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

Playlist: October 12, 2025

George Harrison, It's Johnny's Birthday
The Beatles, Real Love (2025 mix)
John Lennon, God (evolution documentary)
John Lennon, It's So Hard (evolution documentary)
The Beatles, Get Off (White Power)
The Beatles, Good Rockin' Tonight
The Beatles, I'm So Tired (rehearsal)
The Beatles, Love Me Do (rehearsal)
The Beatles, Madman
The Beatles, I Want You (rehearsal)
The Beatles, I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Yoko Ono, Omae No Okaa We

John Lennon, San Francisco Bay Blues
Raz Kennedy, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Otis McDonald & Awesöme Orchestra, A Day in the Life
Soltrón, Good Morning Good Morning
Rohan Krishnamurthy, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Hot Club of San Francisco, You Can't Do That
Hot Club of San Francisco, Because
The Beatles, Mean Mr. Mustard (demo)
The Beatles, Mean Mr. Mustard (rehearsal)
The Beatles, Mean Mr. Mustard (take 20)
The Beatles, Polythene Pam (demo)
The Beatles, Polythene Pam (take 27)
The Beatles, Revolution (demo)
The Beatles, Revolution 1 (take 18)

Playlist: October 5, 2025

Béla Fleck, October Winds
Julie London, This October
Pamela Rose, September in the Rain
     Sun 10/12 @ The Back Room
Ledisi, What A Difference a Day Made
     from the new album For Dinah
     Mon 10/06 @ Davies Symphony Hall
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, With My Man
     Fri 10/10 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Dinah Washington, Evil Gal Blues
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, Bruised
     Fri 10/10 @ The Sound Room
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Hemmin' & Hawin'
     Tue 10/07 @ Guild Theatre
     Wed 10/08 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Ron Jackson, Lovely Day
     Thu 10/09 @ Dawn Club
     Fri 10/10 @ Meyhouse
     Sat 10/11 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Crosses
     Sat 10/18 @ The Fillmore
     Sun 10/19 @ Uptown Theatre
Rebirth Brass Band, We Come to Party
     Fri 10/10 @ Guild Theatre
     Sat 10/11 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Special in-studio guest: Rick Estrin (2010)

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Handle With Care (live)
Lowell Fulson, Blues Pain
ZZ Hill, Don’t Make Me Pay For His Mistakes
Rodger Collins, She’s Looking Good
Fillmore Slim, Playboy
Johnny Morrisette, Brick
Jimmy McCracklin, Think
Travis Philips, Eyes Like a Cat
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Bigfoot
Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Slap Happy
Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Eyes Like a Cat
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, The Hits Keep Coming

Playlist: September 28, 2025

Johnny Mathis, Kol Nidre
Johnny Mathis, Bluesette
Jeremiah Lockwood, Kol Nidre #2
John Zorn & Quatuor Molinari, Kol Nidre
John Brothers Piano Company, Mint Julep
     Thu 10/02 @ The Sound Room
Bhi Bhiman, My Best Friend's Girl
     Fri 10/03 @ The Chapel
Curtis Salgado, Fine By Me
     Wed 10/01 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Thu 10/02 @ Poor House Bistro
     Fri 10/03 @ Sutter Creek Theatre
Dennis Jones, Six Feet Off the Ground
     Wed 10/01 @ Club Fox
Los Straitjackets, Cry For a Beatle
      Fri 10/03 @ Moe's Alley
      Sat 1004 @ The Ivy Room
Cash Box Kings, Oscar's Motel
     Thu 10/02 @ Biscuits & Blues
Derek Irving & His Combo, Combo Boogie
Mitch Woods, Shakin' the Shack
     Sat 10/04 @ Monroe Hall
     Sun 10/05 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Oct. 3-5

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Remember I Was a Dancer
Marc Ribot, Sometime Jailhouse Blues
Corey Harris, Chicken Man
Maria Muldaur, Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Half a Boy and Half a Man (live)
Steve Earle, Rex's Blues / Ft. Worth Blues (live)
     Wed 10/01 @ Presidio Theatre
     Thu 10/02 @ Nob Hill Masonic

