Playlist: October 6, 2024

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Yo La Tengo, It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Wood Brothers, Big Boss Man (live)
     Sun 10/06 @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
Big Harp George, Maceosity
     Fri 10/11 @ Piedmont Center for the Arts
Mark Hummel, High Time For the Devil
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, I Finally Hit Bottom
     Wed 10/09 @ Empress Marquee Club
     Fri 10/11 @ Biscuits & Blues
Andy Santana & The West Coast Playboys, Watch Your Step
Tom Jones, Talking Reality Television Blues
     Wed 10/09 @ Fox Theatre
     Thu 10/10 @ San Jose Civic Center
John Brothers Piano Company, Off Bass
     Fri 10/11 @ Ivy Room
Petra Haden & Bill Frisell, Floaty
     Mon 10/07 @ Chabot Space and Science Center
Bill Frisell, Come Together
The Beatles, Come Together (take 5)

Los Lobos, Tomorrow Never Knows (live)
Grateful Brass, Not Fade Away (live)
     from the new album Live at the Guild Theatre
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, Shoorah Shoorah
     Thu 10/10 @ Roxx on Main
The Lucky Losers, Try New Orleans
     Thu 10/10 @ The Saloon
Herb Alpert, Wade in the Water
     Wed 10/09 @ Campbell
     Thu 10/10 @ Lesher Center
Wild Tchoupitoulas, The Wild Tchoupitoulas
Jimi Hendrix, Red House (live)

Playlist: September 29, 2024

Charles Pollock and Bernard Steffen, Harmonica Duets
Henry Garrett, Strike at Harriman, Tennessee
The Stone Foxes, Little Red Rooster (in-studio)
     Sat 10/05 @ The Treehouse
Big Harp George, Wash My Horse in Champagne (in-studio)
     Sat 10/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
Wendy DeWitt, Summertime (in-studio)
     Fri 10/04 @ Rancho Nicasio
Kris Kristofferson, Sunday Morning Coming Down
Kris Kristofferson, Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (outtake)
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (live)
     from the new box set The 1974 Live Recordings
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Everyone Is Crazy But Me (in-studio)
Seth Augustus, Yellow Bird (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Aunt Hagar's Blues (in-studio)
Fantastic Negrito, Broken Hearts and Razor Blades (in-studio)

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Oct. 4-6
 
Cat Power, Tell Me Momma (live)
Dom Flemons, Guess I'm Doing Fine
Mavis Staples, Gonna Change My Way of Thinking
Bobby Rush, I Got a Proposition For You
Cedric Burnside, Hill Country Love
Steve Earle & The Dukes, Harlem River Blues
Cat Power, Visions of Johanna (live)

Bob Dylan, Hallelujah (live)
Leonard Cohen, Who By Fire (live)
Leonard Cohen, Story of Isaac

Playlist: September 22, 2024

Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (live)
     from the new box set The 1974 Live Recordings
Bob Dylan, Hero Blues (outtake)

Special in-studio guest: Sheryl Kaskowitz

Charles Seeger, Tugwell! Who's That Guy?
Sidney Robertson and Charles Seeger, Wayfaring Stranger
Tink Queer, Sharon
Russell 'Chubby' Wise, Leather Breeches
C.H. Stevens, Square Dance Medley
Will Wright, Mr. Roosevelt
Leadbelly, Dear Mr. President
Annie Brewer, Roosevelt Blues
Unidentified singers, The Dickmann Song
Unidentified singers, Rock-a-bye Baby
Margaret Valiant and Tannis Tugwell, Cotton-Eyed Joe/I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
Shafter FSA Camp, Going Down the Road Feeling Bad

Booker T Jones, Down in Memphis
     Mon 9/23 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Hot Tuna, 99 Year Blues
     Thu-Sat 9/26-28 @ Freight & Salvage
Taj Mahal, Queen Bee
     Fri 9/27 @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
     Sat 9/28 @ The Mountain Winery
Mitch Woods, Queen Bee
     from the new album Happy Hour
     Thu 9/26 @ Roxx On Main
Mark Hummel, Lil Electric Car
     Mon 9/23 @ Yoshi's
     Wed 9/25 @ Empress Marquee Club
Bonnie Raitt, Write Me A Few of Your Lines/Kokomo Blues
     Thu-Fri 9/26-27 @ Fox Theater
Lucinda Williams, Satisfied Mind
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Shake These Blues
Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs, Hell or High Water (feat. Lucinda Williams)
     Mon 9/23 @ Fox Oakland
Leonard Cohen, Amen

Playlist: September 15, 2024

Rob Reich, Move A Little Closer
     Sun 9/22 @ Flower Pianos
John Brothers Piano Company, South American Fantasy
     Fri 9/20 @ Flower Pianos
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Downhearted Blues
     Sat 9/21 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Marina Crouse, It's Been A Long Time
     Wed 9/18 @ Empress Marquee Club
Bonnie Raitt, Finest Lovin' Man
     Fri-Sat @ 9/20-21 The Mountain Winery
Jon Lawton, Separation Blues
     Sat 9/21 @ Poor House Bistro
Sean Hayes, Mellow Down Easy
     Thu 9/19 @ The New Parish
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Two Hearts (live)
     Sun 9/22 @ Hopmonk Novato
Jeffrey Halford & The Healers, Rhythm of the Rails
     Thu 9/19 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Johnny Burgin, Ramblin' From Coast to Coast
     Wed 9/18 @ Club Fox
Johnny 'V' Vernazza, Lions and Thieves
     Fri 9/20 @ Biscuits & Blues

