Playlist: August 14, 2019

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The Rolling Stones, Everybody Knows About My Good Thing
     Sun 8/18 @ Levi's Stadium
Aaron Neville, I Know I've Been Changed
     Mon 8/19 @ The Mountain Winery
     Tue 8/20 @ Crest Theatre
     Wed 8/21 @ Wente Vineyards
Taj Mahal, Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
Shemekia Copeland, Americans
Blind Boys of Alabama, Talk Back Mic
     Tue 8/20 @ The Mountain Winery
The Stone Foxes, Arrogant
     Sat 8/17 @ Star City Music Festival
The Gold Souls, Nobody
     Fri 8/16 @ The Back Room
The Crux, Coalsack: The Pirate
     Fri 8/16 @ The Lost Church
Junk Parlor, Dance With Me Bela Lugosi
     Thu 8/15 @ Club Deluxe
     Fri 8/16 @ Peri's
King Street Giants, Silver & Coal
     Wed 8/21 @ Blue Note Napa
Oscar Peterson, Place St. Henri
Colin James, Dig Myself A Hole
Blonde Toledo, Where's That Sound
     Sat 8/17 @ The Big Easy
     Wed 8/21 on Fog City Blues

Creedence Clearwater Revival, Born on the Bayou
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ninety-Nine And A Half
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bootleg
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Commotion
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Proud Mary
Creedence Clearwater Revival, I Put A Spell On You
Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Night Time Is The Right Time
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Keep On Chooglin'
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Suzie Q
     from the new album Live at Woodstock

Playlist: August 7, 2019

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, It Ain't My Fault (live)
    Thu-Sun 8/08-11 @ SFJazz Center
King Street Giants, Loophole
     Fri 8/09 @ Hopmonk Tavern
     Sun 8/11 @ Mill Valley Concerts in the Plaza
John Brothers Piano Company, Hump Tarantula (live)
     Thu 8/08 @ UC Berkeley Redwood Grove
Blonde Toledo, Killing Floor
     from the new EP Eclecticide
     Fri 8/09 @ Amado's
Howell Devine, Sookie Sookie
     Fri 8/09 @ The Sound Room
Charlie Musselwhite, Roll Your Money Maker (live)
Jimmie Vaughan, The Pleasure's All Mine
Buddy Guy, I Go By Feel
     Sat 8/10 @ SOMO Village

Outside Lands Aug.9-11

Phosphorescent, C'est La Vie No.2
     Thu 8/08 @ The New Parish
Leon Bridges, Smooth Sailin'
Mavis Staples, For What It's Worth (live)
Rainbow Girls, Down Home Girl
California Honeydrops, Tell Me (I Wanna Know)
Paul Simon, Wristband
     Fri 8/09 @ Fox Theatre

San Jose Jazz Summerfest Aug.9-11

The O'Jays, Do You Know How I Feel
Postmodern Jukebox feat. Gunhild Carling, Never Gonna Give You Up
Kim Nalley, Ferguson Blues
Tiffany Austin, Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
WCBS Caravan of All-Stars, Down Hearted
Quinn DeVeaux, One More Try
     Fri 8/09 @ Armando's
     Sat 8/10 @ Sophia's
Aki Kumar, Ye Chaand Sa Roshan Chehra
Pink Martini, Love For Sale
     Sun 8/11 @ Stern Grove

Barrio Manouche, Té a la Menta
     Sat 8/10 @ Club Deluxe
     Sun 8/11 @ Stern Grove
Tin Cup Serenade, Ya Ya Blues
     Fri 8/09 @ Revolution Cafe

Playlist: July 31, 2019

Squirrel Nut Zippers, Memphis Exorcism
     Thu 8/01 @ Center for the Arts
     Fri-Sat 8/02-03 @ Blue Note Napa
Lost Dog Found, Four Drinks
     Fri 8/02 @ Brisbane Concerts in the Park

Special in-studio guests: Midtown Social (duo)

     Sat 8/03 @ The Independent

Midtown Social, Fantastic Colors
     from the forthcoming album Fantastic Colors
Midtown Social, Woke (in-studio)
Midtown Social, See About Me (in-studio)
Midtown Social, Magic (in-studio)
Midtown Social, Socialite Boogie

