Colin James, Watch Out
Tue 4/01 @ Yoshi's
Gary Clark Jr, Dirty Dishes Blues
Sat 4/05 @ The Masonic
Sugaray Rayford, Aha
Fri-Sat 4/11-12 Biscuits & Blues
Johnny Rawls, California Shake
Wed 4/02 @ Club fox
Seth Walker, Up on the Mountain
from the new album Why the Worry
Fri 4/04 @ Hotel Utah
Sat 4/05 @ The Side Door
Sun 4/06 @ Polly Klaas Community Theater
Quique Gomez & Kid Andersen, Thirstiest Man in Town
Thu 4/03 @ Biscuits & Blues
J.C. Smith Band, Yonder Wall
Sat 4/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
Mark Hummel, Stop Messin' Round
Fri 4/04 @ The Saloon
Sat 4/05 @ Roxx On Main
Sun 4/06 @ The Cats
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, I'm Not Evil
Fri 4/04 @ Biscuits & Blues
Alberta Hunter, Down Hearted Blues
Lucille Bogan, Reckless Woman Blues
Sue Foley, In My Girlish Days
Zakiya Hooker, Desconfio
Kim Lembo, We The People (in-studio)
Royal Jelly Jive, This Land Is Your Land (in-studio)
Terrie Odabi, Grinnin' In Your Face (in-studio)
Kim Nalley, The Trombone Song (in-studio)
Tiffany Austin, Naima (in-studio)
Con Brio, The Battle of San Francisco (in-studio)
Tumbledown House, Midnight in the Barrio (in-studio)
Wendy DeWitt, Boogie Woogie Rambler (in-studio)
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Chill With You (in-studio)
Lady Bianca, You Got Me Drinkin' (in-studio)
Cathy Lemons, I'm A Good Woman (in-studio)
Hannah Rifkin, I'd Rather Build A Home (in-studio)
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Hello San Francisco (part 2)
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Playlist: March 30, 2025
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Playlist: March 23, 2025
Peter La Farge, Ira Hayes
Bob Dylan, The Ballad of Ira Hayes
Buddy Johnson, Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?
Alabama Mike, Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Big Fine Woman)
Marcel Smith, Drunk
Thu 3/27 @ Harlow's: Little Charlie Baty Celebration
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Somewhere Else
Wed 3/26 @ Yoshi's
Thu 3/27 @ Harlow's: Little Charlie Baty Celebration
Little Charlie & The Nightcats, T.V. Crazy
Little Charlie and Organ Grinder Swing, Pennies From Heaven
Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets, Going My Way?
Wed 3/26 @ Yoshi's
Thu 3/27 @ Harlow's: Little Charlie Baty Celebration
Harrell Davenport, Party All Night
Thu 3/27 @ Harlow's: Little Charlie Baty Celebration
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Adam's Rib
Fri 3/28 @ Music City SF
Janiva Magness, Hittin' on Nothin'
from the forthcoming album Back For Me
Wed 3/26 @ Mystic Theatre
Fri 3/28 @ Biscuits & Blues
Sun 3/30 @ Yoshi's
Sonny Boy Williamson, Springtime Blues
Tom Waits, You Can Never Hold Back Spring
Memphis Jug Band, I'll See You in the Spring When the Birds Begin to Sing
Ella Fitzgerald, I Got the Spring Fever Blues
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Santa Claus Came in the Spring
Kyra Gordon, New York in the Springtime (live)
Bob Dylan, Sweet Caroline
Bob Dylan, Fever
Bob Dylan, Baby What You Want Me To Do
Bob Dylan, Mystery Train
Bob Dylan, Blind Willie McTell
Bob Dylan, New Danville Girl
from the box set Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol.16, 1980-1985
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Playlist: March 16, 2025
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Can't Catch A Break
from the new album Closer to the Bone
Sun 3/23 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Mitch Woods, Jump For Joy
Thu 3/20 @ Biscuits & Blues
Sun 3/23 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Squirrel Nut Zippers, Purim Nigun
Wed 3/19 @ Golden State Theatre
Thu 3/20 @ Uptown Theatre
Fri 3/21 @ Yoshi's
Cosmo Alleycats, Sweet Lotus Blossom
Thu 3/20 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Fri 3/21 @ Local Edition
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Hoopty-Do
Sat 3/22 @ Sausalito Seahorse
Lara Price, Rain
Wed 3/19 @ Club Fox
Wood Brothers, Raindrop/Chocolate on My Tongue/Big Road Blues (live)
Sat 3/22 @ The Fillmore
Sun 3/23 @ Center for the Arts
Sly & the Family Stone, Stand!