The California Honeydrops, Lazy Sunday
     from the new album Keep On Diggin'
Rockin' Dopsie Jr & The Zydeco Twisters, My Little Girl
     from the new album More Fun With...
Jubu Smith, Kwik-Way Nostalgia
     from the new album Jubu
Nic Clark, It'll Be Alright
     from the new album Everybody's Buddy
Paul Steward, You Can Dance to My Blues
     Thu 9/19 @ Biscuits & Blues
Twice As Good, Clarksdale
Phil Berkowitz, Salt Pork West Viriginia
Billy Boy Arnold, Here's My Picture
B.B. King, Troubles Troubles Troubles
Snooky Pryor, Uncle Sam Don't Take My Man
Maria Muldaur, Empty Bed Blues
Corey Weinstein, The Whole Megillah

Playlist: September 8, 2024

Bob Dylan & The Band, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live)
Bob Dylan & The Band, Forever Young (live)
     from the forthcoming box set The 1974 Live Recordings
Thee Snake Charmers, Long Way Home
Fantastic Negrito, California Loner
     from the forthcoming album Son of a Broken Man
Mitch Woods, Cryin' For My Baby
     from the new album Happy Hour
     Mon 9/09 @ 19 Mac's at Broadway
     Wed 9/11 @ Empress Lounge
Chris Cain, Bad Dream
     from the new album Good Intentions Gone Bad
     Wed 9/11 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Thu 9/12 @ The Sound Room
Mark Hummel, What The Hell
     from the new album True Believer
     Thu 9/12 @ Canyons BBQ
     Sat 9/14 @ Roxx on Main
Curtis Salgado, Cheap Stuff
     from the new album Fine By Me
     Wed 9/11 @ Yoshi's
     Fri 9/13 @ Almost Famous Winery
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, Let's Go
     Sun 9/15 @ Rancho Nicasio
Jonathan Butler, Silver Rain
     Sat 9/14-16 @ Yoshi's

Catherine Russell, I Don't Need No Doctor
     Sun 9/15 @ SFJazz Center
Kim Nalley, Teardrops From My Eyes
     Fri-Sat 9/13-14 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Terrie Odabi, Evolution of the Blues
     Tue 9/10 @ Club Fox
Cosmo Alleycats, Sinners' Stomp
     Fri 9/13 @ Local Edition
The Cottontails, Carnival in Caroline
     Sat 9/14 @ Flower Pianos
Johnny Burgin, Cincinnati Boogie
     Thu 9/12 @ The Saloon
Jimmy Reed, Boogie in the Dark
Little Milton, Runnin' Wild Blues
Freddie King, Key to the Highway (live)
Guitar Shorty, Bump the Donkey (live)
Quinn DeVeaux, Many Days
Sonny Rollins, Blues For Philly Joe

Playlist: September 1, 2024

Johnnie Taylor, It's September
The Tempos, See You in September
Carole King, It Might As Well Rain Until September
Kim Nalley, September in the Rain
Barry White, September (When I First Met You)
Earth Wind & Fire, September
Sarah Vaughan, September Song
Buffy Sainte Marie, Sweet September Morning
Rosanne Cash, September When It Comes (feat. Johnny Cash)
The Bangles, September Gurls
Big Star, September Gurls
My Morning Jacket, Old September Blues
Moe., September
Green Day, Wake Me Up When September Ends

Bob Dylan, Workingman's Blues #2
Valerie June, Workin' Woman Blues
The Gold Souls, Worker’s Lullaby
Merle Haggard, Workingman’s Blues
Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Working Man
Tom Waits, I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)
Cowboy Junkies, Working On A Building
Fruteland Jackson, Blues 2.0
Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Hard Labor
The Isley Brothers, Work To Do
Jimmy Reed, Big Boss Man
B.B. King, Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
Elvin Bishop, Don't Let the Bossman Get You Down
Huey Lewis & The News, Workin’ for a Livin’
Thelonious Monk, Nice Work If You Can Get It

Playlist: August 25, 2024

Quinn DeVeaux, Holy
     from the new album Leisure
     Thu 8/29 @ Rickshaw Stop
Sugaray Rayford, Aha
     Thu-Fri 8/29-30 @ Biscuits & Blues
Fantastic Negrito, Lost in a Crowd
     Sat 9/07 @ Hopmonk Novato
Buddy Guy, I Came Up Hard
     Sat 9/07 @ Graton Casino & Resort
Earl Thomas, Cold Ghetto
     Sat 8/31 @ Biscuits & Blues
George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Memphis/Marie
     Sat 8/31 @ Frost Amphitheater
Mark Hummel, Ghosted
     Sun 9/08 @ Club Fox
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats, I Finally Hit Bottom
     Wed 8/28 @ Club Fox
Mitch Woods, Jukebox Drive
     from the forthcoming album Happy Hour
     Sat 8/31 @ Roxx on Main
     Fri 9/06 @ Club Fox
John Brothers Piano Company, Mint Julep
     Sat 8/31 @ The Big Easy

Nirav Sanghani and the Pacific Six, Irrational Blues
     Sat 8/31 @ BiRite Polk
The Cottontails, Mood Indigo
     Sun 9/01 @ BiRite Polk
Allan Harris, Black Coffee Blues (live)
     Fri 8/30 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
     Sat 8/31 @ Jazz in the Barn
     Sun 9/01 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Parlor Tricks, Louisian Fairytale (live)
     Wed 8/28 @ Belle Cora
     Thu 8/29 @ Hotel Utah
     Sat 8/31 @ Memento
Cosmo Alleycats, When I Grow Too Old to Dream
     Wed 9/04 @ Albany Concert Series
     Thu 9/05 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, Where Is Justice
     Sat 9/07 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Lucky Losers, Godless Land
     Thu 8/29 @ The Saloon
     Fri 9/06 @ Lucca Bar & Grill
Michelle Malone, Simple Life
     Mon 9/02 @ Fog House Concerts
Colin James, This Song Kills Hate
     from the new album Chasing The Sun
Colin James, Keep On Loving Me Baby
Oscar Peterson Trio, Place St. Henri (live)