Royal Jelly Jive, Smoky Days
     Sat 8/03 @ Petaluma Music Festival
Terrie Odabi, Wade in the Water
     Wed 8/07 @ Club Fox
The Waifs, London Still
     Thu 8/01 @ Freight & Salvage
     Sat 8/03 @ Rio Theatre
     Sun 8/04 @ Sofia Tsakopolous Center for the Arts
Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man (rehearsal)
     Thu 8/01 @ The Uptown: Rolling Thunder Redux

Tommy Castro & the Painkillers, Lose Lose (live)
     Thu 8/01 @ Windsor Town Green
The Lucky Losers, The River
     Sun 8/04 @ Mill Valley Concerts in the Plaza
Marcia Ball, Pots and Pans
     Sun 8/04 @ Freight & Salvage
     Mon 8/05 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Barrio Manouche, Bossa Mosquito
     Thu 8/01 @ Blue Note Napa
Gipsy Kings, Madre Mia
     Tue 8/06 @ The Mountain Winery
     Wed 8/07 @ The Warfield
Junk Parlor, Howl Like Coyote
     Sun 8/04 @ Ivy Room
Dennis Johnson, Fillmore Street
     Sat 8/03 @ Novato Concerts on the Green
Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings, Mellow Apples (live)
Michael Bloomfield, Blues For Norman
Buddy Guy, Never Gonna Change
Buddy Guy, I Could Die Happy

Playlist: July 17, 2019

The Raconteurs, Now That You're Gone
     Mon-Wed 7/22-24 @ Fox Theatre
The White Stripes, Seven Nation Army
Harry & the Hitmen, Make You Stay
Sun Hop Fat, Rhinosaur
     Thu 7/18 @ Starline Social Club
King Street Giants, It Is Still
     Sun 7/21 @ Goose & Gander
Hoxton Mob, Bring It On Home to Me
     Sat 7/20 @ Hotel Utah Saloon
Junk Parlor, Crocodiles
     Thu 7/18 @ Club Deluxe
     Wed 7/24 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Sun 7/28 @ Papermill Creek Saloon
Barrio Manouche, La Foule
     Fri 7/19 @ Palms Playhouse
     Sat 7/20 @ Club Deluxe
     Wed 7/24 Sweetwater Music Hall
Kendra McKinley, Telling Truths
     Thu 7/18 @ The SF Columbarium
Kim Nalley, Trombone Song (Big Long Sliding Thing)
     Sat 7/20 @ Mendocino Music Festival
     Mon 7/22 @ Kuumbwa Jazz
Tiffany Austin, Ain't No Grave (Can Hold My Body Down)
     Fri 7/19 @ Davies Symphony Hall
     Sat 7/27 @ SFJazz Center
Postmodern Jukebox, Like A Prayer
     Wed 7/24 @ The Mountain Winery
     Thu 7/25 @ Wente Vineyards

Bob Dylan, Full Moon and Empty Arms
Bob Dylan, Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Tom Waits, Drunk on the Moon
Paul Simon, Song About the Moon
Go Van Gogh, The Stars and the Moon
Elvis Presley, Blue Moon
Cowboy Junkies, Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis)
Cowboy Junkies, Shining Moon
Lightnin’ Hopkins, Shining Moon
Quinn DeVeaux, Sun & Moon
Nina Simone, Everyone’s Gone to the Moon
Otis Spann, Moon Blues
Howlin Wolf, Coon on the Moon
Gil Scott-Heron, Whitey on the Moon

Playlist: July 10, 2019

Kongar-ol Ondar & Paul Pena, Sünezin Yry (Soul's Song)
Paul Pena, Tras D'orizao (Beyond the Horizon)
Royal Jelly Jive, Don't Lead Me On
     Thu 7/11 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Sat 7/13 @ Robert Mondavi Winery
Blonde Toledo, Aging Lion
     Fri 7/12 @ The Big Easy
     Sun 7/14 @ Peri's
Nancy Wright, Bugalu (live)
     from the new album Alive & Blue
     Wed 7/17 @ Club Fox
Midtown Social, Soul Clap
     Fri 7/12 @ Moe's Alley
     Sat 7/13 @ Osher Marin JCC
Snaps For Sinners, The Line
     Thu 7/11 @ The Crepe Place
     Fri 7/12 @ Willow Den
John Brothers Piano Company, Black Widow Bump (live)
     Sun 7/14 @ Octopus Literary Salon
Karina Denike, Ballad of a Thin Man
     Thu 7/11 @ Local Edition
Kugelplex, Desolation Row
     Fri 7/12 @ Starry Plough