Sly & the Family Stone, St. James Infirmary (live)
Culann's Hounds, Twin Peaks
Culann's Hounds, The Blackthorn Tavern
Sun 3/16 @ Temple Bar (né Blackthorn Tavern)
Sun 3/17 @ Plough & Stars
The Pogues, I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day
The Pogues, The Auld Triangle
The Pogues, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
The Pogues, Sally MacLennane
The Nipple Erectors, Stavordale Rd N5
The Mahones, The Irish Rover
The Mahones, Jameson Street
The Mahones, Back Home
The Mahones, Heroes
The Mahones, Across the U.S.A.
Rory Gallagher, Bullfrog Blues (live)
Paul Simon, Paranoia Blues
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Playlist: March 9, 2025
Branford Marsalis, Deep Moaning Blues
Branford Marsalis, Hear Me Talking to You
Mon 3/10 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Tue 3/11 @The Freight
Wed 3/12 @ Bing Concert Hall
Special in-studio guests: George Bisharat and Chris Burns
Sat 3/15 @ Biscuits & Blues
Big Harp George, Cooking With Gas
Big Harp George, Wine Is My Friend (in-studio)
Big Harp George, Enrique (in-studio)
Big Harp George, Give Me the Dark (in-studio)
Paul Delay, Why Can't You Love Me
Big Harp George, Don't Talk!
Big Harp George, My Dog Is Better Than You (in-studio)
Big Harp George, Doom Loop
Aki Kumar, Drifting Blues
Wed 3/12 @ Club Fox
Fri 3/14 @ Biscuits & Blues
Kid Andersen, Hey Mr. Reaper
John 'Blues' Boyd, What My Eyes Have Seen
Wed 3/12 @ Empress Marquee Club
The Lucky Losers, It's Never Too Early
Thu 3/13 @ The Saloon
Lara Price, Things Ain't Everything
Thu 3/13 @ Biscuits & Blues
Michelle Malone, Restraining Order Blues
Thu 3/13 The Ugly Mug
Fri 3/14 @ The Fox Den
Thee Snake Charmers, Spaghetti
Thu 3/13 @ Cha Cha Cha
Rob Reich, Cat Scorner
John Németh, Ain't Too Old (live)
King Biscuit Boy, Twenty-Nine Ways
Love, Forever Changes
Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Playlist: March 2, 2025
MJ's Brass Boppers, On Da Mardi Gras Day
Tue 3/04 @ The New Parish
Rebirth Brass Band, Lundi Gras Day B4 Mardi Gras What?
Tue 3/04 @ The Chapel
Mission Delirium, Submission Second Line (live)
Booker T. Jones, Green Onions (Burnt Onions Cut)
Thu-Fri 3/06-07 @ Yoshi's
Fantastic Negrito, Crooked Road
Sat 3/08 @ The Guild Theatre
Elvin Bishop, Stealin' Watermelons (live)
Sun 3/09 @ Presidio Theatre
Ronnie Baker Brooks, Stuck On Stupid
Mon 3/03 @ Yoshi's
Tue 3/04 @ Harlow's
The Record Company, Dance On Mondays
Thu 3/06 @ The Independent
Fri 3/07 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Vanessa Collier, Wild as a Rainstorm
Tue 3/04 @ Yoshi's
Alvin Youngblood Hart, In My Time of Dying
Bob Dylan, Song to Woody (live)
Bob Dylan, In The Evening
Bob Dylan, Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)
Bob Dylan, Masters of War (live)
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, Don't Think Twice It's All Right
Bob Dylan, Big River
Bob Dylan, It Ain't Me Babe (live)
Bob Dylan, Tombstone Blues (live)
Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone (live)
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Playlist: February 23, 2025
W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk
Duke Ellington, Black and Tan Fantasy (live)
Thelonious Monk, Black and Tan Fantasy
Jazz Mafia feat. Otis McDonald, Sweet Memory 2020
Fri 2/28 @ Guild Theatre
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Trombone
Fri 2/28 @ Great American Music Hall
Sat 3/01 @ Uptown Theatre
Sun 3/02 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Mark Hummel, Mr. Two/Thirds
Sweet Marta & The Blues Shakers, Lollipop Papa
Nick Moss Band feat. Dennis Gruenling, The Bait in the Snare
Curtis Salgado, Under New Management
Mark Hummel, Humblebug (live)
Fri-Sat 2/28-3/01 @ The Freight
Sun 3/02 @ Moe's Alley
Marina Crouse, The Cisco Kid
Wed 2/26 @ Empress Marquee Club
Barrio Manouche, Conmigo No Se Juega
Beso Negro, C'est La Vie
Fri 2/28 @ The Chapel
John Németh, Stop Breaking Down (live)
Fri 2/28 @ Biscuits & Blues
