Playlist: August 2, 2026

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Blue Rodeo, Montreal (live)
Second Hand Blues, Texas Flood (live)
     Sun 8/02 @ Blues By the Bay
The Blues Project, Flute Thing (live)
The Blues Project, Heard It On the X (live)
     Thu 8/06 @ Club Fox
     Fri 8/07 @ Sebastiani Theater
     Tue 8/11 @ Yoshi's
ZZ Top, Backdoor Medley (live)
Cheap Trick, All Washed Up
     Sat 8/08 @ The Mountain Winery
Rebirth Brass Band, We Come to Party (live)
     Sat 8/08 @ Siesta Valley Bowl
The Cottontails, Boogie's the Thing
     Sat 8/08 @ The Deluxe
Parlor Tricks, Hambone Rag
     Thu 8/06 @ Stookey's Blue Room
Fats Waller, Muscle Shoals Blues

San Jose Jazz Summerfest: Aug.7-9

Jubu Smith, Kwik-Way Nostalgia
Kyle Rowland, Stockton Boulevard
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Shortyville
Beaufunk, Resuscitation of Funk
Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, Foolish
Harrell 'Young Rell' Davenport, Fatherless Child
Parlor Greens, Francisco Smack

Buddy Guy, Keep It to Myself
Buddy Guy, Best Damn Fool (live)
Buddy Guy, Mannish Boy (live)
Junior Wells & Buddy Guy, Cleo's Back (live)
     from the new album New York City Blues – Live 1978

Playlist: July 26, 2026

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Buddy Guy, Hello San Francisco
Buddy Guy, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
Buddy Guy, Where U At (feat. Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram)
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Fresh Out (feat. Buddy Guy)
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Memphis
     Thu-Fri 7/30-31 @ The Guild Theatre
Sue Foley, Last Kind Words Blues
     Sun 7/26 @ Moe's Alley
Marty O'Reilly, Going to the Country (live)
     Sat 8/01 @ Point San Pablo Harbor
Stray Cats, Fishnet Stockings (live)
     Fri 7/31 @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
     Sat 8/01 @ The Mountain Winery
Cash Box Kings, Oscar's Motel
     Thu 7/30 @ Moe's Alley
     Fri 7/31 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sat 8/01 @ Almost Famous Winery 
Carlos Elliot Jr, Poder Nativo
     Sun 8/02 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Wed 8/05 @ The California Theater of Santa Rosa
Delta Wires, Devil Got My Woman
     Sun 7/26 @ Gilman Brewing
     Thu 7/31 @ The Turf Club
Dirty Cello, Sympathy for the Devil
     Sun 7/26 @ Gilman Brewing
     Thu7/31 @ The Power Plant Coffee

Rolling Stones, Rough and Twisted
     from the new album Foreign Tongues
Rolling Stones, Blue and Lonesome
Rolling Stones, Little Red Rooster
Rolling Stones, Cops and Robbers
Rolling Stones, You Can't Catch Me
Rolling Stones, The Spider and the Fly
Rolling Stones, Who's Driving Your Plane
Rolling Stones, Doncha Bother Me 
Rolling Stones, The Under Assistant West Coast Promo Man
Rolling Stones, Parachute Woman 
Rolling Stones, Ventilator Blues
Rolling Stones, Down in the Hole
Rolling Stones, Fancy Man Blues
Rolling Stones, Love in Vain (live)
Rolling Stones, Stop Breaking Down

 

Playlist: July 19, 2026

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Special guest: Michael Glover Smith

     Bob Dylan as Filmmaker: No Time To Think

Bob Dylan, Things Have Changed
Bob Dylan, No Time to Think
Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan, Tell Me, Momma (live)
Bob Dylan, Visions of Johanna (live)
Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue (live)
Bob Dylan, Shelter From the Storm (live)

Bob Dylan, In the Garden (live)
Bob Dylan, A Couple More Years
Bob Dylan, Blood in My Eyes
Articolo 31, Come Una Pietra Scalciata
Bob Dylan, Dirt Road Blues
Magokoro Brothers, My Back Pages
Bob Dylan, Pledging My Time
Bob Dylan, When the Ship Comes In (live)
Bob Dylan, Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