Bob Dylan and Mavis Staples, Gonna Change My Way of Thinking
Staples Singers, Stand By Me

Hayward Russell City Blues Festival: July 13-14

Johnny Rawls, I Shall Be Released
Alvon Johnson, People Get Ready
Sonny Rhodes, East Oakland Stomp
Big Harp George, Cold Snap By the Bay

HowellDevine, PM Blues
     Sat 7/13 @ Club Deluxe
     Sun 7/14 @ Moe's Alley
Aki Kumar, Ruxaana
     Fri 7/12 @ Mojo Lounge
     Sat 7/13 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Red Elvises, I Want My Honda Back
     Sat 7/13 @ Hotel Utah Saloon
Little Charlie and Organ Grinder Swing, Skronky Tonk
Louis Jordan, Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
Mavis Staples, For What It's Worth (live)

Playlist: July 3, 2019

Oscar Peterson Trio, Hymn to Freedom
Oscar Peterson Trio, Laurentide Waltz
Gil Scott-Heron, Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams)
The Pogues, Thousands Are Sailing

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Baseball Canto

Bob Dylan, Catfish

Teddy Brannon Orchestra, Don Newcombe Really Throws That Ball

Buddy Johnson, Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?

The Treniers, Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)

Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Max the Baseball Clown

Chance Halladay, Home Run

Sam & Dave, Knock It Out Of The Park

Holmes Brothers, Rounding Third

Palmetto Jazz Quartet, Base Ball Blues

Sister Wynona Carr, The Ball Game

Mabel Scott, Baseball Boogie

Kim Nalley, Summertime
     Sat 7/06 @ Fillmore Jazz Festival
Terrie Odabi, Hold Up the Light
Tiffany Austin, Resolution
     Sun 7/07 @ Fillmore Jazz Festival
Too Many Zooz, Concerto for Bari and Sludge Pt. 1 & 2
Balkan Bump x Clozee, Varshaver
     Sat 7/06 @ The Independent
Royal Jelly Jive, Tetris
Rainbow Girls, Angel From Montgomery
     Sat 7/06 @ High Sierra Music Festival
Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Battlefields
     Sun 7/07 @ High Sierra Music Festival
The New Mastersounds, Chicago Girl
     Sun 7/07 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Huey Lewis & The News, Free
Ringo Starr, Nashville Jam

Playlist: June 26, 2019

Circus Bella All-Star Band, Kickin' It Off/Hats & Spats
Circus Bella All-Star Band, Unicycle
Vanessa Collier, Love Me Like A Man
     Fri 6/28 @ Boom Boom Room
     Sun 6/30 @ Moe's Alley
Nancy Wright, Bernie's Blues (live)
     from the new album Alive & Blue
     Fri 6/28 @ Empress Theatre
Blonde Toledo, Little Miss Krissy
     from the forthcoming EP Eclecticide
     Sat 6/29 @ Speisekammer
     Mon 7/01 @ Salesforce Park
The Gold Souls, Park Boulevard
     Fri 6/28 @ Harlow's
     Sat 6/29 @ The Tavern on Fourth
Midtown Social, I Can Change
     Fri 6/28 @ Harlow's

Aki Kumar, All Bark No Bite

     Sat 6/29 @ The Sound Room

California Honeydrops, Starr Child

     Thu 6/27 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Quinn DeVeaux, Won't Leave You Alone

     Sat 6/29 @ Club Deluxe

Kendra McKinley, Lovely Rita

     Fri 6/28 @ Olive Grove Collective

Bayonics, Sing a Simple Song

     Fri 6/28 @ Hopmonk Tavern

Shake Your Peace, So Much Things to Say

Rupa & The April Fishes, Where We From

     Thu 6/27 @ Redwood Grove

Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Spacehorse

     Sat 6/29 @ 111 Minna

David Luning, My Baby Blues on Wheels

     Thu 6/27 @ Rockin' the River Festival

     Fri 6/28 @ Rio Theatre

The Lucky Losers, What Was It You Wanted

     Fri 6/28 @ Poor House Bistro

Bob Dylan, Hollywood Angel

Bob Dylan, Rita May

Bob Dylan, She Belongs To Me

Bob Dylan, Tears of Rage

Bob Dylan, People Get Ready

Playlist: June 19, 2019

John Mayall, You Never Know
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, San-Ho-Zay (live)
     Sat 6/22 @ Rio Theatre
     Sun 6/23 @ Yoshi's
     Tue 6/25 @ Crest Theatre
Charlie Musselwhite, River Hip Mama (live)
Elvin Bishop, Stomp
     Sat 6/22 @ Fountain Blues & Brews Festival

