Sunday, November 17, 2024

Playlist: November 17, 2024

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Tiffany Austin, Resolution
     Sun 11/17 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Wil Blades, Please Send Me Someone to Love
     Fri-Sat 11/22-23 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
John Brothers Piano Company, C.H.P.
     Fri 11/22 @ The Lost Church
The Snake Charmers, I Was Just Not That Into You
     Sat 11/23 @ The Riptide
Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, When the Water Runs Out
     Fri 11/22 @ The Ivy Room
Marina Crouse, Touch of the Blues
     Thu 11/21 @ SFJazz Center
Ernestine Anderson, Never Make Your Move Too Soon (live)
Ernestine Anderson, Old Folks

Benny Green, Green's Blues
     Wed 11/20 @ Yoshi's
George Cole Quintet, All I Want Is You
     Thu 11/21 @ Roxx on Main
Richiman and Groove Nice, Richiman Blues
     Sat 11/23 @ Biscuits & Blues
Mark Hummel, Double Trouble
     Fri 11/22 @ The Back Room
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, You're Somebody Else's Baby Too
     from the new album What Are You Waiting For?
Willie Nelson, House Where Nobody Lives
     from the new album Last Leaf
John Hammond, Traveling Riverside Blues (live)
     from the new album You're Doing Fine: Blues at the Boarding House
Little Wolf and the Hellcats, Big Legged Woman
Booker T. & the MGs, Blues in the Gutter
Booker T. Jones, The Vamp
Neil Young, Ten Men Workin'



Monday, November 11, 2024

Playlist: November 10, 2024


Willie Nelson, Last Leaf
Willie Nelson, Are You Ready For the Country
     from the new album Last Leaf on the Tree
David Jacobs-Strain & Bob Beach, Goodbye For Now
     Fri 11/15 @ Echoes in the Valley
JD McPherson, Ugly Sweater Blues
     Sat 11/16 @ August Hall
The Macks, Ranchero
    Thu 11/14 @ Bottom of the Hill
    Sat 11/16 @ The Catalyst
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Pledging My Love
      Sat 11/16 @ Biscuits & Blues
Adam Shulman, We Wish You a Funky Christmas
     Thu-Sun 11/14-17 @ SFJazz
Sweet Honey in the Rock, Second Line Blues
     Thu-Sun 11/14-17 @ SFJazz
Chris Cain, Fear Is My New Roommate
     Fri 11/15 @ Biscuits & Blues
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Ain't Gonna Quit Ya
     Fri 11/15-16 @ Local Edition
The Gold Souls, Just Desserts
Litty DeBungus, Little Spoon
     Fri 11/15 @ Elbo Room Jack London Square

Bryan Adams, Remembrance Day
The Pogues, And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
John Bray, Trench Blues
Doctor Clayton, '41 Blues
B.B. King, Questionnaire Blues
Cousin Joe, Post-War Future Blues
Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Army Blues
Fats Domino, Korea Blues
Soldier Boy Houston, Far East Blues
Sunnyland Slim & His Trio, Back to Korea Blues
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, There's Peace in Korea
Bill Withers, I Can't Write Left-Handed (live)
Tom Waits, Soldier's Things


Sunday, October 27, 2024

Playlist: October 27, 2024


California Honeydrops, Lazy Sunday
     from the new album Keep On Diggin'
Fantastic Negrito, Son of a Broken Man
     from the new album Son of a Broken Man

Special in-studio guests: Anthony Paule & Willy Jordan

     Fri 11/01 @ Club Fox: Album Release Party & Video Shoot

That's Not How the Story Goes
One Way
No Tofu
What Are What You Waiting For? (in-studio)
After A While (in-studio)
Where Is Justice?
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, My Soul
You Ain't Old Til You Cold
     from the new album What Are You Waiting For?

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
Tom Waits, The Ghosts of Saturday Night
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
Creedeence Clearwater Revival, Graveyard Train
Blue Rodeo, Graveyard
Philly Joe Jones Sextet, Blues For Dracula
Bessie Smith, Haunted House Blues
B.B. King, Haunted House
Otis Redding, Trick or Treat
Chuck Berry, Trick or Treat

Eddie Lang, Prelude
Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti, Stringing The Blues