Playlist: August 18, 2024

Valerie June, Fade Into You
Valerie June, Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
     Wed-Thu 8/21-22 @ The Chapel
California Honeydrops with Lindsay Lou, Fall in Love Again
     Sat 8/24 @ Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival
     Sun 8/25 @ BarrelHouse Brewing
Con Brio with Analog Dog, Skin on Skin
     Fri 8/23 @ Freight & Salvage
     Sun 8/25 @ Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival
Coco Montoya, A Chip and a Chair
     Sat 8/24 @ West End Celebration
     Sun 8/25 @ Moe's Alley
Tia Carroll, Even When I'm Not Alone
     Thu 8/22 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Lucky Losers, Somewhere in the Middle
Big Harp George, Doom Loop
Kid Andersen, Day Tripper
Maria Muldaur, Moonlight
     Wed 8/21 @ Club Fox: A Benefit for Mista Boins
Junk Parlor, Cement Shoes
     Sat 8/24 @ The Riptide
Dennis Johnson, Ramblin
     Sat 8/24 @ The Barn at Hoey Ranch

Girl From the North County
Duquesne Whistle/Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)/Is Your Love in Vain
Slow Train/License to Kill
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere/Jokerman
Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)
I Want You
Like A Rolling Stone/Make You Feel My Love
Like A Rolling Stone (reprise)/I Want You (reprise)
Sweetheart Like You/True Love Tends to Forget
Hurricane/All Along the Watchtower/Idiot Wind
Instrumental Medley
Pressing On

Playlist: August 11, 2024

5 Cent Coffee, October
Junk Parlor, Furs of Marilyn
     Sat-Sun 8/17-18 @ Cotati Accordion Festival
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Bugler's Dream
Irma Thomas, Let's Stay Together (live)
     Thu-Sun 8/15-18 @ SFJazz Center
Son Little, No Friend of Mine
     Wed 8/14 @ The Chapel
     Sat 8/17 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Gary Clark Jr, Maktub
     Sat 8/17 @ Masonic Center
     Sun 8/18 @ The Mountain Winery
Big Blu Soul Revue, More (Bonus)
     Thu 8/15 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Gold Souls, Good as Gold
     Fri 8/16 @ Z Specialty Food
     Sat 8/17 @ Boom Boom Room
Postmodern Jukebox (feat. Willie Ray Moore), Black Hole Sun
     Thu 8/15 @ The Mountain Winery
     Sun 8/18 @ Blue Note Napa
Grateful Brass, Bird Song
     Sat 8/17 @ Radium Runway
John Pizzarelli, Too Close For Comfort
     Mon 8/12 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
     Wed-Thu 8/14-15 @ Yoshi's

Special in-studio guest: Ira Strolovitch

The Kiffness, Kookee Kookee
Forever Bound, Stereo Madness
Two Door Cinema Club, Something Good Can Work
Parry Gripp, Tortoise Playing Minecraft
The Kiffness, I Go Meow
The Kiffness, Ancient Husky Melody
Djvi, Back on Track
Parry Gripp, I Make Cat Videos for a Living
Minecraft Steve, Mobs Can't Handle Us
Weird Al Yankovic, EBay
The Beatles, Now and Then
Toto, Africa
grande1899, Down Under (Note Blocks)
Europe, The Final Countdown

Playlist: August 4, 2024

Special guest: Ben Manilla

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Wailin' and Whoopin'
Brownie McGhee & His Jook House Rockers, My Confession
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Saturday Night Fish Fry
B.B. King, How Blue Can You Get
Buddy Guy, First Time I Met the Blues
Joe Louis Walker, Blue Mirror
Alvin Youngblood Hart, Nobody's Fault But Mine

Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Double Trouble
Otis Rush, All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
Koko Taylor, Wang Dang Doodle
Saffire the Uppity Blues Women, Silver Beaver (live)
Alberta Hunter, Down Hearted Blues
Rufus Thomas, Do The Funky Chicken
Magic Sam, Sweet Home Chicago
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Red House (live)

Playlist: July 21, 2024

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Harry Belafonte, Diamond Joe
Ella Fitzgerald, Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
Tiffany Austin, Georgia
     Sun-Mon 7/21-22 @ Stanford Jazz Workshop
     Sun 7/28 @ Covenant Winery
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, August Nights
     Thu-Sun 8/15-18 @ SFJazz Center
Blind Boys of Alabama, Down in the Hole (live)
     Thu-Sun 7/25-28 @ SFJazz Center
Blind Boys of Alabama with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Down By The Riverside (live)
Irma Thomas, Iko Iko  / Hey Pocky Way (live)
Marina Crouse, More and More
     Wed 7/24 @ Redwood City Music in the Park
     Fri 7/26 @ The Sound Room
Tia Carroll, Don't Put Your Hands On Me
     Sun 7/28 @ SFJazz Center
Mark Hummel, Lil Electric Car
     Thu 7/25 @ California Theatre of Santa Rosa
     Fri-Sat 7/26-27 @ SFJazz Center
James Cotton, Honky Tonk / Woke Up This Morning (live)

