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Mike Jacobs' Favorite Blues & Soul of 2015

Artist / CD Title / Record Label
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters / Father's Day / Stony Plain

Smokin' Joe Kubeck & Bnois King / Fat man's Shine Parlor / Blind Pig
Jewel Brown Feat. Bloodest Saxophone / Roller Coater Boogie / Dynaflow
The Lucky Losers / A Winning Hand / West Tone
Trudy Lynn / Everything Comes With A Price / Connor Ray Music
Buddy Guy / Born To Play Guitar / RCA
Shemekia Copeland / Outskirts of Love / Alligator
Jimmy Burns / It Ain't Right / Delmark
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Method To My Madness / Alligator
Debbie Davies / Love Spin / Vizztone
Jackie Payne / I Saw The Blues / Blue Dot
Ghost Town Blues Band / Hard Road To Hoe / Self Release
 

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.