Playlist: July 12, 2026

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The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, This Will Be Condos You Can't Afford
     Fri 7/17 @ The Lost Church Santa Rosa
Thee Snake Charmers, San Francisco You're Breaking My Heart
     Sat 7/25 @ Rabio Habana
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, You Lie Like A Rug
     from the forthcoming album What Can We Do?
     Fri 7/17 @ Biscuits & Blues
Wynton Marsalis, Hotter Than That
     Tue-Wed 7/14-15 @ SFJazz Center
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut (live)
     Sat 7/18 @ Biscuits & Blues
Jad Tariq, Bloodshot Eyes
Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Dink's Blues
     Fri 7/17 @ The Deluxe
     Sat 7/18 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
Gaucho, Blues En Mineur
     Thu 7/16 @ The Deluxe
Barrio Manouche, Tangos de Cali
     Sat 7/18 @ The Deluxe (Calibérico)

John Jorgenson Quintet, Waiting for the Fog to Rise
Jason Anick, Minor Blues
     Tue 7/14 @ UC Berkeley Botanical Garden
George Cole Quintet, Valentino
     Sun 7/19 @ The Sailing Goat
Jazz Mafia, Not Fade Away (live)
     Tue 7/14 @ Sonoma Plaza
     Wed 7/15 @ Mission College 
Darren Johnston, A Call For All Demons
     Thu 7/16 @ The Back Room
Steve Freund, Come On In This House
     Sat 7/18 @ The Back Room
Gin Blossoms, Cajun Song
Blues Traveler, Call Me The Breeze
Spin Doctors, Some Other Man Instead
Gin Blossoms, Blues Traveler & Spin Doctors, Indiana Wants Me
     Fri 7/17 @ Green Music Center
Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing, Misty

Playlist: July 5, 2026

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Bryan Adams, 51st State
Blue Rodeo, Stealin' All My Dreams
Kyle Rowland, I'll Take You Back 
Rick Estrin, You're Gonna Need My Help (live)
Mark Hummel, My Kind of Baby (live)
      Tue 7/07 @ Yoshi's: Lazy Lester Benefit
Lazy Lester, Blues Stop Knocking (live)
Lazy Lester, Bloodstains on the Wall (live)
Lazy Lester, Raining in My Heart (live)
Lazy Lester, Jambalaya (live)
Lazy Lester, Sugar Coated Love (live)

Native North America at 250 

Murray Porter, 1492: Who Found Who?
Murray Porter, 500 Years
Jesse Ed Davis, Reno Street Incident
Jesse Ed Davis, Sue Me Sue You Blues
Bob Dylan, Watching the River Flow
Link Wray & The Wraymen, Rumble
Link Wray, Shawnee
Indigenous, Blues This Morning
Indigenous, Stay Behind
Twice As Good, Myanik Xe (Beautiful Music)
Paul Steward, Mth'alal (Hey Ay, Ah Ho Ho)
John Angaiak, Ak'a Tamaani
John Angaiak, I'll Rock You to the Rhythm of the Ocean
Willy Mitchell & The Desert River Band, Kill'n Your Mind

Playlist: June 28, 2026

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The Tragically Hip, Locked in the Trunk of a Car (live)
     from the forthcoming album Live July 22—August 16, 2016
The Tragically Hip, Last American Exit
Alvon Johnson, Tater
Lady Bianca, Ugly Man Song
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Maple Leaf Rag
     Sun 7/05 @ Yoshi's
Fillmore Slim, Vegetable Man
     Fri 7/03 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sun 7/05 @ Yoshi's
Kim Nalley, Summertime
Rob Dehlinger & His Alpha Rhythm Kings, Rag Doll
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
     Sat-Sun 7/04-05 @ Fillmore Jazz Festival

Blue Rodeo, Fools Like You
The Chieftones, I Shouldn't Have Did What I Done
The Chieftones, Mona Lisa
Peter Frank, Little Feather
Willie Dunn, Son of the Sun
Willie Dunn, I Pity the Country
Sugluk, I Didn't Know
Gordon Dick, Siwash Rock
Alexis Utatnaq, Maqaivvigivalauqtavut
Sugluk, Ajuinnarasuarsunga
Sikumiut, Utirumavunga
William Tagoona, Anaanga
Morley Loon, N'Doheeno
The Jerry Cans, Suqutaunngilaq
The Jerry Cans, Qaumajuujusi
The Travellers, This Land Is Your Land (Bilingual version)

