Playlist: August 30, 2026

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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

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, I'm Not Evil
Dinah Washington, Me and My Gin
Kitty Wells, It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Greg Keelor, Star of the Showa
Blue Rodeo, Heart Like Mine
Blue Rodeo, Ride Your Bike

 

Playlist: August 23, 2026

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Digable Planets, The Art of Easing
BadBadNotGood, Slow Burn
     Tue 9/29 @ The Warfield: KALW 85th Birthday Benefit
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Jitterbug Waltz
Paula West, When That Man Is Dead and Gone
     Sun 8/30 @ Great American Music Hall
Tiffany Austin, Georgia
     Sat 8/29 @ 4th Corner Speakeasy
Wendy DeWitt, Sometimes I Wonder
     Sat 8/29 @ Roxx On Main
Maria Muldaur, A Good Man Is Hard to Find
     Sun 8/30 @ The Back Room
Danielle Nicole, Take Me Back
     Tue 8/25 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Wed 826 @ Moe's Alley
Bettye Lavette, Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight
     Fri 9/04 @ The Freight
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Honey Pie
     Fri 8/29 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, The Grapevine
     Thu 8/28 @ The Deluxe

Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band, Wild About My Lovin'
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo', Junkyard Dog
Keb' Mo', Fussing & Fighting
      Thu 9/03 @ The Mountain Winery
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, Still Smellin' Smoke
     from the new album What Can We Do?
John Brothers Piano Company, Dark and Stormy
     Thu 9/03 @ The Sound Room
The Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band, Honeysuckle
     Thu 9/03 @ Moe's Alley
     Sat 9/05 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Dom Flemons, Big Money Blues
     Sat 9/05 @ The Freight 
Lalo Guerrero, El Twist de Luis
Mark Hummel, The Toddle
Junior Watson, If I Had a Genie
Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets, Sidetracked
Mark Hummel, Anson Funderburgh & Junior Watson, Say You Will
     from the forthcoming album Road Dog
     Mon 8/31 @ Yoshi's
Wyononie Harris, Here Comes the Blues
Wynona Carr, Til the Well Runs Dry

Playlist: August 16, 2026

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Too Many Cooks, Who?
Too Many Cooks, Refuse to Die
Valerie June, Smokestack
Valerie June, Rollin' and Tumblin'
     Mon-Tue 8/17-18 @ The Chapel
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Handshake Drugs
     Thu 8/20 @ The Chapel
North Mississippi Allstars, Don't Let the Devil Ride
     Thu 8/20 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
David Jacobs-Strain & Bob Beach, Don't It Feel Good
     Fri 8/21 @ Echoes in the Valley
     Sat 8/22 @ Meder St Barn
Paul Steward, Number 9 Train
     Fri 8/21 @ Sacred Taco
     Sat 8/22 @ Union Landing Shopping Center
Albert Castiglia, In My America
     Sun 8/23 @ Biscuits & Blues
Danielle Nicole, Gaslight
     Sat 8/22 @ The Sofia
     Sun 8/23 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Tue 8/25 @ Biscuits & Blues
Dirty Cello, Run Through the Jungle
     Fri 8/21 @ Rio Nido Roadhouse
     Sat 8/22 @ Pier 39
     Sun 8/23 @ Gilman Brewing Company

Morgan Freeman, Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
Super Chikan, Crossroads
Taj Mahal, Death Letter Blues
Keith Johnson, I Lied to You  (from "Sinners")
     from the new album Morgan Freeman's Symphonic Blues Experience
Eric Bibb, One Mississippi
Eric Bibb, Muddy Waters
     from the new album One Mississippi
Eric Bibb, Rainbow People
Eric Bibb & Leon Bibb, Put On Your Robe Son
Colin James, National Steel
Colin James, No Buts No Maybes
Oscar Peterson, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Oscar Peterson, Blues of the Prairies
Oscar Peterson & Benny Green, Barbara's Blues

