Playlist: January 29, 2014

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Pete Seeger, Forever Young

Pete Seeger feat. Bob Dylan, Playboys and Playgirls

North Mississippi Allstars, Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again

Lightnin' Malcom, Givin You Away

     Fri-Sat 1/31-2/01 @ The Independent

Kent Burnside, Honey Dew

     from the forthcoming album My World Is So Cold

Charlie Musselwhite, Just A Feeling
Mark Hummel, I Hate To See You Go

     Thu 1/30 @ Tupelo

     Fri 1/31 @ Poor House Bistro

     Sat 2/01 @ Main Street Brewery

Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite, She Got Kick

     from the Grammy-winning album Get Up!
Aki Kumar, She Don't Love Me No More

     from the forthcoming album Don't Hold Back
     Thu 1/30 @ Little Lou's BBQ
     Tue 2/04 @ Blue Note

Phil Berkowitz, Always a First Time

     Thu 1/30 @ The Saloon

     Fri 1/31 @ The Pocket
Wendy DeWitt, Nervous
     Thu 1/30 @ The Saloon
The Wood Brothers, Stumbled In (live)
     Sat 2/01 @ The Fillmore
     Mon 2/03 @ Rio Theatre
     Tue 2/04 @ Mystic Theatre
Benjy Fox Rosen, Hudl Mitn Strudel
     Thu 1/30 @ Red Poppy Art House

Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Driftin' Blues
Roosevelt Sykes, Dirty Mother For You (live)
Elmore James, Something Inside of Me
Eddie Taylor, Dust My Broom
Paul Pena, Kargyraa Moan
Janiva Magness, Make It Rain
The Glasses, Tango d'arabia
John Hammond, Jockey Full of Bourbon (live)
     from the new album Timeless
Joe Louis Walker, I'm Gonna Walk Outside
     from the forthcoming album Hornet's Nest
Michael Bloomfield, Hammond's Rag
     from the forthcoming box set From His Head to His Heart to His Hands
Pete Seeger, In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down (live)
     Pete Seeger (1919-2014)

Playlist: January 22, 2014

Bayonics, Sing a Simple Song
     from the new album UnderCover Presents Sly & The Family Stone's "Stand!"
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, Highway 61 Revisited
     Sat 1/25 @ Armando's
     Sun 1/26 @ B-Side BBQ
Bill Frisell, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)
     Thu-Sun 1/23-26 @ SFJazz Center

Special in-studio guests: Aki Kumar, Jon Lawton & Vance Ehlers

     Sun 1/26 @ Little Lou's BBQ: Kim Wilson with The Bay Area Blues All-Stars

Worried All Night Long (in-studio)
She Don't Want Me No More (in-studio)
Runnin' Blue (in-studio)
Hoochie Coochie Coo
Blue Baby (in-studio)
Let Me Get Closer
Freight Train (in-studio)
Ajeeb Daastaan
     from the forthcoming album Don't Hold Back

Bill Frisell, A Change Is Gonna Come (live)
Sam Cooke, A Change Is Gonna Come
Hot Club of Cowtown, Dark Eyes (Ochi Chornye)
     Thu 1/23 @ Freight & Salvage
George Cole Quintet, Ridin' to the Poorhouse
     Sun 1/26 @ Freight & Salvage
Beso Negro, World of Warcraft
     Sat 1/25 @ Hopmonk Tavern
Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project, Gypsy Without A Song
     Wed 1/29 @ The Chapel
Matt Montgomery with Awesöme Orchestra Collective, Though I Try
     Sun 1/26 @ Malonga Casquelord Center for the Arts
Ron Hacker, Champagne and Reefer
     Sat 1/25 @ The Saloon
Ann Cole, Got My Mojo Working
Etta James, The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry)

Playlist: January 15, 2014

Zakiya Harris, I Want To Take You Higher
Marcus Shelby, Somebody's Watching You
     Fri-Sun 1/17-19 @ The Independent: UnderCover Presents Sly & The Family Stone's "Stand!"

