Playlist: April 5, 2026

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Guitar Shorty, Easter Blues
Black Magic Johnson, Almost Easter Blues
Bob Dylan, You're A Big Girl Now (live)
Bob Dylan, Repossession Blues (live)
Bob Dylan, Love Her With a Feeling (live)
Bob Dylan, Sukiyaki (live)
Angela LaFlamme, Rag Dog Blues (feat. Allison Lovejoy)
     Sun 4/12 @ Bottom of the Hill
August Lee Stevens, Better Places
     Sun 4/05-06 @ SFJazz Center
Keb' Mo', Oklahoma
     Sun 4/05-06 @ SFJazz Center
Pamela Rose, Blues Is A Mighty River
     Fri 4/10 @ The Back Room
The Lucky Losers, Leave You On the Side of the Road
     Thu 4/09 @ The Saloon
     Fri 4/10 @ Big Rock Deli

Muddy Waters, You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (live)
Muddy Waters, Forty Days and Forty Nights (live)
Muddy Waters, Baby Please Don't Go (live)
Muddy Waters, Thirteen Highway (live)
Muddy Waters, Rock Me (live)
Alberta Hunter, Ich Hob Dich Tzufil Lieb
Lucille Bogan, Chirpin' the Blues
Zakiya Hooker, In the Mood
Big Walter Horton, Sufficient Clothes
Big Walter Horton, Miss Darline

Playlist: March 29, 2026

Special in-studio guest: PC Muñoz

     Thu 4/02 @ The Freight: One Song All Night

Hank Williams, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Martin Luther McCoy, I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
Evan Price et al, Look Down That Lonesome Road
Carne Cruda (with Camilo Landau), The Giant Penguins of Ancient Peru
Broun Fellinis, Spirits and Light
Cowboy Junkies, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
PC Muñoz, The Master Thief
PC Muñoz, Apparition
     from the forthcoming album Little Ransoms
Al Green, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams, Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Bob Dylan, Little Moses (live)
The Carter Family, Little Moses
John Lee Hooker, Moses Smote the Water
The Duhks, Moses Don't Get Lost
Charlie Haden & Hank Jones, Go Down Moses
Darondo, Let My People Go
Bernie Knee, Passover on the Range
The Barry Sisters, Passover Medley
Slim & Slam, Matzo Balls
Urban Funk Monkeys, Barbaric Matzoh
Meshugga Beach Party, Dayenu
The Afro-Semitic Experience, Avadim Hayinu
Elana Jagoda, Holy Sister Miriam
Mavis Staples, Go Down Moses
Bob Dylan, Go Down Moses (live)

 

Playlist: March 22, 2026

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Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band, Time
     from the forthcoming album Time
Cat Clyde, Another Time
     Sun 3/22 @ The Chapel
Los Lobos, Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
     Thu 3/27 @ The Fillmore
     Fri 3/28 @ Cache Creek Casino
The Record Company, In the Mood For You (live)
     Tue 3/25 @ Harlow's
     Wed 3/26 @ Great American Music Hall
     Thu 3/27 @ The Catalyst
John Brothers Piano Company, Dark and Stormy
     from the new EP Sense Memory
     Wed 3/26 @ The Ivy Room
Gunhild Carling, I Thought We Were a Thing
     Sun 3/22 @ Biscuits & Blues
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, How'm I Doin'?
     Tue 3/24 @ Broadway Studios
     Sat 3/28 @ The Royal Cuckoo
Vanessa Collier, Rosetta
     Wed 3/25 @ Yoshi's
     Sun 3/29 @ Felton Music Hall
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Strange Things Happening Every Day
Marcia Ball, Soulful Dress
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, Sock-a-Dilly, Alabama
Wilson Pickett, Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)
Jeff Healey, Little Buttercup

Tom Waits, You Can Never Hold Back Spring
Ella Fitzgerald, I Got the Spring Fever Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson, Springtime Blues
Memphis Jug Band, I'll See You in the Spring When the Birds Begin to Sing
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Santa Claus Came in the Spring
Mitch Woods, Cryin' For My Baby
     Tue 3/24 @ Union Square
     Fri 3/27 @ Nick's Rockaway
Aki Kumar, It Is What It Is
Chris James & Patrick Rynn, Roll, Stumble, and Slip
     Wed 3/25 @ Empress Marquee Club
     Fri 3/27 @ The Back Room
     Sat 3/28 @ Poor House Bistro
Chris Shepherd Band, I Believe I'll Make a Change
     Sat 3/28 @ No Drinks on the Pianos
     Sun 3/29 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Yardbirds, For Your Love (live)
The Yardbirds, I'm Not Talking (live)
The Yardbirds, Steeled Blues (live)
The Yardbirds, Little Games (live)
The Yardbirds, Drinking Muddy Water (live)

