Playlist: January 4, 2026

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Bob Dylan, San Francisco Bay Blues
     from the new box set The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963
The Jokers, Let the Good Times Roll
Bob Dylan, Let the Good Times Roll (live)
Bob Dylan, I Got a New Girl
Bob Dylan, Jesus Christ
The Pogues, Jesse James
Bob Dylan, Talkin' Hugh Brown
Bob Dylan, K.C. Moan
Bob Dylan, Stealin'
Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead, Stealin'
Bob Dylan, I Ain't Go No Home (live)
Bob Dylan & The Band, I Ain't Got No Home (live)
Bob Dylan, Two Trains Runnin'
Bob Dylan, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (live)
Bob Dylan & The Band, One Kind Favor
Bob Dylan, Pretty Boy Floyd (live)
Bob Dylan, Pretty Boy Floyd (live)

Bob Dylan, Ain't No Grave
Bob Dylan, In the Pines (live)
Bob Dylan, In the Pines (live)
Bob Dylan, Let Me Die in My Footsteps (live)
Bob Dylan, Ramblin' On My Mind (live)
Bob Dylan, Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Bob Dylan, Tomorrow Is A Long Time (take 1)
Bob Dylan, West Memphis
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (live)
Bob Dylan, That's All Right Mama
Bob Dylan, That's All Right Mama
Bob Dylan, Key to the Highway
Bob Dylan, Key to the Highway (live) 

Playlist: December 28, 2025

Jazz Mafia feat. Tiffany Austin, Wilderness
     Thu 1/01 @ Downtown First Thursdays
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Jumpin' in the Morning
     Wed 12/31 @ Royal Cuckoo
     Thu 1/01 @ Downtown First Thursdays
Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Blue Monk/Hard of Hearing Mama (live)
     Wed 12/31 @ SFJazz Center
Mission Delirium, Rum & Coke (live)
     Wed 12/31 @ Frontier Tower: Teapocalypse
Fantastic Negrito, A New Beginning
     Wed 12/31 @ The Chapel
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, No Tofu
     Wed 12/31 @ Empress Theatre
Monophonics, Glowin'
     Wed 12/31 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Broke the Moon (live)
     Wed 12/31 @ Sebastiani Theatre
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, Baby Baby Me
     Wed 12/31 @ Bimbo's 365 Club
Puddles Pity Party, What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
     Tue-Wed 12/30-31 Fox Theatre
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Never Trust a Woman (live)
     Sat 1/03 @ Biscuits & Blues

King Street Giants, Russian River Rag
     from the album The Van Keppel Sessions
Charlie Musselwhite, Look Out Highway
     from the album Look Out Highway
The Gold Souls, Something in the Air
     from the album Something in the Air
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo', Room on the Porch
     from the album Room on the Porch
Mavis Staples, Sad and Beautiful World
     from the album Sad and Beautiful World
The Lucky Losers, I Believe Her (Because I Am Her)
     from the album Arrival
Buddy Guy, Blues Chase the Blues Away
     from the album Ain't Done With the Blues
California Honeydrops, Redwood Highway
     from the album Redwood Highway
Trombone Shorty & New Breed Brass Band, Line Em Up
     from the album Second Line Sunday
Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)
     from the album Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol.18
Aki Kumar, Should I Stay (Immigrant Song)
Aki Kumar, God Bless the USA
     from the album God Bless the USA

Playlist: December 21, 2025

Devon Allman, Blues is a Feeling
Robert Randolph, Roosevelt Pool
     Sun 12/21 @ The Fillmore
Alvon Johnson, Tater
     Wed 12/24 @ Yoshi's
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Winter Wonderland
     Wed 12/24 @ Biscuits & Blues
Royal Jelly Jive, Can't Stop
     Sun 12/21 @ Blue Note Napa
Sean Hayes, Lost Highway
     Sat 12/27 @ The Ivy Room
J.C. Smith Band, Cold Sweat
     Sat 12/27 @ Biscuits & Blues
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Make It Back to Memphis (live)
     Sat 12/27 @ Mystic Theatre
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Some Like It Hot
     Sat 12/27 @ Ashkenaz

Leonard Cohen, Winter Lady
Gordon Lightfoot, Song for a Winter's Night
Blue Rodeo, Hasn't Hit Me Yet (live)
The Tragically Hip, Montreal (live)

Blue Rodeo, Christmas Must Be Tonight
Bob & Doug McKenzie, Twelve Days of Christmas
Tin Cup Serenade, It's Christmas in San Francisco Again
Hot Club of San Francisco, Don Rodolfo
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Little Charlie & The Nightcats, It's Christmas Time Again (Spend, Spend Spend)
Lady Bianca, Xmas Time Again
The Lucky Losers, May Every Day Be Christmas
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra feat. Wee Willie Walker, White Christmas
The Sparks, Thank God It's Not Christmas
The Beatles, The Beatles' Third Christmas Record
The Beatles, Christmas Time Is Here Again
Bob Dylan, Must Be Santa

