVIN' ON / REGINA ROYALE

21.STEVE DAWSON / SOLID STATES & LOOSE ENDS / BLACK HEN

22.VARIOUS ARTISTS / GOD DON'T NEVER CHANGE / ALLIGATOR

23.DEBBIE BOND / ENJOY THE RIDE / BLUES ROOT

24.TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND / LET ME GET BY / FANTASY

25.MAGIC SAM BLUES BAND / BLACK MAGIC (REISSUE) / DELMARK

This list was submitted to Living Blues Magazine for inclusion in the

National Blues Chart for May  1, 2016
 

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.