Playlist: August 31, 2025

Billy Joel, Piano Man
Fantastic Negrito, California Loner
     Sat 9/06 @ Levi's Plaza
Piper & The Hard Times, Cowboy Gucci
     Fri 9/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Record Company, I'm Working
     Thu 9/04 @ Guild Theatre
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, One More Night
Deanna Bogart, I'll Be Damned If I Get Old (live)
     Sun 9/07 @ Rancho Nicasio
Postmodern Jukebox, Mad World
     Wed 9/03 @ The Mountain Winery
     Thu 9/04 @ Gallo Center for the Arts
     Fri 9/05 @ Uptown Theatre
Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles, Lead Ya (live)
     Thu-Fri 9/04-05 @ SFJazz Center
Blind Boys of Alabama, Spirit in the Sky (live)
     Sat-Sun @ SFJazz Center
Junk Parlor, Only Survival
     Sat 9/06 @ Fireside Lounge
Greg Keelor, Heaven

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 24, 2025

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The Beatles, Free As A Bird (2025 Mix)
    from the forthcoming box set Anthology 4
The Beatles, Now and Then

Special in-studio guest: Roy Blumenfeld (The Blues Project)

     Wed 8/27 @ Club Fox
     Thu 8/28 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Fri 8/29 @ Jerry Knight's River Theater
     Sat 8/30 @ The Back Room

The Blues Project, Remedy (live)
The Blues Project, All Over the Map (live)
The Blues Project, Peru
The Blues Project, No Time Like the Right Time
The Blues Project, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes (live)
The Blues Project, Wake Me Shake Me (live)
     from the new album The Blues Project / Live 2025

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Handle With Care (live)
Aki Kumar, Desi Strut
D.K. Harrell, Talkin' Heavy
     Sat 8/30 @ Poor House Bistro: Little Village's Big Easy Block Party
The Joint Chiefs, The Ballad of Johnny B. Goode
     Fri 8/29 @ Poor House Bistro
Sue Foley, Last Kind Words Blues
     Wed 8/27 @ Hopmonk Novato
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Electricity
     Fri 8/29 @ The Chapel
John Lee Hooker, I Hate the Day I Was Born
Wynona Carr, Should I Ever Love Again?
Wynona Carr, Nursery Rhyme Rock
Wynonie Harris, Grandma Plays the Numbers

Playlist: August 17, 2025

Spin Doctors, About a Train (live)
Blues Travelers, Hook
     Tue 8/19 @ The Mountain Winery
The Budos Band, Thrice Crowned
     Fri 8/22 @ The Catalyst
     Sat 8/23 @ Regency Ballroom
     Sun 8/24 @ Ace of Spades
Ben Harper, Before the Rain Dried
     Sat 8/23 @ Fox Theatre
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Freight Train (Let Me Ride)
     Fri 8/22 @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
     Sun 8/24 @ Moe's Alley
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, That's How the Story Goes
     Fri 8/22 @ Biscuits & Blues
Earl Thomas, Goodbye
     Sat 8/23 @ Biscuits & Blues
Lester Chambers & The Mud Stompers, I Got the Blues
     Fri 8/22 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
The Lucky Losers, Finish What You Started
     Sat 8/23 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sun 8/24 @ Brewster Beer Garden
Raul Midón, Bottom Cycle Blues
     Mon 8/18 @ Kuumbwa Jazz
     Thu 8/21 @ Yoshi's
Sean & The Skinwalkers, Big Sur Boogie
     Fri 8/22 @ Fireside Lounge

Otis Redding, Stay in School
Brenda Holloway, Play It Cool, Stay in School
James Brown, Don't Be a Dropout
Otis Rush, Homework
Chuck Berry, Lonely School Days
AC/DC, School Days
Brownsville Station, Smokin' in the Boys Room
The Ramones, Rock 'n Roll High School
The Kinks, Education
Bob Dylan, Straight A's in Love
Nat King Cole Trio, You Don't Learn That in School

Oscar Peterson, Greasy Blues (For Count Basie)
Colin James & The Little Big Band, Jumpin' From Six to Six
Colin James, Crystal Ball
Colin James, Hidden Charms

Playlist: August 10, 2025

Taj Mahal, The Celebrated Walkin' Blues
     Thu-Sun 8/14-17 @ SFJazz Center
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo', Rough Time Blues
     from the new album Room on the Porch
Keb' Mo', Taking Me Higher
      Sun 8/17 @ Uptown Theatre
Buddy Guy, Blues On Top
     from the new album Ain't Done With the Blues
     Tue 8/12 @ The Mountain Winery
     Wed 8/13 @ Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center
The Lucky Losers, A Winning Hand
     Wed 8/13 @ Club Fox
     Thu 8/14 @ The Saloon

Cotati Accordion Festival: August 16-17

Hernandez Hideaway, Take Me To Your Leader
5 Cent Coffee, Ferryman
Jet Black Pearl, Waltzheimer
Junk Parlor, Ring My Bell

Beso Negro, Down to the Water
Soul Ska, Rude Girl
     Sun 8/17 @ Rancho Nicasio

Special in-studio guest: Ira Strolovitch

"Weird Al" Yankovic, Amish Paradise
Weezer, Africa
Two Door Cinema Club, What You Know
Christina Perri, A Thousand Years
The Kiffness, Ha Hee
The Kiffness, I Go Meow
OneRepublic, Counting Stars
The Beatles, Octopus's Garden
Men At Work, Down Under
Toto, Rosanna
Barenaked Ladies, Lovin' Life (acoustic)
The Chainsmokers & Coldplay, Something Just Like This

Playlist: August 3, 2025

Tom Lehrer, New Math
Tom Lehrer, (I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica
The Snake Charmers, I Was Just Not That Into You
     Fri 8/08 @ Rudi's
Reverend Beat-Man, Jesus Christ Twist
    Fri 8/08 @ Bottom of the Hill
Junk Parlor, Furs of Marilyn
     Sun 8/03 @ Madrone Art Bar
Big Blu Soul Revue, Give It Up!
     Thu 8/07 @ Moraga Summer Concert Series
     Fri 8/08 @ Point Richmond Music Summer Concert
Mitch Woods, Broke
     Thu 8/07 @ San Mateo Central Park
Dennis Johnson, Please Don't Go
     Sat 8/09 @ San Anselmo Concert Series
Sean Hayes, Magic Slim
     Thu 8/07 @ Redwood Grove Amphitheatre
     Sun 8/10 @ Gravenstein Apple Fair
Harvey Mandel, Eye of the Snake
     Sat 8/09 @ Biscuits & Blues
     from the new album Snake Walk
Kid Andersen, The Civilized Life
Lisa "Little Baby" Andersen, I Miss You
     Wed 8/06 @ Empress Marquee Club

San Jose Jazz Summerfest: August 8-10

Mavis Staples, Godspeed
Mavis Staples, Down In Mississippi (live)
Marina Crouse, Any Way the Wind Blows
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, You're Somebody Else's Baby Too
Terry Hanck, Come Back Baby
     from the new album Grease to Gravy
Bywater Call, Colours
John Pizzarelli, Oklahoma Suite
Preservation Brass, Carnival Medley
All Things Swamp, Blues For Ben

Buddy Guy, Swamp Poker
     from the new album Ain't Done With the Blues
Buddy Guy, Hello San Francisco