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KIOS BLUES CHART AUGUST 2018

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.TRUDY LYNN / BLUES KEEP KNOCKIN' / CONNOR RAY MUSIC
2.SHEMEKIA COPELAND / AMERICA'S CHILD / ALLIGATOR
3.DAMON FOWLER / THE BAYOU WHISKEY SESSIONS / WHISKEY BAYOU
4.RORY BLOCK / A WOMAN'S SOUL: TRIBUTE TO BESSIE SMITH / STONY PLAIN
5.BOZ SCAGGS / OUT OF THE BLUES / CONCORD
6.BUDDY GUY / THE BLUES IS ALIVE AND WELL / RCA
7.THE BOB LANZA BLUES BAND / KIDS, DOGS & KRAZY WOMEN / CONNOR RAY
8.JP SOARS / SOUTHBOUND I-95 / SOARS HIGH
9.BRIGITTE PURDY / STILL I RISE / DIRTSHACK
10.JEREMIAH JOHNSON / STRAIGHTJACKET / RUF
11.KARA GRAINGER / LIVING WITH YOUR GHOST / STATION HOUSE
12.BIG HARP GEORGE / UPTOWN COOL / SELF
13.ELVIN BISHOP'S BIG FUN TRIO / SOMETHING SMELLS FUNKY 'ROUND HERE / ALLIGATOR
14.GINA SICILIA / HEARD A LIE / BLUE ELAN
15.BRUCE KATZ BAND / GET YOUR GROOVE!  / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE
16.KAT RIGGINS / IN THE BOYS CLUB / BLUZPIK
17.VANESSA COLLIER / HONEY UP / PHENIX FIRE
18.EUGENE "HIDEAWAY" BRIDGES / LIVE IN TALAHASSEE / ARMADILLO
19.TAS CRU / MEMPHIS SONG / SUBCAT
20.KEESHA PRATT / BELIEVE / SELF
21.JON CLEARY / DYNA MITE / THIRTY TIGERS
22.ANTHONY GERACI / WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GO / SHINING STONE
23.JOHNNY & THE HEADHUNTERS / THAT'S ALL I NEED / SELF
24.THE LUCKY LOSERS / BLIND SPOT / DIRTY CAT
25.DEB RYDER / ENJOY THE RIDE / VIZZTONE
26.THE PROVEN ONES / WILD AGAIN / ROSELEAF
27.VANJA SKY / BAD PENNY / RUF
28.DENNIS JONES BAND / WE 3 (LIVE) / SELF
29.ALAISTAIR GREENE / LIVE FROM THE 805 / RIP CAT
30.TRAVIS BOWLIN / SECONDUS / MOONBEAM

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

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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