Fantastic Negrito feat. Sting, Undefeated Eyes
Quinn DeVeaux, Little Bit More
     from the new album Leisure
HowellDevine, Nila
     Sat 7/27 @ Roxx on Main
     Sun 7/28 @ Makeout Room
Elvis Presley, Polk Salad Annie (live)
The Lucky Losers, Down in Memphis Town
     Thu 7/25 @ Biscuits and Blues
Lachy Doley, Downtown Smalltown (live)
     Fri 7/26 @ Biscuits and Blues
Earl Thomas, I Smell Trouble/Look Over Yonder's Wall/Crossroad Blues (live)
     Sat 7/27 @ Biscuits and Blues
Paul Thorn, Every Little Bit Hurts (live)
     Fri 7/26 @ Rio Theatre
     Sat-Sun 7/27-28 @ Rancho Nicasio
Aki Kumar, All Bark No Bite
     Sat 7/27 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sat 8/03 @ Point Arena Theatre
Steve Freund, Come On In This House

Playlist: July 14, 2024

The Commodores, Brick House
The Grease Traps, Solid Ground
     Sun 7/14 @ Stern Grove Festival
The Doors, Paris Blues
Keb' Mo', France
Alvin Youngblood Hart, France Blues
Junk Parlor, Voyage of the Hecate
     Sat 7/20 @ Little Hill Lounge
Taj Mahal, One For My Baby (And One For the Road)
Charlie Musselwhite, Blue Feeling Today
Elvin Bishop, The Things (That) I Used to Do
     Fri 7/19 @ Frost Amphitheater
     Sat 7/20 @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
Jon Lawton, Lazy Man's Blues
     Wed 7/17 @ Empress Marquee Club
Gunhild Carling, Jazz Is My Lifestyle
Count Basie Orchestra, The Patton Basie Shuffle
     Sun 7/14 @ Bing Concert Hall

North Mississippi Allstars, Up and Rolling
     Thu 7/18 @ Hopmonk Tavern
     Fri 7/19 @ Camp Navarro
     Sat 7/20 @ Armitage Wines
Ruthie Foster, Heartshine
     Fri 7/19 @ Camp Navarro
     Sun 7/21 @ Freight & Salvage
Carolyn Wonderland, Loser
     Tue 7/16 @ Yoshi's
     Wed 7/17 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Fri 7/19 @ Camp Navarro
     Sun 7/21 @ Moe's Alley
Joe Louis Walker, Hello It's the Blues
     Wed 7/17 @ Stanford Jazz Workshop
Sunny War, Never Let Me Down Again
      Sat 7/20 @ Radium Runway
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Broke Down Engine
     Thu 7/18 @ The Chapel
     Fri 7/19 @ Harlow's
     Sat 7/20 @ Moe's Alley
Vieux Farka Touré, Gabou Ni Tie
     Tue 7/16 @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
     Fri 7/19 @ JaM Cellars
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, Suffering with the Blues
     Fri 7/19 @ The Sound Room
Johnnie Johnson, Johnnie B. Bad
Mavis Staples, Worthy
Desmond Dekker, 007 (Shanty Town)

Playlist: July 7, 2024

Sunny War, Love's Death Bed
Diana Gameros, ¿Cómo Hacer?
     Sat 7/20 @ Radium Runway
Tiffany Austin, Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
     Sun 7/07 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
     Mon 7/08 @ Plymouth Church of Jazz & Justice
Dirty Cello, Last Time Blues
     Thu 7/11 @ Marin Art and Garden Center
John Brothers Piano Company, Off Bass
     Sat 7/13 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, It's You Baby
     Sat 7/13 @ Freight & Salvage
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats, Sack o' Kools
     Fri 7/12 @ Blue Note Napa
     Sat 7/13 @ Almost Famous Winery
Mark Hummel, What the Hell
     from the new album True Believer
Dennis Johnson, Going Down
     Fri 7/12 @ Friday Nights in the Park
Jiimmy Grant, Insomnia
     Fri 7/12 @ Side Door
     Sun 7/14 @ Rose Avenue Acoustic Delights
Harry Connick Jr, Next Door Blues
     Tue-Wed 7/09-10 @ The Mountain Winery
Grateful Brass, Bird Song
     Sun 7/14 @ Stanford Jazz Workshop

Ringo Starr, Gonna Need Someone
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Matchbox (live)
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, It Don't Come Easy (live)
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, What Goes On (live)
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Don't Pass Me By (live)
The Beatles, Good Night (rehearsal / take 10 / take 22)
The Beatles, Yellow Submarine (work tape / take 4)
The Beatles, If You've Got Trouble
The Beatles, Octopus's Garden (rehearsal)

Playlist: June 30, 2024

Kinky Friedman, We Reserve the Right to Reserve Service to You
Tom Waits, Highway Cafe
     Kinky Friedman (1944-2024)
Dirty Cello, Summertime
     Thu 7/04 @ Rio Nido Roadhouse
Chris O'Leary, You Break It You Bought It
     Thu 7/04 @ Biscuits & Blues
Isaac Rother & The Phantoms, Like a Wolfman
     Thu 7/04 @ The Ivy Room

Fillmore Jazz Festival: July 6-7

Kim Nalley, Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Black Ball Swing (Kansas City)
Alpha Rhythm Kings, California Boogie
Carl Lockett, Little Boy Blues
Sam Reider & The Human Hands, Lunatico

Lena Horne, Now
Willie Dixon, Dustin' Off the Bass

The Travellers, This Land Is Your Land
Great Big Sea, Boston and St. John's
Stompin' Tom Connors, Saint John Blues
Joel Plaskett Emergency, Nowhere With You
Nathan Wiley, Moneymaker
Lynda Lemay, Les Maudits Français
Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
Blue Rodeo, Ride Your Bike
The Duhks, Je Pense à Toi (reprise)
Tin Cup Serenade, Manitoba
The Guess Who, Runnin' Back to Saskatoon
Gordon Lightfoot, Alberta Bound
The Jerry Cans, Tukturjuk / On the Rocks
Oscar Peterson Trio, Hymn to Freedom

