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KIOS BLUES CHART: NOVEMBER 2016

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.TRUDY LYNN / I'LL SING THE BLUES FOR YOU / CONNOR RAY

2.MISSISSIPPI HEAT / CAB DRIVING MAN / DELMARK

3.MIKE ZITO / MAKE BLUES NOT WAR / RUF

4.RORY BLOCK / KEEPIN' OUT OF TRUBLE: A TRIBUTE TO BUKKA WHITE / STONY PLAIN

5.FIONA BOYES / PROFESSIN' THE BLUES / REFERENCE RECORDINGS

6.THE KNICKERBOCKER ALL-STARS / TEXAS RHODY BLUES / JP CADILLAC

7.MITCH KASHMAR / WEST COAST TOAST / DELTA GROOVE

8.JIMMY THACKERY & THE DRIVERS / SPARE KEYS / WHITE RIVER

9.JEFF CHAZ / THE SILENCE IS KILLING ME / JCP

10.COLIN JAMES / BLUE HIGHWAYS / TRUE NORTH

11.TAS CRU / SIMMERED & STEWED / CRUSTEE TEES

12.MONKEYJUNK / TIME TO ROLL / STONY PLAIN

13.THE JIMMYS / LIVE FROM TRANSYLVANIA / BROWN COW

14.GINA SICILIA / SUNSET AVENUE / BLUE ELAN

15.SUGAR RAY & THE BLUETONES / SEEING IS BELIEVING / SEVERN

16.NANCY WRIGHT / PLAYDATE! / DIRECT HIT

17.HARPDOG BROWN / TRAVELIN' WITH THE BLUES / DOG BREATH

18.TERESA JAMES & THE RHYTHM TRAMPS / BONAFIDE / JESI-LU

19.BIG HEAD BLUES CLUB / WAY DOWN INSIDE / BIG RECORDS

20.LURRIE BELL / I CAN'T SHAKE THIS FEELING / DELMARK

21.DEB RYDER / GRIT GREASE AND TEARS / BEJEB

22.BOBBY RUSH / PORCUPINE MEAT / ROUNDER

23.VARIOUS ARTISTS / THE MUSICAL MOJO OF DR. JOHN / CONCORD

24.DONALD RAY JOHNSON & GAS BLUES BAND / BLUESIN' AROUND / MAR VISTA

25.BILLY SEWARD / SOUTH SHORE / RIGHT HAND ROAD

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

National Blues Chart for December  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.
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