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

KIOS BLUES CHART: MAY 2017

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.SELWYN BIRCHWOOD / PICK YOUR POISON / ALLIGATOR

2.HECTOR ANCHONDO BAND / ROLL THE DICE / SELF RELEASE

3.TAJ MAHAL & KEB MO / TAJMO / CONCORD

4.JOHN NEMETH / FEELIN' FREAKY / MEMPHIS GREASE

5.ROBERT CRAY & HI RHYTHM / JAY VEE

6.STEVE KRASE / SHOULD'VE SEEN IT COMING / CONNOR RAY

7.BRAD STIVERS / TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH / VIZZTONE

8.JANIVA MAGNESS / BLUE AGAIN / BLUE ELAN

9.NICK SCHNEBELEN BAND / LIVE IN KANSAS CITY / VIZZTONE

10.VINTAGE #18 / GRIT / SELF RELEASE

11.VANESSA COLLIER / MEETING MY SHADOW / RUF

12.AMY BLACK / MEMPHIS / REUBEN

13.KATE LUSH / LET IT FLY / SELF RELEASE

14.KILBORN ALLEY BLUES BAND / THE TOLANO TAPES / RUN IT BACK

15.HARRISON KENNEDY / WHO U TELLIN'? / ELECTRO FI

16.COCO MONTOYA / HARD TRUTH / ALLIGATOR

17.MR. SIPP / KNOCK A HOLE IN IT / MALACO

18.SAMANTHA FISH / CHILLS & FEVER / RUF

19.BILLY FLYNN / LONESOME HIGHWAY / DELMARK

20.CHRIS ANTONIK / MONARCH / SELF

21.ADRIANNA MARIE / KINGDOM OF SWING / VIZZTONE

22.KATIE WEBSTER / THE SWAMP BOOGIE QUEEN LIVE! / TOP CAT

23.JOHN PRIMER & BOB CORRITORE / AIN'T NOTHING YOU CAN DO / DELTA GROOVE

24.MONSTER MIKE WELCH & MIKE LEDBETTER / RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME / DELTA GROOVE

25.JOHN McNAMARA / ROLLIN' WITH IT / BAHOOL

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

National Blues Chart for June 1, 2017

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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