Playlist: June 23, 2024

The Treniers, Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)
Chuck Prophet, Willie Mays Is Up at Bat
     Willie Mays (1931-2024)
Earl Thomas, Ode to Billy Joe (live)
     Fri-Sat 6/28-29 @ Biscuits & Blues
Ruthie Foster, Mack the Knife (live)
     Sat 6/29 @ Rancho Nicasio
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, With My Man
     Thu 6/27 @ Royal Cuckoo
     Fri 6/28 @ Rancho Nicasio
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Hoopty-Do
     Fri 6/28 @ Local Edition
     Sat 6/29 @ Royal Cuckoo
Mighty Mike Schermer, Just Gettin' Good
     Wed 6/26 @ Club Fox
     Thu 6/27 @ The Sound Room
Rory Block, Murder Most Foul
     from the forthcoming album Positively 4th Street

Mark Hummel, Summertime (live)
     Thu 6/27 @ Canyons BBQ
     Fri 6/28 @ Bosco's Bones & Brew
Billy Stewart, Summertime
Kim Nalley, Summertime
Tom Waits, Summertime
R.E.M., Summertime
Paul McCartney, Summertime
Paul McCartney, Summer's Day Song
Howard Wiley, Song for a Hot Summer Night
Chrissie Hynde, In the Summertime
Bob Dylan, Summer Days
Charley Patton, Some Summer Day
Sly & the Family Stone, Hot Fun in the Summertime

Playlist: June 16, 2024

Barrio Manouche, Lucía
Banda Sin Nombre, Yo No Quiero Trabajar
     Fri 6/21 @ Bissap Baobab
Junk Parlor, Only Survival
     Sun 6/16 @ Baltic Kiss
HowellDevine, That's No Way to Get Along
     Wed 6/19 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sat 6/22 @ Rancho Nicasio
Sue Foley, Motherless Child Blues
     Sat 6/22 @ Hopmonk Novato
Mark Hummel, City Livin' (live)
     Thu 6/20 @ Redowood Canyon Golf Course
     Sat 6/22 @ The Saloon
Delta Wires, If Somebody Told Me
     Sat 6/22 @ Biscuits & Blues
Adam Shulman, Lover? I Hardly Know Her
     Thu 6/20 @ The Sound Room
     Sun 6/23 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Jeremiah Lockwood, Spoonful
Bobby Freeman, Do You Wanna Dance

Shawn Holt & The Teardrops, Daddy Told Me
Zakiya Hooker feat. John Lee Hooker, Mean Mean World
Carey Bell feat. Lurrie Bell, Brought Up the Hard Way
Eric Bibb feat. Leon Bibb, Put On Your Robe Son
Carla & Rufus Thomas, The Night Time Is The Right Time
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm, R.L. Burnside
James Talley, Daddy Just Called It the Blues
The Chi-Lites, Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was
Buddy Guy, Ooh Daddy
Horace Silver, Song For My Father
Joe Quarterman & Free Soul, Thanks Dad (Part II)

Playlist: June 9, 2024

Oscar Peterson Trio, Peace for South Africa
Oscar Peterson Trio, Laurentide Waltz
     Wed 6/12 @ SFJazz Center: The Africa and Canadiana Suites
Cowboy Junkies, Flood
     Sun-Wed 6/09-12 @ Bimbo's 365 Club
     Thu 6/13 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Twice As Good, Myanik Xe (Beautiful Music)
Paul Steward, You Can Dance to My Blues
     Wed 6/12 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sun 6/16 @ Yerba Buena Gardens: Native Contemporary Arts Festival
The Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band, Banty Rooster Blues
     Tue 6/11 @ Point Arena Theater
     Thu 6/13 @ Moe's Alley
Ben Rice, Run Around
     Wed 6/12 @ Club Fox
Pokey Lafarge, You Make My Garden Grow
     Fri 6/14 @ The Chapel
Quinn DeVeaux, USA
     from the forthcoming album Leisure
Toronzo Cannon, Shut Up & Play!
     from the new album Shut Up & Play!
Rory Block, Everything Is Broken
     from the new album Positively 4th Street

Fountain Blues & Brews Festival: June 15 @ Plaza de Cesar Chavez

John Németh, Blues in My Heart (live)
Delgado Brothers, Two Trains
Jon Cleary, Zulu Coconuts
Terrie Odabi, I Can't Keep

Dawn Hampton, We Got Love
Jackie Wilson, Doggin' Around
Johnny Ace, The Clock
Skip James, My Gal
Howlin' Wolf, The Wolf Is At Your Door
Howlin' Wolf, Smokestack Lightnin'
Tom Jones, Samson and Delilah

Playlist: June 2, 2024

B.B. King, Thank You For Loving the Blues
Sly & The Family Stone, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)

Sons of the Soul Revivers, I'm a New Creature (live)
Aki Kumar, Yeh Chand Sa Roshan Chehra
Marina Crouse, Touch of the Blues
     Fri 6/07 @ Freight & Salvage: Little Village All-Star Mini-Fest

Special in-studio guest: Steven Suen

Tia Carroll, Ain't Nobody Worryin'
Chris Cain, Born to Play
Sugaray Rayford, Hanky Panky Time
     Fri-Sat 6/07-08 @ Biscuits & Blues
Alistair Greene, Rusty Dagger
     Thu 6/06 @ Biscuits & Blues
Earl Thomas, I'll Be Alright
     Thu 6/13 @ Union Square
Alvon Johnson, Tater
     Wed 6/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
Shane Dwight, Bad News Morning
      Fri 6/21 @ Biscuits & Blues
Howell Devine, Strange Time Meltdown
     Wed 6/19 @ Biscuits & Blues

