Playlist: March 19, 2023

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Kim Nalley, Movin' On Up (in-studio)
Kim Lembo, Moving Through Hell (in-studio)
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Birth of the Blues (in-studio)
Amber Gougis, I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues (in-studio)
Hannah Rifkin, I'd Rather Build a Home (in-studio)
Cathy Lemons, You're in My Town (in-studio)
Tiffany Austin, Naima (in-studio)
Kyra Gordon, New York in the Springtime (in-studio)
Wendy DeWitt, Summertime (in-studio)
Lady Bianca, Drinkin' (in-studio)
The View from Bernal Hill, Pathological Doubt (in-studio)
Kendra McKinley, Overcome It (in-studio)

Elana Jagoda, On the Seder Plate (in-studio)
Royal Jelly Jive, Tango Til They're Shore (in-studio)
Rainbow Girls, Smoke Rings (in-studio)
Terrie Odabi, I'll Take You There (in-studio)
Hot Club of Cowtown, Long Way Home (in-studio)
Cowboy Junkies, Remnin Park (in-studio)
Zazí, Bei Mir Bistu Shein (in-studio)
Carolina Chocolate Drops, No Man's Mama (in-studio)
Xandra Corpora, The Battle of San Francisco (in-studio)
Karina Denike, I Never Cared (in-studio)
Meklit Hadero, Sweet or Salty (in-studio)
Rupa & The April Fishes, Lay My Head Down (in-studio)

Playlist: March 12, 2023

The Legendary Shack Shakers, Born Under a Bad Sign
Hillbilly Casino, Toss Turn & Roll
     Tue 3/14 @ Moe's Alley
     Wed 3/15 @ Bottom of the Hill
Shovelman, Excavating the Future
     Tue 3/14 @ Moe's Alley
Royal Jelly Jive, Smoky Days
     Fri 3/17 @ Moe's Alley
John Brothers Piano Company, Fig Jelly
     Fri 3/17 @ The Ivy Room
Los Lobos, Flat Top Joint
     Thu 3/16 @ Luther Burbank Center
     Sat 3/18 @ Mondavi Center
Aki Kumar, Bollywood Blues
Nancy Wright, There Is Something On Your Mind
     Fri 3/17 @ The Sound Room
Hot Club of Cowtown, Rodeo Blues
     Sat 3/18 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
St. Francis & The Wolf, You Think I'm A Fool
     Sat 3/18 @ Hotel Utah Saloon
Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come
Sly & the Family Stone, Stand!
Jesse Fuller, San Francisco Bay Blues

Bob Dylan, Things Have Changed
Austin Butler, Trouble
Andra Day, Lady Sings the Blues
Diana Ross, Lady Sings the Blues
Herbie Hancock, 'Round Midnight
Jon Batiste, Joe's Lowdown Blues
Joshua Boone, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?

Booker T. & The MGs, Time Is Tight
Derrick Morgan, Time Marches On
Blue Rodeo, Time
Tom Waits, Time
Dean Martin, That Old Clock on the Wall
Johnny Cash, My Grandfather's Clock
Bob Dylan, Pledging My Time

Playlist: March 5, 2023

The Brothers Comatose, Atlantic City
Wolf Jett, Brokedown Blues
     Fri-Sat 3/17-18 @ Great American Music Hall
Tiffany Austin, Blues Creole (For Amede)
Sandy Cressman, Como Eu Quero Cantar
Tammy Hall, Blue Soul
Terence Brewer, Caravan
     Wed 3/15-22-29 @ SFJazz Center: Jazz & Blues Women Celebration
North Mississippi Allstars, Didn't We Have a Time
     Thu 3/09 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Fri 3/10 @ The Independent
     Sat 3/11 @ Felton Music Hall
Pokey Lafarge, Yo-Yo
     Wed 3/08 @ Rickshaw Stop
     Thu 3/09 @ Guild Theatre
Saul Kaye. Eliyahu
     Fri 3/10 @ Sherith Israel
Stone Foxes, Norah Jones
     Sat 3/11 @ Native Sons Hall
Rob Reich, Bootlegger's Balls