Sunday, October 20, 2024

Playlist: October 20, 2024


Prakash Slim, Talking Nepal Blues
     Thu 10/24 @ The Big Easy
     Sat 10/26 @ Monkey House
     Sun 10/27 @ Hotel Utah
Aki Kumar, Bollywood Blues
     Sat 10/26 @ Blackhawk Country Club
Kid Andersen, I Ain't Right
John 'Blues' Boyd, Oh California!
     Wed 10/23 @ Empress Marquee Club
Thee Snake Charmers, Long Way Home
     Sat 10/26 @ Rudi's
Terrie Odabi, When You Love Me
Lady Bianca, Ugly Man Song
     Sat 10/26 @ Biscuits & Blues: Dorothy Hill Memorial
Kevin Burt, Eleanor Rigby
     Thu-Fri 10/24-25 @ Biscuits & Blues
Chuck Berry, Liverpool Drive
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Around and Around (live)
Elvin Bishop, Dancin'
Charles Mingus, Cryin' Blues

The Fall, 50 Year Old Man
Ben E. King, Fifty Years
Louis Armstrong, Fifty-Fifty Blues
Big Harmonica Bob, Fifty Bucks
Louis Jordan, Fifty Cents
50 Cent & Nine Inch Nails, Closer to Da Club
Tragically Hip, Fifty Mission Cap
Paul Simon, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Granny's Intentions, Fifty Years On
The Dead Milkmen, Fifty Things
August Anchor, Fifty Years in Retrospect
Bob Pigott, Fifty Years Ago
Tom Robinson, Fifty


Monday, October 14, 2024

Playlist: October 13, 2024


Jeremiah Lockwood, Kol Nidre #3
Johnny Mathis, Kol Nidre
The Joint Chiefs, Boom Boom Room
      Wed 10/16 @ Club Fox
Los Lobos, The World Is A Ghetto
     Thu 10/17 @ Center for the Arts
     Fri 10/18 @ Uptown Theatre
HowellDevine, Smoke
     Thu 10/17 @ The Sound Room
     Fri 10/18 @ Rancho Nicasio
Noble Hobo, Fake Happy
     Thu 10/17 @ The Crepe Place
     Sat 10/19 @ Kilowatt
     Sun 10/20 @ The Golden Bull
Litty DeBungus, Lightning
     Fri 10/18 @ Neck of the Woods
Cosmo Alleycats, Trouble in Mind
     Thu 10/17 @ The Doghouse
     Sun 10/20 @ Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe
Paul Simon, Paranoia Blues (outtake)
Art Tatum Group, Blues in C
Nappy Brown, Night Time Is The Right Time

Blue Rodeo, Fools Like You
The Chieftones, Indian Wedding
The Chieftones, Cutie from the Beauty Shop
Peter Frank, Little Feather
Willie Dunn, Son of the Sun
Gordon Dick, Siwash Rock
Alexis Utatnaq, Maqaivvigivalauqtavut
Sugluk, Ajuinnarasuarsunga
Sikumiut, Utirumavunga
Morley Loon, N'Doheeno
Shingoose, Silver River
Lloyd Cheechoo, James Bay
John Angaiak, I'll Rock You to the Rhythm of the Ocean
Lawrence Martin, I Got My Music
Ghostkeeper, Haunted



Monday, October 7, 2024

Playlist: October 6, 2024


Yo La Tengo, It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Wood Brothers, Big Boss Man (live)
     Sun 10/06 @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Big Harp George, Maceosity
     Fri 10/11 @ Piedmont Center for the Arts
Mark Hummel, High Time For the Devil
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, I Finally Hit Bottom
     Wed 10/09 @ Empress Marquee Club
     Fri 10/11 @ Biscuits & Blues
Andy Santana & The West Coast Playboys, Watch Your Step
Tom Jones, Talking Reality Television Blues
     Wed 10/09 @ Fox Theatre
     Thu 10/10 @ San Jose Civic Center
John Brothers Piano Company, Off Bass
     Fri 10/11 @ Ivy Room
Petra Haden & Bill Frisell, Floaty
     Mon 10/07 @ Chabot Space and Science Center
Bill Frisell, Come Together
The Beatles, Come Together (take 5)

Los Lobos, Tomorrow Never Knows (live)
Grateful Brass, Not Fade Away (live)
     from the new album Live at the Guild Theatre
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, Shoorah Shoorah
     Thu 10/10 @ Roxx on Main
The Lucky Losers, Try New Orleans
     Thu 10/10 @ The Saloon
Herb Alpert, Wade in the Water
     Wed 10/09 @ Campbell
     Thu 10/10 @ Lesher Center
Wild Tchoupitoulas, The Wild Tchoupitoulas
Jimi Hendrix, Red House (live)


