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Mike's Top 12 Blues CDs of 2014

Artist / CD Title / Record Label

Selwyn Birchwood / Don't Call No Ambulance / Alligator
Bob Corritore / Taboo / Delta Groove
Josh Hoyer & The Shadowboxers / Self Release
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings / Give The People What They Want / Dap-Tone
Robert Cray Band / In My Soul / Provogue
The Mannish Boys / Wrapped Up And Ready / Delta Groove
Dave Specter / Message In Blue / Delmark
Ruthie Foster / Promise Of A Brand New Day / Blue Corn
The Holmes Bros. / Brotherhood / Alligator
Marcia Ball / The Tattooed Lady & The Alligator Man / Alligator
Mississippi Heat / Warning Shot / Delmark
Eric Bibb / Blues People / Stony Plain

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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