 

Playlist: March 8, 2026

Cat Clyde, Man's World
     from the forthcoming album Mud Blood Bone
Goodnight Texas, I'm Going to Work on Maggie's Farm Forever (live)
     Sun 3/22 @ The Chapel
John Hammond, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
John Hammond, So Many Roads So Many Trains
John Hammond, Heartattack and Vine
      John Hammond (1942-2026)
Love, Forever Changes
Love, My Little Red Book
Sly & The Family Stone, St. James Infirmary (live)
Sly & The Family Stone, Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Again)
Terrie Odabi, Born To Die
     Wed 3/11 @ Empress Marquee Club
Junk Parlor, Cement Shoes
     Fri 3/13 @ The Lost Church

Rob Reich Swings Left, Sweep Me Away (in-studio)
Rob Reich Swings Left, I Got It (in-studio)
Rob Reich Swings Left, The Vision (in-studio)
Rob Reich Swings Left, That's What I'm Trying to Do (in-studio)
Rob Reich Swings Left, Can I Get That Feeling (in-studio)
Rob Reich Swings Left, How to Be A Weirdo (in-studio)
Rob Reich, Night Heron (in-studio)
Rob Reich, Dig Deeper (in-studio)
Rob Reich, Traceries (in-studio)
Rob Reich, The Things I Do When I'm Alone (in-studio)

Playlist: March 1, 2026

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Xandra Corpora, The Battle of San Francisco (in-studio)
Royal Jelly Jive, This Land Is Your Land (in-studio)
Cathy Lemons, I'm a Good Woman (in-studio)
Kim Nalley, Trombone Song (Big Long Sliding Thing) (in-studio)
Tiffany Austin, Greenwood (in-studio)
Terrie Odabi, Grinnin' in Your Face (in-studio)
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Birth of the Blues (in-studio)
Lady Bianca, You Got Me Drinkin' (in-studio)
Hanna Rifkin & The Handsomes, Morning Glory (in-studio)
Karina Denike, Musée Mécanique (in-studio)
Kyra Gordon, Trouble in Mind (in-studio)
Wendy DeWitt, Unknown Boogie (in-studio)
T-Sisters, The Crying Song (in-studio)

Cowboy Junkies, Stranger Here (in-studio)
Zazí, Pretty Fly (in-studio)
Carolina Chocolate Drops, No Man's Mama (in-studio) 
Hot Club of Cowtown, The Long Way Home (in-studio)
The View From Bernal Hill, We Are No Beautiful Children (in-studio)
Tumbledown House, My Sweetie Went Away (in-studio)
The Gold Souls, Worker's Lullaby (in-studio)
Meklit & Quinn, Neighborhoods #1 (Tunnels) (in-studio)
Amber Gougis, I'm Just a Prisoner (of Your Good Lovin') (in-studio)
Midtown Social, Shine Again (in-studio)
Elana Jagoda, On the Seder Plate (in-studio)
Book of J, La Caída de 'Aman (in-studio)
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Hello San Francisco

Playlist: February 22, 2026

Van Morrison, Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge
Van Morrison, Madame Butterfly Blues (feat. Elvin Bishop)
     from the new album Somebody Tried to Sell Me a Bridge
     Mon-Tue 2/23-24 @ Palace of Fine Arts
Mitch Woods, Take This Hammer (feat. Van Morrison & Taj Mahal)
Mitch Woods, Keep a Dollar in Your Pocket (feat. Elvin Bishop)
Anthony Paule, Big Guitar
Ronnie Baker Brooks, Stuck On Stupid
     Wed 2/25 @ Yoshi's
     Thu 2/26 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Madeleine Peyroux, Blues For Heaven
     Mon 2/23 @ Uptown Theatre
     Tue-Wed 2/24-25 @ SFJazz Center
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Make It Back to Memphis (live)
     Fri 2/27 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Sat 2/28 @ Club Fox
Marina Crouse, Better Than You
     Wed 2/25 @ Empress Marquee Club
Miss Hits, Miss Hits
Mission Delirium, Marablé (live)
     Fri 2/27 @ Rickshaw Stop

