Thursday, May 26, 2016

Playlist: May 25, 2016


Bob Dylan, Young at Heart
     from the new album Fallen Angels
Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Shot of Love
     Sat 5/28 @ Santa Cruz American Music Festival
Buddy Guy, Whiskey Beer & Wine
     Fri 5/27 @ Bottlerock Napa Valley
     Sat 5/28 @ Santa Cruz American Music Festival
Fantastic Negrito, Lost in a Crowd
     Fri 5/27 @ Bottlerock Napa Valley
     from the forthcoming album The Last Days of Oakland
Royal Jelly Jive, Dear Mr. Waits
     Sun 5/29 @ Bottlerock Napa Valley
     Wed 6/01 on Fog City Blues
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Tootie Ma Is A Mighty Fine Thing
     Thu-Sun 5/26-29 @ SFJazz Center
John Brothers Piano Company, Black Widow Bump
     Sun 5/29 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
     Tue 5/31 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Tumbleweed Wanderers, Ghosts
     Thu 5/26 @ Sophia's Thai Kitchen
     Fri 5/27 @ Rickshaw Stop
     Sat 5/28 @ The Crepe Place
James Hunter Six, Satchel Foot
     Thu 5/26 @ Strawberry Music Festival
Pokey Lafarge, Wanna Be Your Man
     Fri 5/27 @ Strawberry Music Festival
Mavis Staples, Love and Trust
     Sun 5/29 @ Strawberry Music Festival
T-Bone Walker, Call It Stormy Monday

Bob Dylan at 75: A Bay Area History

The Times They Are A-Chnagin' (San Jose 11/25/1964)
It Ain't Me, Babe (Berkeley 12/04/1965)
Most Likely You Go Your Way (Oakland 2/11/1974)
Baby Let Me Follow You Down (San Francisco 11/25/1976)
The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar (San Francisco 11/16/1980)
Good Rockin' Mama feat. John Lee Hooker (Mountain View 8/05/1986)
Subterranean Homesick Blues (Concord 6/07/1988)
Pretty Boy Floyd (Oakland 12/04/1988)
Crash On The Levee (Monterey 5/27/1995)
Hoochie Coochie Man (Santa Cruz 3/15/2000)
Mutineer (Berkeley 10/11/2002)
Stay With Me (Oakland 10/30/2014)


Thursday, May 19, 2016

Playlist: May 18, 2016


Selections from Live From the Fog City Blues Volume 3

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Ensemble, Jesus O What A Wonderful Child (in-studio)
The View From Bernal Hill, We Are No Beautiful Children (in-studio)
Cathy Lemons, The Devil Has Blue Eyes (in-studio)
Tumbleweed Wanderers, Restless (in-studio)

T Sisters, Playtime (in-studio)
Rupa & The April Fishes, Like I Do (in-studio)
Royal Jelly Jive, Alhambra (in-studio)
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Everyone Is Crazy But Me (in-studio)
Bhi Bhiman, Up In Arms (in-studio)
Martin Luther, Somebody Superstar (in-studio)
Seth Augustus, Going Down to the Roadhouse (in-studio)
John Brothers Piano Company, Dumka (in-studio)
Big Jon Atkinson & Mark Hummel, Make A Little Love With Me (in-studio)
     Fri 5/20 @ Poor House Bistro

Meklit & Quinn, Saving Up (in-studio)
     Thu-Sat 5/19-21 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (Meklit)
     Sat 5/21 @ Starline Backroom (Quinn)
Hanna Rifkin & The Handsomes, Morning Glory (in-studio)
Tiffany Austin, Miss Rockwell (in-studio)
Junk Parlor, Summertime in the City (in-studio)
     Thu 5/19 @ Club Deluxe
Barrio Manouche, Lucía (in-studio)
Jimmy Grant Ensemble, Bunicul (in-studio)
Midtown Social, Shine Again (in-studio)
Roy Rogers, She's A Real Jaguar (in-studio)
Ol Silver Tongue, Shotgun Shuffle (in-studio)
Lost Dog Found, Nobody Loves You Like I Do (in-studio)
Slim Jenkins, Hand Me Down Blues (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Sunny Oakland Day (in-studio)
Shake Your Peace, Feel Like Going On Home (in-studio)