Pamela Rose & Company, Blues Is A Woman
Pamela Rose & Company, Up the Country Blues
Mamie Smith, Crazy Blues
Pamela Rose & Company, Looking the World Over
Bonnie Raitt, Here Comes Love
Ma Rainey, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Pamela Rose & Company, Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
Viola Davis, Deep Moaning Blues

Playlist: February 26, 2023

Savoy Brown, Falling Through the Cracks
     from the new album Blues All Around
     Kim Simmonds (1947-2022)
Alabama Mike, This Ain't No Dizneyland
     from the forthcoming album Stuff I've Been Through
Joe Louis Walker, You Got Me Whipped
     from the new album Weight of the World
California Honeydrops, Good Times
The Caliopians, Half the World
     Tue 2/28 @ Amado's
David Jacobs-Strain, Crossroad Blues
     Fri 3/03 @ Noe Valley Ministry
Sonny Landreth, Blacktop Run
Cindy Cashdollar, Ring Them Bells
     Wed 3/01 @ The Starlet Room
     Thu 3/02 @ Freight & Salvage
Kirk Fletcher, Heartache By the Pound
     Sat 3/04 @ El Campanil Theatre
Rory Gallagher, Follow Me (live)
Johnny Cash, Big River (live)
Fats Domino, Mardi Gras in New Orleans (live)

The Beatles, Love You To (take 1/rehearsal/take 7)
The Beatles, I Want to Tell You (take 4)
The Beatles, All Things Must Pass (rehearsals)
George Harrison, Woman Don't You Cry for Me
George Harrison, Going Down to Golders Green
George Harrison, Almost 12 Bar Honky Tonk
The Beatles, Ramblin' Woman/I Threw It All Away/Mama, You Been On My Mind
Bob Dylan, Yesterday
Traveling Wilburys, Maxine
George Harrison, Horse To the Water
The Beatles, Get Back
George Harrison, Get Back

Playlist: February 19, 2023

MJ's Brass Boppers, On Da Mardi Gras Day
     Tue 2/21 @ Oakland Mardi Gras Parade
Mission Delirum, Marablé (live)
     Tue 2/21 @ El Rio
Black Cat Zydeco feat. Dwight Carrier, Ain’t My Fault (live)
     Tue 2/21 @Fat Tuesday in the Fillmore
Jazz Mafia, When the Saints Go Marching In
     Tue 2/21 @ The New Parish
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, When the Saints Go Marching In
     Tue 2/21 @ Dolores Deluxe
The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Wild Tchoupitoulas

Mark Hummel's 30th Annual Blues Harmonica Blowout: Feb.24-25 @ Freight & Salvage

Magic Dick & Jay Geils, Roller Coaster/Crazy Legs/I Got to Go
Sugar Ray & The Bluetones, Walk Me Home
John Németh, Shake Your Hips
Mark Hummel, City Livin' (live)

Louis Jordan, Jordan for President
Percy Mayfield, I Don’t Want to Be the President
Johnnie Taylor, I Could Never Be President
Bobby Rush, Bobby Rush for President
Little Walter, Dead Presidents
Rev. J.M. Gates, President Roosevelt Is Everybody’s Friend
Annie Brewer, Roosevelt Blues
Leadbelly, Dear Mr. President / President Roosevelt
Champion Jack Dupree, God Bless Our New President
J.B. Lenoir, Eisenhower Blues
Sleepy John Estes, President Kennedy
King Solomon, Please Mr. President
The Honeydrippers, Impeach the President
Big Boy Henry, Mr. President
Big Boy Henry, The New Mr. President
Guitar Shorty, Please Mr. President
Lulu Reed and Freddy King, Do the President Twist

