Playlist: November 16, 2025

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California Honeydrops, Wind Howling
California Honeydrops, Tennessee Waltz
     Fri-Sat 11/28-29 @ The UC Theatre
Aki Kumar, Time Will Tell
     Sun 11/16 @ Blondie's 
     Fri 11/21 @ Biscuits & Blues
Dustbowl Revival, Oh! Darling
Hot Club of Cowtown, This Wheel's On Fire
     Sun 11/16 @ Bankhead Theater: A Celebration of Bob & Willie
Willie Nelson, Workin' Man Blues
     from the new album Willie Sings Merle
Bob Dylan, Workingman's Blues #2
Whiskerman, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
     Sun 11/23 @ Thee Stork Club
The Lucky Losers, Sunday Stroller
     from the new album Arrival
     Fri 11/21 @ The Smiling Dog
     Sat 11/22 @ Tall Guy Brewing
     Sun 11/23 @ Willits Center for the Arts
Howlin' Wolf, Smokestack Lightning
W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band, St. Louis Blues

Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts, Big Crime
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Born in Ontario
Neil Young & Promise of the Real, Baby What You Want Me to Do
Neil Young, Hello Lonely Woman
Neil Young, We Don't Smoke It No More
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Double E
Neil Young & The Shocking Pinks, Bright Lights Big City
Neil Young, I Want to Drive My Car (solo)
Neil Young, I Want to Drive My Car (band)
Neil Young, Speakin' Out
Neil Young & The Bluenotes, This Note's For You
Anders Osborne, Cowgirl in the Sand
     from the album Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol.1
Meklit & Quinn, Music Arcade
Bob Dylan, Old Man (live)

Playlist: November 9, 2025

Big Joe Williams, Wichita
Victoria Spivey, It's Dangerous
Bob Dyan, Blowin' in the Wind (live)
Bob Dylan & The Band, Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan, Man of Constant Sorrow
Bob Dylan, Man of Constant Sorrow (live)
Bob Dylan, Liverpool Gal
     from the new box set The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963
Neko Case, Buckets of Rain (live)
     Tue 11/11 @ The Masonic
Maria Muldaur, Buckets of Rain
     Sat 11/15 @ Biscuits & Blues
Davy Knowles, I Want You (She's So Heavy) (live)
     Wed 11/12 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Thu 11/13 @ Almost Famous Winery
Sonny Landreth, Congo Square Blues (live)
     Mon 11/10 @ Yoshi's

The Pogues, And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
Bryan Adams, Remembrance Day
John Bray, Trench Blues
Cousin Joe, Post-War Future Blues
Doctor Clayton, '41 Blues
B.B. King, Questionnaire Blues
Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Army Blues
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, There's Peace in Korea
J.B. Lenoir, Korea Blues
Soldier Boy Houston, Far East Blues
Sunnyland Slim & His Trio, Back to Korea Blues
J.B. Lenoir, Vietnam Blues
John Prine, Great Society Conflict Veteran's Blues

Playlist: November 2, 2025

Bob Dylan, San Francisco Bay Blues
     from the new box set The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963
The Jokers, Let the Good Times Roll
Bob Dylan, Let the Good Times Roll (live)
Bob Dylan, I Got a New Girl
Bob Dylan, Jesus Christ
The Pogues, Jesse James
Bob Dylan, Talkin' Hugh Brown
Bob Dylan, K.C. Moan
Bob Dylan, Stealin'
Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead, Stealin'
Bob Dylan, I Ain't Go No Home (live)
Bob Dylan & The Band, I Ain't Got No Home (live)
Bob Dylan, Two Trains Runnin'
Bob Dylan, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (live)
Bob Dylan & The Band, One Kind Favor
Bob Dylan, Pretty Boy Floyd (live)
Bob Dylan, Pretty Boy Floyd (live)

Bob Dylan, Ain't No Grave
Bob Dylan, In the Pines (live)
Bob Dylan, In the Pines (live)
Bob Dylan, Let Me Die in My Footsteps (live)
Bob Dylan, Ramblin' On My Mind (live)
Bob Dylan, Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Bob Dylan, Tomorrow Is A Long Time (take 1)
Bob Dylan West Memphis
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (live)
Bob Dylan, That's All Right Mama
Bob Dylan, That's All Right Mama
Bob Dylan, Key to the Highway
Bob Dylan, Key to the Highway (live) 