Special in-studio guest: Javi Jiménez (Barrio Manouche)

     Sat 6/22 @ Freight & Salvage

Barrio Manouche, La Foule
Barrio Manouche, El Jóven
Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, Gap Toothed Grin
Chano Domínguez, Alegría Callada
Rubén Baldes, Juan Pachanga
Barrio Manouche, Aires de Cambio

Bob Dylan, Romance in Durango (rehearsal)
Bob Dylan, Simple Twist of Fate (live)
Bob Dylan, This Wheel's On Fire/Hurricane/All Along the Watchtower (rehearsal)
Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man (rehearsal)
Bob Dylan, The Tracks of My Tears
Bob Dylan, Jesse James
Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (rehearsal)
     from the new box set The Rolling Thunder Revue: The Live Recordings

Playlist: June 5, 2019

Royal Jelly Jive, Soul Queen
     from the forthcoming album Limited Preserve No.3
     Sun 6/09 @ Railroad Square Music Festival
     Tue 6/11 @ SFJazz Streetfest
No Lovely Thing, Storm
     from the forthcoming album She Be
     Sat 6/15 @ Five & Dime
Lee Fields & The Expressions, Special Night
Quinn DeVeaux, So Little
     Sat 6/08 @ Huichica Festival Sonoma
Love, Forever Changes
Zakiya Hooker, End of the World Blues
Pamela Rose, You Was Right Baby
     Fri 6/14 @ Freight & Salvage
John Lee Hooker, Six Little Puppies and Twelve Shaggy Hounds
Americano Social Club, You Know I'm No Good
     Thu 6/06 @ Blush Wine Bar
     Sun 6/09 @ Bird & Beckett
French Oak Gypsy Band, Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
      Sat 6/08 @ The Big Easy
Gaucho, Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schoen
     Thu 6/06 @ Lazlo

Bob Dylan, Easy and Slow
Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)
     from the forthcoming box set The Rolling Thunder Revue: The Live Recordings
Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)
Bob Dylan, I Pity the Poor Immigrant (live)
Bob Dylan, Shelter From The Storm (live)
Bob Dylan, Vincent Van Gogh (live)
Bob Dylan, Rita Mae (live)
Bob Dylan, Idiot Wind (live)

Playlist: May 22, 2019

Mitch Woods, Blue Monday (live)
     from the new album A Tip of the Hat to Fats
     Fri 5/24 @ Nick's Rockaway
     Sat 5/25 @ Poor House Bistro
HowellDevine, Funky Miracle
     Sat 5/25 @ Speisekammer
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Black Suffrage Blues
     Thu-Sun 5/23-26 @ SFJazz Center

The 78s of Bob Dylan at 78

Bob Dylan, Early Roman Kings
Bob Dylan, My Wife's Home Town
Muddy Waters, I Just Want to Make Love to You
Otis Rush, All Your Love
Bob Dylan, Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
Bob Dylan, Someday Baby
Sleepy John Estes, Someday Baby (outtake)
Billie Holiday, Having Myself a Time
Bob Dylan, Bye and Bye
Johnnie & Jack, Uncle John's Bongos
Bob Dylan, Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
Bob Dylan, High Water (For Charley Patton)
Bob Dylan, Shot of Love (outtake)
Bob Dylan, Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell, Dying Crapshooter's Blues
Woody Guthrie, Little Black Train
Bob Dylan, Gotta Serve Somebody (rehearsal)
Charley Patton, Pony Blues
Bob Dylan, New Pony
Bob Dylan, Obviously Five Believers (take 3)
Memphis Minnie, Me and My Chauffeur
Chuck Berry, Too Much Monkey Business
Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues (take 1 remake)