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, In A Mellow Tone
Thu 2/27 @ Roxx on Main
Thee Snake Charmers, Famous
Johnny Winter, Tribute to Muddy
Seth Augustus, Hey Hey Heraclitus
George Harrison, Woman Don't You Cry For Me
George Harrison, Almost 12-Bar Honky Tonk
George Harrison, Down to the River (Rocking Chair Jam)
George Harrison, Get Back
Sunday, February 16, 2025
Playlist: February 16, 2025
Rebirth Brass Band, Move Your Body
Rebirth Brass Band, Mardi Gras Medley (live)
Tue 3/04 @ The Chapel
Franklin Family, Old Blue
Sun 2/23 @ Concord Museum & Event Center: Tunes From Our Backyard
Devon McClive, Devil in My Kitchen
Sat 2/22 @ Lucky Horseshoe
Pedro Cordeiro, Morning Blues (live)
Thu 2/20 @ Biscuits & Blues
Aki Kumar, Wish Me Well
Fri 2/21 @ Chico Women's Club
Sat 2/22 @ Almost Famous Winery
Coco Montoya, Writing on the Wall
Fri 2/21 @ Mystic Theatre
Sun 2/23 @ Moe's Alley
Mon 2/24 @ Yoshi's
Jimmy Grant & Tim Kliphuis, Medley: Je Suis Seul Ce Soir/J'attendrai/Ol' Man River (live)
Thu-Fri 2/20-21 @ Throckmorton Theatre
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 & Freddy King, Do the President Twist
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Playlist: February 9, 2025
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Preservation Brass, Lucky Dog
Preservation Brass Hot Sausage Rag
Fri-Sat 2/14-15 @ Presidio Theatre (Preservation Hall Jazz Band)
Special in-studio guests: Mission Delirium
Fri 2/14 @ The New Parish
Sundog Moondog
More Like A Jerk Amirite (in-studio)
Ethioteric (in-studio)
Damma Falastini (in-studio)
Kobrin Skok (in-studio)
City of the Sun (in-studio)
Noctilious (in-studio)
Batwanes Beek
La Gente SF, La Mar
Thee Snake Charmers, Long Way Home
Fri 2/14 @ Rudi's
Fantastic Negrito, First to Betray Me / Runaway From You
Fri 2/14 @ 4 Star Theatre
Mavis Staples, Worthy
Fri 2/14-16 @ SFJazz Center
The Gold Souls, Good As Gold
Fri 2/14 @ The Torch Club
Hot Club of San Francisco, It's Alright With Me
Fri 2/14 @ Rancho Nicasio
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks, The Blues My Naughty Baby Gave to Me (Live)
Sat 2/15 @ Rancho Nicasio
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang, Guitar Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Elmer Snowden, Back Water Blues
Lonnie Johnson, She's Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight
Earl King, I'm Packing Up
Floyd Dixon, Dallas Blues
Blind Boys of Alabama, Down in the Hole (live)
Sunday, February 2, 2025
Playlist: February 2, 2025
Bob & Doug McKenzie, Great White North
Blue Rodeo, Stealin' All My Dreams
Benjamin Booker, Pompeii Statues
Thu 2/06 @ The Chapel
Taj Mahal, I'm Too Young to Be This Old
Bonnie Raitt, Million Miles
Sat 2/08 @ The Masonic
Dirty Cello, Off to Iceland
Thu 2/06 @ Bottom of the Hill
Biscuits & Blues 30th Anniversary Bluesfest: Feb. 7-8
Joce Reyome, Mr. Rain
Earl Thomas, Standing in the Rain
Kid Andersen, Nobody's Fault But Mine
J.C. Smith Band, Ring Around the Tub
Alabama Mike, God Is With You (live)
Paul Steward, 愛してる (I Love You)
Tue 2/04 @ Union Square
Barry Goldberg & Al Kooper, Blues For Barry and... (Dedicate)
The Electric Flag, Killing Floor
Chicago Blues Reunion, Born in Chicago (live)
Charlie Musselwhite, Chicken Shack
Bob Dylan, Phantom Engineer (live)
Barry Goldberg & Al Kooper, Twice a Man
Christmas Jug Band, Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' (in-studio)
Taj Mahal Sextet, Corrina (live)
from the Grammy-winning album Swingin' Live at The Church in Tulsa
Sunday, January 26, 2025
Playlist: January 26, 2025
The Kids in the Hall, Daves I Know
Tue 1/28 @ Great American Music Hall
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Having an Average Weekend
The Queen's Cartoonists, Kyrie/Dies Irae
Fri-Sun 2/01-03 @ SFJazz Center
Hammond Cheese Combo, Dig That
Sun 1/26 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Special in-studio guest: Sam Chase
Sat 2/01 @ Kilowatt
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, What Is All The Rage?