The Beatles, I Need You (take 1)
The Beatles, You Know What To Do
The Beatles, Love You To (take 1/rehearsal/take 7) 
The Beatles, I Want to Tell You (take 4)
The Beatles, Taxman (take 11)
George Harrison, While My Guitar Gently Weeps (demo)
George Harrison, Piggies (demo)
George Harrison, Sour Milk Sea (demo)
George Harrison, Not Guilty (demo)
The Beatles, Long Long Long (take 44)
George Harrison, Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine)
George Harrison, Woman Don't You Cry For Me (take 5)
George Harrison, Going Down to Golder's Green (take 1)
George Harrison, Get Back
The Beatles, Something (rehearsal)
Traveling Wilburys, Maxine

Playlist: February 15, 2026

King Street Giants, Cypress Stomp
     Tue 2/17 @ Lagunitas Brewing Company
Rebirth Brass Band, Lundi Gras Day B4 Mardi Grad What?
     Tue 2/17 @  The Chapel

Special in-studio guests: Joe Kyle Jr, Joshua Howell, Lavay Smith, and Chris Siebert

HowellDevine, She Brought Life Back to the Dead
Bo Grumpus, Rag Pickings
Devine's Jug Band, Adam & Eve
HowellDevine, When the Levee Breaks
Jim Kweksin & Friends, The Sheik of Araby
Terry Waldo & Bo Grumps, Shake That Thing
HowellDevine, The Key
Devine's Jug Band, Terrible Operation Blues
The Rusty String Express, Manpanion
Gaucho, Sergei Stomp
HowellDevine, Shake 'Em Down
Maya Anglou & Jessica Mitford, Right Said Fred
Big Money in Dixieland, Girl of My Dreams
HowellDevine, Shotgun Blues
HowellDevine, Harmonica Wobble #2

Magic Dick, Pontiac Blues (live)
RJ Mischo You Messed Up (live)
Mark Hummel, Rollercoaster (live)
     Fri 2/20 @ Presidio Theatre
     Sat 2/21 @ Grand Theatre Center for the Arts
     Sun 2/22 @ Moe's Alley

Playlist: February 8, 2026

HowellDevine, Train (in-studio) 
Devine's Jug Band, The Lindberg Hop
Cedric Burnside, Please Tell Me Baby
     Sat 2/14 @ Felton Music Hall
     Sun 2/15 @ The Freight
     Mon 2/16 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Dom Flemons, Po' Howard/Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In
     Fri 2/13 @ The Freight
Carolina Chocolate Drops, Trampled Rose
The Sadies, Pretty Polly
     Wed 2/11 @ Great American Music Hall
Gov't Mule, Snatch It Back and Hold It/Hold It Back
     Thu 2/12 @ Center for the Arts
     Fri 2/13 @ The Fillmore
     Sat 2/14 @ Uptown Theatre
Delta Wires, Saturday Night In North Beach
Mari Mack & Living Like Kings, Love Don't Leave Me Now
     Sat 2/14 @ The Saloon
Maria Muldaur, On A Night Like This
     Sat 2/14 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Daddy
     Sat 2/14 @ Biscuits & Blues

Rebirth Brass Band, Mardi Gras Medley (live)
East Bay Brass Band, Saints / Backup (live)
     Tue 2/17 @ The Chapel
Earl King, Street Parade
Lonnie Johnson, New Orleans Blues
Floyd Dixon, Dallas Blues
Eubie Blake, The Down Home Blues
King Curtis & Champion Jack Dupree, Junker's Blues (live)

Playlist: February 1, 2026

Dom Flemons, Steel Pony Blues
     Fri 2/13 @ The Freight
Carolina Chocolate Drops, Boodle-De-Bum-Bum

Olu Dara, Tree Blues
Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts, Talkin' to the Trees
Bob Dylan & The Band, Apple Suckling Tree
Jack White, Blues on Two Trees
Beach Boys, A Day in the Life of a Tree

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Still Standing
     Sat 2/07 @ The Freight
Ruthie Foster, Six Mile Water
     Fri 2/06 @ Livermore Valley Arts Center
Big Blu Soul Revue, Don't You Know
    Thu 2/05 @ Downtown First Thursdays
Bobby 'Blue' Bland, 36-22-36
James P. Johnson, Weeping Blues
Charlie Musselwhite, Open Road

