Sunday, September 28, 2025

Playlist: September 28, 2025


Johnny Mathis, Kol Nidre
Johnny Mathis, Bluesette
Jeremiah Lockwood, Kol Nidre #2
John Zorn & Quatuor Molinari, Kol Nidre
John Brothers Piano Company, Mint Julep
     Thu 10/02 @ The Sound Room
Bhi Bhiman, My Best Friend's Girl
     Fri 10/03 @ The Chapel
Curtis Salgado, Fine By Me
     Wed 10/01 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Thu 10/02 @ Poor House Bistro
     Fri 10/03 @ Sutter Creek Theatre
Dennis Jones, Six Feet Off the Ground
     Wed 10/01 @ Club Fox
Los Straitjackets, Cry For a Beatle
      Fri 10/03 @ Moe's Alley
      Sat 1004 @ The Ivy Room
Cash Box Kings, Oscar's Motel
     Thu 10/02 @ Biscuits & Blues
Derek Irving & His Combo, Combo Boogie
Mitch Woods, Shakin' the Shack
     Sat 10/04 @ Monroe Hall
     Sun 10/05 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Oct. 3-5

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Remember I Was a Dancer
Marc Ribot, Sometime Jailhouse Blues
Corey Harris, Chicken Man
Maria Muldaur, Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Half a Boy and Half a Man (live)
Steve Earle, Rex's Blues / Ft. Worth Blues (live)
     Wed 10/01 @ Presidio Theatre
     Thu 10/02 @ Nob Hill Masonic

Mark Hummel, City Livin' (live)
     Thu 10/02 @ Canyons BBQ
     Fri 10/03 @ The Saloon
     Sun 10/05 @ Lucca Bar & Grill
Koko Taylor, What Came First the Egg or the Hen
Koko Taylor, Insane Asylum
C.J. Chenier, My Baby Don't Wear No Shoes
C.J. Chenier, Riding with Uncle Cleveland


Sunday, September 21, 2025

Playlist: September 21, 2025


Leonard Cohen, Who By Fire
Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues, Serenade (live)
     Fri 9/26 @ The Back Room
Roy Rogers, For the Children (live)
     Fri 9/26 @ Rancho Nicasio

Monterey Jazz Festival: Sept. 26-28

Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Black Ball Swing (Kansas City)
Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Sidewalk Sizzle
Trombone Shorty, Way Downtown
Mr. Sipp, When the Saints Go Marching In (live)
Dianne Reeves, Don't Play With My Mind Blues (live)
Davina and the Vagabonds, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Gunhild Carling, I'll Wait For You in San Francisco

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Autumn in New York
Chet Baker, Autumn Leaves
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, Autumn Serenade
The Kinks, Autumn Almanac
Iron & Wine, Autumn Town Leaves
The Neighborhood, Sweater Weather
Yo La Tengo, Autumn Sweater
Serge Gainsbourg, La Chanson de Prévert
Fiona Apple, Pale September
Neil Young, Harvest Moon
The Band, King Harvest (Has Surely Come)


Sunday, September 14, 2025

Playlist: September 14, 2025


Sly & The Family Stone, Thank You (Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Big Star, Thank You Friends
Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue, End of the World
Junior Watson, Flappin'
     Wed 9/17 @ Yoshi's
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, It's All Over Now
     Tue 9/16 @ Yoshi's
Jon Cleary, Fessa Longhair Boogaloo
     Sun 9/14 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
John Brothers Piano Company, South American Fantasy
     Sun 9/14 @ Flower Piano Lounge
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
     Sat 9/20 @ Flower Piano Lounge
The Cottontails, Them There Eyes
     Thu 9/18 @ Flower Piano Garden of Fragrance
Cosmo Alleycats, I Guess It's Just the Mood I'm In
     Wed 9/17 @ Bissap Baobab
     Thu 9/18 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
     Fri 9/19 @ Local Edition

Ron Carter, All Blues
     Wed-Sat 9/17-20 @ SFJazz Center
SFJazz Collective, October in San Francisco
     Tue 9/16 @ SFJazz Center
Pon Pon Chen, Them There Eyes (live)
     Sat 9/20 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sun 9/21 @ Union Square
Ruthie Foster, Six Mile Water
     Wed 9/17 @ The Freight
     Thu 9/18 @ Moe's Alley
The Gold Souls, Callin' You (On the Phone)
     Sat 9/20 @ Degrees Plato
North Mississippi Allstars, Pray for Peace
     Fri 9/19 @ The Independent
     Sat 9/20 @ Felton Music Hall
Aki Kumar, A Plea to Be Free
     Fri 9/19 @ Asian Art Museum
     Sat 9/20 @ The Sound Room
B.B. King, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
B.B. King, The Thrill Is Gone (live)
B.B. King, How Blue Can You Get (live)
B.B. King, Let's Do the Boogie


Sunday, September 7, 2025

Playlist: September 7, 2025


Mavis Staples, Beautiful Strangers
     from the forthcoming album Sad and Beautiful World
Fantastic Negrito, Everything Went Wrong (in-studio)
     Sat 9/13 @ Blue Note Napa
Aki Kumar, Hindi Man Blues (in-studio)
     Wed 9/10 @ Empress Marquee Club
HowellDevine, Sadie (in-studio)
     Fri 9/12 @ The Ivy Room
Mark Hummel, Stop Now Baby (in-studio)
     Wed 9/10 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
John Brothers Piano Company, Daffy Duckin' (in-studio)
     Sun 9/14 @ Flower Pianos
Hernandez Hideaway, Take Me to Your Leader (in-studio)
Thee Snake Charmers, Mr. Lobster (in-studio)
     Fri 9/12 @ Hotel Utah Saloon
Junk Parlor, Dance With Me Bela Lugosi (in-studio)
     Sat 9/13 @ The Riptide
The Lucky Losers, What Is Success (in-studio)
     Thu 9/11 @ The Saloon
Tiffany Austin, 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do (in-studio)
     Sat 9/13 @ SFJazz Center

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