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Soul Child
The Sam Chase, Crack Your Own Whip (in-studio)
The Sam Chase, I Don't Play Well With Everyone (in-studio)
The Sam Chase, All You Fascists Bound to Lose (in-studio)
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Chasing Windmills
The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, You Ain't Old 'Til You Cold
Mitch Woods, Long Lean and Lanky
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Sack o' Kools
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, The Hits Keep Coming
Chris Cain, Blues For My Dad
Junk Parlor, Fear of Vacuums
Van Goat, Wharf Rat
Sat 2/02 @ The Edwardian Ball
Parlor Tricks, Crazy Days
Inspector Gadje, E Borjeno Longa
Fri 2/01 @ The Edwardian Ball
Paul Pena & Kongar-ol Ondar, Kongurey (Where Has My Country Gone)
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Playlist: January 19, 2025
Bob Dylan, It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry (takes 1-3)
Bob Dylan, Mr. Tambourine Man (live)
Big Bill Morganfield, Bloodstains on the Wall
HowellDevine, Long Distance Call
Fri 1/24 @ Biscuits & Blues
JJ Grey & Mofro, Olustee
Sat 1/25 @ Fox Theatre
North Mississippi Allstars, Catfish
Sat-Sun 1/25-26 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration: Jan.24-26 @ Freight & Salvage
Debi Botos, Szep A Rozsam Nincs Hibaja
San Lyon, Why Don’t You Do Right
Christine Tassan & les Imposteures, À vélo dans Stanley Park
Hot Club of Cowtown, Dark Eyes (Ochi Chornye)
Hot Club of Los Angeles, Château 22
Hot Club of San Francisco, Praise D. Lloyd
from the new album Original Gadjo
Stevie Wonder, Happy Birthday
Johnnie Lewis, I Got to Climb a High Mountain
Robert Chatman, Ballad of Martin Luther King Jr
Bill Spivery & The Sons of Truth, The Non-Violent Man
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Amen
Nina Simone, Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)
Mavis Staples, MLK Song
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Dump That Trump
Aki Kumar, All Bark No Bite
Lucinda Williams, Man Without a Soul
Eric Bibb, What's He Gonna Say Today
Dave Specter, How Low Can One Man Go?
Robert Cray Band, This Man
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Playlist: January 12, 2025
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Lightnin' Hopkins, Los Angeles Blues
Bill Frisell, Blues For Los Angeles
Special in-studio guests: Lyz Luke, Chika Di, Dee Dee Simon, and Mike Blankenship
Sat 1/18 @ Paramount Theatre: In the Name of Love—21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute
Chika Di & Kev Choice, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (live)
Aretha Franklin, Think
Dee Dee Simon, Slow Driver
Mike Blankenship, Until You Come Back to Me (in-studio)
Kev Choice, God Is In All
Chika Di, Ay Papi
Aretha Franklin, People Get Ready
Aretha Franklin, Night Time Is The Right Time
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, St. James Infirmary (live)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Sweet Georgia Brown (live)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica
Tom Waits, Emotional Weather Report
Tom Waits, Heartattack and Vine
Tom Waits, New Coat of Paint
Tom Waits, Jitterbug Boy (Sharing A Curbstone With Chuck E. Weiss, Robert Marchese, Paul Body and The Mug and Artie)
Tom Waits, Barber Shop
Tom Waits, $29.00