Playlist: August 9, 2026

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Los Lobos, La Venganza de los Pelados (live)
Los Lonely Boys, Bloodwater
     Sun 8/09 @ Uptown Theatre 
Jerron Paxton, Things Done Changed
     Thu 8/13 @ UC Berkeley Botanical Garden
Harrell 'Young Rell' Davenport, I Hear Some Blues Downstairs
     Sun 8/09 @ The Back Room
Davy Knowles, Come Home (live)
     Wed 8/12 @ Moe's Alley
     Fri 8/14 @ Biscuits & Blues
HowellDevine, Nila
     Sun 8/16 @ The Back Room
Aki Kumar, A Plea to Be Free
John 'Blues' Boyd, That Singing Roofer
     Sat 8/15 @ The Back Room
The Blues Project, Wake Me Shake Me (live)
     Tue 8/11 @ Yoshi's
     Fri 8/14 @ Papermill Creek Saloon
     Sun 8/16 @ Moe's Alley
John Brothers Piano Company, Dumka 
     Fri 8/14 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Thee Snake Charmers, Hold the Door
     Sat 8/15 @ Radio Habana

Spinal Tarp, Fieldsfield
Spinal Tarp, Sip Sip
Djo, End of Beginning
Barenaked Ladies, Odds Are
One Republic, Run
The Beatles, Help!
The Beatles, Octopus's Garden
"Weird Al" Yankovic, I Love Rocky Road
"Weird Al" Yankovic, Party in the CIA
One Republic, Counting Stars
Noisestorm, Crab Rave
The Kiffness, Kitty Caught a Mouse
The Kiffness, Ancient Husky Melody
Africa, Toto

Playlist: August 2, 2026

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Blue Rodeo, Montreal (live)
Second Hand Blues, Texas Flood (live)
     Sun 8/02 @ Blues By the Bay
The Blues Project, Flute Thing (live)
The Blues Project, Heard It On the X (live)
     Thu 8/06 @ Club Fox
     Fri 8/07 @ Sebastiani Theater
     Tue 8/11 @ Yoshi's
ZZ Top, Backdoor Medley (live)
Cheap Trick, All Washed Up
     Sat 8/08 @ The Mountain Winery
Rebirth Brass Band, We Come to Party (live)
     Sat 8/08 @ Siesta Valley Bowl
The Cottontails, Boogie's the Thing
     Sat 8/08 @ The Deluxe
Parlor Tricks, Hambone Rag
     Thu 8/06 @ Stookey's Blue Room
Fats Waller, Muscle Shoals Blues

San Jose Jazz Summerfest: Aug.7-9

Jubu Smith, Kwik-Way Nostalgia
Kyle Rowland, Stockton Boulevard
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Shortyville
Beaufunk, Resuscitation of Funk
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, Foolish
Harrell 'Young Rell' Davenport, Fatherless Child
Parlor Greens, Francisco Smack

Buddy Guy, Keep It to Myself
Buddy Guy, Best Damn Fool (live)
Buddy Guy, Mannish Boy (live)
Junior Wells & Buddy Guy, Cleo's Back (live)
     from the new album New York City Blues – Live 1978

Playlist: July 26, 2026

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Buddy Guy, Hello San Francisco
Buddy Guy, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
Buddy Guy, Where U At (feat. Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram)
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Fresh Out (feat. Buddy Guy)
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Memphis
     Thu-Fri 7/30-31 @ The Guild Theatre
Sue Foley, Last Kind Words Blues
     Sun 7/26 @ Moe's Alley
Marty O'Reilly, Going to the Country (live)
     Sat 8/01 @ Point San Pablo Harbor
Stray Cats, Fishnet Stockings (live)
     Fri 7/31 @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
     Sat 8/01 @ The Mountain Winery
Cash Box Kings, Oscar's Motel
     Thu 7/30 @ Moe's Alley
     Fri 7/31 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sat 8/01 @ Almost Famous Winery 
Carlos Elliot Jr, Poder Nativo
     Sun 8/02 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Wed 8/05 @ The California Theater of Santa Rosa
Delta Wires, Devil Got My Woman
     Sun 7/26 @ Gilman Brewing
     Thu 7/31 @ The Turf Club
Dirty Cello, Sympathy for the Devil
     Sun 7/26 @ Gilman Brewing
     Thu7/31 @ The Power Plant Coffee

