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KIOS BLUES CHART: DECEMBER 2016

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.ROLLING STONES / BLUE & LONESOME / INTERSCOPE

2.TRUDY LYNN / I'LL SING THE BLUES FOR YOU / CONNOR RAY

3.MISSISSIPPI HEAT / CAB DRIVING MAN / DELMARK

4.WEE WILLIE WALKER & GREASELAND ALL-STARS / LIVE! NOTTENDDON BLUES FEST / LITTLE VILLAGE

5.JW-JONES / HIGH TEMPERATURE / SOLID BLUES

6.JACK MACK & THE HEART ATTACK HORNS / BACK AT THE SHACK / SELF

7.BRUCE KATZ BAND / OUT FROM THE CENTER / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE

8.MIKE ZITO / MAKE BLUES NOT WAR / RUF RECORDS

9.RORY BLOCK / KEEPIN' OUTTA TROUBLE / STONY PLAIN

10.MATHEW SKOLLER / BLUES IMMIGRANT / SELF

11.BILLY SEWARD / SOUTH SHORE / WFS

12.MITCH KASHMAR / WEST COAST TOAST / DELTA GROOVE

13.JIMMY THACKERY & THE DRIVERS / SPARE KEYS / WHITE RIVER

14.JEFF CHAZ / THE SILENCE IS KILLING ME / JCP

15.COLIN JAMES / BLUE HIGHWAYS / TRUE NORTH

16.TAS CRU / SIMMERED & STEWED / CRUSTEE TEES

17.FIONA BOYES / PROFESSIN' THE BLUES / REFERENCE RECORDINGS

18.THE KNICKERBOCKER ALL-STARS / TEXAS RHODY BLUES / JP CADILLAC

19.GINA SICILIA / SUNSET AVENUE / BLUE ELAN

20.THE JAMES MONTGOMERY BAND / CLEOPATRA BLUES

21.BISCUIT MILLER / WISHBONE / BLUEBASS MUSIC

22.RANDY McCALLISTER / FISTFUL OF GUMPTION / REACTION

23.TERESA JAMES & THE RHYTHM TRAMPS / BONAFIDE / JESI-LU

24.FRANK BANG & THE COOK COUNTY KINGS / THE BLUES DON'T CARE / SELF

25.POPA CHUBBY / THE CATFISH / VERY RECORDS

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

National Blues Chart for January  1, 2017
 

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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