Playlist: October 26, 2025

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Eddie Lang, Prelude in C-Sharp Minor Op.3
Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti, Black and Blue Bottom
Clarence Williams & His Novelty Four, Whatya Want Me to Do?
Blind Willie Dunn's Gin Bottle Four, Jet Black Blues
Joe Venuti's Blue Four, Runnin' Ragged
Eddie Lang, A Little Love, A Little Kiss

Gaucho, Saturday Night Function
     Fri 10/31 @ Comstock Saloom
Dirty Cello, Hell On Wheels
     Fri 10/31 @ Gilman Brewing Company
The Sam Chase & the Untraditional, Chasing Windmills
     Fri 10/31 @ Mystic Theatre
RonKat Spearman, Funk Insurance (Bootification)
     Fri 10/31 @ Golden Gate Park Bandshell
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, I Loved Another Women
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Cold Black Night
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, The World Keep on Turning

Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, Halloween Spooks
Johnny Otis & Marci Lee, Casting My Spell
Cliff Jackson & His Krazy Kats, The Terror
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra, Hi Spook
B.B. King, Haunted House
Bessie Smith, Haunted House Blues
Johnny Messner and his Music Box Band, A Clarinet In A Haunted House
Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra, Haunted Nights
Johnny Fuller, Haunted House
Tom Waits, The Ghosts of Saturday Night (live)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
Blue Rodeo, Graveyard
Creedeence Clearwater Revival, Graveyard Train
Otis Redding, Trick or Treat
Carlos Mejia, Muertos Que Lloran

Playlist: October 19, 2025

Aki Kumar, It Is What It Is
Julia Veil, The Elephant
     Sun 10/19 @ SFJazz Center

Special in-studio guest: PC Muñoz

     Sun 10/26 @ The Freight: One Song All Night

PC Muñoz feat. Dr. Fink, Sign o' the Times
PC Muñoz feat. Bryan Dyer, Who Will Bury Me
Tammy Hall, Blue Divine
Dame Drummer, I Would Die 4 U
Ira Kamin & PC Muñoz, Kimberley
Michael Bloomfield, The Train Is Gone
Hannah Mayree, Nose Bleeds
Prince, Kiss

Hannah Mayree, Scarborough Fair
Doug MacLeod, Between Somewhere and Goodbye
     Sun 10/19 @ Biscuits & Blues
Earl Thomas, Old Landmark (live)
     Sat 10/25 @ Biscuits & Blues
Delta Wires, Pontiac Blues (live)
     Fri 10/24 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sat 10/25@ The Turf Club
JW Jones, It's Obdacious
     Thu 10/23 @ The Torch Club
     Fri 10/24 @ Poor House Bistro
Brass Mafia, When the Saints Go Marchin' In
     Thu 10/23 @ The Big Easy
     Sat 10/25 @ Keys Jazz Bistro 
Wynton Marsalis, New Orleans Bump
Jelly Roll Morton, Mr. Jelly Lord
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Go Go Power
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco, Celia & Johnny
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, U.S. 41
Elvin Bishop, Can't Even Do Wrong Right

Playlist: October 12, 2025

George Harrison, It's Johnny's Birthday
The Beatles, Real Love (2025 mix)
John Lennon, God (evolution documentary)
John Lennon, It's So Hard (evolution documentary)
The Beatles, Get Off (White Power)
The Beatles, Good Rockin' Tonight
The Beatles, I'm So Tired (rehearsal)
The Beatles, Love Me Do (rehearsal)
The Beatles, Madman
The Beatles, I Want You (rehearsal)
The Beatles, I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Yoko Ono, Omae No Okaa We

John Lennon, San Francisco Bay Blues
Raz Kennedy, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Otis McDonald & Awesöme Orchestra, A Day in the Life
Soltrón, Good Morning Good Morning
Rohan Krishnamurthy, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Hot Club of San Francisco, You Can't Do That
Hot Club of San Francisco, Because
The Beatles, Mean Mr. Mustard (demo)
The Beatles, Mean Mr. Mustard (rehearsal)
The Beatles, Mean Mr. Mustard (take 20)
The Beatles, Polythene Pam (demo)
The Beatles, Polythene Pam (take 27)
The Beatles, Revolution (demo)
The Beatles, Revolution 1 (take 18)

