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KIOS BLUES CHART APRIL 2019

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.REESE WYNANS AND FRIENDS / SWEET RELEASE / J&R

2.MARY LANE / TRAVELIN' WOMAN / WOMEN OF THE BLUES

3.TIM GARTLAND / SATISFIED / SELF RELEASE

4.MANX MARRINER MAINLINE / HELL BOUND FOR HEAVEN / STONY PLAIN

5.JOHN CLIFTON / IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE / RIPCAT

6.BLOODEST SAXOPHONE / TEXAS QUEENS 5 / DIALTONE

7.BIG DADDY WILSON / DEEP IN MY SOUL / RUF

8.ROBIN TROWER / COMING CLOSER TO THE DAY / PROVOGUE

9.MATT ANDERSEN / HALFWAY HOME BY MORNING / TRUE NORTH

10.RICK VITO / SOULSHAKER / VIZZTONE

11.REVEREND FREAKCHILD / ROAD DOG DHARMA / FLOATING RECORDS

12.ELI PAPERBOY REED / 99 CENT DREAMS / YEP ROC

13.TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS / KILLIN' IT (LIVE) / ALLIGATOR

14.TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND / SIGNS / FANTASY

15.MURALI CORYELL / MADE IN TEXAS / SELF RELEASE

16.MEG WILLIAMS / TAKE ME AS I AM: THE MUSCLE SHOALS SESSIONS / NOLA

17.SHANE DWIGHT / NO ONE LOVES ME BETTER / RED PARLOR

18.JOHN MAYALL / NOBODY TOLD ME / FORTY BELOW

19.PETER WARD / TRAIN TO KEY BISCAYNE / GANDY DANCER

20.AG WEINBERGER / REBORN / BIGFOOT

21.BOB CORRITORE & FRIENDS / DO THE HIP-SHAKE BABY! / VIZZTONE

22.TONY HOLYDAY / PORCH SESSIONS / VIZZTONE

23.MIGHTY MIKE SCHERMER / BAD TATTOO / VIZZTONE

24.LEYLA McCALLA / THE CAPITALIST BLUES / JAZZ VILLAGE

25.JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR / RECKLESS HEART / SONY

THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR

INCLUSION IN THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR MAY 1, 2019

MIKE JACOBS

MUSIC DIRECTOR/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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