Playlist: April 21, 2024

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Rhiannon Giddens, Black is the Color (live)
Charly Lowry, Stay
     Sun 4/21 @ The Fillmore
     Mon 4/22 @ Golden State Theatre
Davina & The Vagabonds, Find My Love
     from the forthcoming album Shoot For the Moon
     Mon 4/22 @ Yoshi's
Tia Carroll, Never Let Me Go
     Wed 4/24 @ Empress Marquee Club
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, The Hits Keep Coming
     from the forthcoming album The Hits Keep Coming
Canned Heat, Blind Owl
     from the new album Finyl Vinyl
Delta Wires, J.B. in Oakland
     Sat 4/27 @ The World Famous Turf Club
The Gold Souls, What Kind of Life
     Fri 4/26 @ Vinnie's
     Sat 4/27 @ Chico Women's Club
Smokey the Groove, Reefer Blues
     Sat 4/27 @ Chico Women's Club
Isaac Rother & The Phantoms, Witches Brew
     Fri 4/26 @ The Crepe Place

Darondo, Let My People Go
Fats Waller, Go Down Moses
Louis Armstrong, Go Down Moses
Mavis Staples, Go Down Moses
Bob Dylan, Go Down Moses (live) 
Bob Dylan, Little Moses
The Carter Family, Little Moses
John Lee Hooker, Moses Smote the Water
The Duhks, Moses Don't Get Lost
Bernie Knee, Passover on the Range
Six13, A Billy Joel Passover
Meshugga Beach Party, Dayenu
Meshugga Beach Party, Let My People Go
Saul Kaye, Go Down Moses (live)
Elana Jagoda, Holy Sister Miriam
Charlie Haden, Go Down Moses

Playlist: April 14, 2024

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Bill Frisell, Outlaws
Bill Frisell, Blues for Los Angeles (live)
     Thu-Sun 4/18-21 @ Freight & Salvage
Tinsley Ellis, Tallahassee Blues
     Mon 4/15 @ Yoshi's
Shemekia Copeland, Gullah Geechee
     Fri 4/19 @ Blue Note Napa
     Sat 4/20 @ Felton Music Hall
Whiskerman, Waking Up in Providence
     Fri 4/19 @ Rickshaw Stop
Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Broke the Moon
     Fri 4/19 @ Abbot's Passage Winery
Mitch Woods, Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
     Sun 4/21 @ Furthermore Wines
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Beat Girl
     Fri 4/19 @ Local Edition
     Sat 4/20 @ Royal Cuckoo
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, My Old Neighborhood
Loretta Lynn, Coal Miner's Daughter

Junior Parker, Taxman
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Taxman
Lucky Dube, Taxman
The Beatles, Taxman
J.B. Lenoir, Tax Payin' Blues
Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Taxman Blues
John Mayall, Taxman Blues
Eddy Clearwater, I.R.S. Man
Ambrose & His Orchestra, If They Ever Had an Income Tax on Love
Fiddlin' John Carson, Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Them All
Prince Buster, Taxation
Yellowman, Nah Pay No Tax
Schoolhouse Rock, Tax Man Tax
Robert Cray Band, 1040 Blues
Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Working Man

Playlist: March 31, 2024

Quiqué Gómez, Otro Hombre
     Wed 4/03 @ Empress Marquee Club
Terrie Odabi, Ball and Chain
     Wed 4/03 @ Club Fox
Lara Price, Voodoo Woman
     Sun 3/31 @ The Saloon
Big Blu Soul Revue, E Walkin'
     Fri 4/05 @ Jupiter
Squirrel Nut Zippers, Purim Nigun
     Fri 4/05 @ Yoshi's
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Old Folks Boogie
     Sat 4/06 @ Monroe Hall
The Black Crowes, Struttin' Blues
The Black Crowes, Bleed It Dry
     from the new album Happiness Bastards
     Sat 4/13 @ Fox Theatre
Lowell Fulson, San Francisco Blues
Big Maceo Merriweather, Worried Life Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson, Good For Nothing Blues

Aretha Franklin, April Fools
Dionne Warwick, The April Fools
Sarah Vaughan, Do Away With April
Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson, April in Paris
Simon & Garfunkel, April Come She Will
Corey Glover, April Rain
Macy Blackman (feat. Nancy Wright), A Fool in Love (in-studio)
Ike & Tina Turner, A Fool in Love
Ray Charles, A Fool for You
Stevie Wonder, I Pity the Fool
Toots & the Maytals, Fool For You
Denise Perrier, Fool on the Hill
Bob Dylan, I'm a Fool to Want You