Playlist: December 14, 2025

Hernandez Hideaway, Adon Olam
     Thu 12/18 @ Specs Twelve Adler Museum Cafe
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, Can I Interest You in Hanukkah?
Meshugga Beach Party, Hot Rod Hanukkah
Meshugga Beach Party, Oh Hanukkah (in-studio)
Meshugga Beach Party, Dreidel, Dreidel (in-studio)
Meshugga Beach Party, S'vivon
Meshugga Beach Party, Latkes (in-studio)
Jeremiah Lockwood, Ritual
Jeremiah Lockwood, Chanuka Oy Chanuka
Jeremiah Lockwood, Al Hanisim
Jeremiah Lockwood, Al Hanisim (Izhar Cohen)
Gordon Lockwood, Standing in a Corner
Gordon Lockwood, Meet Me in the Bottom
Saul Kaye, Ma'oz Tsur (live)

Stanley Adams & Sid Wayne, 'Twas the Night Before Hanukkah
Jeremiah Lockwood, Ethan Miller, and Luther Dickinson, Dreidel
Woody Guthrie, Hanukkah Dance
The Klezmatics, Hanukkah Tree
     Mon 12/15 @ SFJazz Center
Debbie Friedman, The Latke Song
Theo Bikel, Sweetest Dreams Be Thine
The Ames Brothers, I Got A Cold For Christmas
Bob Dylan, Little Drummer Boy
Mickey Katz, Grandma's Dreidel
Temple B'Nai Abraham Children's Choir, Svivon Sov Sov Sov
Cantor David Putterman, Rock Of Ages
Sol Zim, Ma'oz Tsur
The Ramones,  Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonite)

Playlist: December 7, 2025

Christmas Jug Band, Holiday from the Holiday
     Sat 12/13 @ Winters Opera House
     Sun 12/14 @ The Freight
Thee Snake Charmers, Drunk for Christmas
The Lucky Losers, S-C-A-M
     from the new album Arrival
     Thu 12/11 @ The Saloon
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Don't You Want to Get Lucky?
     Thu 12/11 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
John Németh, Magic Touch (live)
     Fri-Sat 12/12-13 @ Biscuits & Blues
Mark Hummel, High Time for the Devil
     Sat 12/13 @ Roxx on Main
HowellDevine, Somke
     Sun 12/14 @ Harlow's
Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings, Gertie Ruth (live)
     Sat 12/13@ Hopmonk Tavern
Jackson & The Janks, The Kick
     Sun 12/07 @ Hotel Utah
     Tue 12/09 @ The Pearl
     Thu 12/11 @ The Big Easy
Terrie Odabi, I Can't Keep
     Sat 12/13 @ Almost Famous Winery
Louis Prima Forever, Zat You Santa Claus?
Louis Prima, What Will Santa Claus Say (When He Finds Everyone Swingin')?

Tom Waits, Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen)
Tom Waits, $29.00
Tom Waits, Way Down in the Hole
Tom Waits, Make It Rain
Tom Waits, Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)
Tom Waits, I'll Shoot the Moon
Tom Waits, Mr. Siegal
Tom Waits, Come On Up to the House
Tom Waits, That Feel
Tom Waits, LowDown
Tom Waits, Jockey Full of Bourbon
Tom Waits, Step Right Up

Playlist: November 30, 2025

Willie Nelson, If We Make It Through December
     from the new album Workin' Man: Willie Songs Merle
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Jingle Bells
     Sun 12/07 @ Orinda Theater
David Benoit, Christmas Time Is Here
     Wed 12/03 @ Yoshi's
Nicholas Bearde, Snowflakes
     Sat 12/06 @ Piedmont Piano Company
Maria Muldaur, Boogie Woogie Santa Claus (live)
     Sun 12/07 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Fillmore Slim, Little Bluebird
     Fri 12/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
Elvin Bishop, Bo Weevil
     Sat 12/06 @ Biscuits & Blues
John Nemeth, Mother In Law (live)
     Sun 12/07 @ Moe's Alley
Jorma Kaukonen, The Terrible Operation
Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Let's Go Get Stoned (live)
     Fri 12/05 @ Masonic Auditorium: Jorma Kaukonen's 85th Birthday
John Brothers Piano Company, Black Widow Bump (live)
     Thu 12/04 @ The Sound Room
     Sat 12/06 @ Mr Tipple's Recording Studio

