The weekly radio digest of blues in the Bay Area and beyond, with your host, Devon Strolovitch – Saturdays 8-10 pm on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco.
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Thursday, July 28, 2016
Playlist: July 27, 2016
Weird Al Yankovic, Generic Blues
Sat 7/30 @ Green Music Center
Meshugga Beach Party, Shleppin' and Kvetchin'
Sun 7/31 @ Treasure Island Flea Market
Terrie Odabi, Live My Life
Sat 7/30 @ Biscuits & Blues
Midtown Social, Thinking Talking
Sat 7/30 @ Guitarfish Music Festival
Wed 8/03 on Fog City Blues
Special in-studio guests: Nick Pulley and Daniel Charles
Sat 8/13 @ Great American Music Hall
The Dixie Giants, Mary Please
The Dixie Giants, No Good Blues
The Crux, Baydeinn Boys (Vermin Keep the Peace)
Lungs & Limbs, Signs of Life
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five, Skid Dat de Dat
Louis Armstrong & The All-Stars, Royal Garden Blues (live)
The Dixie Giants (feat. Josh Windmiller of the Crux), St. Louis Blues
Dr. John, Junko Partner
Dr. John, Getaway
Fri-Sat 7/29-30 @ SFJazz Center
Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Sun 7/31 @ SFJazz Center
New Breed Brass Band, Watcha Workin' It Fa
Sat 7/30 @ SFJazz Center
Brass Magic, Hammertime
Thu 7/28 @ SFJazz Center
Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas, The Bluest Man
C.J. Chenier, Bogalousa Boogie
Thu 7/28 @ SFJazz Center
Mo'Fone, No Nugget
Fri 7/29 @ SFJazz Center
Buddy Guy, Buddy's Blues (live)
Buddy Guy, Crying Out of One Eye
Buddy Guy, I Hope You Come Back Home
Kansas City Six, Way Down In New Orleans
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Playlist: July 20, 2016
Don Henley, Too Much Pride
Sat 7/23 @ Greek Theatre
Dr. John, God's Sure Good
Fri 7/22 @ Golden State Theatre
Sat 7/23 @ Uptown Theatre
Sun 7/24 @ Woodlake Theatre
Tue-Sat 7/26-30 @ SFJazz Center
Midtown Social, These Things
from the forthocimng EP The December Session
Fri 7/22 @ The Chapel
Sat 7/23 @ Hopmonk Tavern
Will Magid, Sweet Something
from the new album Alligator Spacewalk
Sat 7/23 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Special in-studio guest: Kim Lembo
Sat 7/30 @ The Lost Church
Country Roads
from the new album 45 Miles
The Farm (in-studio)
What Moves You (in-studio)
The Howling
Bob Dylan, Everything Is Broken
One People (in-studio)
45 Miles
Elvin Bishop, Can't Even Do Wrong Right
Sun 7/24 @ Rancho Nicasio
Taj Mahal, The New Hula Blues
Sat 7/23 @ Sonoma State University
Marcial Ball, Can't Blame Nobody But Myself
Fri 7/22 Freight & Salvage
Sat 7/23 @ Sonoma State University
Sun 7/24 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Howell Devine, Woogie Man
Sat 7/23 @ Speisekammer
Sun 7/24 @ Rancho Nicasio
Ron Hacker, Filthy Animal (Chameleon)
Thu 7/21 @ Poor House Bistro
Fri 7/22 @ Little Lou's BBQ
Sat 7/23 @ The Saloon
Ana Popovic. Baby What's Wrong
Mon 7/25 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Wed 7/27 @ Yoshi's
Filmore Slim, Trapped by the Devil
Fri 7/22 @ Ivy Room
Lost Dog Found, I'm Not Crying For You
Fri 7/22 @ Sausalito Blues by the Bay
Junk Parlor, Alphabet City
Thu 7/21 @ Club Deluxe
Sat 7/23 @ Uptown Cabaret
The Mission Seven, Monterrey
Sat 7/23 @ The Bistro
Bang Data, Fortunate Son (Fortunate Hijo)
