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KIOS BLUES CHART JUNE 2014

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.SELWYN BIRCHWOOD / DON'T CALL NO AMBULANCE / ALLIGATOR
2.JANIVA MAGNESS / ORIGINAL / FATHEAD
3.KELLEY HUNT / THE BEAUTIFUL BONES / 88 RECORDS
4.EDEN BRENT / JIGSAW HEART / YELLOWDOG RECORDS
5.RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS / GOOD NEWS / STONY PLAIN
6.ROD PIAZZA & THE MIGHTY FLYERS / EMERGENCY SITUATION / BLIND PIG
7.DEANNA BOGART / JUST A WISH AWAY / BLIND PIG
8.DAVE SPECTER / MESSAGE IN BLUE / DELMARK
9.MIKE MATTISON / YOU CAN'T FIGHT LOVE / LANDSLIDE
10.JOHN MAYALL / A SPECIAL LIFE / FORTY BELOW
11.THE NIGHTHAWKS / 444 / ELLERSOUL
12.GILES COREY'S STONED SOUL / DELMARK
13.VANEESE THOMAS / BLUES FOR MY FATHER / SEGUE
14.BOB STROGER & KENNY "BEEDY EYES" SMITH / KEEPIN' IT TOGETHER / BIG EYE
15.WALTER TROUT / THE BLUES CAME CALLIN' / PROVOGUE
16.LUCKY PETERSON / THE SON OF A BLUESMAN / JAZZ VILLAGE
17.ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD / HEARTSOULBLOOD / RUF
18.THE REVEREND SHAWN AMOS / TELLS IT / PUT TOGETHER
19.SETH FREEMAN / SOULFUL GYPSY RECORDS
20.MARK HUMMEL / THE HUSTLE IS REALLY ON / ELECTRO FI
21.JAREKUS SINGLETON / REFUSE TO LOSE / ALLIGATOR
22.DAVE ALVIN & PHIL ALVIN / COMMON GROUND / YEP ROC
23.TOO SLIM & THE TAILDRAGGERS / ANTHOLOGY / UNDERWORLD
24.ALBERT CASTIGLIA / SOLID GROUND / RUF
25.TERRY HANCK / GOTTA BRING IT ON HOME TO YOU / DELTA GROOVE

THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR INCLUSION
IN THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR  JULY 1, 2014

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.