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KIOS BLUES CHART: OCTOBER 2015

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.JIMMY BURNS / IT AIN'T RIGHT / DELMARK

2.FIONA BOYES / BOX & DICE / REFERENCE

3.TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS / METHOD TO MY MADNESS / ALLIGATOR

4.DANIELLE NICOLE / WOLF DEN / CONCORD MUSIC

5.SHEMEKIA COPELAND / OUTSKIRTS OF LOVE / ALLIGATOR

6.ZORA YOUNG & LITTLE MIKE & THE TORNADOES / FRIDAY NIGHT / ELROB

7.LAURA RAIN & THE CEASARS / GOLD / LRC

8.JOE LOUIS WALKER / EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE / PROVOGUE

9.ROBERT CRAY BAND / 4 NIGHTS OF 40 YEARS / PROVOGUE

10.AL BASILE / B's EXPRESSION / SWEETSPOT

11.DUKE ROBILLARD / THE BLUES & ROOTS OF / STONY PLAIN

12.CHRIS O'LEARY / LETTERS FROM HOME / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE

13.JOHN MAYALL / FIND A WAY TO CARE / FORTY BELOW

14.TONI LYNN WASHINGTON / I WANNA DANCE / REGINA ROYALE

15.BUDDY GUY / BORN TO PLAY GUITAR / RCA

16.GUY DAVIS / KOKOMO KIDD / M.C.

17.DAVE ALVIN & PHIL ALVIN / LOST TIME / YEP ROC

18.ZAC HARMON / RIGHT MAN RIGHT NOW / BLIND PIG

19.ANDY T & NICK NIXON BAND / NUMBERS MAN / BLIND PIG

20.DIANE BLUE / BLUES IN MY SOUL / REGINA ROYALE

21.NIKKI HILL / HEAVY HEARTS AND HARD FISTS / DEEP FRYED

22.KIM SIMMONDS & SAVOY BROWN / THE DEVIL TO PAY / RUF

23.EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES / HOLD ON A LITTLE BIT LONGER / ARMADILLO

24.DAVE WELD & THE IMPERIAL FLAMES / SLIP INTO A DREAM / DELMARK

25.CHRIS JAMES & PATRICK RYNN / TROUBLE DON'T LAST / VIZZTONE

26.RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS / FATHER'S DAY / STONY PLAIN

27.WALTER TROUT / BATTLE SCARS / PROVOGUE

28.KAREN LOVELY / TEN MILES OF BAD ROAD / SELF

29.MIGHTY MIKE SCHERMER / BLUES IN GOOD HANDS / FINE DOG

30.THE REV. SHAWN AMOS / LOVES YOU / PUT TOGETHER

31.KEVIN SELFE / BUY MY SOUL BACK / VIZZTONE

32.JOHN PRIMER /MUDDY WATERS 100 / RUF

33.BARRY LEVENSON / THE VISIT / RIP CAT

34.ANTHONY GERACI & THE BOSTON BLUES ALL-STARS / FIFTY SHADES OF BLUE / DELTA GROOVE

35.ANDY SANTANA & THE WEST COAST PLAYBOYS / WATCH YOUR STEP / DELTA GROOVE

36.THE KNICKERBOCKER ALL STARS / GO BACK HOME TO THE BLUES / JP CADILLAC

37.SAMANTHA FISH / WILD HEART / RUF

38.EDDIE COTTON / ONE AT A TIME / DECHAMP

39.JJ APPLETON & JASON RICCI / DIRTY MEMORY / OLD BOY

40.DUDLEY TAFT / SKIN & BONES / AMERICAN BLUES

41.THE RAGPICKER STRING BAND / YELLOWDOG

42.THE BEAT DADDYS / HOODOO THAT WE DOO / MELROSE HILL

43.TODD WOLFE BAND / LONG ROAD BACK / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE

44.SAM BUTLER / RAISE YOUR HANDS! / SEVERN

45.THE WORD / SOUL FOOD / VANGUARD

46.LITTLE BOYS BLUE / BAD LOVE / JAXON

47.DEB CALLAHAN / SWEET SOUL / BLUE PEARL

48.MINDI ABAIR & THE BONESHAKERS / LIVE IN SEATTLE / CONCORD

49.HEATHER CROSSE / GROOVIN' AT THE CROSSE ROADS / RUF

50.VARIOUS ARTISTS / ANGELS SING THE BLUES / EARWIG

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

National Blues Chart for November 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.
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