Playlist: May 10, 2026

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Bobby Rush, Hey Hey Bobby Rush
     Tue-Wed 5/12-13 @ Biscuits & Blues
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, One Hour Mama
     Sun 5/10 @ Biscuits & Blues
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Daddy-O
     Thu 5/15 @ Rancho Nicasio
Rainbow Girls, Subterranean Homesick Alien
     Wed 5/14 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Hernandez Hideaway, Salt and Rocks
     Wed 5/14 @ Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, That's Big (live)
      Fri 5/16 @ Almost Famous Winery
Elvin Bishop, Belly Rubbin' (live)
     Fri 5/16 @ Yoshi's
Kim Wilson, So Many Roads
     Sat-Sun 5/16-17 @ Biscuits & Blues
Dirty Cello, Angel From Montgomery
     Thu 5/15 @ The Starry Plough
RonKat Spearman, One World
     Thu 5/15 @ Boom Boom Room

Nina Simone, Blues For Mama (live)
B.B. King, Nobody Loves Me But My Mother (live)
Earl King, Mother's Love
James Brown, You Got to Have a Mother For Me
Julia Lee, Mama Don't Allow It
The Shirelles, Mama Said
The Mothers of Invention, Motherly Love
Junior Parker, Mother-in-Law Blues
The Intruders, I'll Always Love My Mama
Al Wilson, Queen of the Ghetto
Bill Withers, Grandma's Hands (live)
Memphis Slim, Mother Earth (live)
The Beatles, Julia (rehearsal)

Playlist: May 3, 2026

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Bob Dylan in the Bay Area

Jolene (Berkeley, October 11, 2009)
Goodbye Jimmy Reed (Oakland, June 11, 2022)
If You Gotta Go, Go Now (San Jose, November 25, 1964)
Long Distance Operator (San Jose, December 12, 1965)
Highway 61 Revisited (Oakland, February 11, 1974)
Hazel (San Francisco, November 25, 1976)
Am I Your Stepchild? (Oakland, November 14, 1978)
Gotta Serve Somebody (San Francisco, November 15, 1979)
Like A Rolling Stone (San Francisco, November 15, 1980)
Good Rockin' Mama (Mountain View, August 5, 1986)

San Francisco Bay Blues (Berkeley, June 10, 1988)
Pretty Boy Floyd (Oakland, December 3, 1988)
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Monterey, May 27, 1995)
Hoochie Coochie Man (Santa Cruz, March 15, 2000)
Old Man (Berkeley, October 11, 2002)
Brown Sugar (Sacramento, October 9, 2002)
Workingman's Blues #2 (Stockton, August 15, 2009)
Visions of Johanna (Oakland, August 24, 2010)
Freebird (Berkeley, June 9, 2016) 

Playlist: April 26, 2026

Ringo Starr, I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore
     from the new album Long Long Road
The Beatles, What Goes On
Deep Basement Shakers, I'm A Soldier (in the Army of the Lord)
     Tue 4/28 @ The Rite Spot
Parlor Tricks, Sunny Somewhere Else
     Thu 4/30 @ Stookey's Club Moderne
Cosmo Alleycats, Love Keeps Passing You By 
     Wed 4/29 @ Mubuhay Gardens
Marty O'Reilly, Liza Jane (live)
     Thu 4/30 @ Murphy's Pub
Dirty Cello, Feelin' Frisky in Frisco
     Fri 5/01 @ Native Sons Hall
     Sat 5/02 @ The Delta King
Sugaray Rayford, Aha
     Fri-Sat 5/01-02 @ Biscuits & Blues
Chris Cain, Good Intentions
     Fri 5/01 @ Lucca's
     Sat 5/02 @ Poor House Bistro
Wendy DeWitt, Folks Like You
     Thu 4/30 @ The Saloon
Volker Strifler Band, On a Day Like Today
     Sat 5/02 @ California Theatre of Santa Rosa
The Gold Souls, It's Your Thing
     Sun 5/03 @ Berryessa Brewing 

The 17th Annual Left-Hand-A-Thon

Albert King, (Left-Hand Woman) Get Right With Me
Albert King, I Get Evil (live)
Otis Rush, Right Place Wrong Time (live)
Otis Rush, I Can't Quit You Baby
Eric Gales, Elijah
Eric Gales Band, Resurrection
Barbara Lynn, Payback
Barbara Lynn, Teenage Blues
Elizabeth Cotten, Ontario Blues
Cedell Davis, Play With Your Poodle
Dr. Isaiah Ross, Dr. Ross' Boogie
Lefty Bates Combo, Background
Nikhil Bagga, It's Okay

Playlist: April 19, 2026

Wood Brothers, Big Boss Man (live)
Wood Brothers, Happiness Jones/Express Yourself (live)
     Tue 5/05 @ The Fillmore
Roy Rogers, Terraplane Blues (live)
     Sun 4/19 @ Moe's Alley
Sgt. Splendor, Blue and Her Strawberry Balloon
     Sun 4/19 @ Bottom of the Hill
Kid Andersen, Ship of Fools
     Wed 4/22 @ Empress Marque Club
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, You're Somebody Else's Baby Too
     Sat 4/25 @ Biscuits & Blues
Tia Carroll, Never Let Me Go
     Fri 4/24 @ Biscuits & Blues
Karina Denike, Sideshow
     Wed 4/22 @ The Rite Spot
Back pOrchEstra, I'm Wild About My Lovin'
     Wed 4/22 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Bob Dylan, Simple Twist of Fate (live)
Bob Dylan, Baby Let Me Follow You Down (live)
Bob Dylan, Isis (live)
Bob Dylan, Vigilante Man (live)
     Tue 4/21 @ The Roxie: Stepping Into the Unknown
Articolo 31, Come Una Pietra Scalciata
Sonic Youth, I'm Not There
Yo La Tengo, I Wanna Be Your Lover
Francesco de Gregori, Non Dirle Che Non E' Cosi'
Colin Linden, Tears of Rage
Tommy Castro, Calling San Francisco (live)
Tiffany Austin, I Walk the Line

Playlist: April 12, 2026

Beatles, Old Brown Shoe
Rolling Stones, No Expectations
Genesis, Twilight Alehouse
Norman Greenbaum, Spirit in the Sky
HowellDevine, Strange Time Meltdown
     Sat 4/18 @ The Back Room
Thee Snake Charmers, You're Breaking My Heart San Francisco
     Sat 4/18 @ Radio Habana Social Club
Roy Rogers, Those Bygone Days
     Sat 4/18 @ Mystic Theatre
     Sun 4/19 @ Moe's Alley
Mokai, Mama's Got the Blues
     Tue 4/14 @ No Name Bar
     Wed 4/15 @ Golden Gate Park Bandshell
Paul Steward, Mth'alal (Hey Ay, Ah Ho Ho)
     Thu 4/16 @ Sonoma State University Native Fest
Sgt. Splendor, Kate Vargas & Eric McFadden, A Chorus of Cowardly Men
     Sun 4/19 @ Bottom of the Hill
Boot Juice, Keeping Out of the Ground
     Sat 4/18 @ Bottom of the Hill
Throwing Muses, Summer of Love
     Fri 4/17 @ The Chapel
Maya Hawke, Devil You Know
     from the forthcoming album Maitreya Corso
     Sat 4/18 @ The Chapel

Eddie Lang, April Kisses
ProleterR, April Showers
Corey Glover, April Rain
Prince, Sometimes It Snows in April
Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson, April in Paris
Sarah Vaughan, I'll Remember April (live)
Hound Dog Taylor, Let's Get Funky (live)
Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters

Playlist: April 5, 2026

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