Delta Wires, Take Off Your Pajamas (live)
     Sat 6/08 @ The Saloon
     Sat 6/22 @ Biscuits and Blues
Mitch Woods (feat. Jon Lee Hooker), Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
     Sat 6/08 @ Ashkenaz
Zakiya Hooker, Crossroads
     Sun 6/09 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Bill Frisell, Dog on a Roof
     Sun 6/09 @ Hopmonk Novato
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Broken Spoke Shuffle

Playlist: May 26, 2024

Special guests: Mark Davidson and Parker Fishel

Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan, Handy Dandy
Bob Dylan, The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar (live)
Bob Dylan, Chimes of Freedom (live)
Bob Dylan, Not Dark Yet (2022 remix)
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Like A Rolling Stone (live)
Bob Dylan, All Along the Watchtower (live)
Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (live)
Bob Dylan, Shelter From the Storm (live)
Bob Dylan, I Contain Multitudes
Bob Dylan, Goodbye Jimmy Reed
Bob Dylan, Mississippi (version 1)
Bob Dylan, Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie

Playlist: May 19, 2024

Tedeschi-Trucks Band, Fall In
Little Feat, Milkman
     Fri-Sat 5/31-6/01 @ Greek Theatre
Quique Gomez, I Believe in Music
Kid Anderson, Hey Mr. Reaper
Duke Robillard, Swingin' for Four Bills
     Wed 5/22 @ Empress Marquee Club
Pamela Rose & Company, Blues Is A Mighty River/Remember My Name
     Sat 5/25 @ Rhythmix
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Play It Cool
     Sat 5/25 Top of the Mark
     Fri 5/31 @ Local Edition
     Sat 6/01 @ Ashkenaz
The Cosmo Alleycats, I Guess It's Just the Mood I'm In
     Thu 5/23 @ Local Edition
     Thu 5/30 @ Mr. Tipple's
The Lucky Losers, Be You
      Sat 5/25 @ The Saloon
      Sun 5/26 @ Brewster's Beer Garden
The Gold Souls, Don't Give Up
     Sat 5/25 @ Berryessa Brewing Company
     Sun 6/01 @ Toot's Tavern

Coco Montoya, Stop
     Thu 5/30 @ Summer Nights on the Windsor Green
     Fri 5/31 @ Almost Famous Winery
Mike Zito, Life Is Hard
     Wed 5/22 @ Harlow's
     Fri 5/24 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Mon 5/27 @ Yoshi's
Los Lobos, Mis-treater Boogie Blues
     Sun-Mon 5/26-27 @ Rancho Nicasio
Chris Cain, Born to Play
     Fri 5/24 @ The Sound Room
     Sat 6/01 @ Biscuits & Blues
Eric McFadden, Hells Bells
     Sat 5/25 @ Boom Boom Room
Marty O'Reilly, Smokestack Lightning
     Sat 5/25 @ The Treehouse
Big Harp George, Cooking With Gas
     from the new album Cooking With Gas
     Wed 5/22 @ Club Fox
California Honeydrops, Singing' My Prayer
Quinn DeVeaux, You Got Soul
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, Ain't Misbehavin'
Fats Waller, Original E-Flat Blues
Taj Mahal, Slow Drag (live)

Playlist: May 12, 2024

Kyra Gordon, Tell Me and I'll Listen
Pi Jacobs, Too High Too Low
     Sat 5/18 @ The Lost Church
Cedric Burnside, Po Black Mattie
     from the new album Hill Country Love
     Sat 5/18 @ The Chapel
RJ Mischo, Soul Swamp
Steve Freund, Come On In This House
     Sat 5/18 @ Poor House Bistro
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, The Circus Is Still in Town (The Monkey Song)
     Fri 5/17 @ Sutter Creek Theatre
     Sun 5/19 @ Moe's Alley
Little Feat, Can't Be Satisfied
     from the forthcoming album Sam's Place
The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Payback Time
     from the forthcoming album Struck Down
Curtis Salgado, Cheap Stuff
     from the forthcoming album Fine By Me
Guy Davis, Be Ready When I Call You
Larry Williams, Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
Arthur Alexander, A Shot of Rhythm and Blues

Memphis Slim, Mother Earth
Earl King, Mother's Love
B.B. King, Nobody Loves Me But My Mother (live)
The Mothers of Invention, Motherly Love
Nina Simone, Blues For Mama (live)
Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends, Mama Don't Allow It
The Intruders, I'll Always Love My Mama
James Brown, You Got to Have a Mother For Me
Bill Withers, Grandma's Hands (live)
Junior Parker, Mother-in-Law Blues
The Beatles, Julia (rehearsal)

Playlist: May 5, 2024

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Mokai, Mama's Got the Blues
     Sun 5/12 @ The Back Room
Fantastic Negrito, Nibbadip (acoustic)
     Fri 5/10 @ Oakland Museum of California
Tia Carroll, Why Am I Treated So Bad
     Fri 5/10 @ Rancho Nicasio
Mavis Staples, You Got to Serve Somebody
     Fri 5/10 @ Heritage Theatre
Marina Crouse, Los Tiempos Van Cambiando
     Thu 5/09 @ Ashkenaz
     Sat 5/11 @ Bird & Beckett
Dirty Cello, The Ballad of the Onion Rings
     Thu 5/09 @ Sound Union
Kim Nalley Band with Houston Person, Teardrops From My Eyes
Houston Person, Blues Everywhere
     Fri-Sat 5/10-11 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
     Sat 5/11 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
     Sun 5/12 @ Piedmont Piano Company
Rebirth Brass Band, Your Mama Don't Dance
     Sat 5/11 @ Felton Music Hall
     Sun 5/12 @ Mill Valley Music Festival

