Playlist: October 29, 2022

Jerry Lee Lewis, Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Jerry Lee Lewis, Stephchild
     Jerry Lee Lewis (1935-2022)
Conspiracy of Beards, Don't Go Home With Your Hard On
     Fri 11/04 @ The Lost Church
Leonard Cohen, Death of a Ladies' Man
Joey Weisenberg, Balkan Blues Nigun
     Sun 10/30 @ Congregation Sherith Israel
Son Little, What's Good
     Fri 11/04 @ Great American Hall
     Sat 11/05 @ Moe's Alley
Dragon Smoke, Funky Miracle (live)
     Wed 11/02 @ Moe's Alley
     Thu 11/03 @ Hopmonk Tavern
     Fri-Sat 11/04-05 The Independent
Angela Strehli, Two Steps From the Blues
     from the forthcoming album Ace of Spades
     Fri 11/04 @ Rancho Nicasio
Terrence Brewer, Caravan
     Wed 11/02 @ SFJazz Center: 1959 – The Year That Changed Jazz
Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come

Tom Waits, The Ghosts of Saturday Night
Tom Waits, Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Graveyard Train
Blue Rodeo, Graveyard
Chuck Berry, Trick or Treat
Otis Redding, Trick or Treat
B.B. King, Haunted House
Bessie Smith, Haunted House Blues
Louis Armstrong, Skeletons in the Closet
King Oliver, Call of the Freaks
Johnny Otis & Marci Lee, Casting My Spell
Hop Wilson, My Woman Has a Black Cat Bone
Sippie Wallace, Devil Dance Blues
Fleetwood Mac, Hellhound On My Trail
The Beatles, Rain
     from the new box set Revolver (Special Edition)

Playlist: October 22, 2022

Sly & The Family Stone, St. James Infirmary (live)
     Sat 10/29 @ Center for the Arts
Otis, Little Brother
     Fri 10/28 @ Boom Boom Room
Polyrhythmics, Pupusa Strut
     Sun 10/23 @ Ivy Room
Big Blu Soul Revue, Black Pearl
     Wed 10/26 @ The Veranda
     Sat 10/29 @ Local Edition
Lowdown Brass Band, Easy Greazy
     Sun 10/23 @ Hangtown Music Festival
MJ's Brass Boppers, Step Aside
     Thu 10/27 @ Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
Zydeco Flames, Tu Le Ton Son Ton
Mighty Mike Schermer, The Hungry Dog
     Sat 10/29 @ Poor House Bistro
Alvin Youngblood Hart, How Long Before I Change My Clothes
     Tue 10/25 @ The Fillmore

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite, What the Hell?
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Pity the Fool
Elvin Bishop, Calling All Cows
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, Keep On Rollin'
Little Smokey Smothers & Elvin Bishop, Little Red Rooster (live)
Eddie Lang, Prelude
Lonnie Johnson & Blind Willie Dunn, Have to Change Keys to Play These Blues
Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang, Black and Blue Bottom
Gladys Bentley, Wild Geese Blues
Eddie Lang & Carl Kress, Pickin' My Way (Guitar Mania pt.1)
Quinn DeVeaux, Very Best Thing
Kim Nalley, I Hadn't Anyone Til I Met You

Playlist: October 15, 2022

Kyra Gordon, Piece of My Heart (live)
Kyra Gordon, Ruby (live)
Mimi Fox, She's A Woman
     Sat 10/22 @ Firehouse Arts Center: Loving Janis
The Caliopians, Crushes
Mokai, You Don’t Even Notice I'm Around (Cell Phone Blues)
     Sun 10/16 @ Porchfest
HowellDevine, That's No Way to Get Along
     Sun 10/16 @ The Back Room
Mark Hummel, Breathtaking Blues
     Wed 10/19 @ El Cerrito Natural Grocery
     Sat 10/22 @ Down Home Music
Maria Muldaur, Let It Simmer
     Sat 10/22 @ San Rafael Elks Lodge
Kim Nalley, I Want a Little Boy (duet)
     Thu-Sun 10/23 @ Feinstein's at the Nikko
Lowdown Brass Band, Ranura de la Noche
Black Sheep Brass Band, Butter 'n Beans
     Thu 10/20 @ The Ivy Room

