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KIOS BLUES CHART DECEMBER 2017

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.REX GRANITE BAND FEAT. SARAH BENCK / SPRIT MATTER TRUTH LIES / SELF
2.VARIOUS ARTISTS / HOWLIN' AT GREASELAND / WEST TONE
3.RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS / THE LUCKIEST MAN / STONY PLAIN
4.TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS / STOMPIN' GROUND / ALLIGATOR
5.HEATHER NEWMAN / BURN ME ALIVE / VIZZTONE
6.SAMANTHA FISH / BELLE OF THE WEST / RUF
7.PETER PARCEK / EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO TO HEAVEN / LIGHTNIN'
8.DOWNCHILD / SOMETHING I'VE DONE / LINUS
9.ROBERT FINLEY / GOIN' PLATINUM / EASY EYE
10.VARIOUS ARTISTS / INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE #33 / BLUES FOUNDATION
11.ALBERT CUMMINGS / LIVE AT '62 CENTER / IVY
12.SHAUN MURPHY / MIGHTY GATES / VISION WALL
13.CHARLES PONDER / IN THE SPOTLIGHT / INSIDE SOUNDS
14.FREEWORLD / WHAT IT IS / SWIRLDISC
15.DAVE KEYS / THE HEALING / SELF RELEASE
16.POPA CHUBBY / TWO DOGS / ABSOLUTE MARKETING
17.BACKTRACK BLUES BAND / MAKE MY HOME IN FLORIDA / HARPO
18.ANDREA MARR / NATURAL / SELF RELEASE
19.JOHNNY NICHOLAS / TOO MANY BAD HABITS / SELF
20.DAVIDE PANOZZO / UNCONDITIONAL LOVE / SELF
21.JAMES ARMSTRONG / BLUES BEEN GOOD TO ME / CATFOOD
22.COREY DENNISON BAND / NIGHT AFTER NIGHT / DELMARK
23.LIKHO DUO / BLUES & THE WORLD BEYOND /LIKHO
24.AL BASILE / QUIET MONEY / SWEETSPOT
25.SWEET PEA ATKINSON / GET WHAT YOU DESERVE / BLUE NOTE

THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR INCLUSION IN
THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR JANUARY 1, 2018

Mike Jacobs
Music Director/ KIOS-FM
 

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.
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