Playlist: March 24, 2024

B.B. King, Thank You For Loving the Blues
Art Pepper, Thank You Blues (live)
Takezo Takeda, Umi o Koete
     Wed 3/27 @ Empress Marquee Club
Aki Kumar, Aana Mere Pyar Ko
     Fri 3/29 @ The Elephant in the Room
Mark Hummel, Seven Nights to Rock (live)
     Fri 3/29 @ The Saloon
     Sat 3/30 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, My Next Ex-Wife (live)
     Wed 3/27 @ Yoshi's
Wil Blades, Little Shimmy (live)
     Fri-Sat 3/29-30 @ Keys Jazz Bistro

Bessie Smith, St. Louis Blues
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Hello San Francisco (Part 2)
Big Mama Thornton, Don't Talk Back
Sippie Wallace, Up the Country Blues
Ida Cox, Any Woman's Blues
Victoria Spivey, One Hour Mama
Memphis Minnie, Looking the World Over
Alberta Hunter, Jazzin' Baby Blues
Trixie Smith, You Missed a Good Woman When You Picked All Over Me
Clara Smith, I'm Tired of Being Good
Mamie Smith, The Wang Wang Blues
Georgia White, Was I Drunk?
Mabel Scott, Fool Burro
Little Esther Phillips, I'm a Bad Bad Girl
Barbara Lynn, You Make Me So Hot
Elizabeth Cotten, Mama Nobody's Here But the Baby
Celia Cruz, Celia & Johnny

Playlist: March 17, 2024

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Calling San Francisco (live)
Deanna Bogart, Hot Fun in the Summertime
     Sat-Sun 3/23-24 @ Rancho Nicasio

Special in-studio guests: Howard Wiley & Friends

     Sat 3/23 @ SFJazz Center: California Love

Howard Wiley, Groovin'
Howard Wiley feat. Kev Choice, Barbara Ann (in-studio)
Howard Wiley feat. Martin Luther McCoy, Blues for Jimi (in-studio)
Howard Wiley, Stevie

Tiffany Austin, King of Pleasure
     Sun 3/24 @ Wyldflower Arts
Mission Delirium, Til the Moon (live)
     Thu 3/21 @ El Rio

Rory Gallagher, Follow me (live)
Rory Gallagher, Shinkicker (live)
Rory Gallagher, Off the Handle (live)
Rory Gallagher, Bullfrog Blues (live)
Gary Moore, Still Got the Blues
Skid Row, Unco-Up Showband Blues
Traveling Wilburys, She's My Baby
Culann's Hound, Twin Peaks
Sly & the Family Stone, Stand!
Sly & the Family Stone, Soul Clappin' II

Playlist: March 10, 2024

The Pogues, I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day
The Pogues, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
The Pogues, Dirty Old Town
     Fri 3/15 @ The Lost Church Santa Rosa
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Black Ball Swing (Kansas City)
     Fri 3/15 @ Community Music Center
Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings, Mellow Apples (live)
     Fri 3/15 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Sat 3/16 @ Sutter Creek Theatre
The Record Company, Control My Heart Blues
     Thu 3/14 @ The Fillmore
     Fri 3/15 @ Felton Music Hall
     Sat 3/16 @ The Siren
Johnny Burgin, Can't Make It Blues (live)
     Mon 3/11 @ California Theatre of Santa Rosa
     Thu 3/14 @ Monkey House
     Fri 3/15 @ The Saloon
Carvin Jones, 3 O'Clock Blues
     Wed 3/13 @ Mama Kin
     Fri 3/15 @ David Brower Center
Barrio Manouche, Tangos de Cali
     Sat 3/16 @ The Chapel
Terrie Odabi, Hold Up the Light
     Wed 3/13 @ Empress Marquee Club

Robbie Robertson, Osage Oil Boom
Robbie Robertson, Insulin Train
Robbie Robertson, Still Standing
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks, Livery Stable Blues
     from the film Killers of the Flower Moon
John Williams, New York, 1969
     from the film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Laura Karpman, Family Is, Monk Is
Laura Karpman, Stagg R. Leigh
Laura Karpman, My Pafology
     from the film American Fiction
Billie Eilish, What Was I Made For?
     from the film Barbie
Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain
Herbie Hancock and Dexter Gordon, 'Round Midnight
Bob Dylan, Things Have Changed
Bob Dylan, Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Playlist: March 3, 2024

