Playlist: May 16, 2018

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Selections from Live From the Fog City Blues Volume 4

Fantastic Negrito, In The Pinese (in-studio)
Book of J, When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder (in-studio)
The Gold Souls, Worker's Lullaby (in-studio)
Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Letters (in-studio)
La Gente SF feat. Versoul, La Mar (in-studio)
Blonde Toledo, Little Miss Krissy (in-studio)
Con Brio, California Cowboy (in-studio)
Meklit Hadero, Sweet or Salty (in-studio)
The King Street Giants, Fifth Light Down (in-studio)
Tumbledown House, Ode to Josephine (in-studio)
Mark Growden, You Belong With Me in New Orleans (in-studio)

Big Blu Soul Revue, And You Loved Me (in-studio)

Kim Lembo, The Farm (in-studio)

Selections from Live From the Fog City Blues Volume 3

Tiffany Austin, Miss Rockwell (in-studio)

Hannah Rifkin & The Handsomes, Morning Glory (in-studio)

Barrio Manouche, Lucía (in-studio)

The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Everyone Is Crazy But Me (in-studio)

Royal Jelly Jive, Alhambra (in-studio)

Rupa & The April Fishes, Like I Do (in-studio)

Seth Augustus, Going Down to the Roadhouse (in-studio)

More selections from Live From the Fog City Blues Volume 4

Aki Kumar & Kid Andersen, Goin' to Bombay (in-studio)
The Lucky Losers, It Ain't Enough (in-studio)
Big Harp George, Home Stretch (in-studio)

Noah & the Arkiteks (solo), Love Ain't Gonna Take It (in-studio)

Moonshine Jelly, Lucy and Zeb (in-studio)

Playlist: May 9, 2018

Selections from Live From the Fog City Blues Volume 4

Moonshine Jelly, Lucy and Zeb (in-studio)
Fantastic Negrito, In The Pinese (in-studio)
Tumbledown House, Ode to Josephine (in-studio)
     Sun 5/13 @ Retzlaff Vineyards
Aki Kumar & Kid Andersen, Goin' to Bombay (in-studio)
     Sat 5/12 @ Main Street Brewery

Big Harp George, Home Stretch (in-studio)

Mark Growden, You Belong With Me in New Orleans

The King Street Giants, Fifth Light Down (in-studio)
     Sat 5/12 @ Smiley's Saloon

Rob Reich, Dig Deeper (in-studio)
     Sun 5/13 @ 20th Century Cafe
The Gold Souls, Worker's Lullaby (in-studio)

Kim Lembo, The Farm (in-studio)

     Thu 5/10 @ Octopus Literary Salon

The Lucky Losers, It Ain't Enough (in-studio)

La Gente SF feat. Versoul, La Mar (in-studio)
Meklit Hadero, Sweet or Salty (in-studio)
Con Brio, California Cowboy (in-studio)
Book of J, When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder (in-studio)
     Sat 5/12 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Noah & the Arkiteks (solo), Love Ain't Gonna Take It No More (in-studio)

Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Letters (in-studio)
Blonde Toledo, Little Miss Krissy (in-studio)

     Fri 5/11 @ Lister Bar

Big Blu Soul Revue, And You Loved Me (in-studio)

     Sat 5/12 @ Lagunitas Taproom

Christmas Jug Band, S.A.N.T.A. (in-studio)
Royal Jelly Jive, Tango til They're Sore (in-studio)
The Sam Chase with M. Lockwood Porter, Peace Love & Understanding
Smoked Out Soul, Just My Imagination (in-studio)

Playlist: May 2, 2018

Bobby Rush, How Long
     Fri-Sat 5/04-05 @ Biscuits & Blues
Quinn Deveaux, Late Night Drive
     Thu 5/02 @ The Lost Church
Ry Cooder, Shrinking Man
     from the forthcoming album Prodigal Son
Rosanne Cash, Tennessee Flat-Top Box
     Thu-Sun 5/03-06 @ SF Jazz Center
Madeleine Peyroux, Tango til They're Sore
     Mon 5/07 @ Center for the Arts
Royal Jelly Jive, Dear Mr. Waits
Con Brio, Never Be the Same
     Sat 5/05 @ The Fillmore
Howell Devine, The Key
     Sat 5/05 @ Club Deluxe
     Wed 5/09 @ Biscuits & Blues
Hillstomp, The Cuckoo
     Fri 5/04 @ The Crepe Place
     Sat 5/05 @ The Big Easy
The Crux, The Gate (What the Children Saw)
     Sat 5/05 @ The Big Easy

