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

KIOS BLUES CHART MAY 2014

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.MARK HUMMEL / THE HUSTLE IS REALLY ON / ELECTRO FI
2.BOB CORRITORE / TABOO / DELTA GROOVE
3.HOLMES BROS. / BROTHERHOOD / ALLIGATOR
4.KENNY WAYNE SHEPPARD / GOIN' HOME / CONCORD
5.JOHN MAYALL / A SPECIAL LIFE / FORTY BELOW
6.ALBERT CASTIGLIA / SOLID GROUND / RUF
7.AL BASILE / WOKE UP IN MEMPHIS / SWEETSPOT
8.TERRY HANCK / GOTTA BRING IT ON HOME TO YOU / DELTA GROOVE
9.JAREKUS SINGELTON / REFUSE TO LOSE / ALLIGATOR
10.JIM BYRNES / ST. LOUIS TIMES / BLACK HEN
11.STEVE DAWSON/ RATTLESNAKE CAGE / BLACK HEN
12.GREGG ALLMAN / ALL MY FRIENDS / ROUNDER
13.LITTLE MIKE & THE TORNADOES / ALL THE RIGHT MOVES / ELROB
14.RIP LEE PRYOR / NOBODY BUT ME / ELECTRO FI
15.ROBERT CRAY BAND / IN MY SOUL / PROVOGUE
16.CATHY LEMONS / BLACK CROW / VIZZTONE
17.BOBBY RUSH / DECISIONS / SILVER TALON
18.JOSH HOYER & THE SHADOWBOXERS / SELF
19.KENNY "BLUES BOSS" WAYNE / ROLLIN' WITH THE BLUES BOSS / STONY PLAIN
20.JOHN NEMETH / MEMPHIS GREASE / BLUE CORN
21.JIM SUHLER / PANTHER BURN / UNDERWORLD
22.LISA BIALES / BELLE OF THE BLUES / SELF
23.NICK MOSS BAND / TIME AIN'T FREE / BLUE BELLA
24.DAVE ALVIN  AND PHIL ALVIN / COMMON GROUND / YEP ROC
25.CARMEN GRILLO / A DIFFERENT WORLD / BIG SURPRISE
26.REGINA CARTER / SOUTHERN COMFORT / SONY
27.TWEED FUNK / FIRST NAME LUCKY / TWEED TONE
28.CHICAGO BLUES ALL-STARS / RED, HOT & BLUE / AZURE
29.JOE LOUIS WALKER / HORNET'S NEST / ALLIGATOR
30.ARTHUR MIGLIAZZA / LAYING IT DOWN / HOBEMIAN
31.RAY BONNEVILLE / EASY GONE / RED HOUSE
32.HARPDOG BROWN / WHAT IT IS / DOG BREATH
33.DAVE KELLER / SOUL CHANGES / RED RIVER
34.BAD BRAD & THE FAT CATS / TAKE A WALK WITH ME / SELF
35.JOHN PRIMER & THE TEARDROPS / YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU TRY / WOLF
36.WAILIN' WALKER / NO REGRETS VOL. 1 / JITTERBUG
37.AUSTIN WALKIN' CANE / ONE HEART WALKIN' LAZY EYE
38.AL COOK / MISSISSIPPI 1930 / WOLF
39.BILLY BRANCH / BLUES SHOCK / BLIND PIG
40.LISA MANN / MOVE ON / SELF
41.MIKEY JUNIOR / TRAVELLING SOUTH / VIZZTONE
42.JOHN HAMMOND / TIMELESS / PALMETTO
43.JOHN McVEY / MEET ME IN HOUSTON / ARTISTS INTL.
44.KIM SIMMONDS & SAVOY BROWN / GOIN' TO THE DELTA / RUF
45.LIL RONNIE & THE BLUEBEATS / UNFINISHED BUSINESS / ELLERSOUL

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