California Honeydrops, Street People
     Thu-Sat 3/07-09 @ The Fillmore
Meklit, Ethio Blue
     from the forthcoming album Ethio Blue
     Sat 3/09 @ Brava Theater
Tammy Hall, To the Ancestors
     Wed 3/06 @ SFJazz Center: Seen & Heard
Tiffany Austin, Resolution
     Fri 3/08 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Maria Muldaur, Empty Bed Blues
     Sat 3/09 @ Ashkenaz
Cosmo Alleycats, I Guess It's Just the Mood I'm In
     Fri 3/08 @ Local Edition
Glenn Miller Orchestra, Song of the Volga Boatmen
     Fri 3/08 @ Yoshi's
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, Real Good Lie
     Sat 3/09 @ Almost Famous Winery
Litty DeBungus, Little Spoon
     Sat 3/09 @ Boom Boom Room
G. Love & Special Sauce, Baby's Got Sauce
     Wed 3/06 @ The Independent

Pamela Rose & Company, Blues Is A Woman
     Sun 3/10 @ SFJazz Center
Pamela Rose & Company, Up the Country Blues
Mamie Smith, Crazy Blues
Pamela Rose & Company, Looking the World Over
Bonnie Raitt, Here Comes Love
Ma Rainey, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Pamela Rose & Company, Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
Memphis Minnie, When The Levee Breaks
Bob Dylan, The Levee's Gonna Break

Playlist: February 25, 2024

Hernandez Hideaway, Take Me To Your Leader
     From the new EP Squeeze This
     Thu 2/29 @ Specs
HowellDevine, Hey! Oh, Really?
Lady Bianca, Blues in the Bedroom
Kim Nalley (with Maria Muldaur), I Want A Little Boy
Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy, The Panic Is On
Sam Rudin, Don't Think Twice (live)
     Sat 3/02 @ The Back Room: A Benefit for Pete Devine
Los Lobos, Good Morning Aztlán
     Feb 2/29 @ The Guild Theatre
The Wood Brothers, Mean Man World
     Fri-Sat 3/01-02 @ The Fillmore
Sean Hayes, Lost Highway
     Fri 3/01 @ ODC Theatre
The Stone Foxes, I'm A King Bee
     Fri 3/01 @ Community Music Center
Bob Dylan, Visions of Johanna (take 7)

The Beatles, All Things Must Pass (rehearsals)
The Beatles, I Told You Before
George Harrison, Ramblin' Woman/I Threw It All Away/Mama, You Been On My Mind
Bob Dylan, Mama You Been On My Mind
Bob Dylan, Yesterday
Traveling Wilburys, Maxine
The Beatles, Love You To (take 1)
The Beatles, I Want to Tell You (take 4)
The Beatles, You Know What to Do
The Beatles, Something (rehearsal)
George Harrison, Woman Don't You Cry for Me
George Harrison, Going Down to Golders Green
George Harrison, Get Back
George Harrison, Almost 12 Bar Honky Tonk

Playlist: February 18, 2024

Gordon Lockwood, Once Upon a Time the Fire Burned Brighter
     Tue 2/20 @ Stanford Faculty Club
Hernandez Hideaway, Salt and Rocks
     from the new EP Squeeze This
     Sun 2/25 @ Baltic Kiss
Deep Basement Shakers, I’m a Soldier (in the Army of the Lord)
     Fri 2/23 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
The Gold Souls, Don’t Give Up
     Sat 2/24 @ The Back Room
Brass Mafia, Hotel California
     Sat 2/24 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Brian Setzer, What’ll It Be Baby Doll?
     Sat-Sun 2/24-25 Fox Theatre
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Daddy-O
     Sat 2/24 @ Roxx on Main
Mitch Woods, C.C. Rider
     Sat 2/24 @ Monroe Hall
George Cole Quintet, Ridin' to the Poorhouse
     Sun 2/25 @ B Street Ballroom
The Budos Band, Frontier’s Edge
     Fri-Sat 2/23-24 @ The Fillmore
Irma Thomas, Coming From Behind

