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

KIOS BLUES CHART: SEPTEMBER 2015

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL
1.SHEMEKIA COPELAND / OUTSKIRTS OF LOVE / ALLIGATOR
2.THE ROBERT CRAY BAND / 4 NIGHTS OF 40 YEARS / PROVOGUE
3.JOHN MAYALL / FIND A WAY TO CARE / FORTY BELOW
4.TONI LYNN WASHINGTON / I WANNA DANCE / REGINA ROYALE
5.BUDDY GUY / BORN TO PLAY GUITAR / RCA
6.GUY DAVIS / KOKOMO KIDD / M.C.
7.DAVE ALVIN & PHIL ALVIN / LOST TIME / YEP ROC
8.ZAC HARMON / RIGHT MAN RIGHT NOW / BLIND PIG
9.ANDY T -NICK NIXON / NUMBERS MAN / BLIND PIG
10.DIANE BLUE / BLUES IN MY SOUL / REGINA ROYALE
11.KIM SIMMONDS & SAVOY BROWN / THE DEVIL TO PAY / RUF
12.RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS / FATHER'S DAY / STONY PLAIN
13.EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES / HOLD ON A LITTLE BIT LONGER / ARMADILLO
14.JIMMY BURNS / IT AIN'T RIGHT / DELMARK
15.SAMANTHA FISH / WILD HEART / RUF
16.BARRY LEVENSON / THE VISIT / RIP CAT
17.JOHN PRIMER / MUDDY WATERS 100 / RAISIN' MUSIC
18.DANIELLE NICOLE / WOLF DEN / CONCORD
19.DUKE ROBILLARD / THE BLUES & ROOTS OF / STONY PLAIN
20.CHRIS JAMES & PATRICK RYNN / TROUBLE DON'T LAST / VIZZTONE
21.THE REV. SHAWN AMOS / LOVES YOU / PUT TOGETHER
22.AL BASILE / B'S EXPRESSION / SWEETSPOT
23.EDDIE COTTON / ONE AT A TIME / DECHAMP
24.TODD WOLFE BAND / LONG ROAD BACK / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE
25.CHRIS O'LEARY / GONNA DIE TRYIN' / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE
26.THE BETTY FOX BAND / SLOW BURN / SELF
27.HEATHER CROSSE / GROOVIN' AT THE CROSSE ROADS / RUF
28.VARIOUS ARTISTS / ANGELS SING THE BLUES / EARWIG
29.TOMMY MCCOY / 25 YEAR RETROSPECT / EARWIG
30.DEB CALLAHAN / SWEET SOUL / BLUE PEARL
31.MIGHTY MIKE SCHERMER / BLUES IN GOOD HANDS / FINEDOG
32.ANDY POXON / MUST BE CRAZY / ELLERSOUL
33.MITCH WOODS / JAMMIN' ON THE HIGH C'S / CLUB 88
34.REGGIE WAYNE MORRIS / DON'T BRING ME DAYLIGHT / BLUE JAY SOUND
35.THE JIMMYS / HOT DISH / BROWN COW
36.CHRISTIAN COLLIN / SPIRIT OF THE BLUES / C-TRAIN
37.LES COPELAND / TO BE IN YOUR COMPANY / EARWIG
38.ANDY COHEN / ROAD BE KIND / EARWIG
39.JJ APPLETON & JASON RICCI / DIRTY MEMORY / OLD BOY
40.MONKEYJUNK / MOON TURN RED / STONY PLAIN
41.NICK FISHMAN / CALIFORNIA FRESH / FISHY RHYTHM
42.THE CLAUDETTES / NO HOTEL / YELLOW DOG
This list was submitted to Living Blues Magazine for inclusion in the
National Blues Chart for October 1, 2015

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.