Juan Gabriel, Have You Ever Seen the Rain (Gracias al Sol)
from the forthcoming album Quiero Creedence
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Playlist: July 13, 2016
Midtown Social, Are You The One
from the forthcoming EP December Session
Thu 7/14 @ Stanford Shopping Center
Tiffany Austin, Stardust
Thu 7/14 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
The Lucky Losers, In Any Town
Thu 7/14 @ The Saloon
Fri 7/15 @ The Somking Pig
Kim Lembo, The Farm
Wed 7/20 on Fog City Blues
Special in-studio guests: Will Magid and Garrett Kosbef
Fri 7/15 @ Elbo Room
Tue 7/19 @ Mezzanine
Sat 7/23 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Prelude to Mars / The Crown
A Frog's Fantasy
Sweet Something
Bilongo (in-studio)
Set Me Free
from the new album Alligator Spacewalk
John Brothers Piano Company, Patterns of Brick
Joan Osborne, The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
Sun 7/17 @ Stern Grove Festival
T Sisters, It Was Me
Thu 7/14 @ SFJazz Center
Kim Nalley, Summertime
Fri 7/15 @ SFJazz Center
Paula West, Don't Think Twice It's Alright
Sat 7/16 @ SFJazz Center
Grace Kelly, Blues for Harry Bosch
Fri 7/15 @ SFJazz Center
Karina Denike, Stop the Horses
Wed 7/20 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Barrio Manouche, Coquette
Sat 7/16 La Peña Cultural Center
Unltrafaux, The Sheik of Air B&B
Fri 7/15 @ Red Poppy Art House
Sat 7/16 La Peña Cultural Center
Eric Lindell, The Good Times
from the new album Matters of the Heart
Thu 7/14 @ Moe's Alley
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Burgundy Street Blues
Thursday, July 7, 2016
Playlist: July 6, 2016
Bobby Rush, Just Like A Dresser
Bobby Rush, Sock Boo Ga Loo
Sun 7/10 @ Hayward / Russell City Blues Festival
Lazer Lloyd, Suffering
Sun 7/10 @ Hayward / Russell City Blues Festival
The Klezmatics, Elijah Rock (live)
Sat 7/09 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Jon Cleary, Beg Steal or Borrow
Thu 7/07 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Sat 7/09 @ Moe's Alley
Mitch Woods, Big Mamou
Sun 7/10 @ Biscuits and Blues
Wed 7/13 @ Lagunitas Brewing Company
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, New Blowtop Blues
Fri 7/08 @ De Young Museum
Sat 7/09 @ Biscuits and Blues
Sun 7/10 @ The Royal Cuckoo
Pamela Rose & Wayne De La Cruz, My Babe
Thu 7/07 @ Angelica's
Sun 7/10 @ Custom Made Theater
Sun 713 @ SFJazz Center
Lara Price, I Mean Business
Fri 7/08 @ Sausalito Jazz & Blues By The Bay
Sat 7/09 @ San Pedro Market
Wed 7/13 @ Tupelo
Gaucho, Song for Wong
Fri 7/08 @ Comstock Saloon
Tue 7/12 @ Club Deluxe
Delta Wires, Big Legged Woman (live)
Sat 7/09 @ Vinnie's
Aki Kumar, Jaan e Jaan
from the forthcoming album Aki Goes to Bollywood
Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing, Pennies from Heaven
from the new album Skronky Tonk
Little Jonny & The Giants, No Other Man
Wed 7/13 @ Club Fox
Steve Freund, Come On In This House
Fri 7/08 @ The Saloon
Stan Erhart, Buster's Movin' (Bust'a Mov'a)
Sun 7/10 @ Vets To Vets Blues Festival
Huey Lewis & The News, Free
Ringo Starr, Right Side of the Road
Bob Dylan, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live)
Bill Withers, Ain't No Sunshine
Mavis Staples, Wade in the Water (live)