Rolling Stones, Rough and Twisted
     from the new album Foreign Tongues
Rolling Stones, Blue and Lonesome
Rolling Stones, Little Red Rooster
Rolling Stones, Cops and Robbers
Rolling Stones, You Can't Catch Me
Rolling Stones, The Spider and the Fly
Rolling Stones, Who's Driving Your Plane
Rolling Stones, Doncha Bother Me 
Rolling Stones, The Under Assistant West Coast Promo Man
Rolling Stones, Parachute Woman 
Rolling Stones, Ventilator Blues
Rolling Stones, Down in the Hole
Rolling Stones, Fancy Man Blues
Rolling Stones, Love in Vain (live)
Rolling Stones, Stop Breaking Down

 

Playlist: July 19, 2026

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Special guest: Michael Glover Smith

     Bob Dylan as Filmmaker: No Time To Think

Bob Dylan, Things Have Changed
Bob Dylan, No Time to Think
Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan, Tell Me, Momma (live)
Bob Dylan, Visions of Johanna (live)
Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue (live)
Bob Dylan, Shelter From the Storm (live)

Bob Dylan, In the Garden (live)
Bob Dylan, A Couple More Years
Bob Dylan, Blood in My Eyes
Articolo 31, Come Una Pietra Scalciata
Bob Dylan, Dirt Road Blues
Magokoro Brothers, My Back Pages
Bob Dylan, Pledging My Time
Bob Dylan, When the Ship Comes In (live)
Bob Dylan, Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

Playlist: July 12, 2026

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The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, This Will Be Condos You Can't Afford
     Fri 7/17 @ The Lost Church Santa Rosa
Thee Snake Charmers, San Francisco You're Breaking My Heart
     Sat 7/25 @ Rabio Habana
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, You Lie Like A Rug
     from the forthcoming album What Can We Do?
     Fri 7/17 @ Biscuits & Blues
Wynton Marsalis, Hotter Than That
     Tue-Wed 7/14-15 @ SFJazz Center
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut (live)
     Sat 7/18 @ Biscuits & Blues
Jad Tariq, Bloodshot Eyes
Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Dink's Blues
     Fri 7/17 @ The Deluxe
     Sat 7/18 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Gaucho, Blues En Mineur
     Thu 7/16 @ The Deluxe
Barrio Manouche, Tangos de Cali
     Sat 7/18 @ The Deluxe (Calibérico)

John Jorgenson Quintet, Waiting for the Fog to Rise
Jason Anick, Minor Blues
     Tue 7/14 @ UC Berkeley Botanical Garden
George Cole Quintet, Valentino
     Sun 7/19 @ The Sailing Goat
Jazz Mafia, Not Fade Away (live)
     Tue 7/14 @ Sonoma Plaza
     Wed 7/15 @ Mission College 
Darren Johnston, A Call For All Demons
     Thu 7/16 @ The Back Room
Steve Freund, Come On In This House
     Sat 7/18 @ The Back Room
Gin Blossoms, Cajun Song
Blues Traveler, Call Me The Breeze
Spin Doctors, Some Other Man Instead
Gin Blossoms, Blues Traveler & Spin Doctors, Indiana Wants Me
     Fri 7/17 @ Green Music Center
Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing, Misty

Playlist: July 5, 2026

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Bryan Adams, 51st State
Blue Rodeo, Stealin' All My Dreams
Kyle Rowland, I'll Take You Back 
Rick Estrin, You're Gonna Need My Help (live)
Mark Hummel, My Kind of Baby (live)
      Tue 7/07 @ Yoshi's: Lazy Lester Benefit
Lazy Lester, Blues Stop Knocking (live)
Lazy Lester, Bloodstains on the Wall (live)
Lazy Lester, Raining in My Heart (live)
Lazy Lester, Jambalaya (live)
Lazy Lester, Sugar Coated Love (live)

Native North America at 250 

Murray Porter, 1492: Who Found Who?
Murray Porter, 500 Years
Jesse Ed Davis, Reno Street Incident
Jesse Ed Davis, Sue Me Sue You Blues
Bob Dylan, Watching the River Flow
Link Wray & The Wraymen, Rumble
Link Wray, Shawnee
Indigenous, Blues This Morning
Indigenous, Stay Behind
Twice As Good, Myanik Xe (Beautiful Music)
Paul Steward, Mth'alal (Hey Ay, Ah Ho Ho)
John Angaiak, Ak'a Tamaani
John Angaiak, I'll Rock You to the Rhythm of the Ocean
Willy Mitchell & The Desert River Band, Kill'n Your Mind