Moshe Vilozny, No Regrets

     Fri 5/04 @ The Crepe Place

Jacob Szekely, Mr. PC

     Fri 5/04 @ Red Poppy Art House

Kurt Ribak, Pickled Eggs

     from the new album Onward

     Mon 5/07 @ Freight & Salvage

California Honeydrops, Call It Home

California Honeydrops, Starr Child

     from the new album Call It Home Vol. 1 & 2

     Wed 5/16 on Fog City Blues

California Feetwarmers, 3rd Street

     Sun 5/06 @ Amnesia

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, The Busy Woman's Blues

     Fri 5/04 @ Club Deluxe

     Sat 5/05 @ Red Poppy Art House

Golden State Lone Star Revue, End of the World

     Fri 5/04 @ Armando's

Aki Kumar, Jaan e Jaan

     Sat 5/05 @ Piedmont Piano Company

Little Walter, Flying Saucer

Link Wray, Fire and Brimstone

Bob Dylan, Workingman's Blues #2

U2, American Soul

     Mon-Tue 5/07-08 @ SAP Center

Playlist: April 25, 2018

Mavis Staples, Down in Mississippi (live)
The Stone Foxes, Shake Like Buddy Holly
     Fri 4/27 @ Luther Burbank Center
Barrio Manouche, Bossa Mosquito
     from the forthcoming album Aires de Cambio
     Fri 4/27 @ The Ivy Room
Diego's Umbrella, Gypsy Confidential
     Thu 4/26 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Fri 4/27 @ Harlow's
Tiffany Austin, Stardust
     Fri 4/27 @ The Sound Room
Midtown Social, Straighty
More Fatter, Livin' in a Museum
     Thu 4/26 @ Cornerstone
Sugaray Rayford, Take Me Back
     Fri-Sat 4/27-28 @ Biscuits & Blues
Nancy Wright, Warranty
     Fri 4/27 @ The Saloon
Maria Muldaur, Separation Blues
     Sat 4/28 @ Rancho Nicasio
The Lucky Losers, Take the Long Road
     from the forthcoming album Blind Spot

9th Annual Left-Hand-A-Thon

Albert King, Why You Mean to Me (live)
Albert King, Call It Stormy Monday (live)
Otis Rush, Right Place Wrong Time (live)
Otis Rush, I Can't Quit You Baby
Jimi Hendrix, Things I Used to Do
Katdelic, I'll Wait
Afrofunk Experience, Istanbul
Left Hand Frank, Surfin' with Frank
Barbara Lynn, This Is the Thanks I Get
Elizabeth Cotten, Ball the Jack

Playlist: April 18, 2018

Kinky Friedman, We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to You
     Tue 4/24 @ Mystic Theatre
     Wed 4/25 @ The Chapel
Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing, Cobalt Blues
     Sun 4/22 @ Palms Playhouse
MarchFourth Marching Band, Magic Number
     Thu 4/19 @ Cornerstone
     Fri 4/20 @ Mystic Theatre
Black Sheep Brass Band, Shot the Phunkin' Phone
     Thu 4/29 @ Cornerstone

Special in-studio guests: Barrio Manouche

     Fri 4/27 @ The Ivy Room
     Thu 5/31 @ The Chapel

La Marcha Gatina
     from the forthcoming album Aires de Cambio
Numéro 7 (in-studio)
Té a la Menta (in-studio)
La Vide de un Ruso (in-studio)
Aires de Cambio
     from the forthcoming album Aires de Cambio

