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KIOS BLUES CHART APRIL 2018

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.MARCIA BALL / SHINE BRIGHT / ALLIGATOR


2.KID RAMOS / OLD SCHOOL / RIP CAT
3.SUE FOLEY / THE ICE QUEEN / RUF RECORDS
4.NICK MOSS BAND FEAT. DENNIS GREUNLING / THE HIGH COST OF LOW LIVING / ALLIGATOR
5.BEN HARPER & CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE / NO MERCY IN THIS LAND / ANTI
6.BETH HART & JOE BONAMASSA / BLACK COFFEE / J&R ADVENTURES
7.JAMES HARMAN / FINEPRINT / ELECTRO FI
8.ROCKWELL AVENUE BLUES BAND / BACK TO CHICAGO / DELMARK
9.JIMI HENDRIX / BOTH SIDES OF THE SKY / SONY
10.KATHY & THE KILOWATTS / PREMONITION OF LOVE / NOLA BLUE
11.LITTLE FREDDIE KING / FRIED CHICKEN & RICE / ORLEANS
12.SAVOY BROWN / YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE! / PANACHE
13.JOYANN PARKER / HARD TO LOVE / SELF
14.FREDDIE PATE / I GOT THE BLUES / SELF
15.TERESA JAMES & THE RHYTHM TRAMPS / HERE IN BABYLON / JESI-LU
16.BREEZY RODIO / SOMETIMES THE BLUES GOT ME / DELMARK
17.ALLY VENABLE BAND / PUPPET SHOW / CONNOR RAY
18.MUD MORGANFIELD / THEY CALL ME MUD / SEVERN
19.VICTOR WAINWRIGHT AND THE TRAIN / RUF RECORDS
20.BERNARD ALLISON / LET IT GO / REF RECORDS
21.ERIC HUGHES BAND / MEET ME IN MEMPHIS / SELF
22.GUITAR JACK WARGO / KEEPIN IT REAL / SELF
23.LAURIE MORVAN / GRAVITY / SCREAMING LIZARD
24.DOM FLEMONS PRESENTS BLACK COWBOYS / SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
25.JOHN MAYALL / THREE FOR THE ROAD / FORTY BELOW RECORDS

THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR INCLUSION IN THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR MAY 1, 2018

Mike Jacobs / 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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