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KIOS BLUES PLAYLIST: DECEMBER 2014

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.BLUE LUNCH / ABOVE THE FOLD / RIP CAT

2.BRUCE KATZ BAND / HOMECOMING / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE

3.ALTERED FIVE BLUES BAND / CURRENT STATE OF BLUE / OMNIVIBE

4.MARKEY BLUE / HEY HEY / SOUL O SOUND

5.ERIC BIBB / BLUES PEOPLE / STONY PLAIN

6.NATHAN JAMES / NATURAL BORN THAT WAY / SACRED CAT

7.ED PALERMO BIG BAND / ELECTRIC BUTTER / SELF

8.STEVE KRASE / BUCKLE UP / CONNOR RAY

9.MARILYNN SCOTT / GET CHRISTMAS STARTED / PRANA

10.DONALD RAY JOHNSON / THESE BLUES / MAR VISTA

11.OTIS CLAY & JOHNNY RAWLS / SOUL BROTHERS / CATFOOD

12.BILLY BOY ARNOLD / THE BLUES SOUL OF BILLY BOY ARNOLD / STONY PLAIN

13.SEAN COSTELLO / IN THE MAGIC SHOP / VIZZTONE

14.INGRID GERDES / HIGH PRIESTESS / SELF

15.MARCIA BALL / THE TATTOOED LADY & THE ALLIGATOR MAN / ALLIGATOR

16.MAGNUS BERG / CUT ME LOOSE / SCREEN DOOR

17.HOWELLDEVINE / MODERN SOUNDS OF ANCIENT JUJU / ARHOOLIE

18.MARKUS JAMES / HEAD FOR THE HILLS / FIRENZE

19.ERIN HARPE & THE DELTA SWINGERS / LOVE WHIP BLUES / VIZZTONE

20.JW-JONES / BELMONT BOULEVARD / BLIND PIG

21.MISSISSIPPI HEAT / WARNING SHOT / DELMARK

22.DUKE ROBILLARD BAND / CALLING ALL BLUES / STONY PLAIN

23.RORY BLOCK / HARD LUCK CHILD / STONY PLAIN

24.LINSEY ALEXANDER / COME BACK BABY / DELMARK

25.LIZ MANDEVILLE / HEART O CHICAGO / BLUE KITTY

This list was submitted to Living Blues Magazine for inclusion in the National Blues Chart for January 1, 2015

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.