Sunday, September 29, 2024

Playlist: September 29, 2024


Charles Pollock and Bernard Steffen, Harmonica Duets
Henry Garrett, Strike at Harriman, Tennessee
The Stone Foxes, Little Red Rooster (in-studio)
     Sat 10/05 @ The Treehouse
Big Harp George, Wash My Horse in Champagne (in-studio)
     Sat 10/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
Wendy DeWitt, Summertime (in-studio)
     Fri 10/04 @ Rancho Nicasio
Kris Kristofferson, Sunday Morning Coming Down
Kris Kristofferson, Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (outtake)
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (live)
     from the new box set The 1974 Live Recordings
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Everyone Is Crazy But Me (in-studio)
Seth Augustus, Yellow Bird (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Aunt Hagar's Blues (in-studio)
Fantastic Negrito, Broken Hearts and Razor Blades (in-studio)

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Oct. 4-6
 
Cat Power, Tell Me Momma (live)
Dom Flemons, Guess I'm Doing Fine
Mavis Staples, Gonna Change My Way of Thinking
Bobby Rush, I Got a Proposition For You
Cedric Burnside, Hill Country Love
Steve Earle & The Dukes, Harlem River Blues
Cat Power, Visions of Johanna (live)

Bob Dylan, Hallelujah (live)
Leonard Cohen, Who By Fire (live)
Leonard Cohen, Story of Isaac


Sunday, September 22, 2024

Playlist: September 22, 2024


Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (live)
     from the new box set The 1974 Live Recordings
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (outtake)

Special in-studio guest: Sheryl Kaskowitz

Charles Seeger, Tugwell! Who's That Guy?
Sidney Robertson and Charles Seeger, Wayfaring Stranger
Tink Queer, Sharon
Russell 'Chubby' Wise, Leather Breeches
C.H. Stevens, Square Dance Medley
Will Wright, Mr. Roosevelt
Leadbelly, Dear Mr. President
Annie Brewer, Roosevelt Blues
Unidentified singers, The Dickmann Song
Unidentified singers, Rock-a-bye Baby
Margaret Valiant and Tannis Tugwell, Cotton-Eyed Joe/I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
Shafter FSA Camp, Going Down the Road Feeling Bad

Booker T Jones, Down in Memphis
     Mon 9/23 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Hot Tuna, 99 Year Blues
     Thu-Sat 9/26-28 @ Freight & Salvage
Taj Mahal, Queen Bee
     Fri 9/27 @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
     Sat 9/28 @ The Mountain Winery
Mitch Woods, Queen Bee
     from the new album Happy Hour
     Thu 9/26 @ Roxx On Main
Mark Hummel, Lil Electric Car
     Mon 9/23 @ Yoshi's
     Wed 9/25 @ Empress Marquee Club
Bonnie Raitt, Write Me A Few of Your Lines/Kokomo Blues
     Thu-Fri 9/26-27 @ Fox Theater
Lucinda Williams, Satisfied Mind
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Shake These Blues
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Hell or High Water (feat. Lucinda Williams)
     Mon 9/23 @ Fox Oakland
Leonard Cohen, Amen


Sunday, September 15, 2024

Playlist: September 15, 2024


Rob Reich, Move A Little Closer
     Sun 9/22 @ Flower Pianos
John Brothers Piano Company, South American Fantasy
     Fri 9/20 @ Flower Pianos
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Downhearted Blues
     Sat 9/21 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Marina Crouse, It's Been A Long Time
     Wed 9/18 @ Empress Marquee Club
Bonnie Raitt, Finest Lovin' Man
     Fri-Sat @ 9/20-21 The Mountain Winery
Jon Lawton, Separation Blues
     Sat 9/21 @ Poor House Bistro
Sean Hayes, Mellow Down Easy
     Thu 9/19 @ The New Parish
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Two Hearts (live)
     Sun 9/22 @ Hopmonk Novato
Jeffrey Halford & The Healers, Rhythm of the Rails
     Thu 9/19 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Johnny Burgin, Ramblin' From Coast to Coast
     Wed 9/18 @ Club Fox
Johnny 'V' Vernazza, Lions and Thieves
     Fri 9/20 @ Biscuits & Blues

The California Honeydrops, Lazy Sunday
     from the new album Keep On Diggin'
Rockin' Dopsie Jr & The Zydeco Twisters, My Little Girl
     from the new album More Fun With...
Jubu Smith, Kwik-Way Nostalgia
     from the new album Jubu
Nic Clark, It'll Be Alright
     from the new album Everybody's Buddy
Paul Steward, You Can Dance to My Blues
     Thu 9/19 @ Biscuits & Blues
Twice As Good, Clarksdale
Phil Berkowitz, Salt Pork West Viriginia
Billy Boy Arnold, Here's My Picture
B.B. King, Troubles Troubles Troubles
Snooky Pryor, Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man
Maria Muldaur, Empty Bed Blues
Corey Weinstein, The Whole Megillah

