Playlist: February 27, 2013

Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Get Your Business Straight
     Morris Holt (1937-2013)
The Temptations, Papa Was A Rolling Stone
     Damon Harris (1950-2013)
Sugaray Rayford, You Upset Me Baby
     Fri 3/01 @ Biscuits and Blues
B.B. King, You Are My Sunshine (live)
     Thu 2/28 @ Fox Oakland

Leonard Cohen, Amen
     Sat-Sun 3/02-03 @ Paramount Theatre
Great Big Sea, Newfie Rap
     Wed 3/06 @ The Fillmore
The California Honeydrops, Here Comes Love
     Fri 3/01 @ Bergamot Alley
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, I'm In Love Again
     Fri 3/01 @ Club Deluxe
Meklit Hadero & Quinn DeVeaux, Elegie
     Sat 3/02 @ SFJazz Center
Seth Augustus, Hey Hey Heraclitus
     Sat 3/02 @ Revolution Cafe 
Mitch Woods, Crawfishin' (live)
     Wed 3/06 @ The Chapel

George Harrison, P2 Vatican Blues (Last Saturday Night)
Evan Rachel Wood, I'd Have You Anytime
Cowboy Junkies, Isn't It A Pity
Joe Louis Walker, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Beatles, Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees)

Paul McCartney, I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
John Lennon, Ain't That A Shame
Fats Domino, Lady Madonna
Fats Domino, The Fat Man
Willie Mitchell, The Crawl
Ann Peebles, Come to Mama
Al Green, I Want To Hold Your Hand
Otis Clay, Tryin to Live My Life Without You
Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jinx Blues
Johnny Cash, Bird On A Wire

Playlist: February 20, 2013

The gonifs, Tsigele-Migele
     Sun 2/24 @ Porto Franco Art Parlor: Klezmer Brunch
Bex Marshall, Bite Me
     Sun 2/24 @ Biscuits & Blues
Cassandra Wilson, Hellhound On My Trail
     Thu-Sat 2/21-23 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Karina Denike, Until The Real Thing Comes Along (in-studio) 
     Fri 2/22 @ Red Poppy Art House
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
     Sat 2/23 @ Pacifica Performances

Special in-studio guest: Xandra Corpora

     Fri 2/22 @The Independent: Con Brio's Xandra Farewell Show

Con Brio, How Many Days
Xandra Corpora, Catfish Blues (in-studio)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Lenny
Big Mama Thornton, School Boy
Xandra Corpora, Jimi's Song (in-studio)
Con Brio, The Battle of San Francisco (live)

ALO, Cowboys And Chorus Girls
The California Honeydrops, Pardon Me Love (live)
     Fri-Sat 2/22-23 @ The Fillmore
Tin Cup Serenade, Aunt Hagar's Blues
     Thu 2/21 @ Revolution Cafe
Howell Devine, Mellow Down Easy
     Sat 2/23 @ Speisekammer
     Sun 2/24 @ Revolution Cafe

Robben Ford, You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine
     from the new album Bringing It Back Home
The Slide Brothers, My Sweet Lord
     from the new album Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers
Corey Harris, Catfish Blues
     from the new album Fulton Blues
Big Bill Morganfield, Look What You Done
     from the new album Blues With A Mood
Nina Simone, Buck
Irma Thomas, Gone
Nirvana, Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Playlist: February 13, 2013

Tom Waits, Blue Valentines
David Bromberg, Use Me
     Thu-Fri 2/14-15 @ Freight & Salvage
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?
     Thu 2/14 @ Biscuits and Blues

The California Honeydrops, I Found A Love
Amber Gougis, Let Me Love You (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, She's Falling in Love
Elvin Bishop, Fooled Around And Fell In Love (live)
Tip of the Top, Love Her With A Feeling
Meklit Hadero & Quinn DeVeaux, Real Love (in-studio)
Cleo Gibson, I've Got Ford Engine Movements in My Hips
Margaret Carter, I Want Plenty Grease in My Frying Pan
Maria Muldaur, Separation Blues
Shemekia Copeland, Happy Valentine's Day

Special guest: Marc Lempert

Huey Lewis & The News, Going Down Slow
Howell Devine, Harmonica Wobble
Freeman Stowers, Railroad Blues
Deford Bailey, Davidson County Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson, Mr. Downchild
Little Walter, Juke
Big Walter Horton, In The Mood
Junior Wells, Chitlin Con Carne
Bob Dylan, Pledging My Time
The Beatles, I Got To Find My Baby
Robert Klein, I Can't Stop My Leg
Toots Thieleman, Bluesette
The Harmonicats, Peg o' My Heart
J. Geils Band, Whammer Jammer
Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite, We Can't End This Way
     from the new album Get Up!

Playlist: February 6, 2013

Eubie Blake, Stars and Stripes Forever
Omar Shariff, The Raven
Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project, Pompton Turnpike
     Tue 2/12 @ The Chapel
Gaucho (feat. Georgia English), It's Been A While
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, Leave My Woman Alone
     Thu 2/07 @ Yoshi's Oakland

Dr. John, Junco Partner (live)
     Tue-Thu 2/12-14 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Allen Toussaint, Dear Old Southland
     Sat-Sun 2/09-10 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Freakish
     Thu 2/14 @ Moe's Alley
     Fri-Sat 2/15-26 @ The Independent
Hot 8 Brass Band, Steaming Blues
     Thu 2/07 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
The California Honeydrops, Here Comes Love
     from the forthcoming album Like You Mean It
     Thu 2/07 @ Golden State Theate
     Fri 2/08 @ Center for the Arts
     Sat 2/09 @ Chico Women's Club
The Stone Foxes, Everybody Knows
     from the forthcoming album Small Fires
     Tue 2/12 @ Amoeba Records
     Wed 2/13 @ The New Parish
Saul Kaye, Oseh Shalom
     Thu 2/07 @ Blue Water Bistro
     Sun 2/10 @ Netivot Shalom

Grammy Nominees

Heritage Blues Orchestra, Hard Times
     from the album And Still I Rise
Ruthie Foster, Everlasting Light
     from the album Let It Burn
Shemekia Copeland, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
     from the album 33 1/3
Joan Osborne, Rhymes
     from the album Bring It On Home
Dr. John, Kingdom of Izzness
     from the album Locked Down

The Black Keys, Lonely Boy
Jack White, I'm Shakin'
Bob Marley and The Wailers, Talkin' Blues
Bob Marley and The Wailers, It Hurts to Be Alone
Lonnie Johnson, I'm Nuts About That Gal
Memphis Jug Band, She Stays Out All Night Long
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five, King Of The Zulus
Lionel Young Band, Night Train
     Thu 2/07 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Fri 2/08 @ Riverwood Inn
     Sat 2/09 @ El Campanil Theatre: Delta Blues Festival Benefit