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KIOS Blues Chart January 2020

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.THE REX GRANITE BAND / ELECTRIC COMBO / SELF RELEASE

2.THE BETTY FOX BAND / PEACE IN PIECES / SELF RELEASE

3.?FRANK BEY / ALL MY DUES ARE PAID / NOLA BLUE??

4.?MARK HUMMEL / WAYBACK MACHINE / ELECTRO-FI?

5.?MATTY T. WALL / TRANSPACIFIC BLUES VOL. 1 / HIPSTERDUMPSTER

6.?11 GUYS QUARTET / SMALL BLUES AND GROOVES / VIZZTONE

7.?BREEZY RODIO / IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON"T FIX IT / DELMARK

8.?DAVE SPECTER / BLUES FROM THE INSIDE OUT / DELMARK??

9.SUGAR BLUE / COLORS / BEEBLE

10.THE B. CHRISTOPHER BAND / TWO RIVERS BACK / GUITAR ONE

11.?JACK MACK & THE HEART ATTACK / LIVE FROM CENTENNIAL PARK ATLANTA 1996 / SSR FREE ROLL??

12.?TOMISLAV GOLUBAN / MEMPHIS LIGHT / SPONA

13.?VARIOUS ARTISTS / IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE CITY: A TRIBUTE TO MOSE ALLISON / FAT POSSUM

14.?CHRIS SHUTTERS & JIMMY BURNS / GOOD GONE BAD / 3RD STREET RECORDS???

15.THE JIMMYS / GOTTA HAVE IT / BROWN COW

16.??JOANNA CONNOR / RISE / RUF RECORDS

17.?MIKE ZITO / ROCK 'n' ROLL: A TRIBUTE TO CHUCK BERRY / RUF RECORDS?

18.?CHICAGO CARL SNYDER/ LOST AND FOUND / LOST WORLD MUSIC

19.?RAE GORDON BAND / WRONG KIND OF LOVE / SELF RELEASE

20.?LEVEETOWN / CITY HALL / SELF RELEASE??

21.?CHRIS EGAR BAND / SHOW ME WHERE TO SIGN / SELF RELEASE?

22.?BISCUIT MILLER & THE MIX / CHICKEN GREASE / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE???

23.?DOUG DUFFEY AND BADD / PLAY THE BLUES / OUT OF THE PAST
 
24.?VARIOUS ARTISTS / DON'T PASS ME BY / LANDSLIDE RECORDS

25.?BOB MARGOLIN / THIS GUITAR & TONIGHT / VIZZTONE

 

THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR
INCLUSION IN THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR FEBRUARY 1, 2020
 
 

MIKE JACOBS
MUSIC DIRECTOR/KIOS-FM
OMAHA, NEBRASKA

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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