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KIOS BLUES CHART: JANUARY 2017

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.ROLLING STONES / BLUE & LONESOME / INTERSCOPE

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

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

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

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

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

7.DAVID BROMBERG / THE BLUES , THE WHOLE BLUES AND NOTHING BUT THE BLUES / RED HOUSE

8.JOHN LATINI / THE BLUES JUST MAKE ME FEEL GOOD / SMOKIN' SLED DOG

9.BETH HART / FIRE ON THE FLOOR / PROVOGUE

10.PETER KARP / ALABAMA TOWN / ROSE COTTAGE

11.TOM CRAIG & SOUL PATCH / GET READY FOR ME / SELF

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

13.MISSISSIPPI HEAT / CAB DRIVING MAN / DELMARK

14.WEE WILLIE WALKER & GREASELAND ALL-STARS! NOTTENDON BLUES FESTIVAL / LITTLE VILLAGE

15.REVEREND FREAKCHILD / PREACHIN' BLUES / TREATED & RELEASED

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

17.JW JONES / HIGH TEMPERATURE / SOLID BLUES

18.JIM KOEPPEL / RSVP TO PARADISE / SELF

19.RONNIE BAKER BROOKS / TIMES HAVE CHANGED / PROVOGUE

20.THORNETTA DAVIS / HONEST WOMAN / SELF

21.STEVIE J BLUES / BACK 2 BLUES / DELTA

22.BILLY SEWARD / SOUTH SHORE / WFS

23.KATHY & THE KILOWATTS / LET'S DO THIS THING! / LECTRO FINE

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

25.POPA CHUBBY / THE CATFISH / VERY RECORDS

26.TAS CRU / SIMMERED & STEWED / CRUSTEE TEES

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

28.MONKEYJUNK / TIME TO ROLL / STONY PLAIN

29.TONY VEGA BAND / BLACK MAGIC BOX / SILVER BELLY

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

31.WILL PORTER / TICK TOCK TICK / ACE

32.THE JIMMYS / LIVE FROM TRANSYLVANIA / BROWN COW

33.RAY CASHMAN / SLOW DRAG / KNICK KNACK

34.JAMES MONTGOMERY BLUES BAND / CLEOPATRA BLUES

35.DAVID M'ORE / PASSION, SOUL & FIRE / EDGARD AVAKIAN

36.VARIOUS ARTISTS / INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE #32 / BLUES FOUNDATION

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

38.MATHEW SKOLLER / BLUES IMMIGRANT / SELF

39.MITCH KASHMAR / WEST COAST TOAST / DELTA GROOVE

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

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

National Blues Chart for February  1, 2017

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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