The Beatles, Free as a Bird (2025 mix)
The Beatles, This Boy (take 12-13)
The Beatles, Tell Me Why (take 5-6)
The Beatles, Matchbox (take 1)
The Beatles, I Need You (take 1)
The Beatles, In My Life (take 1)
The Beatles, Nowhere Man (take 2)
The Beatles, Strawberry Fields Forever (take 26)
The Beatles, Baby You're A Rich Man (take 11-12)
The Beatles, Helter Skelter (take 17)
The Beatles, Good Night (take 10)
The Beatles, While My Guitar Gently Weeps (take 27)
The Beatles, Don't Let Me Down (live)
The Beatles, You Never Give Me Your Money (take 36)
     from the new album Anthology 4

Playlist: November 23, 2025

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The Beatles, If I Fell (take 11)
The Beatles, Hey Bulldog (take 4)
     from the new album Anthology 4
King Street Giants, Just Another Sunday
     from the new album The Van Keppel Sessions
California Honeydrops, I'm in Love (with Jimmy James)
     Fri-Sat 11/28-29 @ The UC Theatre
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Oo Poppa Do
     Sat 11/29 @ Rancho Nicasio
The Cottontails, Carnival in Caroline
     Sun 11/30 @ Bird & Beckett
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, After A While
     Fri 11/28 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Aki Kumar, Desi Strut
     Sat 11/29 @ The Back Room
Mark Hummel, Shufflin Days
     Fri 11/28 @ The Back Room
     Sat 11/29 @ Almost Famous Winery
R.L. Burnside, Just Like a Bird Without a Feather
R.L. Burnside, Shake 'Em On Down
The Beatles, Love Me Do
Angela Strehli, Gambler's Blues

Thelonious Monk, Stuffy Turkey
Cab Calloway & His Orchestra, Everybody Eats When They Come to My House
Harold Burrage, You Eat Too Much
The Robins, Turkey Hop, Part 2
Andre Williams, Pass the Biscuits Please
Lonnie Johnson, Sweet Potato Blues
Elvin Bishop Group, Sweet Potato
The Emotions, Mashed Potatoes
California Honeydrops, Pumpkin Pie (live)
Carolina Chocolate Drops, Cornbread And Butterbeans
Joe Houston, Cornbread and Cabbage Greens
Joe Morris, Beans and Cornbread
Sylvester Cotton, Thanksgiving Blues
Guy Davis, Thanksgiving Day

Playlist: November 16, 2025

California Honeydrops, Wind Howling
California Honeydrops, Tennessee Waltz
     Fri-Sat 11/28-29 @ The UC Theatre
Aki Kumar, Time Will Tell
     Sun 11/16 @ Blondie's 
     Fri 11/21 @ Biscuits & Blues
Dustbowl Revival, Oh! Darling
Hot Club of Cowtown, This Wheel's On Fire
     Sun 11/16 @ Bankhead Theater: A Celebration of Bob & Willie
Willie Nelson, Workin' Man Blues
     from the new album Willie Sings Merle
Bob Dylan, Workingman's Blues #2
Whiskerman, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
     Sun 11/23 @ Thee Stork Club
The Lucky Losers, Sunday Stroller
     from the new album Arrival
     Fri 11/21 @ The Smiling Dog
     Sat 11/22 @ Tall Guy Brewing
     Sun 11/23 @ Willits Center for the Arts
Howlin' Wolf, Smokestack Lightning
W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band, St. Louis Blues

Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts, Big Crime
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Born in Ontario
Neil Young & Promise of the Real, Baby What You Want Me to Do
Neil Young, Hello Lonely Woman
Neil Young, We Don't Smoke It No More
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Double E
Neil Young & The Shocking Pinks, Bright Lights Big City
Neil Young, I Want to Drive My Car (solo)
Neil Young, I Want to Drive My Car (band)
Neil Young, Speakin' Out
Neil Young & The Bluenotes, This Note's For You
Anders Osborne, Cowgirl in the Sand
     from the album Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol.1
Meklit & Quinn, Music Arcade
Bob Dylan, Old Man (live)

Playlist: November 9, 2025

Big Joe Williams, Wichita
Victoria Spivey, It's Dangerous
Bob Dyan, Blowin' in the Wind (live)
Bob Dylan & The Band, Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan, Man of Constant Sorrow
Bob Dylan, Man of Constant Sorrow (live)
Bob Dylan, Liverpool Gal
     from the new box set The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963
Neko Case, Buckets of Rain (live)
     Tue 11/11 @ The Masonic
Maria Muldaur, Buckets of Rain
     Sat 11/15 @ Biscuits & Blues
Davy Knowles, I Want You (She's So Heavy) (live)
     Wed 11/12 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Thu 11/13 @ Almost Famous Winery
Sonny Landreth, Congo Square Blues (live)
     Mon 11/10 @ Yoshi's