Playlist: June 21, 2026

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Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, The Rhumbabum Hum
     Fri 6/26 @ The Deluxe
HowellDevine, Strange Time Meltdown
     Sat 6/27 @ The Deluxe
     Sun 6/28 @ Rancho Nicasio 

Fountain Blues Festival: June 27-28

Ruthie Foster, Thank You
     Fri 6/26 @ The Freight
     Sun 6/28 @ Rancho Nicasio
Ronnie Baker Brooks, I Found a Dollar Looking For a Dime
Eric Gales, Guitar Man
Fillmore Slim, Little Bluebird
Alvon Johnson, Love Me or Leave Me
     Wed 6/24 @ Yoshi's 
Ben Rice & The PDX Hustle, Crushing on the Bartender

Tia Carroll, Ain't Nobody Worryin'
     Sat 6/27 @ Biscuits & Blues
Boneshakers, Dobro Jones (Low Country Mix)
     Fri 6/26 @ Biscuits & Blues
Kid Andersen, Day Tripper
     Fri 6/26 @ Poor House Bistro

Ronnie Baker Brooks, Lonnie Brooks' Blessing / Blues in My DNA
Ronnie Baker Brooks, It's All About You (feat. Lonnie Brooks)
Shawn Holt & The Teardrops, Daddy Told Me
Johnny Copeland, Tumbling Dice (feat. Shemekia Copeland)
Zakiya Hooker, Mean Mean World (feat. John Lee Hooker)
Carey Bell & Lurrie Bell, Do You Hear
Tom Waits, Summertime
R.E.M., Summertime
Paul McCartney, Summertime
Wendy DeWitt, Summertime (in-studio)
Billy Stewart, Summertime
Bob Dylan, In the Summertime

Playlist: June 14, 2026

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Bob Dylan in the Bay Area (and a Bit Beyond)

Dance Me to the End of Love (Montreal, October 29, 2023)
False Prophet (Oakland, June 11, 2022)
If You Gotta Go, Go Now (San Jose, November 25, 1964)
Long Distance Operator (San Jose, December 12, 1965)
Ballad of Hollis Brown (Oakland, February 11, 1974)
I Don't Believe You (San Francisco, November 25, 1976)
Am I Your Stepchild? (Oakland, November 14, 1978)
Gotta Serve Somebody (San Francisco, November 15, 1979)
Like A Rolling Stone (San Francisco, November 15, 1980)
The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar (San Francisco, November 15, 1980)
Good Rockin' Mama (Mountain View, August 5, 1986)

San Francisco Bay Blues (Berkeley, June 10, 1988)
Pretty Boy Floyd (Oakland, December 3, 1988)
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Monterey, May 27, 1995)
Hoochie Coochie Man (Santa Cruz, March 15, 2000)
Brown Sugar (Sacramento. October 9, 2002)
Mutineer (Berkeley, October 11, 2002)
Old Man (Berkeley, October 11, 2002)
Lonesome Day Blues (Santa Rosa, April 4, 2006)
Workingman's Blues #2 (Stockton, August 15, 2009)
Visions of Johanna (Oakland, August 24, 2010)
Freebird (Berkeley, June 9, 2016)

Playlist: June 7, 2026

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Huey Lewis & The News, Going Down Slow
Red Archibald & The Internationals, 1% Bounce
Freeman Stowers, Railroad Blues
De Ford Bailey, Davidson County Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson, Mr. Downchild
Little Walter, Juke
Walter Horton, In The Mood
Junior Wells, Chitlin Con Carne
Bob Dylan, Pledging My Time
The Beatles, I Got To Find My Baby
Robert Klein, I Can't Stop My Leg
Toots Thielemans, Bluesette
The Harmonicats, Peg O' My Heart
J. Geils Band, Whammer Jammer
Phil Berkowitz, Choo Choo Ch'Boogie

