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

KIOS BLUES CHART JANUARY 2018

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.TINSLEY ELLIS / WINNING HAND / ALLIGATOR RECORDS
2.REX GRANITE BAND FEAT. SARAH BENCK / SPRIT MATTER TRUTH LIES / SELF
3.HEATHER NEWMAN / BURN ME ALIVE / VIZZTONE
4.CURTIS SALGADO & ALAN HAGER / ROUGH CUT / ALLIGATOR
5.POPA CHUBBY / TWO DOGS / ABSOLUTE MARKETING
6.ALBERT CUMMINGS / LIVE AT '62 CENTER / IVY MUSIC
7.SAMANTHA FISH / BELLE OF THE WEST / RUF
8.VARIOUS ARTISTS / HOWLIN' AT GREASELAND / WEST TONE
9.ERIN HARPE & THE DELTA SWINGERS / BIG ROAD / VIZZTONE-JUICY JUJU
10.ROBERT FINLEY / GOIN' PLATINUM / EASY EYE
11.BILLY WALTON BAND / SOUL OF A MAN / NO FRET
12.GREG SOVER / JUBILEE / GROUNDED SOUL
13.CHARLES PONDER / IN THE SPOTLIGHT / INSIDE SOUNDS
14.RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS / THE LUCKIEST MAN / STONY PLAIN
15.TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS / STOMPIN' GROUND / ALLIGATOR
16.FREEWORLD / WHAT IT IS / SWIRLDISC
17.ILYA PORTNOV / STRONG BREW / SELF
18.DOWNCHILD / SOMETHING I'VE DONE / LINUS
19.CAROLYN GAINES / BEWARE OF MY DOG / POLKA DOT
20.MITCH WOODS / FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY / EONE
21.TYLER MORRIS BAND / NEXT IN LINE / VIZZTONE
22.JIM SHANEBERGER BAND / ABOVE & BELOW / SELF
23.JOHN OATES / ARKANSAS / THIRTY TIGERS
24.CHRIS SMITHER / CALL ME LUCKY / SIGNATURE SOUNDS
25.BERNARD ALLISON / LET IT GO / RUF
26.JOHNNY FINK & THE INTRUSION / JFI / SELF
27.GEORGE THOROGODD / PARTY OF ONE / ROUNDER
28.MINDI ABAIR & THE BONESHAKERS / THE EAST WEST SESSIONS / PRETTY GOOD FOR A GIRL
29.GHALIA & MAMA'S BOYS / LET THE DEMONS OUT / RUF
30.BLACK STONE CHERRY / BLACK TO BLUES / MASCOT

THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR INCLUSION IN

THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR FEBRUARY 1, 2018
 

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.