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KIOS BLUES CHART JULY 2018

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.BUDDY GUY / THE BLUES IS ALIVE AND WELL / SILVERTONE
2.RORY BLOCK / A WOMAN'S SOUL: A TRIBUTE TO BESSIE SMITH / STONY PLAIN
3.ELVIN BISHOP'S BIG FUN TRIO / SOMETHING SMELLS FUNKY 'ROUND HERE/ ALLIGATOR
4.BRUCE KATZ BAND / GET YOUR GROOVE! / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE
5.BIG HARP GEORGE / UPTOWN COOL / SELF RELEASE
6.BOZ SCAGGS / OUT OF THE BLUES / CONCORD
7.SHEMEKIA COPELAND / AMERICA'S CHILD / ALLIGATOR
8.EUGENE "HIDEAWAY" BRIDGES / LIVE IN TALLAHASSEE / ARMADILLO
9.TAS CRU / MEMPHIS SONG / SUBCAT
10.DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE / DOWNEY TO LUBBOCK / YEP ROC
11.VANESSA COLLIER / HONEY UP / PHENIX FIRE
12.THE LUCKY LOSERS / BLIND SPOT / DIRTY CAT
13.AL BASILE / ME & THE ORIGINATOR / SWEETSPOT
14.MIKE ZITO / FIRST CLASS LIFE / RUF
15.LURRIE BELL & THE BELL DYNASTY / TRIBUTE TO CAREY BELL / DELMARK
16.VARIOUS ARTISTS / TRIBUTE: DELMARK'S 65TH ANNIVERSARY / DELMARK
17.DEB RYDER / ENJOY THE RIDE / VIZZTONE
18.MARK WENNER'S BLUES WARRIORS / ELLERSOUL
19.STEVE KRASE BAND / JUST WAITIN' / CONNOR RAY
20.MARCIA BALL / SHINE BRIGHT / ALLIGATOR
21.RUSS GREEN / CITY SOUL / CLEOPATRA
22.GRAND MARQUIS / BRIGHTER DAYS / SELF RELEASE
23.TOM HAMBRIDGE / THE NOLA SESSIONS / SUPERSTAR
24.BOB CORRITORE & FRIENDS / DON'T LET THE DEVIL RIDE! / VIZZTONE
25.JP SOARS / SOUTHBOUND I-95 / SOARS HIGH
26.BILLY PRICE / RECKONING / VIZZTONE
27.ELIZA NEALS / LOVE DR. LOVE / E-H RECORDS
28.THE PROVEN ONES / WILD AGAIN / RROSELEAF
29.BRIGITTE PURDY / STILL I RISE / DIRTSHACK
30.VICTOR WAINWRIGHT & THE TRAIN / RUF RECORDS
31.SAMANTHA MARTIN & DELTA SUGAR / RUN TO ME / GYPSY SOUL
32.THE BENNETT BROS. / NOT MADE FOR HIRE / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE
33.MARKEY BLUE-RIC LATINA PROJECT / RAISED IN MUDDY WATER / ELLERSOUL
34.JOYANN PARKER / HARD TO LOVE / SELF RELEASE
35.JEFF JENSEN / WISDOM & DECAY / SWINGSUIT
36.KAT RIGGINS / IN THE BOYS CLUB / BLUZPIK
37.MATTY T. WALL / SIDEWINDER / HIPSTERDUMPSTER
38.CRYSTAL SHAWANDA / VOODOO WOMAN / NEW SUN
39.BROOKS WILLIAMS / LUCKY STAR / RED GUITAR BLUE MUSIC
40.BETH HART & JOE BONAMASSA / BLACK COFFEE / J & R ADVENTURES

THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR INCLUSION IN

THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR AUGUST 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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