Sly Stone, Radio Spot / The Seventh Son 
Joe Louis Walker, Cold Is The Night: Reimagined
Raphael Saadiq, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Rodger Collins, Foxy Girls in Oakland
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Hello San Francisco (Parts 1 & 2)
Lowell Fulson, Market Street Blues
Lowell Fulson, Fillmore Mess Around
Fillmore Slim, Down at Eli's
Omar Shariff, Jimmy Is That You?
Jimmy McCracklin, Love For You
Johnny Heartsman, Oops
Johnny Talbot & De Thangs, Russell City
Terrie Odabi, Gentrification Blues

Playlist: January 25, 2026

Tedeschi-Trucks Band, I Got You
Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Wade in the Water (live)
     Wed 8/12 @ Greek Theatre
Shovelman, This Little Pig
John Brothers Piano Company, Fig Jelly
Gaucho, The Old Man of the Mountain
     Fri-Sat 1/30-31 @ Regency Ballroom: Edwardian Ball 25th Anniversary
Gary Clark Kr, When My Train Pulls In (live)
     Thu-Fri 1/29-30 @ Guild Theatre
Kyle Rowland, Convict No.1
     from the new album Not Holding Back
     Sun 1/25 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sun 2/01 @ The Saloon
Coco Montoya, Stop
     Fri 1/30 @ Mystic Theatre
     Sat 1/31 @ Sutter Creek Theatre
     Sun 2/01 @ Moe's Alley
     Mon 2/02 @ Yoshi's
Pokey Lafarge, Pickup Truck
     from the forthcoming album Travelin' with Pokey Lafarge: Voice and Guitar, Vol 1
     Thu 1/29 @ The Freight
     Sat 1/31 @ Guild Theatre
William Elliot Whitmore, Porchlight
     Mon 1/26 @ Bottom of the Hill
Dirty Cello, California
     Mon 1/26 @ Contra Costa Civic Centre
     Thu 1/29 @ Bottom of the Hill
     Sat 1/31 @ Mildred Owens Concert Hall

David Luning, Lessons
     Sat 1/31 @ Della Fattoria Cafe
Beso Negro, La Mala Reputación
     Sat 1/31 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Dig That
     Fri 1/30 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
     Sat 1/31 @ Royal Cuckoo
Wil Blades, Little Shimmy (live)
     Fri-Sat 1/30-31 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Ron Hacker, Welfare Store (live)
Paul Pena, Woke Up This Morning
Elmore James, The 12 Year Old Boy
Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Building a Fire With Rain
Etta James, The Pick-Up
Ann Cole, Plain as the Nose on Your Face
Sam Cooke, Little Red Rooster
Django Reinhardt, D.R. Blues

Playlist: January 18, 2026

Gary Clark Jr, Don't Start (feat.Valerie June)
Gary Clark Jr, Don't Owe You a Thing
     Thu-Fri 1/29-30 @ Guild Theatre
Luther Dickinson, King Bee
JD Simo, I Got Love If You Want It
Luther Dickinson & JD Simo, Do the Rump Louise
     Fri 1/23 @ Hopmonk Novato
     Mon 1/26 @ Moe's Alley 
Lucky Losers, Sunday Stroller
     Sat 1/24 @ The Saloon
Chris Cain, Too Little Too Late
     Thu 1/22 @ The Sound Room
Billy F. Gibbons, Missin' Yo Kissin'
     Tue 1/20 @ Uptown Theatre
     wed 1/21 @ Golden State Theatre
Fantastic Negrito, Son of a Broken Man
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, St. James Infirmary (live)

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

Playlist: January 11, 2026

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Ultrafaux, Bartender Blues
Hot Club of San Francisco, You Can't Do That
     Fri-Sat 1/16-17 @ The Freight: Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration

Special in-studio guest: Lyz Luke

     Sat 1/17 @ Paramount Theatre: In the Name of Love

Awesome Orchestra Collective, Stand!
Sly & the Family Stone, I Want to Take You Higher
Sly & the Family Stone, Que Sera Que Sera
August Lee Stevens, Sweet Thing
B. DeVeaux, Because You
Kev Choice, All This Love (feat. Viveca Hawkins) 
Sly & the Family Stone, If You Want Me to Stay
Sly & the Family Stone, Everyday People

Sly & the Family Stone, Stand!
Jazz Mafia's Subharmonic, You Can Make It If You Try
Slim Harpo, Blues Hangover
Rolling Stones, Shake Your Hips
Fabulous Thunderbirds, Scratch My Back
Bob Dylan, Got Love If You Want It
Grateful Dead, I'm a King Bee (live)
Mississippi Fred McDowell, Shake 'Em On Down
Ruth Brown, 5-10-15 Hours
Long John Baldry, Soft and Furry