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KIOS Blues Chart : May 2020

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.ELIZA NEALS / BLACK CROW MOAN / E-H RECORDS

2.JOHN PRIMER & BOB CORRITORE / THE GYPSY WOMAN TOLD ME / SWMAF

3.KING SOLOMON HICKS / HARLEM / PROVOGUE

4.THE NIGHTHAWKS / TRYIN' TO GET TO YOU / ELLERSOUL

5.RYAN PERRY / HIGH RISK, LOW REWARD / RUF

6.THE REVEREND SHAWN AMOS / BLUE SKY / PUT TOGETHER

7.SCOTT ELLISON / SKYLINE DRIVE /RED PARLOR  

8.TONY HOLIDAY / SOUL SERVICE / VIZZTONE

9.LIZ MANDEVILLE / PLAYING WITH FIRE / BLUE KITTY

10.ANNI PIPER / BLOW UP DOLL / SUGAR DADDY RECORDS

11.CHARLIE BEDFORD / GOOD TO GO /  BLUE HEART RECORDS

12.CRYSTAL SHAWANDA / CHURCH HOUSE BLUES / TRUE NORTH

13.ALEX DIXON / THE REAL McCOY / DIXON LANDING MUSIC

14.BLIND LEMON PLEDGE / GOIN' HOME / OFEH

15.RORY BLOCK / PROVE IT ON ME / STONY PLAIN

16.C.W. AYON / WHAT THEY SAY / SELF RELEASE

17.ROOMFUL OF BLUES / IN A ROOMFUL OF BLUES / ALLIGATOR

18.ROBERT CRAY BAND / THAT'S WHAT I HEARD / NOZZLE

19.RUSTY ENDS & HILLBILLY HOODOO / THE LAST OF THE BOOGIEMEN / SELF RELEASE

20.JOHN BLUES BOYD / THROUGH MY EYES / GULF COAST

21.WHITNEY SHAY / STAND UP! / RUF

22.SASS JORDAN / REBEL MOON BLUES / STONY PLAIN

23.LOUISE CAPPI / MELANGE / SELF RELEASE

24.EVELYN RUBIO / CROSSING BORDERS / SELF RELEASE

25.STEVE HOWELL, DAN SUMNER , JASON WEINHEIMER / LONG AGO/ OUT OF THE PAST

THIS LIST WAS SUBMITTED TO LIVING BLUES MAGAZINE FOR

INCLUSION IN THE NATIONAL BLUES CHART FOR JUNE 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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