Syl Johnson, Come Together

     Thu-Sat 1/16-18 @ Biscuits and Blues

Booker T Jones, Crazy
     Fri 1/17 @ Yoshi's Oakland

The Brat Pack, Jailhouse Blues
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Blues Hall of Fame
     Sun 1/19 @ Biscuits and Blues
Shovelman, 60 Watt Bulb
     Fri-Sat 1/17-18 @ Regency Ballroom
Beso Negro, Grow
     Fri 1/17 @ Regency Ballroom
     Sat 1/18 @ Smiley's
Go Van Gogh, Cassie's Bubble
     Sat 1/18 @ Revolution Cafe
Frank Bey & Anthony Paule, Still Called The Blues
     Sat 1/18 @ Poor House Bistro
Little Jonny & The Giants, Aki Daki Stomp
     Aki Kumar 1/22 on Fog City Blues

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, There Ain't No Santa Claus On The Evenin' Stage
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica
Ornette Coleman, Invisible
Bo Diddley, Diddy Wah Diddy
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, China Pig

Mississippi Fred McDowell, 61 Highway
Robert Wilkins, That's No Way To Get Along
Long John Baldry, I Love Paris
Eartha Kitt, C'est Si Bon
Ruth Brown, Mambo Baby
Allen Toussaint, St. James Infirmary
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Lord You Sure Been Good To Me
Jay McShann, Kansas City
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Hootie Blues

Playlist: January 8, 2014

Sonny Boy Williamson, Nine Below Zero
Mark Hummel, Love In Vain
     Thu-Sun 1/09-12 @ SFJazz Center: Blues Harmonica Blowout Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson

Special in-studio guests: Lyz Luke, David Möschler et al.

     Fri-Sun 1/17-19 @ The Independent: UnderCover Presents Sly & The Family Stone's "Stand!"

Sly & The Family Stone, Stand!
Awesöme Orchestra Collective, Stand!
Tumbleweed Wanderers, Everyday People
Con Brio, Sex Machine
Jazz Mafia's Subharmonic, You Can Make It If You Try
Sly & The Family Stone, I Want To Take You Higher

Elvis Presley, Medley: Nothingville/Big Boss Man/Guitar Man
Tampa Red, Turpentine Blues
Wilbert Harrison, Let's Stick Together
Slim Harpo, Te Ni Nee Ni Nu
Cyril Neville, Magic Honey
Wild Tchoupitoulas, Hey Hey (Indians Comin')
Curtis Salgado, He Played His Harmonica
     Thu-Sun 1/09-12 @ SFJazz Center
Quinn DeVeaux, BFF
     Mon 1/13 @ Osteria: Acoustic Bistro
Little Jonny & The Giants, I Wish You Would Love Me
     Fri 1/10 @ Poor House Bistro
     Wed 1/15 @ The Saloon
Mighty Mike Schermer, Keep Reachin' For The Top
     Fri 1/10 @ Mojo Lounge
     Sun 1/12 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Toronzo Cannon, Big Ray Bop
     Thu-Fri 1/09-10 @ Biscuits and Blues

Playlist: January 1, 2014

Johnny Otis Orchestra, Happy New Year Baby
Lonnie Johnson, Happy New Year Darling
Roy Milton Solid Senders, New Year's Resolution Blues
Lil Son Jackson, New Year's Resolution
Sonny Boy Williamson, Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues

Special in-studio guest: Mark Hummel

     Thu-Sun 1/09-12 @ SFJazz Center: Blues Harmonica Blowout Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson

Sonny Boy Williamson, One Way Out
Mark Hummel, I Wonder Why
John Mayall, Another Man
Sonny Boy Williamson, Don't Kill Me (ilve)
Rick Estrin, Gettin' Out of Town (live)
Mark Hummel, Stop Now Baby
Sonny Boy Williamson, Checkin' Up On My Baby
Mark Hummel, Blue Light
Sonny Boy Williamson, Stop Now Baby

Best of 2013 in-studio

Ron Thompson & Mark Hummel, Where Can You Be (in-studio)
Brass Menažeri, Oliverov Čoček (in-studio)
Shoestring Trio, Puttin' On the Ritz (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Money Is King (in-studio)
Bhi Bhiman, Naive Melody (in-studio)
Whiskerman, Amen (in-studio)
Karina Denike, Boxing Glove (in-studio)
Con Brio, Give It All (in-studio)
Mack Blackman, The Pearls (in-studio)
Wendy DeWitt, Summertime (in-studio)
The Hound Kings, Recession Blues (in-studio)
Slim Jenkins, Rein It Back (in-studio)