Mark Hummel, City Livin' (live)
     Thu 10/02 @ Canyons BBQ
     Fri 10/03 @ The Saloon
     Sun 10/05 @ Lucca Bar & Grill
Koko Taylor, What Came First the Egg or the Hen
Koko Taylor, Insane Asylum
C.J. Chenier, My Baby Don't Wear No Shoes
C.J. Chenier, Riding with Uncle Cleveland

Playlist: September 21, 2025

Leonard Cohen, Who By Fire
Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues, Serenade (live)
     Fri 9/26 @ The Back Room
Roy Rogers, For the Children (live)
     Fri 9/26 @ Rancho Nicasio

Monterey Jazz Festival: Sept. 26-28

Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Black Ball Swing (Kansas City)
Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Sidewalk Sizzle
Trombone Shorty, Way Downtown
Mr. Sipp, When the Saints Go Marching In (live)
Dianne Reeves, Don't Play With My Mind Blues (live)
Davina and the Vagabonds, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Gunhild Carling, I'll Wait For You in San Francisco

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Autumn in New York
Chet Baker, Autumn Leaves
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, Autumn Serenade
The Kinks, Autumn Almanac
Iron & Wine, Autumn Town Leaves
The Neighborhood, Sweater Weather
Yo La Tengo, Autumn Sweater
Serge Gainsbourg, La Chanson de Prévert
Fiona Apple, Pale September
Neil Young, Harvest Moon
The Band, King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

Playlist: September 14, 2025

Sly & The Family Stone, Thank You (Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Big Star, Thank You Friends
Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue, End of the World
Junior Watson, Flappin'
     Wed 9/17 @ Yoshi's
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, It's All Over Now
     Tue 9/16 @ Yoshi's
Jon Cleary, Fessa Longhair Boogaloo
     Sun 9/14 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
John Brothers Piano Company, South American Fantasy
     Sun 9/14 @ Flower Piano Lounge
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
     Sat 9/20 @ Flower Piano Lounge
The Cottontails, Them There Eyes
     Thu 9/18 @ Flower Piano Garden of Fragrance
Cosmo Alleycats, I Guess It's Just the Mood I'm In
     Wed 9/17 @ Bissap Baobab
     Thu 9/18 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
     Fri 9/19 @ Local Edition

Ron Carter, All Blues
     Wed-Sat 9/17-20 @ SFJazz Center
SFJazz Collective, October in San Francisco
     Tue 9/16 @ SFJazz Center
Pon Pon Chen, Them There Eyes (live)
     Sat 9/20 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sun 9/21 @ Union Square
Ruthie Foster, Six Mile Water
     Wed 9/17 @ The Freight
     Thu 9/18 @ Moe's Alley
The Gold Souls, Callin' You (On the Phone)
     Sat 9/20 @ Degrees Plato
North Mississippi Allstars, Pray for Peace
     Fri 9/19 @ The Independent
     Sat 9/20 @ Felton Music Hall
Aki Kumar, A Plea to Be Free
     Fri 9/19 @ Asian Art Museum
     Sat 9/20 @ The Sound Room
B.B. King, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
B.B. King, The Thrill Is Gone (live)
B.B. King, How Blue Can You Get (live)
B.B. King, Let's Do the Boogie

Playlist: September 7, 2025

Mavis Staples, Beautiful Strangers
     from the forthcoming album Sad and Beautiful World
Fantastic Negrito, Everything Went Wrong (in-studio)
     Sat 9/13 @ Blue Note Napa
Aki Kumar, Hindi Man Blues (in-studio)
     Wed 9/10 @ Empress Marquee Club
HowellDevine, Sadie (in-studio)
     Fri 9/12 @ The Ivy Room
Mark Hummel, Stop Now Baby (in-studio)
     Wed 9/10 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
John Brothers Piano Company, Daffy Duckin' (in-studio)
     Sun 9/14 @ Flower Pianos
Hernandez Hideaway, Take Me to Your Leader (in-studio)
Thee Snake Charmers, Mr. Lobster (in-studio)
     Fri 9/12 @ Hotel Utah Saloon
Junk Parlor, Dance With Me Bela Lugosi (in-studio)
     Sat 9/13 @ The Riptide
The Lucky Losers, What Is Success (in-studio)
     Thu 9/11 @ The Saloon
Tiffany Austin, 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do (in-studio)
     Sat 9/13 @ SFJazz Center