Playlist: October 5, 2025

Béla Fleck, October Winds
Julie London, This October
Pamela Rose, September in the Rain
     Sun 10/12 @ The Back Room
Ledisi, What A Difference a Day Made
     from the new album For Dinah
     Mon 10/06 @ Davies Symphony Hall
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, With My Man
     Fri 10/10 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Dinah Washington, Evil Gal Blues
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, Bruised
     Fri 10/10 @ The Sound Room
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Hemmin' & Hawin'
     Tue 10/07 @ Guild Theatre
     Wed 10/08 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Ron Jackson, Lovely Day
     Thu 10/09 @ Dawn Club
     Fri 10/10 @ Meyhouse
     Sat 10/11 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Crosses
     Sat 10/18 @ The Fillmore
     Sun 10/19 @ Uptown Theatre
Rebirth Brass Band, We Come to Party
     Fri 10/10 @ Guild Theatre
     Sat 10/11 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Special in-studio guest: Rick Estrin (2010)

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Handle With Care (live)
Lowell Fulson, Blues Pain
ZZ Hill, Don’t Make Me Pay For His Mistakes
Rodger Collins, She’s Looking Good
Fillmore Slim, Playboy
Johnny Morrisette, Brick
Jimmy McCracklin, Think
Travis Philips, Eyes Like a Cat
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Bigfoot
Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Slap Happy
Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Eyes Like a Cat
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, The Hits Keep Coming

Playlist: September 28, 2025

Johnny Mathis, Kol Nidre
Johnny Mathis, Bluesette
Jeremiah Lockwood, Kol Nidre #2
John Zorn & Quatuor Molinari, Kol Nidre
John Brothers Piano Company, Mint Julep
     Thu 10/02 @ The Sound Room
Bhi Bhiman, My Best Friend's Girl
     Fri 10/03 @ The Chapel
Curtis Salgado, Fine By Me
     Wed 10/01 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Thu 10/02 @ Poor House Bistro
     Fri 10/03 @ Sutter Creek Theatre
Dennis Jones, Six Feet Off the Ground
     Wed 10/01 @ Club Fox
Los Straitjackets, Cry For a Beatle
      Fri 10/03 @ Moe's Alley
      Sat 1004 @ The Ivy Room
Cash Box Kings, Oscar's Motel
     Thu 10/02 @ Biscuits & Blues
Derek Irving & His Combo, Combo Boogie
Mitch Woods, Shakin' the Shack
     Sat 10/04 @ Monroe Hall
     Sun 10/05 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Oct. 3-5

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Remember I Was a Dancer
Marc Ribot, Sometime Jailhouse Blues
Corey Harris, Chicken Man
Maria Muldaur, Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Half a Boy and Half a Man (live)
Steve Earle, Rex's Blues / Ft. Worth Blues (live)
     Wed 10/01 @ Presidio Theatre
     Thu 10/02 @ Nob Hill Masonic

Mark Hummel, City Livin' (live)
     Thu 10/02 @ Canyons BBQ
     Fri 10/03 @ The Saloon
     Sun 10/05 @ Lucca Bar & Grill
Koko Taylor, What Came First the Egg or the Hen
Koko Taylor, Insane Asylum
C.J. Chenier, My Baby Don't Wear No Shoes
C.J. Chenier, Riding with Uncle Cleveland

Playlist: September 21, 2025

Leonard Cohen, Who By Fire
Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues, Serenade (live)
     Fri 9/26 @ The Back Room
Roy Rogers, For the Children (live)
     Fri 9/26 @ Rancho Nicasio

Monterey Jazz Festival: Sept. 26-28

Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Black Ball Swing (Kansas City)
Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Sidewalk Sizzle
Trombone Shorty, Way Downtown
Mr. Sipp, When the Saints Go Marching In (live)
Dianne Reeves, Don't Play With My Mind Blues (live)
Davina and the Vagabonds, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Gunhild Carling, I'll Wait For You in San Francisco

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Autumn in New York
Chet Baker, Autumn Leaves
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, Autumn Serenade
The Kinks, Autumn Almanac
Iron & Wine, Autumn Town Leaves
The Neighborhood, Sweater Weather
Yo La Tengo, Autumn Sweater
Serge Gainsbourg, La Chanson de Prévert
Fiona Apple, Pale September
Neil Young, Harvest Moon
The Band, King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