Thursday, May 12, 2016

Playlist: May 11, 2016


Selections from Live From the Fog City Blues Volume 3

Lost Dog Found, Nobody Loves You Like I Do (in-studio)
Ol Silver Tongue, Shotgun Shuffle (in-studio)
Roy Rogers, She's A Real Jaguar (in-studio)
Midtown Social, Shine Again (in-studio)

Jimmy Grant Ensemble, Bunicul (in-studio)
Barrio Manouche, Lucía (in-studio)
Tiffany Austin, Miss Rockwell (in-studio)
Hanna Rifkin & The Handsomes, Morning Glory (in-studio)
John Brothers Piano Company, Dumka (in-studio)
Seth Augustus, Going Down to the Roadhouse (in-studio)
Martin Luther, Somebody Superstar (in-studio)
Bhi Bhiman, Will You Be There (in-studio)
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Everyone Is Crazy But Me (in-studio)

The Hound Kings, SSI Blues (in-studio)
     Fri 5/13 @ Slim's (Bey Paule Band)
Little Jonny & Aki Kumar, Worried All Night Long (in-studio)
     Wed 5/18 @ Biscuits and Blues
Wendy DeWitt, Nervous (in-studio)
     Thu 5/12 @ Yoshi's
Will Magid, 12-Bar Blues (in-studio)
     Fri 5/13 @ Mezzanine

Royal Jelly Jive, Alhambra (in-studio)
Rupa & The April Fishes, Like I Do (in-studio)
Tumbleweed Wanderers, Restless (in-studio)
T Sisters, Playtime (in-studio)
Cathy Lemons, The Devil Has Blue Eyes (in-studio)
The View From Bernal Hill, We Are No Beautiful Children (in-studio)
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Ensemble, Jesus O What A Wonderful Child (in-studio)
RDL+, 94 Hour Blues (in-studio)


Thursday, May 5, 2016

Playlist: May 4, 2016


Bob Dylan, All the Way
     from the forthcoming album Fallen Angels
Jeremiah Lockwood, Cold Comfort
     Mon 5/09 @ Temple Sinai
John Brothers Piano Company, CHP
     Fri 5/06 @ Starry Plough
Royal Jelly Jive, Rumi's Lullaby
     Sun 5/08 @ Whole Earth Festival

Special in-studio guests: Elizabeth Setzer & Roberto Aguilar

     Fri-Sun 6/03-05 @ The Independent: UnderCover Presents a Tribute to Radiohead's Kid A

Rob Ewing's Disappear Incompletely, Everything in Its Right Place
Gojogo, Treefingers
Battlehooch, In Limbo
Elizabeth Setzer & Roberto Aguilar, How to Disappear Completely (in-studio)
Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble, Blue
Kid Beyond ft. LL Aspect + Classical Revolutio, Idioteque
Elizabeth Setzer, Blue Sky Dreamer
Radiohead, Burn the Witch
Hard 'n Phirm, Rodeohead

Martin Luther, Somebody Superstar
     Fri 5/06 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Bettye LaVette, When the Blues Catches Up to You
     Wed 5/11 @ Yoshi's
Rhonda Benin, A Matter of the Heart
     Wed 5/11 @ Empress Theatre
J.C. Smith Band, Last Night
     Thu 5/05 @ Biscuits and Blues
Little Walter, Dead Presidents
James Brown, Funky President (People It's Bad)
Johnnie Taylor, Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed
Big Maybelle, Goodnight Wherever You Are
Blind Willie McTell, Blues Around Midnight
Dick Dale, Tidal Wave
Link Wray, Rumble