Louis Jordan, Jordan for President
Percy Mayfield, I Don’t Want to Be the President
Johnnie Taylor, I Could Never Be President
Bobby Rush, Bobby Rush for President
Little Walter, Dead Presidents
Rev. J.M. Gates, President Roosevelt Is Everybody’s Friend
Annie Brewer, Roosevelt Blues
Leadbelly, Dear Mr. President / President Roosevelt
Champion Jack Dupree, God Bless Our New President
J.B. Lenoir, Eisenhower Blues
Sleepy John Estes, President Kennedy
King Solomon, Please Mr. President
The Honeydrippers, Impeach the President
Big Boy Henry, Mr. President
Big Boy Henry, The New Mr. President
Guitar Shorty, Please Mr. President
Lulu Reed and Freddy King, Do the President Twist

Playlist: February 11, 2024

The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Wild Tchoupitoulas
Dwight "Blackcat" Carrier, African Roll Call
     Tue 2/13 @ Fillmore Center Plaza
Rhonda Benin, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
     Tue 2/13@ The Sound Room
Tia Carroll, Never Let Me Go
     Tue 2/13 @ Hotel Nikko
Rhymthmtown Jive, Kidd Jordan's Second Line
     Thu 2/13 @ The Big Easy
King Street Giants, Tootie Ma (Is a Big Fine Thing)
     Tue 2/13 @ Elephant in the Room
MJ's Brass Boppers, On da Mardi Gras Day
     Tue 2/13 @ The New Parish
Brass Mafia, When the Saints Go Marchin' In
Huney Knuckles, Huney Knuckle Scuffle
     Tue 2/13 @ The Guild Theatre
The Grease Traps, Can't Help Myself
     Tue 2/13 @ The Chapel

Mission Delirium, Sundog Moondog
West Grand Brass Band, How It Got This Far
     Tue 2/13 @ Dolores Deluxe
East Bay Brass Band, Royal Diggity Ace
Black Sheep Brass Band, BRASSfedFUNK
Mitch Woods, I Left My Baby at the Mardi Gras Cryin'
California Honeydrops, Cry For Me
Mark Growden & the New Orleans Heavies, Drivin' into the Sunrise
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, Shoorah Shoorah
Irma Thomas, Carnival Time
Neville Brothers, (Hey Mama) Wild Tchoupitoulas
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux with Voices of the Wetlands, Firewater
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, When the Saints Go Marching In

Playlist: February 4, 2024

The King Street Giants, St. James Infirmary (live)
Black Sheep Brass Band, The Ram Ewe Love
     Sat 2/10 @ Myustic Theatre

Special in-studio guests: Fantastic Negrito

     Thu-Fri 2/08-09 @ The Chapel

Trudoo
Everything Went Wrong (in-studio)
Working Poor (in-studio)
An Honest Man (in-studio)
Lost in a Crowd (in-studio)
Oh Betty (acoustic)

West Grand Brass Band, The Birth of BDM/Trading Places
     Thu 2/08 @ Boom Boom Room
The Cottontails, Them There Eyes
     Sun 2/04 @ Specs
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me
     Thu 2/08 @ Roxx on Main
Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Mint Julep
     Sat 2/10 @ Royal Cuckoo
The Lucky Losers, Don't You Lose It
     Thu 2/08 @ The Saloon
Yo La Tengo, Emulsified
     Thu 2/08-09 @ The Fillmore
Pascal Bokar AfroBlueGrazz Band, American Trails
     Thu 2/08 @ The Torch Club
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Play Our Songs
T Sisters, Far Cry
     Fri 2/09 @ The Independent
Tommy Castro, Leaving Trunk (live)
     Fri 2/09 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Delta Wires, Monkey Man (live)
     Sat 2/10 @ The Saloon

Playlist: January 28, 2024

FillmoreTrev, 49er Anthem
Alabama Mike, God Is With You
     Wed 1/31 @ Empress Lounge
Aki Kumar, Jarvos Woman
Marina Crouse, The Cisco Kid
     Fri 2/02 @ The Back Room
Mark Hummel, Harpo-Ventilating (live)
Lee Oskar, Lee's Blues (live)
Kenny Neal, It Don't Cost Nothing
Chris Cain, Space Force
     Sun 2/04 @ Moe's Alley: Blues Harmonica Blowout
Tiffany Austin, I Walk the Line
     Fri 2/02 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, New Blowtop Blues
     Fri 2/02 @ Rancho Nicasio

Charlie Musselwhite, Bad Boy (live)
Charlie Musselwhite, The Dark
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite, Old School
Charlie Musselwhite, Baby Will You Please Help Me
Muddy Waters, Mudcat (live)
Charlie Musselwhite & Hot Tuna, Cristo Redentor (live)
Big Walter Horton, Shakey's Boogie
Charlie Musselwhite, Strange Land (live)