Playlist: September 14, 2025

Sly & The Family Stone, Thank You (Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Big Star, Thank You Friends
Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue, End of the World
Junior Watson, Flappin'
     Wed 9/17 @ Yoshi's
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, It's All Over Now
     Tue 9/16 @ Yoshi's
Jon Cleary, Fessa Longhair Boogaloo
     Sun 9/14 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
John Brothers Piano Company, South American Fantasy
     Sun 9/14 @ Flower Piano Lounge
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
     Sat 9/20 @ Flower Piano Lounge
The Cottontails, Them There Eyes
     Thu 9/18 @ Flower Piano Garden of Fragrance
Cosmo Alleycats, I Guess It's Just the Mood I'm In
     Wed 9/17 @ Bissap Baobab
     Thu 9/18 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
     Fri 9/19 @ Local Edition

Ron Carter, All Blues
     Wed-Sat 9/17-20 @ SFJazz Center
SFJazz Collective, October in San Francisco
     Tue 9/16 @ SFJazz Center
Pon Pon Chen, Them There Eyes (live)
     Sat 9/20 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sun 9/21 @ Union Square
Ruthie Foster, Six Mile Water
     Wed 9/17 @ The Freight
     Thu 9/18 @ Moe's Alley
The Gold Souls, Callin' You (On the Phone)
     Sat 9/20 @ Degrees Plato
North Mississippi Allstars, Pray for Peace
     Fri 9/19 @ The Independent
     Sat 9/20 @ Felton Music Hall
Aki Kumar, A Plea to Be Free
     Fri 9/19 @ Asian Art Museum
     Sat 9/20 @ The Sound Room
B.B. King, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
B.B. King, The Thrill Is Gone (live)
B.B. King, How Blue Can You Get (live)
B.B. King, Let's Do the Boogie

Playlist: September 7, 2025

Mavis Staples, Beautiful Strangers
     from the forthcoming album Sad and Beautiful World
Fantastic Negrito, Everything Went Wrong (in-studio)
     Sat 9/13 @ Blue Note Napa
Aki Kumar, Hindi Man Blues (in-studio)
     Wed 9/10 @ Empress Marquee Club
HowellDevine, Sadie (in-studio)
     Fri 9/12 @ The Ivy Room
Mark Hummel, Stop Now Baby (in-studio)
     Wed 9/10 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
John Brothers Piano Company, Daffy Duckin' (in-studio)
     Sun 9/14 @ Flower Pianos
Hernandez Hideaway, Take Me to Your Leader (in-studio)
Thee Snake Charmers, Mr. Lobster (in-studio)
     Fri 9/12 @ Hotel Utah Saloon
Junk Parlor, Dance With Me Bela Lugosi (in-studio)
     Sat 9/13 @ The Riptide
The Lucky Losers, What Is Success (in-studio)
     Thu 9/11 @ The Saloon
Tiffany Austin, 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do (in-studio)
     Sat 9/13 @ SFJazz Center

The Tempos, See You in September
Johnnie Taylor, It's September
Barry White, September (When I First Met You)
Earth Wind & Fire, September
Carole King, It Might As Well Rain Until September
Sarah Vaughan, September Song
Rosanne Cash, September When It Comes (feat. Johnny Cash)
Buffy Sainte Marie, Sweet September Morning
Kim Nalley, September in the Rain
My Morning Jacket, Old September Blues
Moe., September
Green Day, Wake Me Up When September Ends
The Bangles, September Gurls

Playlist: August 31, 2025

Billy Joel, Piano Man
Fantastic Negrito, California Loner
     Sat 9/06 @ Levi's Plaza
Piper & The Hard Times, Cowboy Gucci
     Fri 9/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Record Company, I'm Working
     Thu 9/04 @ Guild Theatre
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, One More Night
Deanna Bogart, I'll Be Damned If I Get Old (live)
     Sun 9/07 @ Rancho Nicasio
Postmodern Jukebox, Mad World
     Wed 9/03 @ The Mountain Winery
     Thu 9/04 @ Gallo Center for the Arts
     Fri 9/05 @ Uptown Theatre
Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles, Lead Ya (live)
     Thu-Fri 9/04-05 @ SFJazz Center
Blind Boys of Alabama, Spirit in the Sky (live)
     Sat-Sun @ SFJazz Center
Junk Parlor, Only Survival
     Sat 9/06 @ Fireside Lounge
Greg Keelor, Heaven

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