Playlist: October 20, 2024

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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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Playlist: August 18, 2024

Valerie June, Fade Into You
Valerie June, Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
     Wed-Thu 8/21-22 @ The Chapel
California Honeydrops with Lindsay Lou, Fall in Love Again
     Sat 8/24 @ Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival
     Sun 8/25 @ BarrelHouse Brewing
Con Brio with Analog Dog, Skin on Skin
     Fri 8/23 @ Freight & Salvage
     Sun 8/25 @ Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival
Coco Montoya, A Chip and a Chair
     Sat 8/24 @ West End Celebration
     Sun 8/25 @ Moe's Alley
Tia Carroll, Even When I'm Not Alone
     Thu 8/22 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Lucky Losers, Somewhere in the Middle
Big Harp George, Doom Loop
Kid Andersen, Day Tripper
Maria Muldaur, Moonlight
     Wed 8/21 @ Club Fox: A Benefit for Mista Boins
Junk Parlor, Cement Shoes
     Sat 8/24 @ The Riptide
Dennis Johnson, Ramblin
     Sat 8/24 @ The Barn at Hoey Ranch

Girl From the North County
Duquesne Whistle/Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)/Is Your Love in Vain
Slow Train/License to Kill
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere/Jokerman
Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)
I Want You
Like A Rolling Stone/Make You Feel My Love
Like A Rolling Stone (reprise)/I Want You (reprise)
Sweetheart Like You/True Love Tends to Forget
Hurricane/All Along the Watchtower/Idiot Wind
Instrumental Medley
Pressing On

Playlist: August 11, 2024

5 Cent Coffee, October
Junk Parlor, Furs of Marilyn
     Sat-Sun 8/17-18 @ Cotati Accordion Festival
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Bugler's Dream
Irma Thomas, Let's Stay Together (live)
     Thu-Sun 8/15-18 @ SFJazz Center
Son Little, No Friend of Mine
     Wed 8/14 @ The Chapel
     Sat 8/17 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Gary Clark Jr, Maktub
     Sat 8/17 @ Masonic Center
     Sun 8/18 @ The Mountain Winery
Big Blu Soul Revue, More (Bonus)
     Thu 8/15 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Gold Souls, Good as Gold
     Fri 8/16 @ Z Specialty Food
     Sat 8/17 @ Boom Boom Room
Postmodern Jukebox (feat. Willie Ray Moore), Black Hole Sun
     Thu 8/15 @ The Mountain Winery
     Sun 8/18 @ Blue Note Napa
Grateful Brass, Bird Song
     Sat 8/17 @ Radium Runway
John Pizzarelli, Too Close For Comfort
     Mon 8/12 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
     Wed-Thu 8/14-15 @ Yoshi's

Special in-studio guest: Ira Strolovitch

The Kiffness, Kookee Kookee
Forever Bound, Stereo Madness
Two Door Cinema Club, Something Good Can Work
Parry Gripp, Tortoise Playing Minecraft
The Kiffness, I Go Meow
The Kiffness, Ancient Husky Melody
Djvi, Back on Track
Parry Gripp, I Make Cat Videos for a Living
Minecraft Steve, Mobs Can't Handle Us
Weird Al Yankovic, EBay
The Beatles, Now and Then
Toto, Africa
grande1899, Down Under (Note Blocks)
Europe, The Final Countdown

Playlist: August 4, 2024

Special guest: Ben Manilla

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Wailin' and Whoopin'
Brownie McGhee & His Jook House Rockers, My Confession
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Saturday Night Fish Fry
B.B. King, How Blue Can You Get
Buddy Guy, First Time I Met the Blues
Joe Louis Walker, Blue Mirror
Alvin Youngblood Hart, Nobody's Fault But Mine

Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Double Trouble
Otis Rush, All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
Koko Taylor, Wang Dang Doodle
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women, Silver Beaver (live)
Alberta Hunter, Down Hearted Blues
Rufus Thomas, Do The Funky Chicken
Magic Sam, Sweet Home Chicago
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Red House (live)