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Mike Jacobs' Favorite Blues CDs of 2016

  

Toronzo Cannon / The Chicago Way / Alligator

Tinsley Ellis / Red Clay Soul / Heartfixer

Trudy Lynn / I'll Sing The Blues For You / Connor Ray

Curtis Salgado / The Beautiful Lowdown / Alligator

Janiva Magness / love Wins Again / Blue Elan

Johnny Rawls / Tiger In A Cage / Catfood

Albert Castiglia / Big Dog / Ruf Records

Duke Robillard / Blues Full Circle / Stony Plain

The Lucky Losers / In Any Town / Dirty Cat

Doug MacLeod / Live In Europe / Reference

Fiona Boyes / Professin' The Blues / Reference

The Rolling Stones / Blue & Lonesome / Interscope

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.