Junk Parlor, Majstore Majstore
     Thu 4/19 @ Club Deluxe
     Fri 4/20 @ Bottom of the Hill
     Sat 4/21@ Peri's
Royal Jelly Jive, Railroad Tracks
     Fri-Sat 4/20-21 @ Blue Note Napa
Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Hard Time Killing Floor
     Sat 4/21 @ The Chapel
Dirty Cello, Yer Blues
     Fri 4/20 @ San Geronimo Community Center
     Sat 4/21 @ Armando's
Jack Tone Riordan, Blues in Maude's Flat (live)
     Thu 4/19 @ Red Poppy Art House
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Cool Slaw
     Thu 4/19 @ Biscuits & Blues
Toronzo Cannon, Walk It Off
     Fri-Sat 4/20-21 Biscuits & Blues
Robert Cray, The Forecast (Calls for Pain)
     Fri 4/20 @ Fox Theatre
     Sat 4/21 @ Rio Theatre

Playlist: April 11, 2018

Rebirth Brass Band, Chameleon
     Thu 4/12 @ Starline Social Club
     Fri-Sat 4/13-14 @ Bimbo's 365 Club
     Sun 4/15 @ Moe's Alley
John Brothers Piano Company, Fig Jelly
     Fri 4/13 @ Bimbo's 365 Club
No Lovely Thing, Better Now
     Thu 4/12 @ The Independent
Midtown Social, Socialite Boogie
     Fri 4/13 @ The Independent

Special in-studio guests: Moonshine Jelly

     Sun 4/15 @ The Back Room

Lucy & Zeb (in-studio)
Crackan-Kirree (in-studio)
Ti Simera (in-studio)
High Card or Low Card (in-studio)
Lawr y Lôn (in-studio)
Ech Matyushka (in-studio)

Barrio Manouche, La Vida de un Ruso
     from the forthcoming album something
     Fri 4/13 @ The Royale
     Wed 4/18 on Fog City Blues
Goodnight, Texas, Keep Movin'
     from the new album Conductor
     Thu 4/12 @ Great American Music Hall
Howell Devine, Going Down South
     Thu 4/12 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Fri 4/13 @ The Sound Room
     Sat 4/14 @ Club Deluxe
Postmodern Jukebox, Sweet Child o' Mine
     Sat 4/14 @ Rio Theatre
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, Brickyard Blues
     Sat 4/14 @ Speisekammer
     Sun 4/15 @ Mama's Royal Cafe
Big Blu Soul Revue, E. Walkin'
     Sat 4/14 @ PianoFight
The Soul Rebels, Try Try Try (Just Try)
     Thu-Fri 4/12-13 @ The Independent
Herbie Hancock, Watermelon Man
Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose
Loretta Lynn, Coal Miner's Daughter

Playlist: April 4, 2018

Otis Spann, Blues For Martin Luther King
Otis Spann, Hotel Lorraine
Big Maybelle, Heaven Will Welcome You Dr. King
The Loving Sisters, Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King
Bill Spivery & The Sons of Truth, The Non-Violent Man
Nina Simone, Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)

Midtown Social, Woke
     Fri 4/06 @ The Independent
No Lovely Thing, Stay True
     Fri 4/06 @ Starry Plough
Meklit, Human Animal
     Fri 4/06 @ SFJazz Center
Vanessa Collier, When Love Comes to Town
     Fri-Sat 4/06-07 Biscuits & Blues
Terrie Odabi, When You Love Me
     Sun 4/08 @ The Sound Room
Andy T Band, Doin' Hard Time
     Sun 4/08 @ Biscuits & Blues
Postmodern Jukebox, Gangsta's Paradise
     Sun 4/08 @ Uptown Theatre

Muddy Waters, Thirteen Highway (live)
Muddy Waters, Little Anna Mae
Muddy Waters, Rollin' and Tumblin' Pt. 1 & 2
Muddy Waters, My Pencil Won't Write No More
Muddy Waters, Mamie
Walter Horton, In the Mood
Billie Holiday, Stormy Blues
Terry Hanck Band, Peace of Mind (live)
     Thu 4/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
Golden State Lone Star Revue, End of the World
     Sat 4/07 @ Empress Theater
Sal's Greenhouse, Chump
     Sat 4/07 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall

