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Content from KIOS staff relating to jazz, blues, and all kinds of music.

KIOS BLUES CHART: FEBRUARY 2017

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.JOHN MAYALL / TALK ABOUT THAT / FORTY BELOW

2.ELVIN BISHOP'S BIG FUN TRIO / ALLIGATOR

3.BIG BILL MORGANFIELD / BLOODSTAINS ON THE WALL / BSR

4.SOUTHERN AVENUE / STAX

5.OTIS TAYLOR / FANTASISING ABOUT BEING BLACK / TRANCE BLUES

6.THORNETTA DAVIS / HONEST WOMAN / SELF

7.DELBERT McCLINTON & SELF MADE MEN / PRICK OF THE LITTER / HOT SHOT

8.JACK MACK & THE HEART ATTACK HORNS / BACK TO THE SHACK / SELF

9.SHARON LEWIS & TEXAS FIRE / GROWN ASS WOMAN / DELMARK

10.ELIZA NEALS / 10,000 FEET BELOW / E-H

11.TIM GARTLAND / IF YOU WANT A GOOD WOMAN / SELF

12.DERRICK PROCELL / WHY I CHOOSE TO SING THE BLUES / SELF

13.THE ROLLING STONES / BLUE & LONESOME / INTERSCOPE

14.BETH HART / FIRE ON THE FLOOR / PROVOGUE

15.PETER KARP / ALABAMA TOWN / ROSE COTTAGE

16.WILL PORTER / TICK TOCK TICK / ACE

17.LISA BIALES / THE BEST OF MY HEART / BIG SONG

18.KATHY & THE KILOWATTS / LET'S DO THIS THING / SELF

19.BILLY T BAND / RECKONING / BIG H

20.LAZY EYE / POCKET THE BLACK / SELF

21.JOHN GINTY / ROCKERS FEAT. ASTER PHOENIX / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE

22.PATTY REESE / LET IN THE SUN / AZALEA CITY

23.TERRY DAVIDSON & THE GEARS / TRANSMISSION / BANGSHIFT

24.QUINN SULLIVAN / MIDNIGHT HIGHWAY / MASCOT

25.SCOTCH HOLLOW / LITTLE TORTUGA / SELF

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

National Blues Chart for March  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.