Sugaray Rayford, Failing Upwards
     from the forthcoming album Human Decency
Kid Andersen, The Civilized Life
     from the forthcoming album Spirits
Lisa 'Little Baby' Andersen, In My Mind's Eye
     from the forthcoming album Soul
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Somewhere Else
     from the forthcoming album The Hits Keep Coming
HowellDevine, That's No Way to Get Along
Blind Willie McTell, Old Time Religion/Amazing Grace
Johnnie Taylor, Disco Lady
Big Maybelle, Blues Early Early
Little Walter, Blue and Lonesome
James Brown, Blues & Pants
Robert Johnson, They're Red Hot

Playlist: April 28, 2024

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Rebirth Brass Band, Rebirth Groove
Eric Lindell, Here in Frisco
     Sun 5/12 @ Mill Valley Music Festival
David Jacobs-Strain, Golden Gate
     Fri 5/03 @ Hopmonk Novato
     Sat 5/04 @ Wind River Studio
Steve Freund, Done You Wrong (live)
     Wed 5/01 @ Empress Marquee Club
     Thu 5/02 @ Canyons BBQ
     Fri 5/03 @ The Back Room
     Sat 5/04 @ The Saloon
Willie Big Eyes, Hoodoo Man Blues (live)
James Cotton, Mean Old World (live)
Mark Hummel, Rollercoaster (live)
     Wed 5/01 @ Empress Marquee Club
     Thu 5/02 @ Canyons BBQ
     Fri 5/03 @ The Back Room
     Sat 5/04 @ The Saloon
HowellDevine, Harmonica Wobble #2
     Wed 5/01 @ Harlow's
Marina Crouse, The Cisco Kid
     Sat 5/04 @ The Sound Room
Junk Parlor, Loud Hot and Restless
     Sun 5/05 @ Griffo Distillery

The 15th Annual Left-Hand-A-Thon

Louis Jordan, Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand's Doin'
Duke Robillard, Left-Handed
Isaac Rother & The Phantoms, Left-Hand Path
Otis Rush, I Can't Quit You Baby
Otis Rush, Tops (live)
Otis Rush, All Your Love (I Miss Loving) (live)
Albert King, San-Ho-Zay / Crosscut Saw (live)
The Chess Project (feat. Eric Gales), Tell Me
Jimmy Cliff, Many Rivers to Cross
Bobby Womack, It's All Over Now (live)
Barbara Lynn, Disco Music
Elizabeth Cotten, Shake Sugaree (live)

Playlist: April 21, 2024

Rhiannon Giddens, Black is the Color (live)
Charly Lowry, Stay
     Sun 4/21 @ The Fillmore
     Mon 4/22 @ Golden State Theatre
Davina & The Vagabonds, Find My Love
     from the forthcoming album Shoot For the Moon
     Mon 4/22 @ Yoshi's
Tia Carroll, Never Let Me Go
     Wed 4/24 @ Empress Marquee Club
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, The Hits Keep Coming
     from the forthcoming album The Hits Keep Coming
Canned Heat, Blind Owl
     from the new album Finyl Vinyl
Delta Wires, J.B. in Oakland
     Sat 4/27 @ The World Famous Turf Club
The Gold Souls, What Kind of Life
     Fri 4/26 @ Vinnie's
     Sat 4/27 @ Chico Women's Club
Smokey the Groove, Reefer Blues
     Sat 4/27 @ Chico Women's Club
Isaac Rother & The Phantoms, Witches Brew
     Fri 4/26 @ The Crepe Place

Darondo, Let My People Go
Fats Waller, Go Down Moses
Louis Armstrong, Go Down Moses
Mavis Staples, Go Down Moses
Bob Dylan, Go Down Moses (live) 
Bob Dylan, Little Moses
The Carter Family, Little Moses
John Lee Hooker, Moses Smote the Water
The Duhks, Moses Don't Get Lost
Bernie Knee, Passover on the Range
Six13, A Billy Joel Passover
Meshugga Beach Party, Dayenu
Meshugga Beach Party, Let My People Go
Saul Kaye, Go Down Moses (live)
Elana Jagoda, Holy Sister Miriam
Charlie Haden, Go Down Moses

Playlist: April 14, 2024

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Bill Frisell, Outlaws
Bill Frisell, Blues for Los Angeles (live)
     Thu-Sun 4/18-21 @ Freight & Salvage
Tinsley Ellis, Tallahassee Blues
     Mon 4/15 @ Yoshi's
Shemekia Copeland, Gullah Geechee
     Fri 4/19 @ Blue Note Napa
     Sat 4/20 @ Felton Music Hall
Whiskerman, Waking Up in Providence
     Fri 4/19 @ Rickshaw Stop
Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Broke the Moon
     Fri 4/19 @ Abbot's Passage Winery
Mitch Woods, Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
     Sun 4/21 @ Furthermore Wines
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Beat Girl
     Fri 4/19 @ Local Edition
     Sat 4/20 @ Royal Cuckoo
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, My Old Neighborhood
Loretta Lynn, Coal Miner's Daughter

Junior Parker, Taxman
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Taxman
Lucky Dube, Taxman
The Beatles, Taxman
J.B. Lenoir, Tax Payin' Blues
Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Taxman Blues
John Mayall, Taxman Blues
Eddy Clearwater, I.R.S. Man
Ambrose & His Orchestra, If They Ever Had an Income Tax on Love
Fiddlin' John Carson, Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Them All
Prince Buster, Taxation
Yellowman, Nah Pay No Tax
Schoolhouse Rock, Tax Man Tax
Robert Cray Band, 1040 Blues
Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Working Man

