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KIOS BLUES CHART JUNE 2018

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.BUDDY GUY / THE BLUES IS ALIVE AND WELL / SILVERTONE
2.THE LUCKY LOSERS / BLIND SPOT / DIRTY CAT
3.TAS CRU / MEMPHIS SONG / SELF RELEASE
4.MIKE ZITO / FIRST CLASS LIFE / RUF
5.LURRIE BELL & THE BELL DYNASTY / TRIBUTE TO CAREY BELL / DELMARK
6.VARIOUS ARTISTS / TRIBUTE: DELMARK'S 65TH ANNIVERSARY / DELMARK
7.DEB RYDER /ENJOY THE RIDE / VIZZTONE
8.MARK WENNER'S BLUES WARRIOR'S / ELLERSOUL RECORDS
9.STEVE KRASE  BAND/ JUST WAITIN' CONNOR RAY
10.MARCIA BALL / SHINE BRIGHT / ALLIGATOR
11.RUSS GREEN / CITY SOUL / CLEOPATRA
12.GRAND MARQUIS / BRIGHTER DAYS / SELF RELEASE
13.TOM HAMBRIDGE /THE NOLA SESSIONS / SUPERSTAR
14.AL BASILE / ME & THE ORIGINATOR / SWEETSPOT
15.BOB CORRITORE & FRIENDS / DON'T LET THE DEVIL RIDE! / VIZZTONE
16.BILLY PRICE / RECKONING / VIZZTONE
17.STEVE HOWELL & THE MIGHTY MEN / GOOD AS I BEEN TO YOU / OUT OF THE PAST
18.KATHY & THE KILOWATTS / PREMONITION OF LOVE / NOLA BLUE
19.LITTLE BOYS BLUE / HARD BLUE SPACE / VIZZTONE
20.WAYDOWN WAILERS / BACKLAND BLUES / WOODSTOCK
21.DAVID VEST / CORDOVA BAY RECORDS
22.TOO SLIM & THE TAILDRAGGERS / HIGH DESERT HEAT / VIZZTONE
23.MARKY BLUE- RIC LATINA PROJECT / RAISED IN MUDDY WATER / ELLERSOUL
24.JOYANN PARKER / HARD TO LOVE / SELF RELEASE
25.JOHN CLIFTON / NIGHTLIFE / RIP CAT
26.SAVOY BROWN / YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE / PANACHE
27.BRIDGET KELLY BAND / BLUES WARRIOR / ALPHA SUN
28.DUSTIN DOUGLAS & THE ELECTRIC GENTLEMEN / BREAK IT DOWN / QUAD-D
29.DANA FUCHS / LOVE LIVES ON / GET ALONG
30.PAUL FILIPOWICZ / UNFILTERED / BIG JAKE RECORDS

THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR INCLUSION IN

THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR JULY 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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