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KIOS BLUES CHART: MAY 2016

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.ALBERT CASTIGLIA / BIG DOG / RUF RECORDS

2.MORELAND & ARBUCKLE / PROMISED LAND OR BUST / ALLIGATOR

3.ERIC BIBB & NORTH COUNTRY FAR / THE HAPPIEST MAN IN THE WORLD / STONY PLAIN

4.CURTIS SALGADO / THE BEAUTIFUL LOWDOWN / ALLIGATOR

5.BIG HARP GEORGE / WASH MY HORSE IN CHAMPAGNE / BLUES MOUNTAIN

6.MARKEY BLUE / BLUES ARE KNOCKING / DELTA GROOVE

7.MIKE WHEELER BAND / TURN UP! / DELMARK

8.ERIC LINDELL / MATTERS OF THE HEART / RED PARLOR

9.TWEED FUNK / COME TOGETHER / TWEED TONE

10.BIG JON ATKINSON & BOB CORRITORE / HOUSE PARTY AT BIG JON'S / DELTA GROOVE

11.JOHN LONG / STAND YOUR GROUND / DELTA GROOVE

12.GUY KING / TRUTH / DELMARK

13.COREY DENNISON BAND / DELMARK

14.SUGAR BLUE / VOYAGE / MC

15.JANIVA MAGNESS / LOVE WINS Again / BLUE ELAN

16.JEFF CHAZ / SOUNDS LKE THE BLUES TO ME / JCP

17.JOSH HOYER & SOUL COLOSSAL / RUNNING FROM LOVE / SILVER STREET

18.PAUL REDDICK / RIDE THE ONE / STONY PLAIN

19.TERRIE ODABI / MY BLUE SOUL / SELF

20.OTIS CLAY / MISSISSIPPI POOR BOY (SINGLE) / CATFOOD

21.SHAUN MURPHY / IT WON'T STOP RAINING / VISION WALL

22.JOE BONAMASSA / BLUES OF DESPERATION / J & R

23.THE MIKE ELDRED TRIO / BAPTIST BEAT / GREAT WESTERN

24.THE JAMES HUNTER SIX / HOLD ON! / DAP TONE

25.HONEY ISLAND SWAMP BAND / DEMOLITION DAY / RUF

26.TORONZO CANNON / THE CHICAGO WAY / ALLIGATOR

27.MISS MAYBELL & SLIMPICKINS / SELF RELEASE

28.SHARI PUOTO / MY OBSESSION / SELF RELEASE

29.JORDAN PATTERSON BAND / THE BACK ON TRACK RECORDING PROJECT / SELF

30.GEORGE STEPHEN KELLY / THE POWER, THE GLORY & THE MONKEY TIME / ACE SLEEVE

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

National Blues Chart for June  1, 2016

 

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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