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

Playlist: March 3, 2024

California Honeydrops, Street People
     Thu-Sat 3/07-09 @ The Fillmore
Meklit, Ethio Blue
     from the forthcoming album Ethio Blue
     Sat 3/09 @ Brava Theater
Tammy Hall, To the Ancestors
     Wed 3/06 @ SFJazz Center: Seen & Heard
Tiffany Austin, Resolution
     Fri 3/08 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Maria Muldaur, Empty Bed Blues
     Sat 3/09 @ Ashkenaz
Cosmo Alleycats, I Guess It's Just the Mood I'm In
     Fri 3/08 @ Local Edition
Glenn Miller Orchestra, Song of the Volga Boatmen
     Fri 3/08 @ Yoshi's
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, Real Good Lie
     Sat 3/09 @ Almost Famous Winery
Litty DeBungus, Little Spoon
     Sat 3/09 @ Boom Boom Room
G. Love & Special Sauce, Baby's Got Sauce
     Wed 3/06 @ The Independent

Pamela Rose & Company, Blues Is A Woman
     Sun 3/10 @ SFJazz Center
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
Memphis Minnie, When The Levee Breaks
Bob Dylan, The Levee's Gonna Break

Playlist: February 25, 2024

Hernandez Hideaway, Take Me To Your Leader
     From the new EP Squeeze This
     Thu 2/29 @ Specs
HowellDevine, Hey! Oh, Really?
Lady Bianca, Blues in the Bedroom
Kim Nalley (with Maria Muldaur), I Want A Little Boy
Maria Muldaur & Her Garden of Joy, The Panic Is On
Sam Rudin, Don't Think Twice (live)
     Sat 3/02 @ The Back Room: A Benefit for Pete Devine
Los Lobos, Good Morning Aztlán
     Feb 2/29 @ The Guild Theatre
The Wood Brothers, Mean Man World
     Fri-Sat 3/01-02 @ The Fillmore
Sean Hayes, Lost Highway
     Fri 3/01 @ ODC Theatre
The Stone Foxes, I'm A King Bee
     Fri 3/01 @ Community Music Center
Bob Dylan, Visions of Johanna (take 7)

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

Playlist: February 18, 2024

Gordon Lockwood, Once Upon a Time the Fire Burned Brighter
     Tue 2/20 @ Stanford Faculty Club
Hernandez Hideaway, Salt and Rocks
     from the new EP Squeeze This
     Sun 2/25 @ Baltic Kiss
Deep Basement Shakers, I’m a Soldier (in the Army of the Lord)
     Fri 2/23 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
The Gold Souls, Don’t Give Up
     Sat 2/24 @ The Back Room
Brass Mafia, Hotel California
     Sat 2/24 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Brian Setzer, What’ll It Be Baby Doll?
     Sat-Sun 2/24-25 Fox Theatre
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Daddy-O
     Sat 2/24 @ Roxx on Main
Mitch Woods, C.C. Rider
     Sat 2/24 @ Monroe Hall
George Cole Quintet, Ridin' to the Poorhouse
     Sun 2/25 @ B Street Ballroom
The Budos Band, Frontier’s Edge
     Fri-Sat 2/23-24 @ The Fillmore
Irma Thomas, Coming From Behind

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 11, 2024

The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Wild Tchoupitoulas
Dwight "Blackcat" Carrier, African Roll Call
     Tue 2/13 @ Fillmore Center Plaza
Rhonda Benin, Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
     Tue 2/13@ The Sound Room
Tia Carroll, Never Let Me Go
     Tue 2/13 @ Hotel Nikko
Rhymthmtown Jive, Kidd Jordan's Second Line
     Thu 2/13 @ The Big Easy
King Street Giants, Tootie Ma (Is a Big Fine Thing)
     Tue 2/13 @ Elephant in the Room
MJ's Brass Boppers, On da Mardi Gras Day
     Tue 2/13 @ The New Parish
Brass Mafia, When the Saints Go Marchin' In
Huney Knuckles, Huney Knuckle Scuffle
     Tue 2/13 @ The Guild Theatre
The Grease Traps, Can't Help Myself
     Tue 2/13 @ The Chapel

Mission Delirium, Sundog Moondog
West Grand Brass Band, How It Got This Far
     Tue 2/13 @ Dolores Deluxe
East Bay Brass Band, Royal Diggity Ace
Black Sheep Brass Band, BRASSfedFUNK
Mitch Woods, I Left My Baby at the Mardi Gras Cryin'
California Honeydrops, Cry For Me
Mark Growden & the New Orleans Heavies, Drivin' into the Sunrise
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, Shoorah Shoorah
Irma Thomas, Carnival Time
Neville Brothers, (Hey Mama) Wild Tchoupitoulas
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux with Voices of the Wetlands, Firewater
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, When the Saints Go Marching In

Playlist: February 4, 2024

The King Street Giants, St. James Infirmary (live)
Black Sheep Brass Band, The Ram Ewe Love
     Sat 2/10 @ Myustic Theatre

Special in-studio guests: Fantastic Negrito

     Thu-Fri 2/08-09 @ The Chapel

Trudoo
Everything Went Wrong (in-studio)
Working Poor (in-studio)
An Honest Man (in-studio)
Lost in a Crowd (in-studio)
Oh Betty (acoustic)