Playlist: February 12, 2023

Bob Dylan, Abraham, Martin, and John
Chris Smither, Origin of Species
Sean Hayes, Mellow Down Easy
     Tue 2/14 @ The Independent
Hot Club of San Francisco, You Can't Do That
     Tue 2/14 @ Rancho Nicasio
George Cole Quintet, Valentino
     Tue 2/14 @ Baltic Kiss
The Caliopians, Do the Kids Still Know How to Fall in Love
     Tue 2/14 @ Amado's
Paula West, Don't Explain
     Tue 2/14 @ Feinstein's at the Nikko
Terrie Odabi, He Wouldn't Let Go
     Sat 2/18 @ The Sound Room
Mavis Staples, Down in Mississippi (live)
     Fri-Sun 2/17-19 @ SFJazz Center
Con Brio, Rarely Seen
     Sat 2/18 @ The Independent
Inspector Gadje, Nihavend Longa (live)
     Sat 2/18 @ Rickshaw Stop
Balkan Bump, Judaeo-Slang
     Fri 2/17 @ Cornerstone

Bob Dylan, Love Sick (version 1)
Bob Dylan, Million Miles (2022 remix)
Bob Dylan, Tryin’ to Get to Heaven (version 1)
Bob Dylan, Cold Irons Bound
Bob Dylan, Dirt Road Blues (version 2)
Bob Dylan, Standing in the Doorway (version 2)
Bob Dylan, Can’t Wait (version 2)
Bob Dylan, Til I Fell in Love With You (version 3)
Bob Dylan, Til I Fell in Love With You (version 2)
     from the new box set Fragments: Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997)

Playlist: February 5, 2023

Balto, Black Snake, Mojave Blues
Jessica Fichot, La Spectatrice
     Fri 2/10 @ Red Poppy Art House
Paul West, Baltimore Oriole (live)
     Fri-Sat 2/10-11 @ Feinstein's at the Nikko
Bria Skonberg, Blackbird Fantasy
     Thu-Sun 2/09-12 @ SFJazz Center
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Glory, Honor
     Sun 2/12 @ Freight & Salvage
Object Heavy, Alone
     from the new album Love & Gravity
Orgōne, Wicked Karma
     Sat 2/11 @ The Independent
Blind Boys of Alabama, Free At Last
     Wed 2/08 @ Freight & Salvage
     Thu 2/09 @ Guild Theatre
Matt Andersen, Only an Island
     Tue 2/07 @ Felton Music Hall
     Wed 2/08 @ Hopmonk Novato
Wood Brothers, Chocolate on My Tongue / Big Road Blues (live)
     Mon 2/06 @ Rio Theatre

Bob Dylan, The Water Is Wide
Bob Dylan, Marchin' to the City
Bob Dylan, Red River Shore (version 1)
Bob Dylan, Dreamin' of You
Bob Dylan, Mississippi (version 1)
Bob Dylan, Mississippi (version 2)
Bob Dylan, Red River Shore (version 2)
Bob Dylan, Marchin' to the City (version 1)
     from the new box set Fragments: Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997)

Playlist: January 29, 2023

Kim Nalley, Trouble of the World
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Memphis

The Edwardian Ball:  Feb.3-4 @ Regency Ballroom

Rosin Coven, Sing Me Malaise
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, With My Man
John Brothers Piano Company, Black Widow Bump

Colin James, It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry
Colin James, Triple Shot
Colin James, Just Came Back
     Wed 2/01 @ Great American Music Hall

MJ's Brass Boppers, Step Aside
     Fri 2/03 @ Civic Center Plaza
Rob Reich, Elevator Up!
     Thu-Fri 2/02-03 @ Davies Symphony Hall

Bob Dylan, Highlands
Bob Dylan, Love Sick (2022 remix)
Bob Dylan, Dirt Road Blues (version 1)
Bob Dylan, Standing in the Doorway (version 1)
Bob Dylan, Make You Feel My Love (take 1)
Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet (version 2)
Bob Dylan, Can't Wait (version 1)
Bob Dylan, Til I Fell in Love With You (version 1)
     from the new box set Fragments: Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997)