Playlist: March 28, 2018

Rhonda Benin, Pink Champagne
Linda Tillery, Train Medley
     Sat 3/31 @ Freight & Salvage: Just Like A Woman
Pamela Rose, Blues Is A Woman
     Wed 4/04 @ SFJazz Center
Mary Stallings, Night Mist Blues
     Wed 4/04 @ SFJazz Center
Kelly McFarling, I Wanna Dance With Somebody
     Thu 3/29 @ Hopmonk Tavern
     Fri 3/30 @ Cafe du Nord
Wendy DeWitt, Sometimes I Wonder
     Fri 3/30 @ Hopmonk Sonoma
Paula Harris, Dust My Broom
     Sat 3/31 @ The Quarter Note
Sue Foley, Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
     from the new album The Ice Queen
Alberta Hunter, You Can't Tell the Difference After Dark
Lucille Bogan, Man Stealer Blues
Sarah Vaughan, Sassy Blues (live)
Zakiya Hooker, One Bourbon One Scotch

Fantastic Negrito, Plastic Hamburgers
     from the forthcoming album Please Don't Be Dead
Jimi Hendrix, Hear My Train A-Comin'
     from the new album Both Sides of the Sky
Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite, Found the One
     from the new album No Mercy In This Land
     Fri-Sat 3/30-31 @ The Fillmore
Harpdog Brown & The Travelin' Blues Show, Whiskey Bottle (live)
     Thu 3/29 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Fri 3/30 @ The Big Easy
Lost Dog Found, The Ghost of Johnny Walker
     Fri 3/30 @ The Big Easy
Oddjob Ensemble, Plaza Rat Is Zoo
     Sat 3/31 @ 33Arts
The Crux, The Gate (What the Children Saw)
     Thu 3/29 @ Hopmonk Tavern
Blonde Toledo, What Makes A Man
     Fri 3/30 @ Revolution Cafe
Evan & the Live Oaks, Maybe Later
Whiskerman, My Good Country
     Thu 3/29 @ The New Parish
Roger Kim, Let's Be Friends Miss Missouri
     from the new album Portrait Maker
     Thu 3/29 @ Red Poppy Art House

Playlist: March 21, 2018

High & Mighty Brass Band, Ol' Girl
     Thu 3/22 @ Moe’s Alley
     Mon 3/26 @ The Chapel
     Tue 3/27 @ Blue Note Napa
King Street Giants, Silver & Coal
     Wed 3/28 @ Blue Note Napa
Jon Cleary, Occapella
     Thu 3/22 @ The Independent
Mitch Woods, Take This Hammer
     Sat 3/24 @ Piedmont Piano Company

Special in-studio guests: Kyra Gordon and Larry Steelman

     Sun 3/25 @ Ashkenaz: Loving Janis

Bye Bye Baby (in-studio)
Davey (in-studio)
Trouble in Mind (in-studio)
New York in the Springtime (in-studio)
Ruby (in-studio)
Janis Ian, At Seventeen
Janis Joplin, Summertime
Janis Ian, God & The FBI

Royal Jelly Jive, Borerlands
Van Goat, Willie the Weeper
Trace Repeat, Breakfast
     Fri 3/23 @ Cornerstone
Big Blu Soul Revue, Don't You Know
     Sat 3/24 @ The Riptide
John Lee Hooker Jr, Maudie (live)
     Sat 3/24 @ Biscuits & Blues
MJ's Brass Boppers, Step Aside
Son House, Downhearted Blues
Tom Waits, You Can Never Hold Back Spring

Playlist: March 14, 2018

Buddy Guy, DJ Play My Blues
Buddy Guy, A Man and the Blues
     Sat 3/17 @ Paramount Theatre
     Sun 3/18 @ Luther Burbank Center
Bonnie Raitt, Shakin' Shakin' Shakes
     Thu 3/15 @ City National Civic
     Mon 3/20 @ Fox Theatre
Jon Cleary, Popcorn Pop Pop
     Thu 3/15 @ City National Civic
     Fri 3/16 @ Moe's alley
     Mon 3/20 @ Fox Theatre