Jimmy McCracklin, Savoy Jump
Big Mama Thornton, Big Mama's Coming
Jimmy Wilson & The Blues Blasters, Oh Red
Jimmy Wilson & The Blues Blasters, Blues In The Alley
Jimmy McCracklin, Beer Tavern
Jimmy McCracklin, Love For You
Big Mama Thornton, Don't Talk Back
Johnny Fuller, First Stage of the Blues
Johnny Fuller, Weeping and Moaning
Johnny Fuller, Strange Land
Johnny Fuller, No More
Juke Boy Bonner, Well Baby
Juke Boy Bonner, Rock With Me Baby
Jimmy McCracklin, You're The One
Jimmy McCracklin, I'm The One
Jimmy McCracklin, I Wanna Make Love To You
Jimmy McCracklin, Fare-Well
Jimmy McCracklin, Take A Chance 
Rodger Collins, Foxy Girls In Oakland

Playlist: May 31, 2026

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Devon Gilfilian, Travelin' Blues
     Sat 6/06 @ The Ramble
     Sun 6/07 @ Levitt Pavillion
Fillmore Slim, I'm a Badd Brotha Foya
     Fri 6/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
Booker T. Jones, Time Is Tight
     Sat-Sun 6/06-07 @ The Freight
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Transition 1 (Pittsburg)
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Transition 2 (New York)
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Barnstormin' (Chicago)
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Black Ball Swing (Kansas City)
     Sun 6/07 @ Presidio Theatre
Tiffany Austin, The Blessing
     Fri 6/05 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come

Sonny Rollins, Mother Nature's Blues
     Sonny Rollins (1930-2026)
Frank Catalano & Lurrie Bell, Tuna Town
Frank Catalano & Jimmy Chamberlain, Tokyo Tuna Town
     Thu-Sun 6/04-07 @ Black Cat
T-Bone Walker, Call It Stormy Monday
Oak Cliff T-Bone, Trinity River Blues
B.B. King, T-Bone Shuffle (live)
Duke Robillard, Blue Mood
T-Bone Walker, Strollin' With Bones

Playlist: May 24, 2026

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Special guest: Michael Glover Smith

     Bob Dylan as Filmmaker: No Time To Think

Bob Dylan, Things Have Changed
Bob Dylan, No Time to Think
Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues
Bob Dylan, Tell Me, Momma (live)
Bob Dylan, Visions of Johanna (live)
Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue (live)
Bob Dylan, Shelter From the Storm (live)

Bob Dylan, In the Garden (live)
Bob Dylan, A Couple More Years
Bob Dylan, Blood in My Eyes
Articolo 31, Come Una Pietra Scalciata
Bob Dylan, Dirt Road Blues
Magokoro Brothers, My Back Pages
Bob Dylan, Pledging My Time
Bob Dylan, When the Ship Comes In (live)
Bob Dylan, Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

Playlist: May 17, 2026

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Los Lobos, Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
Los Lobos, La Bamba
     Sat-Sun 5/23-24 @ Rancho Nicasio
Men at Work, The Longest Night (live)
     Fri 5/22 @ Bottlerock
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, I Hate Myself For Loving You
     Sat 5/23 @ Bottlerock
California Honeydrops, 365 Flavors
     Sun 5/24 @ Bottlerock
Men at Work, Blue For You
Mike Zito, The Blues Lover
     Wed 5/20 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Fri 5/22 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Sat 5/23 @ Poor House Bistro
Stan Erhart, Buster's Movin' (Bust'a Mov'a)
Dennis Johnson, Revelation
     Sat 5/23 @ Golden Gate Park Bandshell
George Cole Quintet, Sheila's Waltz
     Sat 5/23 @ Piedmont Center for the Arts
Tiffany Austin, Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
     Fri 5/22 @ The Lost Church
     Sun 5/24 @ Wyldflower Arts

Taj Mahal & Phantom Blues Band, Rowdy Blues
     from the new album Time
Taj Mahal, Leaving Trunk
Taj Mahal, West Indian Revelation
Taj Mahal, 21st Century Gypsy Singing Loving Man
Taj Mahal & Phantom Blues Band, Talkin' Blues
     from the new album Time
Taj Mahal, Dust My Broom
D. Johnson, Kindhearted Woman Blues
Robert Johnson, Traveling Riverside Blues
Robert Johnson, They're Red Hot
Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden Stomp (live)
Sidney Bechet, Monmartre Boogie Woogie (live)
Sidney Bechet, Petite Fleur (live)