The Tempos, See You in September
Johnnie Taylor, It's September
Barry White, September (When I First Met You)
Earth Wind & Fire, September
Carole King, It Might As Well Rain Until September
Sarah Vaughan, September Song
Rosanne Cash, September When It Comes (feat. Johnny Cash)
Buffy Sainte Marie, Sweet September Morning
Kim Nalley, September in the Rain
My Morning Jacket, Old September Blues
Moe., September
Green Day, Wake Me Up When September Ends
The Bangles, September Gurls

Playlist: August 31, 2025

Billy Joel, Piano Man
Fantastic Negrito, California Loner
     Sat 9/06 @ Levi's Plaza
Piper & The Hard Times, Cowboy Gucci
     Fri 9/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Record Company, I'm Working
     Thu 9/04 @ Guild Theatre
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, One More Night
Deanna Bogart, I'll Be Damned If I Get Old (live)
     Sun 9/07 @ Rancho Nicasio
Postmodern Jukebox, Mad World
     Wed 9/03 @ The Mountain Winery
     Thu 9/04 @ Gallo Center for the Arts
     Fri 9/05 @ Uptown Theatre
Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles, Lead Ya (live)
     Thu-Fri 9/04-05 @ SFJazz Center
Blind Boys of Alabama, Spirit in the Sky (live)
     Sat-Sun @ SFJazz Center
Junk Parlor, Only Survival
     Sat 9/06 @ Fireside Lounge
Greg Keelor, Heaven

Bob Dylan, Workingman's Blues #2
Valerie June, Workin' Woman Blues
The Gold Souls, Worker’s Lullaby
Merle Haggard, Workingman’s Blues
Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Working Man
Tom Waits, I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)
Cowboy Junkies, Working On A Building
Fruteland Jackson, Blues 2.0
Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Hard Labor
The Isley Brothers, Work To Do
Jimmy Reed, Big Boss Man
B.B. King, Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
Elvin Bishop, Don't Let the Bossman Get You Down
Huey Lewis & The News, Workin’ for a Livin’
Thelonious Monk, Nice Work If You Can Get It 

 

Playlist: August 24, 2025

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The Beatles, Free As A Bird (2025 Mix)
    from the forthcoming box set Anthology 4
The Beatles, Now and Then

Special in-studio guest: Roy Blumenfeld (The Blues Project)

     Wed 8/27 @ Club Fox
     Thu 8/28 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Fri 8/29 @ Jerry Knight's River Theater
     Sat 8/30 @ The Back Room

The Blues Project, Remedy (live)
The Blues Project, All Over the Map (live)
The Blues Project, Peru
The Blues Project, No Time Like the Right Time
The Blues Project, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes (live)
The Blues Project, Wake Me Shake Me (live)
     from the new album The Blues Project / Live 2025

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Handle With Care (live)
Aki Kumar, Desi Strut
D.K. Harrell, Talkin' Heavy
     Sat 8/30 @ Poor House Bistro: Little Village's Big Easy Block Party
The Joint Chiefs, The Ballad of Johnny B. Goode
     Fri 8/29 @ Poor House Bistro
Sue Foley, Last Kind Words Blues
     Wed 8/27 @ Hopmonk Novato
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Electricity
     Fri 8/29 @ The Chapel
John Lee Hooker, I Hate the Day I Was Born
Wynona Carr, Should I Ever Love Again?
Wynona Carr, Nursery Rhyme Rock
Wynonie Harris, Grandma Plays the Numbers

Playlist: August 17, 2025

Spin Doctors, About a Train (live)
Blues Travelers, Hook
     Tue 8/19 @ The Mountain Winery
The Budos Band, Thrice Crowned
     Fri 8/22 @ The Catalyst
     Sat 8/23 @ Regency Ballroom
     Sun 8/24 @ Ace of Spades
Ben Harper, Before the Rain Dried
     Sat 8/23 @ Fox Theatre
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Freight Train (Let Me Ride)
     Fri 8/22 @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
     Sun 8/24 @ Moe's Alley
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, That's How the Story Goes
     Fri 8/22 @ Biscuits & Blues
Earl Thomas, Goodbye
     Sat 8/23 @ Biscuits & Blues
Lester Chambers & The Mud Stompers, I Got the Blues
     Fri 8/22 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
The Lucky Losers, Finish What You Started
     Sat 8/23 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sun 8/24 @ Brewster Beer Garden
Raul Midón, Bottom Cycle Blues
     Mon 8/18 @ Kuumbwa Jazz
     Thu 8/21 @ Yoshi's
Sean & The Skinwalkers, Big Sur Boogie
     Fri 8/22 @ Fireside Lounge