Special in-studio guests: Culann's Hounds

     Sat 3/17 @ Great American Music Hall

Martin Wynnes (in-studio)
Haghole (in-studio)
The Skylark (in-studio)
Carlo (in-studio)
Zombie (in-studio)
Silver Spear (in-studio)

Lucia Comnes, On the Farm
One Grass Two Grass, Stuck in the Middle With You
     Sat 3/17 @ Great American Music Hall
Red Baraat, Zindabad
Bhi Bhiman, Telouise
     Sat 3/17 @ SFJazz Center
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Going to Chicago Blues
     Thu-Sun 3/15-18 @ SFJazz Center

Faye Carol, Comes Love (live)

     Sat 3/17 @ Ashkenaz

John Brothers Piano Company, Ceviche

     Fri 3/16 @ The Ivy Room

     Sun 3/18 @ Flynn's Cabaret

Bayonics, Sing a Simple Song

     Fri 3/16 @ Neck of the Woods

Sly & The Family Stone, Stand!

Playlist: March 7, 2018

Wee Willie Walker & The Greaseland All Stars, Help! (live)
Terrie Odabi, When You Love Me
     Thu 3/08 @ Yoshi's
June Core, Rhythm & Blues
     Fri 3/09 @ Poor House Bistro
Aki Kumar, Back to Bombay
    Sat 3/10 @ Main Street Brewery
Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne, Something Is Going On In My Room
     Fri 3/09 @ Biscuits & Blues
King Street Giants, Mr. & Mrs. J
Jim Kweskin, Blues in the Bottle
     Tue 3/13 @ Freight & Salvage
The Lucky Losers, Don't You Lose It
     Thu 3/08 @ The Saloon
Deep Basement Shakers, The Ma Grinder
Mark Hummel, Shake Your Boogie
     Fri 3/09 @ Speisekammer

Jimi Hendrix, Georgia Blues
Jimi Hendrix, Mannish Boy
     from the forthcoming album Both Sides of the Sky
Mud Morganfield, Howling Wolf
     from the forthcoming album They Call Me Mud
Nick Moss Band, Get Your Hands Out of My Pockets
     from the forthcoming album The High Cost of Low Living
Sue Foley, The Ice Queen
     from the new album The Ice Queen
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Be Careful What You Wish For
     Sat 3/10 @ The Fox Theatre
Lee Rocker, Night Train to Memphis
     Fri 3/09 @ Montalvo Arts Center
Love, Forever Changes
J.B. Lenoir, Vietnam Blues
J.B. Lenoir, When I Was Young

Playlist: February 28, 2018

The Clash, Know Your Rights
Bukka White, District Attorney Blues
John Mayall, The Laws Must Change
John Primer, Power of Attorney
Warren Zevon, Lawyers Guns & Money
Peter Tosh, Cold Blood
Lee Perry & The Sensations, Set Them Free
Bob Dylan, Death of Emmett Till
Bob Dylan, Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache
Mitch Woods, Solid Gold Cadillac (live)
Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Black Cadillac Blues
Dizzy Gillespe, Swing Low Sweet Cadillac

Janiva Magness, Hammer
     from the new album Love Is An Army
Janiva Magness, Honey in the Rock (live)
David Luning, Humble Apologizin'
     Fri 3/02 @ Slim's
Kelly McFarling, Pacific
     Fri 3/02 @ Bottom of the Hill
Booker T. Jones, The Bronx
     Fri 3/02 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
     Sat 3/03 @ The Independent
Squirrel Nut Zippers, Twilight
     Sat 3/03 @ Freight & Salvage
     Sun 3/04 @ Rio Theatre
Steve Lucky, Smack Dab in the Middle
     Fri 3/02 @ Armando's
     Tue 3/06 @ Verdi Club
Curtis Salgado and Alan Hager, Too Young to Die
     Sat 3/03 @ El Campanil Theatre
     Sun 3/04 @ Moe's Alley
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers, My Old Neighborhood
     Fri-Sat 3/02-03 @ Rancho Nicasio
Harvey Mandel, Nashville 1 A.M.
     Thu 3/01 @ Biscuits & Blues
Andy T Nick Nixon Band, Good Man (in-studio)
Andy T Nick Nixon Band, No End to the Blues (in-studio)