West Grand Brass Band, The Birth of BDM/Trading Places
     Thu 2/08 @ Boom Boom Room
The Cottontails, Them There Eyes
     Sun 2/04 @ Specs
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me
     Thu 2/08 @ Roxx on Main
Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Mint Julep
     Sat 2/10 @ Royal Cuckoo
The Lucky Losers, Don't You Lose It
     Thu 2/08 @ The Saloon
Yo La Tengo, Emulsified
     Thu 2/08-09 @ The Fillmore
Pascal Bokar AfroBlueGrazz Band, American Trails
     Thu 2/08 @ The Torch Club
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Play Our Songs
T Sisters, Far Cry
     Fri 2/09 @ The Independent
Tommy Castro, Leaving Trunk (live)
     Fri 2/09 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Delta Wires, Monkey Man (live)
     Sat 2/10 @ The Saloon

Playlist: January 28, 2024

FillmoreTrev, 49er Anthem
Alabama Mike, God Is With You
     Wed 1/31 @ Empress Lounge
Aki Kumar, Jarvos Woman
Marina Crouse, The Cisco Kid
     Fri 2/02 @ The Back Room
Mark Hummel, Harpo-Ventilating (live)
Lee Oskar, Lee's Blues (live)
Kenny Neal, It Don't Cost Nothing
Chris Cain, Space Force
     Sun 2/04 @ Moe's Alley: Blues Harmonica Blowout
Tiffany Austin, I Walk the Line
     Fri 2/02 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, New Blowtop Blues
     Fri 2/02 @ Rancho Nicasio

Charlie Musselwhite, Bad Boy (live)
Charlie Musselwhite, The Dark
Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite, Old School
Charlie Musselwhite, Baby Will You Please Help Me
Muddy Waters, Mudcat (live)
Charlie Musselwhite & Hot Tuna, Cristo Redentor (live)
Big Walter Horton, Shakey's Boogie
Charlie Musselwhite, Strange Land (live)

Playlist: January 21, 2024

John Jorgenson Quintet, Mediterranean Blues
Hot Club of San Francisco, All My Loving
     Sun 1/21 @ Freight & Salvage: Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration

Special in-studio guests: Hernandez Hideaway

     Sun 2/25 @ Baltic Kiss
     Thu 2/29 @ Spec's

Salt and Rocks
     from the new EP Squeeze This
Opa Cupa (in-studio)
Morning After Bulgar (in-studio)
Bushka (in-studio)
Korobushka (in-studio)
Take Me To Your Leader (in-studio)
Adon Olam

Will Magid, Epirotika
Shovelman, Night Becomes Day
Whiskerman, The Kid
     Fri-Sat 1/26-27 @ Edwardian Ball
Stéphane Wrembel, St. James Infirmary
     Fri 1/26 @ Blue Note Napa
Cosmo Alleycats, Trouble In Mind
     Fri 1/26 @ Local Edition
Rob Reich, The Vision
     Sat 1/27 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Beat Girl
     Tue 1/23 @ Verdi Club
     Sat 1/27 @ Monroe Hall
Booker T Jones, Born Under a Bad Sign
     Sat 1/27 @ Yoshi's
Nancy Wright, Satisfied
Jule Leyhe, The Planetarium
     Thu 1/25 @ The Sound Room
Marty O'Reilly, Liza Jane (live)
Van Goat, God's On the Other Guy's Side
     Sat 1/27 @ The Independent

Playlist: January 7, 2024

Booker T. & The MGs, You Can't Do That
Booker T. Jones, Down in Memphis
     Sat 1/27 @ Yoshi's

Special in-studio guests: Lyz Luke, Kev Choice, and Nona Brown

     Sat 1/13 @ Paramount Theatre: In the Name of Love

Stevie Wonder, Happy Birthday
Nona Brown, For Those Who Love Him
Nona Brown, Latter Days/Greater (instrumental)
Kev Choice, What Child Is This
Kev Choice Trio, Adam's Point
La Doña, LeLoLai
Bryan Dyer, Rainy Night in Georgia
Bryan Dyer, Red Top 5
Stevie Wonder, Visions

Con Brio, Wish I Could Tell You
     Sat 1/13@ The Independent
Whiskerman, Riot of Indolence
King Dream, Golden Shore
     Fri 1/12 @ Cornerstone
     Sat 1/13 @ Felton Music Hall
Ranky Tanky, Ranky Tanky (live)
     Mon 1/08 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
King Street Giants, Let's Get It On (live)
     Sun 1/14 @ Hopmonk Tavern
The Caliopians, Chasing Jan
     Sun 1/14 @ Murphy's Pub
The Cottontails, Them There Eyes
     Sat 1/13 @ Rite Spot Cafe
Coco Montoya, Writing on the Wall
     Thu 1/11 @ Freight & Salvage
     Fri 1/12 @ Felton Music Hall
     Sat 1/13 @ Mystic Theatre
Davie Jones & The King Bees, Liza Jane
Davie Jones & The King Bees, Louie Louie Go Home
Elvis Presley, When It Rains It Really Pours
Elvis Presley, Milkcow Calf's Boogie
Tampa Red, Things 'Bout Coming My Way