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KIOS BLUES CHART: AUGUST 2016

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.DOUG MacLEOD / LIVE IN EUROPE / UNDER THE RADAR

2.MICHAEL BURKS / I'M A BLUES MAN / IRON MAN RECORDS

3.DAN BUBIEN / GRINDING THOSE GEARS / SELF RELEASE

4.THE LUCKY LOSERS / IN ANY TOWN / DIRTY CAT

5.JJ THAMES / RAW SUGAR / DeCHAMP

6.ROSE CITY KINGS / A LOVE SO STRONG / SELF RELEASE

7.DENNIS GRUENLING / READY OR NOT / VIZZTONE

8.KAT RIGGINS / BLUES REVIVAL / BLUZPIK MEDIA

9.SUNDAY WILDE / BLUEBERRIES & GRITS / HWY 11

10.TERRY HANCK BAND / FROM ROADHOUSE TO YOUR HOUSE / TVR-VIZZTONE

11.WALTER TROUT / ALIVE IN AMSTERDAM / PROVOGUE

12.PAUL DESLAURIERS BAND / RELENTLESS / BIG TOE

13.KENNY NEAL / BLOODLINE / CLEOPATRA

14.GRADY CHAMPION / ONE OF A KIND / MALACO

15.JOHN PRIMER & THE REAL DEAL BLUES BAND / THAT WILL NEVER DO / WOLF

16.THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS / STRONG LIKE THAT / SEVERN

17.AL BASILE / MID CENTURY MODERN / SWEETSPOT

18.JOANNA CONNOR / SIX STRING STORIES / MC RECORDS

19.JOHNNY NICHOLAS / FRESH AIR / SELF RELEASE

20.DAVID VEST / DEVASTATIN' RHYTHM / ARKO MATIC

21.KENNY 'BLUES BOSS" WAYNE / JUMPIN' AND BOPPIN' / STONY PLAIN

22.HARD SWIMMIN' FISH / TRUE BELIEVER / SELF RELEASE

23.ERIC GALES / A NIGHT ON THE SUNSET STRIP / CLEOPATRA

24.MICK KOLASSA / TAYLOR MADE BLUES / SWING SUIT

25.TINSLEY ELLIS / RED CLAY SOUL / HEARTFIXER

26.NICK MOSS BAND / FROM THE ROOT TO THE FRUIT / BLUE BELLA

27.NICK SCHNEBELEN BAND / LIVE AT KNUCKLEHEADS VOL 1 / VIZZTONE

28.ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD / THE ROYAL GOSPEL / RUF

29.OMAR COLEMAN / LIVE! / DELMARK

30.MARY JO CURRY / MARY JO CURRY / SELF RELEASE

31.JL FULKS / ON DOWN THE ROAD / SELF RELESE

32.WENDY RICH / IT'S ALL NOTHING / WENDY WORLD

33.CHRIS THOMAS KING / LES BLUES MADE IN LOUISIANA / 21ST CENTURY BLUES

34.ALLY VENABLE BAND / NO GLASS SHOES / CONNOR RAY

35.VARIOUS ARTISTS / ALLIGATOR RECORDS 45TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION / ALLIGATOR

36.NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS / KALEIDOSCOPED / LOUISIANA RED HOT

37.GONZALO BERGARA / ZALO'S BLUES / SELF RELEASE

38.SMOKEY GREENWELL / SOUTH LOUISIANA BLUES / GREENWELL

39.JEREMIAH JOHNSON BAND / BLUES HEART ATTACK / CONNOR RAY

40.MATTY T. WALL / BLUE SKIES / HIPSTER DUMPSTER

41.PAUL REDDICK / RIDE THE ONE / STONY PLAIN

42.ELIZA NEALS / YOU AIN'T MY DOG NO MORE (SINGLE) / E-H

43.CHASE WALKER BAND / NOT QUITE LEGAL / SELF RELEASE

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

National Blues Chart for September  1, 2016
 

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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