Otis Redding, Stay in School
Brenda Holloway, Play It Cool, Stay in School
James Brown, Don't Be a Dropout
Otis Rush, Homework
Chuck Berry, Lonely School Days
AC/DC, School Days
Brownsville Station, Smokin' in the Boys Room
The Ramones, Rock 'n Roll High School
The Kinks, Education
Bob Dylan, Straight A's in Love
Nat King Cole Trio, You Don't Learn That in School

Oscar Peterson, Greasy Blues (For Count Basie)
Colin James & The Little Big Band, Jumpin' From Six to Six
Colin James, Crystal Ball
Colin James, Hidden Charms

Playlist: August 10, 2025

Taj Mahal, The Celebrated Walkin' Blues
     Thu-Sun 8/14-17 @ SFJazz Center
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo', Rough Time Blues
     from the new album Room on the Porch
Keb' Mo', Taking Me Higher
      Sun 8/17 @ Uptown Theatre
Buddy Guy, Blues On Top
     from the new album Ain't Done With the Blues
     Tue 8/12 @ The Mountain Winery
     Wed 8/13 @ Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center
The Lucky Losers, A Winning Hand
     Wed 8/13 @ Club Fox
     Thu 8/14 @ The Saloon

Cotati Accordion Festival: August 16-17

Hernandez Hideaway, Take Me To Your Leader
5 Cent Coffee, Ferryman
Jet Black Pearl, Waltzheimer
Junk Parlor, Ring My Bell

Beso Negro, Down to the Water
Soul Ska, Rude Girl
     Sun 8/17 @ Rancho Nicasio

Special in-studio guest: Ira Strolovitch

"Weird Al" Yankovic, Amish Paradise
Weezer, Africa
Two Door Cinema Club, What You Know
Christina Perri, A Thousand Years
The Kiffness, Ha Hee
The Kiffness, I Go Meow
OneRepublic, Counting Stars
The Beatles, Octopus's Garden
Men At Work, Down Under
Toto, Rosanna
Barenaked Ladies, Lovin' Life (acoustic)
The Chainsmokers & Coldplay, Something Just Like This

Playlist: August 3, 2025

Tom Lehrer, New Math
Tom Lehrer, (I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica
The Snake Charmers, I Was Just Not That Into You
     Fri 8/08 @ Rudi's
Reverend Beat-Man, Jesus Christ Twist
    Fri 8/08 @ Bottom of the Hill
Junk Parlor, Furs of Marilyn
     Sun 8/03 @ Madrone Art Bar
Big Blu Soul Revue, Give It Up!
     Thu 8/07 @ Moraga Summer Concert Series
     Fri 8/08 @ Point Richmond Music Summer Concert
Mitch Woods, Broke
     Thu 8/07 @ San Mateo Central Park
Dennis Johnson, Please Don't Go
     Sat 8/09 @ San Anselmo Concert Series
Sean Hayes, Magic Slim
     Thu 8/07 @ Redwood Grove Amphitheatre
     Sun 8/10 @ Gravenstein Apple Fair
Harvey Mandel, Eye of the Snake
     Sat 8/09 @ Biscuits & Blues
     from the new album Snake Walk
Kid Andersen, The Civilized Life
Lisa "Little Baby" Andersen, I Miss You
     Wed 8/06 @ Empress Marquee Club

San Jose Jazz Summerfest: August 8-10

Mavis Staples, Godspeed
Mavis Staples, Down In Mississippi (live)
Marina Crouse, Any Way the Wind Blows
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, You're Somebody Else's Baby Too
Terry Hanck, Come Back Baby
     from the new album Grease to Gravy
Bywater Call, Colours
John Pizzarelli, Oklahoma Suite
Preservation Brass, Carnival Medley
All Things Swamp, Blues For Ben