Playlist: June 28, 2026

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The Tragically Hip, Locked in the Trunk of a Car (live)
     from the forthcoming album Live July 22—August 16, 2016
The Tragically Hip, Last American Exit
Alvon Johnson, Tater
Lady Bianca, Ugly Man Song
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Maple Leaf Rag
     Sun 7/05 @ Yoshi's
Fillmore Slim, Vegetable Man
     Fri 7/03 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sun 7/05 @ Yoshi's
Kim Nalley, Summertime
Rob Dehlinger & His Alpha Rhythm Kings, Rag Doll
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
     Sat-Sun 7/04-05 @ Fillmore Jazz Festival

Blue Rodeo, Fools Like You
The Chieftones, I Shouldn't Have Did What I Done
The Chieftones, Mona Lisa
Peter Frank, Little Feather
Willie Dunn, Son of the Sun
Willie Dunn, I Pity the Country
Sugluk, I Didn't Know
Gordon Dick, Siwash Rock
Alexis Utatnaq, Maqaivvigivalauqtavut
Sugluk, Ajuinnarasuarsunga
Sikumiut, Utirumavunga
William Tagoona, Anaanga
Morley Loon, N'Doheeno
The Jerry Cans, Suqutaunngilaq
The Jerry Cans, Qaumajuujusi
The Travellers, This Land Is Your Land (Bilingual version)

Playlist: June 21, 2026

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Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, The Rhumbabum Hum
     Fri 6/26 @ The Deluxe
HowellDevine, Strange Time Meltdown
     Sat 6/27 @ The Deluxe
     Sun 6/28 @ Rancho Nicasio 

Fountain Blues Festival: June 27-28

Ruthie Foster, Thank You
     Fri 6/26 @ The Freight
     Sun 6/28 @ Rancho Nicasio
Ronnie Baker Brooks, I Found a Dollar Looking For a Dime
Eric Gales, Guitar Man
Fillmore Slim, Little Bluebird
Alvon Johnson, Love Me or Leave Me
     Wed 6/24 @ Yoshi's 
Ben Rice & The PDX Hustle, Crushing on the Bartender

Tia Carroll, Ain't Nobody Worryin'
     Sat 6/27 @ Biscuits & Blues
Boneshakers, Dobro Jones (Low Country Mix)
     Fri 6/26 @ Biscuits & Blues
Kid Andersen, Day Tripper
     Fri 6/26 @ Poor House Bistro

Ronnie Baker Brooks, Lonnie Brooks' Blessing / Blues in My DNA
Ronnie Baker Brooks, It's All About You (feat. Lonnie Brooks)
Shawn Holt & The Teardrops, Daddy Told Me
Johnny Copeland, Tumbling Dice (feat. Shemekia Copeland)
Zakiya Hooker, Mean Mean World (feat. John Lee Hooker)
Carey Bell & Lurrie Bell, Do You Hear
Tom Waits, Summertime
R.E.M., Summertime
Paul McCartney, Summertime
Wendy DeWitt, Summertime (in-studio)
Billy Stewart, Summertime
Bob Dylan, In the Summertime

Playlist: June 14, 2026

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Bob Dylan in the Bay Area (and a Bit Beyond)

Dance Me to the End of Love (Montreal, October 29, 2023)
False Prophet (Oakland, June 11, 2022)
If You Gotta Go, Go Now (San Jose, November 25, 1964)
Long Distance Operator (San Jose, December 12, 1965)
Ballad of Hollis Brown (Oakland, February 11, 1974)
I Don't Believe You (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)
The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar (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)
Brown Sugar (Sacramento. October 9, 2002)
Mutineer (Berkeley, October 11, 2002)
Old Man (Berkeley, October 11, 2002)
Lonesome Day Blues (Santa Rosa, April 4, 2006)
Workingman's Blues #2 (Stockton, August 15, 2009)
Visions of Johanna (Oakland, August 24, 2010)
Freebird (Berkeley, June 9, 2016)