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Playlist: September 8, 2024


Bob Dylan & The Band, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live)
Bob Dylan & The Band, Forever Young (live)
     from the forthcoming box set The 1974 Live Recordings
Thee Snake Charmers, Long Way Home
Fantastic Negrito, California Loner
     from the forthcoming album Son of a Broken Man
Mitch Woods, Cryin' For My Baby
     from the new album Happy Hour
     Mon 9/09 @ 19 Mac's at Broadway
     Wed 9/11 @ Empress Lounge
Chris Cain, Bad Dream
     from the new album Good Intentions Gone Bad
     Wed 9/11 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Thu 9/12 @ The Sound Room
Mark Hummel, What The Hell
     from the new album True Believer
     Thu 9/12 @ Canyons BBQ
     Sat 9/14 @ Roxx on Main
Curtis Salgado, Cheap Stuff
     from the new album Fine By Me
     Wed 9/11 @ Yoshi's
     Fri 9/13 @ Almost Famous Winery
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, Let's Go
     Sun 9/15 @ Rancho Nicasio
Jonathan Butler, Silver Rain
     Sat 9/14-16 @ Yoshi's

Catherine Russell, I Don't Need No Doctor
     Sun 9/15 @ SFJazz Center
Kim Nalley, Teardrops From My Eyes
     Fri-Sat 9/13-14 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Terrie Odabi, Evolution of the Blues
     Tue 9/10 @ Club Fox
Cosmo Alleycats, Sinners' Stomp
     Fri 9/13 @ Local Edition
The Cottontails, Carnival in Caroline
     Sat 9/14 @ Flower Pianos
Johnny Burgin, Cincinnati Boogie
     Thu 9/12 @ The Saloon
Jimmy Reed, Boogie in the Dark
Little Milton, Runnin' Wild Blues
Freddie King, Key to the Highway (live)
Guitar Shorty, Bump the Donkey (live)
Quinn DeVeaux, Many Days
Sonny Rollins, Blues For Philly Joe


Sunday, September 1, 2024

Playlist: September 1, 2024


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

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


Sunday, August 25, 2024

Playlist: August 25, 2024


Quinn DeVeaux, Holy
     from the new album Leisure
     Thu 8/29 @ Rickshaw Stop
Sugaray Rayford, Aha
     Thu-Fri 8/29-30 @ Biscuits & Blues
Fantastic Negrito, Lost in a Crowd
     Sat 9/07 @ Hopmonk Novato
Buddy Guy, I Came Up Hard
     Sat 9/07 @ Graton Casino & Resort
Earl Thomas, Cold Ghetto
     Sat 8/31 @ Biscuits & Blues
George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Memphis/Marie
     Sat 8/31 @ Frost Amphitheater
Mark Hummel, Ghosted
     Sun 9/08 @ Club Fox
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats, I Finally Hit Bottom
     Wed 8/28 @ Club Fox
Mitch Woods, Jukebox Drive
     from the forthcoming album Happy Hour
     Sat 8/31 @ Roxx on Main
     Fri 9/06 @ Club Fox
John Brothers Piano Company, Mint Julep
     Sat 8/31 @ The Big Easy

Nirav Sanghani and the Pacific Six, Irrational Blues
     Sat 8/31 @ BiRite Polk
The Cottontails, Mood Indigo
     Sun 9/01 @ BiRite Polk
Allan Harris, Black Coffee Blues (live)
     Fri 8/30 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
     Sat 8/31 @ Jazz in the Barn
     Sun 9/01 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Parlor Tricks, Louisian Fairytale (live)
     Wed 8/28 @ Belle Cora
     Thu 8/29 @ Hotel Utah
     Sat 8/31 @ Memento
Cosmo Alleycats, When I Grow Too Old to Dream
     Wed 9/04 @ Albany Concert Series
     Thu 9/05 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, Where Is Justice
     Sat 9/07 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Lucky Losers, Godless Land
     Thu 8/29 @ The Saloon
     Fri 9/06 @ Lucca Bar & Grill
Michelle Malone, Simple Life
     Mon 9/02 @ Fog House Concerts
Colin James, This Song Kills Hate
     from the new album Chasing The Sun
Colin James, Keep On Loving Me Baby
Oscar Peterson Trio, Place St. Henri (live)