The Stone Foxes, Help Me Now
     from the forthcoming album On the Other Side
Fantastic Negrito, Virginia Soil
     Sat 10/22 @ National AIDS Memorial
Isaac Rother & The Phantoms, Witches' Brew
     Fri 10/21 @ The Stork Club
The Delta Bombers, Dogs of Pavlov
     Wed 10/19 @ Great American Music Hall
Circus Bella All-Star Band, Unicycle
     Sun 10/16 @ Golden Gate Park
Kurt Ribak, Blue Mambo
      Thu 10/20 @ SFJazz Center
Charles Mingus, Better Git It In Your Soul
Mariza, Lágrima
     Sun 10/16 @ SFJazz Center
Victoria Spivey, Mosquito, Fly, and Flea
Sugar Pie DeSanto, The Twelfth of Never
Chuck Berry, 3/4 Time (Enchiladas)
Paul Simon, Paranoia Blues
Michael Jerome Browne, Cancer Ward Blues

photo: Andrea Barton-Elson

Playlist: October 8, 2022

John Lennon, San Francisco Bay Blues
Tom Jones, Not Dark Yet
     Tue 10/11 @ The Mountain Winery
     Wed 10/12 @ Masonic Center
James Hunter Six, This Is Where We Came In
     Fri 10/14 @ Cornerstone
     Sat-Sun @ The Mountain Winery
California Honeydrops, In Your Arms
     from the new album Soft Spot
Fantastic Negrito, Nibbadip
     Sat 10/15 @ Museum of the African Diaspora
Circus Bella All-Star Band, Slackrope
     Sun 10/09 @ Herbst Theatre

Thelonious Monk Festival: Oct. 5-10 @ SFJazz Center

Kenny Barron Trio, Shuffle Boil
Edward Simon, Monk's Dream
Miles Ozakazi, Rhythm-a-ning
Greg Lewis, Trinkle Tinkle

Thelonious Monk, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Thelonious Monk, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Art Tatum, Tiger Rag
Art Tatum, Tiger Rag

George Harrison, It’s Johnny’s Birthday
The Beatles, Tomorrow Never Knows (take 1)
     from the forthcoming album Revolver Special Edition
The Beatles, Watching Rainbows
The Beatles, I’ve Got A Feeling/Rainy Day Women #12 & 35/The Inner Light
The Beatles, Something (rehearsal)
The Beatles, I'm So Tired
John Lennon, Instant Karma (evolution documentary)
The Beatles, Think For Yourself (rehearsal)
John Lennon, It's So Hard (evolution documentary)

Playlists by Creek (test)

KALW is working on a more integrated system for its music program playlists, so we're testing things out with this past Saturday's show.

Playlist: October 1, 2022

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Leonard Cohen, Who By Fire
Johnny Mathis, Kol Nidre
Jeremiah Lockwood, Kol Nidre No.3
Meshugga Beach Party, Kol Nidre

Special in-studio guests: Kim Lembo and Mokai

    Thu 10/06 @ The Lost Church

Kim Lembo, Moving Through Hell (in-studio)
Kim Lembo, Hey Mama (in-studio)
Kim Lembo, Lay It Down (in-studio)
Kim Lembo, Little Girl Blue (in-studio)

Mike Younger, Lord of the Fleas

Mokai, Mama’s Got the Blues
Kim Lembo, Walk Alone
 (in-studio)
Kim Lembo, Me & Bobby McGee (in-studio)
Kim Lembo, As the Crow Flies

Yo La Tengo, Blues Stay Away from Me
Death Cab for Cutie, Soul Meets Body
Yo La Tengo, It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
     Sun-Mon 10/23-24 @ Fox Theatre
Gonzalo Bergara, El Galgo y La Zorra
Barrio Manouche, Conmigo No Se Juega
Duo Gadjo & Their Hot Friends, Le Temps du Tango
     Sun 10/02 @ Throckmorton Theatre: Djangofet Mill Valley
Rhiannon Giddens (with Francesco Turrisi), Bully For You
     Sun 10/02 @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Bobby Rush, Let Me In Your House
     Thu @ 10/06 Sweetwater Music Hall
     Fri @ 10/07 Bankhead Theatre
Seth Walker, Buckets of Rain
     Mon 10/03 @ Yoshi’s
     Tue 10/04 @ The Big Easy
The Lucky Losers, Standin' Pat
     from the forthcoming album Standin' Pat
     Thu 10/06 @ The Saloon
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Contemporary