Playlist: May 10, 2026

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Bobby Rush, Hey Hey Bobby Rush
     Tue-Wed 5/12-13 @ Biscuits & Blues
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, One Hour Mama
     Sun 5/10 @ Biscuits & Blues
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Daddy-O
     Thu 5/15 @ Rancho Nicasio
Rainbow Girls, Subterranean Homesick Alien
     Wed 5/14 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Hernandez Hideaway, Salt and Rocks
     Wed 5/14 @ Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, That's Big (live)
      Fri 5/16 @ Almost Famous Winery
Elvin Bishop, Belly Rubbin' (live)
     Fri 5/16 @ Yoshi's
Kim Wilson, So Many Roads
     Sat-Sun 5/16-17 @ Biscuits & Blues
Dirty Cello, Angel From Montgomery
     Thu 5/15 @ The Starry Plough
RonKat Spearman, One World
     Thu 5/15 @ Boom Boom Room

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

Playlist: May 3, 2026

Bob Dylan in the Bay Area

Jolene (Berkeley, October 11, 2009)
Goodbye Jimmy Reed (Oakland, June 11, 2022)
If You Gotta Go, Go Now (San Jose, November 25, 1964)
Long Distance Operator (San Jose, December 12, 1965)
Highway 61 Revisited (Oakland, February 11, 1974)
Hazel (San Francisco, November 25, 1976)
Am I Your Stepchild? (Oakland, November 14, 1978)
Gotta Serve Somebody (San Francisco, November 15, 1979)
Like A Rolling Stone (San Francisco, November 15, 1980)
Good Rockin' Mama (Mountain View, August 5, 1986)

San Francisco Bay Blues (Berkeley, June 10, 1988)
Pretty Boy Floyd (Oakland, December 3, 1988)
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Monterey, May 27, 1995)
Hoochie Coochie Man (Santa Cruz, March 15, 2000)
Old Man (Berkeley, October 11, 2002)
Brown Sugar (Sacramento, October 9, 2002)
Workingman's Blues #2 (Stockton, August 15, 2009)
Visions of Johanna (Oakland, August 24, 2010)
Freebird (Berkeley, June 9, 2016) 

Playlist: April 26, 2026

Ringo Starr, I Don't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore
     from the new album Long Long Road
The Beatles, What Goes On
Deep Basement Shakers, I'm A Soldier (in the Army of the Lord)
     Tue 4/28 @ The Rite Spot
Parlor Tricks, Sunny Somewhere Else
     Thu 4/30 @ Stookey's Club Moderne
Cosmo Alleycats, Love Keeps Passing You By 
     Wed 4/29 @ Mubuhay Gardens
Marty O'Reilly, Liza Jane (live)
     Thu 4/30 @ Murphy's Pub
Dirty Cello, Feelin' Frisky in Frisco
     Fri 5/01 @ Native Sons Hall
     Sat 5/02 @ The Delta King
Sugaray Rayford, Aha
     Fri-Sat 5/01-02 @ Biscuits & Blues
Chris Cain, Good Intentions
     Fri 5/01 @ Lucca's
     Sat 5/02 @ Poor House Bistro
Wendy DeWitt, Folks Like You
     Thu 4/30 @ The Saloon
Volker Strifler Band, On a Day Like Today
     Sat 5/02 @ California Theatre of Santa Rosa
The Gold Souls, It's Your Thing
     Sun 5/03 @ Berryessa Brewing 

The 17th Annual Left-Hand-A-Thon

Albert King, (Left-Hand Woman) Get Right With Me
Albert King, I Get Evil (live)
Otis Rush, Right Place Wrong Time (live)
Otis Rush, I Can't Quit You Baby
Eric Gales, Elijah
Eric Gales Band, Resurrection
Barbara Lynn, Payback
Barbara Lynn, Teenage Blues
Elizabeth Cotten, Ontario Blues
Cedell Davis, Play With Your Poodle
Dr. Isaiah Ross, Dr. Ross' Boogie
Lefty Bates Combo, Background
Nikhil Bagga, It's Okay