Buddy Guy, Swamp Poker
     from the new album Ain't Done With the Blues
Buddy Guy, Hello San Francisco

Playlist: July 27, 2025

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Tedeschi Trucks Band, Bird on A Wire (live)
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Leavin' Trunk (live)
     Tue 8/12 @ The Greek Theatre
Mark Hummel w/ Junior Watson, Double Trouble
Mark Hummel w/ Anson Funderburgh, Dim Lights
     Sun 7/27 @ SFJazz Center
Lady Bianca, Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Stayed on Jesus
     Wed 7/30 @ Empress Marquee Club
Tab Benoit, The Ghost of Gatemouth Brown (live)
     Wed 7/30 @ The Guild Theatre
     Thu 7/31 @ Uptown Theatre
Mindi Abair, She Don't Cry No More (feat. Fantastic Negrito)
     Fri-Sat 8/01-02 @ Blue Note Napa
The Taxpayers, At War With the Dogcatchers
     Wed 7/30 @ Bottom of the Hill
Dirty Cello, Off to Iceland
     Wed 7/30 @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
     Thu 7/31 @ Moraga Commons Park
     Fri 8/01 @ Benicia Historical Museum
     Sat 8/02 @ Napa Free Folk Festival
     Sun 8/03 @ Brisbane Community Park

Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings, Ever Since I Lost You (live)
Roy Rogers, Love Is History
Roy Rogers, She's A Real Jaguar (in-studio)
John Lee Hooker, Backstabbers
Roy Rogers, Down Home Girl (in-studio)
Roy Rogers, Into the Wild Blue

Mike Bloomfield, Mood Indigo
Buddy Guy, Blues Chase the Blues Away
     from the forthcoming album Ain't Done With the Blues
Buddy Guy, The Way You Been Treatin' Me
Mike Bloomfield, I'm Glad I'm Jewish (live)
Rolling Stones, Just Your Fool

Playlist: July 13, 2025

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Charlie Musselwhite, Storm Warning
     from the new album Look Out Highway
Charlie Musselwhite, As the Crow Flies (live)
     Fri 7/25 @ Hopmonk Novato
     Sat 7/26 @ Guild Theatre
North Mississippi Allstars, Poor Boy
     Wed 7/23 @ Hopmonk Novato
Charlie Hunter, Girl You Need a Change of Mind (live)
     Fri 7/25 @ Hopmonk Novato
Paul Steward, Goin' to the Club
     Tue 7/15 @ Biscuits & Blues
G. Love & Special Sauce, Sunny Side of Money
     Sun 7/27 @ The Masonic
Paul Thorn, Old Melodies
     Wed 7/23 @ Felton Music Hall
     Fri 7/25 @ Crest Theatre
     Sat 7/26 Rancho Nicasio
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gillmore, We're Still Here
     Sun 7/20 @ Rancho Nicasio
     Tue 7/22 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Big Blu Soul Revue, E-Walkin'
     Thu 7/18 @ Starry Nights in Brentwood
     Fri 7/19 @ San Bruno Community Day
     Sun 7/27 @ Gilroy Garlic Festival
George Lewis, Ice Cream

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Baseball Canto
Bob Dylan, Catfish
Teddy Brannon Orchestra, Don Newcombe Really Throws That Ball
Brownie McGhee, Robbie Doby Boogie
Buddy Johnson, Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?
The Treniers, Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)
Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Max the Baseball Clown
Chance Halladay, Home Run
Sam & Dave, Knock It Out Of The Park
Holmes Brothers, Rounding Third
Palmetto Jazz Quartet, Base Ball Blues
Sister Wynona Carr, The Ball Game
Mabel Scott, Baseball Boogie
Little Milton, Feel So Bad (Like a Ballgame on a Rainy Day)
Willie Dixon Allstars feat. McKinley Mitchell, All-Star Boogie
Willie Dixon Allstars feat. McKinley Mitchell, The Last Home Run
Tengo Suerte, The Montreal Expos, Pt.1
Marc Gélinas, Les Expos Sont Là
Annakin Slayd, Remember (A Tribute to the Montreal Expos)