The Pogues, And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Bryan Adams, Remembrance Day
John Bray, Trench Blues
Cousin Joe, Post-War Future Blues
Doctor Clayton, '41 Blues
B.B. King, Questionnaire Blues
Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Army Blues
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, There's Peace in Korea
J.B. Lenoir, Korea Blues
Soldier Boy Houston, Far East Blues
Sunnyland Slim & His Trio, Back to Korea Blues
J.B. Lenoir, Vietnam Blues
John Prine, Great Society Conflict Veteran's Blues

Playlist: November 2, 2025

Bob Dylan, San Francisco Bay Blues
     from the new box set The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963
The Jokers, Let the Good Times Roll
Bob Dylan, Let the Good Times Roll (live)
Bob Dylan, I Got a New Girl
Bob Dylan, Jesus Christ
The Pogues, Jesse James
Bob Dylan, Talkin' Hugh Brown
Bob Dylan, K.C. Moan
Bob Dylan, Stealin'
Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead, Stealin'
Bob Dylan, I Ain't Go No Home (live)
Bob Dylan & The Band, I Ain't Got No Home (live)
Bob Dylan, Two Trains Runnin'
Bob Dylan, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (live)
Bob Dylan & The Band, One Kind Favor
Bob Dylan, Pretty Boy Floyd (live)
Bob Dylan, Pretty Boy Floyd (live)

Bob Dylan, Ain't No Grave
Bob Dylan, In the Pines (live)
Bob Dylan, In the Pines (live)
Bob Dylan, Let Me Die in My Footsteps (live)
Bob Dylan, Ramblin' On My Mind (live)
Bob Dylan, Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Bob Dylan, Tomorrow Is A Long Time (take 1)
Bob Dylan West Memphis
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (live)
Bob Dylan, That's All Right Mama
Bob Dylan, That's All Right Mama
Bob Dylan, Key to the Highway
Bob Dylan, Key to the Highway (live) 

Playlist: October 26, 2025

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Eddie Lang, Prelude in C-Sharp Minor Op.3
Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti, Black and Blue Bottom
Clarence Williams & His Novelty Four, Whatya Want Me to Do?
Blind Willie Dunn's Gin Bottle Four, Jet Black Blues
Joe Venuti's Blue Four, Runnin' Ragged
Eddie Lang, A Little Love, A Little Kiss

Gaucho, Saturday Night Function
     Fri 10/31 @ Comstock Saloom
Dirty Cello, Hell On Wheels
     Fri 10/31 @ Gilman Brewing Company
The Sam Chase & the Untraditional, Chasing Windmills
     Fri 10/31 @ Mystic Theatre
RonKat Spearman, Funk Insurance (Bootification)
     Fri 10/31 @ Golden Gate Park Bandshell
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, I Loved Another Women
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Cold Black Night
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, The World Keep on Turning

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Halloween Spooks
Johnny Otis & Marci Lee, Casting My Spell
Cliff Jackson & His Krazy Kats, The Terror
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra, Hi Spook
B.B. King, Haunted House
Bessie Smith, Haunted House Blues
Johnny Messner and his Music Box Band, A Clarinet In A Haunted House
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra, Haunted Nights
Johnny Fuller, Haunted House
Tom Waits, The Ghosts of Saturday Night (live)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
Blue Rodeo, Graveyard
Creedeence Clearwater Revival, Graveyard Train
Otis Redding, Trick or Treat
Carlos Mejia, Muertos Que Lloran

Playlist: October 19, 2025

Aki Kumar, It Is What It Is
Julia Veil, The Elephant
     Sun 10/19 @ SFJazz Center

Special in-studio guest: PC Muñoz

     Sun 10/26 @ The Freight: One Song All Night

PC Muñoz feat. Dr. Fink, Sign o' the Times
PC Muñoz feat. Bryan Dyer, Who Will Bury Me
Tammy Hall, Blue Divine
Dame Drummer, I Would Die 4 U
Ira Kamin & PC Muñoz, Kimberley
Michael Bloomfield, The Train Is Gone
Hannah Mayree, Nose Bleeds
Prince, Kiss

Hannah Mayree, Scarborough Fair
Doug MacLeod, Between Somewhere and Goodbye
     Sun 10/19 @ Biscuits & Blues
Earl Thomas, Old Landmark (live)
     Sat 10/25 @ Biscuits & Blues
Delta Wires, Pontiac Blues (live)
     Fri 10/24 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sat 10/25@ The Turf Club
JW Jones, It's Obdacious
     Thu 10/23 @ The Torch Club
     Fri 10/24 @ Poor House Bistro
Brass Mafia, When the Saints Go Marchin' In
     Thu 10/23 @ The Big Easy
     Sat 10/25 @ Keys Jazz Bistro 
Wynton Marsalis, New Orleans Bump
Jelly Roll Morton, Mr. Jelly Lord
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Go Go Power
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco, Celia & Johnny
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, U.S. 41
Elvin Bishop, Can't Even Do Wrong Right