Playlist: May 15, 2019

Wolf & Crow, Midnight
Lagos Roots feat. Jennifer Johns & Christian Pepin, God Lives Through
Royal Jelly Jive, Alhambra (in-studio)
La Gente SF feat. Versoul, La Mar (in-studio)
     Thu-Sat 5/16-18 @ Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Mark Growden, You Belong in New Orleans With Me (in-studio)
     Fri-Sat 5/17-18 @ The Music Loft
Rob Reich, Dig Deeper (in-studio)
Book of J, When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder (in-studio)
     Fri 5/17 @ Congregation Beth Sholom
The Gold Souls, Worker's Lullaby (in-studio)
     Fri 5/17 @ Alta Mira Club
Aki Kumar, Back to Bombay (in-studio)
John Németh, She Did Not Show (in-studio)
Mark Hummel, Living With the Blues (in-studio)
     Fri 5/22 @ Yoshi's: Blues Harmonica Blowout
Fantastic Negrito, Working Poor (in-studio)

Spin Doctors, Ben's Looking Out the Window Blues
     Fri 5/17 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Sue Foley, Gaslight
     Sun 5/19 @ Moe's Alley
Taj Mahal, Slave Driver
     Mon 5/20 @ Napa Valley Performing Arts Center
Monophonics, Lying
     Sat 5/18 @ The New Parish
     Sun 5/19 @ Mystic Theatre
Hot Club of San Francisco, You Can't Do That
     Tue 5/21 @ Yoshi's
Barrio Manouche, Lucía (in-studio)
     Sat 5/18 @ Club Deluxe
Junk Parlor, Summertime in the City (in-studio)
     Thu 5/16 @ Club Deluxe
Meklit Hadero, Sweet or Salty (in-studio)
Noah Kibreab, Love Ain't Gonna Take It (in-studio)
The Lucky Losers, It Ain't Enough (in-studio)
Moonshine Jelly, Lucy & Zeb (in-studio)
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Everyone Is Crazy But Me

Playlist: May 8, 2019

Cowboy Junkies, When We Arrive
     from the new album All That Reckoning
Cowboy Junkies, Stranger Here (in-studio)
     Thu 5/09 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Fri 5/10 @ Great American Music Hall
     Sat-Sun 5/11-12 @ Freight & Salvage

Tumbledown House, Ode to Josephine (in-studio)

     Fri 5/10 @ Jupiter

The Gold Souls, Worker's Lullaby (in-studio)

     Sat 5/11 @ Impulse Room

Blonde Toledo, Little Miss Krissy (in-studio)

     Sat 5/11 @ The Big Easy

Royal Jelly Jive, Alhambra (in-studio)

     Thu 5/09 @ Crocker Art Museum

     Sat 5/11 @ Moe's Alley

King Street Giants, No Good Blues (in-studio)

     Sun 5/12 @ Peri's

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

     Wed 5/15 @ Blue Note Napa

La Gente SF feat. Versoul, La Mar (in-studio)

     Thu 5/09 @ Berkeley Bike to Work Day

Aki Kumar & Kid Anderson, Back to Bombay (in-studio)

     Thu 5/09 @ Terrace Room

Rob Reich, Dig Deeper (in-studio)

     Sat 5/12 @ 21st Century Cafe

Junk Parlor, Summertime in the City (in-studio)

     Thu 5/09 @ Ivy Room

Harpdog Brown, Stiff

     Tue 5/14 @ Mission St. BBQ

     Wed 5/15 @ Club Fox

Rick Estrin & the Nightcats, Cool Slaw

     Fri 5/11 @ Palms Playhouse

Tommy Castro & the Painkillers, Two Hearts (live)

     Thu-Fri 5/10-11 @ Biscuits & Blues

Keb' Mo', That's Alright

     Fri 5/10 @ Fox Theatre

     Sat 5/11 @ Golden State Theatre

     Tue 5/14 @ Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center

John Hammond, 32-20 Blues

     Thu 5/09 @ Freight & Salvage

Dennis Johnson, Terraplane Blues (in-studio)

Dennis Johnson, Ramblin' On My Mind (in-studio)

Fantastic Negrito, Workin' Poor (in-studio)

Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Letters (in-studio)

Moonshine Jelly, Lucy & Zeb (in-studio)

Con Brio, California Cowboy (in-studio)

Big Harp George, Home Stretch (in-studio)

Book of J, When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder (in-studio)