Playlist: January 22, 2023

Con Brio, Jolene
     Fri 2/18 @ The Independent
Robert Cray Band, You Can't Make Me Change
     Mon-Tue 1/23-24 @ Yoshi's
Andy Santana and the West Coast Playboys, Can't You See
     Wed 1/25 @ Empress Lounge
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Leaving Trunk (live)
     Sun 1/22 @ Moe's Alley
Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Liza Jane (live)
     Wed 1/25 @ The Lost Church SF
Beck, Loser
Beastie Boys, Brass Monkey
Conspiracy of Venus, Monkey Gone to Heaven
Dirty Cello, Crossroads
     Wed 1/25 @ Club Fox
HowellDevine, Untrue Blues
     Fri 1/27 @ Ivy Room
Toots & The Maytals, Sailin' On
     Sat 1/28 @ Ashkenaz: Tribute to Toots Hibbert

Hot Club of San Franciso, Milord (live)
Hot Club of Cowtown, How High the Moon
Trio Dinicu, March Hora
     Sun 1/22 @ Freight & Salvage
Stéphane Wrembel, St. James Infirmary
     Sun 1/22 @ Blue Note Napa
     Mon 1/23 Kuumbwa Jazz
Django Reinhardt, St. James Infirmary
Django Reinhardt, C Jam Blues
Django Reinhardt, Sweet Georgia Brown
Sam Cooke, (Ain't That) Good News
Snooks Eaglin, Stardust
Ann Cole, That's Enough
Etta James, I Sing the Blues For You (live)

Playlist: January 15, 2023

Jeff Beck, Brush With the Blues
     Jeff Beck (1944-2023)
Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet (version 1)
     from the forthcoming box set Fragments: Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997)

Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration: Jan. 20-22 @ Freight & Salvage

Hot Club of San Francisco, La Gitane
Rhythm Future Quartet, Minor Blues (live)
Hot Club of Cowtown, Dark Eyes (Ochi Chornye)
Mimi Fox, Mr. White's Blues

Davina & The Vagabonds, Sugar Drops
     Tue-Wed 1/17/18 @ Yoshi's
Mark Hummel, Stop This World
     Fri 1/20 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
     Sat 1/21 @ California Theatre of Santa Rosa
Charlie Musselwhite, In Your Darkest Hour
Blind Boys of Alabama, The Message
     Fri 1/20 @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
     Sat 1/21 @ Grand Central Theatre for the Arts
Whiskerman, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
     Thu 1/19 @ Rickshaw Stop

Captian Beefheart & His Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica
Captian Beefheart & His Magic Band, Frying Pan
Captian Beefheart & His Magic Band, St James Infirmary (live)
Captian Beefheart & His Magic Band, Sweet Georgia Brown (live)
Captian Beefheart & His Magic Band, Avalon Blues (live)
Nina Simone, Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)
Mavis Staples, MLK Song
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Amen
Robert Chatman, Ballad of Martin Luther King Jr
Johnnie Lewis, I Got to Climb a High Mountain
Bill Spivery & The Sons of Truth, The Non-Violent Man
Stevie Wonder, Happy Birthday

Playlist: January 8, 2023

Bob Dylan, Love Sick (version 2)
     from the forthcoming box set Fragments: Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997)
Johnny Cash, Sunday Morning Coming Down
The Velvet Underground, Sunday Morning
Lucinda Williams, Sundays
Joni Mitchell, Sunny Sunday
Billie Holiday, Gloomy Sunday
Etta James, A Sunday Kind of Love
Dinah Washington, That Sunday That Summer
Frank & Nancy Sinatra, Feelin' Kinda Sunday
Joe Jackson, Sunday Papers
Jefferson Airplane, Young Girl Sunday Blues
The Doors, Blue Sunday
Small Faces, Lazy Sunday
Queen, Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
Blur, Sunday Sunday
Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Sunday's Best

David Bowie, TVC 15
David Bowie, Waiting for the Man
David Bowie, I Wish You Would
David Bowie, Almost Grown
David Bowie, Rubber Band
David Bowie, Bring Me the Disco King
Elvis Presley, Nothingville/Big Boss Man/Guitar Man/Little Egypt/Trouble (live)
Elvis Presley, Reconsider Baby
Elvis Presley, Good Rockin' Tonight
Tampa Red, Things 'Bout Coming My Way No.2
Tampa Red, Things 'Bout Coming My Way
Tampa Red, The Jitter Jump
Tampa Red, I'll Kill Your Soul (And Dare Your Spirit to Move)