Playlist: March 31, 2024

Quiqué Gómez, Otro Hombre
     Wed 4/03 @ Empress Marquee Club
Terrie Odabi, Ball and Chain
     Wed 4/03 @ Club Fox
Lara Price, Voodoo Woman
     Sun 3/31 @ The Saloon
Big Blu Soul Revue, E Walkin'
     Fri 4/05 @ Jupiter
Squirrel Nut Zippers, Purim Nigun
     Fri 4/05 @ Yoshi's
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Old Folks Boogie
     Sat 4/06 @ Monroe Hall
The Black Crowes, Struttin' Blues
The Black Crowes, Bleed It Dry
     from the new album Happiness Bastards
     Sat 4/13 @ Fox Theatre
Lowell Fulson, San Francisco Blues
Big Maceo Merriweather, Worried Life Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson, Good For Nothing Blues

Aretha Franklin, April Fools
Dionne Warwick, The April Fools
Sarah Vaughan, Do Away With April
Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson, April in Paris
Simon & Garfunkel, April Come She Will
Corey Glover, April Rain
Macy Blackman (feat. Nancy Wright), A Fool in Love (in-studio)
Ike & Tina Turner, A Fool in Love
Ray Charles, A Fool for You
Stevie Wonder, I Pity the Fool
Toots & the Maytals, Fool For You
Denise Perrier, Fool on the Hill
Bob Dylan, I'm a Fool to Want You

Playlist: March 24, 2024

B.B. King, Thank You For Loving the Blues
Art Pepper, Thank You Blues (live)
Takezo Takeda, Umi o Koete
     Wed 3/27 @ Empress Marquee Club
Aki Kumar, Aana Mere Pyar Ko
     Fri 3/29 @ The Elephant in the Room
Mark Hummel, Seven Nights to Rock (live)
     Fri 3/29 @ The Saloon
     Sat 3/30 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, My Next Ex-Wife (live)
     Wed 3/27 @ Yoshi's
Wil Blades, Little Shimmy (live)
     Fri-Sat 3/29-30 @ Keys Jazz Bistro

Bessie Smith, St. Louis Blues
Sugar Pie DeSanto, Hello San Francisco (Part 2)
Big Mama Thornton, Don't Talk Back
Sippie Wallace, Up the Country Blues
Ida Cox, Any Woman's Blues
Victoria Spivey, One Hour Mama
Memphis Minnie, Looking the World Over
Alberta Hunter, Jazzin' Baby Blues
Trixie Smith, You Missed a Good Woman When You Picked All Over Me
Clara Smith, I'm Tired of Being Good
Mamie Smith, The Wang Wang Blues
Georgia White, Was I Drunk?
Mabel Scott, Fool Burro
Little Esther Phillips, I'm a Bad Bad Girl
Barbara Lynn, You Make Me So Hot
Elizabeth Cotten, Mama Nobody's Here But the Baby
Celia Cruz, Celia & Johnny

Playlist: March 17, 2024

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Calling San Francisco (live)
Deanna Bogart, Hot Fun in the Summertime
     Sat-Sun 3/23-24 @ Rancho Nicasio

Special in-studio guests: Howard Wiley & Friends

     Sat 3/23 @ SFJazz Center: California Love

Howard Wiley, Groovin'
Howard Wiley feat. Kev Choice, Barbara Ann (in-studio)
Howard Wiley feat. Martin Luther McCoy, Blues for Jimi (in-studio)
Howard Wiley, Stevie

Tiffany Austin, King of Pleasure
     Sun 3/24 @ Wyldflower Arts
Mission Delirium, Til the Moon (live)
     Thu 3/21 @ El Rio

Rory Gallagher, Follow me (live)
Rory Gallagher, Shinkicker (live)
Rory Gallagher, Off the Handle (live)
Rory Gallagher, Bullfrog Blues (live)
Gary Moore, Still Got the Blues
Skid Row, Unco-Up Showband Blues
Traveling Wilburys, She's My Baby
Culann's Hound, Twin Peaks
Sly & the Family Stone, Stand!
Sly & the Family Stone, Soul Clappin' II

Playlist: March 10, 2024

The Pogues, I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day
The Pogues, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
The Pogues, Dirty Old Town
     Fri 3/15 @ The Lost Church Santa Rosa
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Black Ball Swing (Kansas City)
     Fri 3/15 @ Community Music Center
Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings, Mellow Apples (live)
     Fri 3/15 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Sat 3/16 @ Sutter Creek Theatre
The Record Company, Control My Heart Blues
     Thu 3/14 @ The Fillmore
     Fri 3/15 @ Felton Music Hall
     Sat 3/16 @ The Siren
Johnny Burgin, Can't Make It Blues (live)
     Mon 3/11 @ California Theatre of Santa Rosa
     Thu 3/14 @ Monkey House
     Fri 3/15 @ The Saloon
Carvin Jones, 3 O'Clock Blues
     Wed 3/13 @ Mama Kin
     Fri 3/15 @ David Brower Center
Barrio Manouche, Tangos de Cali
     Sat 3/16 @ The Chapel
Terrie Odabi, Hold Up the Light
     Wed 3/13 @ Empress Marquee Club

Robbie Robertson, Osage Oil Boom
Robbie Robertson, Insulin Train
Robbie Robertson, Still Standing
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks, Livery Stable Blues
     from the film Killers of the Flower Moon
John Williams, New York, 1969
     from the film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Laura Karpman, Family Is, Monk Is
Laura Karpman, Stagg R. Leigh
Laura Karpman, My Pafology
     from the film American Fiction
Billie Eilish, What Was I Made For?
     from the film Barbie
Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain
Herbie Hancock and Dexter Gordon, 'Round Midnight
Bob Dylan, Things Have Changed
Bob Dylan, Knockin' On Heaven's Door