Playlist: April 19, 2026

Wood Brothers, Big Boss Man (live)
Wood Brothers, Happiness Jones/Express Yourself (live)
     Tue 5/05 @ The Fillmore
Roy Rogers, Terraplane Blues (live)
     Sun 4/19 @ Moe's Alley
Sgt. Splendor, Blue and Her Strawberry Balloon
     Sun 4/19 @ Bottom of the Hill
Kid Andersen, Ship of Fools
     Wed 4/22 @ Empress Marque Club
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, You're Somebody Else's Baby Too
     Sat 4/25 @ Biscuits & Blues
Tia Carroll, Never Let Me Go
     Fri 4/24 @ Biscuits & Blues
Karina Denike, Sideshow
     Wed 4/22 @ The Rite Spot
Back pOrchEstra, I'm Wild About My Lovin'
     Wed 4/22 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Bob Dylan, Simple Twist of Fate (live)
Bob Dylan, Baby Let Me Follow You Down (live)
Bob Dylan, Isis (live)
Bob Dylan, Vigilante Man (live)
     Tue 4/21 @ The Roxie: Stepping Into the Unknown
Articolo 31, Come Una Pietra Scalciata
Sonic Youth, I'm Not There
Yo La Tengo, I Wanna Be Your Lover
Francesco de Gregori, Non Dirle Che Non E' Cosi'
Colin Linden, Tears of Rage
Tommy Castro, Calling San Francisco (live)
Tiffany Austin, I Walk the Line

Playlist: April 12, 2026

Beatles, Old Brown Shoe
Rolling Stones, No Expectations
Genesis, Twilight Alehouse
Norman Greenbaum, Spirit in the Sky
HowellDevine, Strange Time Meltdown
     Sat 4/18 @ The Back Room
Thee Snake Charmers, You're Breaking My Heart San Francisco
     Sat 4/18 @ Radio Habana Social Club
Roy Rogers, Those Bygone Days
     Sat 4/18 @ Mystic Theatre
     Sun 4/19 @ Moe's Alley
Mokai, Mama's Got the Blues
     Tue 4/14 @ No Name Bar
     Wed 4/15 @ Golden Gate Park Bandshell
Paul Steward, Mth'alal (Hey Ay, Ah Ho Ho)
     Thu 4/16 @ Sonoma State University Native Fest
Sgt. Splendor, Kate Vargas & Eric McFadden, A Chorus of Cowardly Men
     Sun 4/19 @ Bottom of the Hill
Boot Juice, Keeping Out of the Ground
     Sat 4/18 @ Bottom of the Hill
Throwing Muses, Summer of Love
     Fri 4/17 @ The Chapel
Maya Hawke, Devil You Know
     from the forthcoming album Maitreya Corso
     Sat 4/18 @ The Chapel

Eddie Lang, April Kisses
ProleterR, April Showers
Corey Glover, April Rain
Prince, Sometimes It Snows in April
Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson, April in Paris
Sarah Vaughan, I'll Remember April (live)
Hound Dog Taylor, Let's Get Funky (live)
Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters

Playlist: April 5, 2026

Guitar Shorty, Easter Blues
Black Magic Johnson, Almost Easter Blues
Bob Dylan, You're A Big Girl Now (live)
Bob Dylan, Repossession Blues (live)
Bob Dylan, Love Her With a Feeling (live)
Bob Dylan, Sukiyaki (live)
Angela LaFlamme, Rag Dog Blues (feat. Allison Lovejoy)
     Sun 4/12 @ Bottom of the Hill
August Lee Stevens, Better Places
     Sun 4/05-06 @ SFJazz Center
Keb' Mo', Oklahoma
     Sun 4/05-06 @ SFJazz Center
Pamela Rose, Blues Is A Mighty River
     Fri 4/10 @ The Back Room
The Lucky Losers, Leave You On the Side of the Road
     Thu 4/09 @ The Saloon
     Fri 4/10 @ Big Rock Deli

Muddy Waters, You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had (live)
Muddy Waters, Forty Days and Forty Nights (live)
Muddy Waters, Baby Please Don't Go (live)
Muddy Waters, Thirteen Highway (live)
Muddy Waters, Rock Me (live)
Alberta Hunter, Ich Hob Dich Tzufil Lieb
Lucille Bogan, Chirpin' the Blues
Zakiya Hooker, In the Mood
Big Walter Horton, Sufficient Clothes
Big Walter Horton, Miss Darline

Playlist: March 29, 2026

Special in-studio guest: PC Muñoz

     Thu 4/02 @ The Freight: One Song All Night

Hank Williams, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Martin Luther McCoy, I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
Evan Price et al, Look Down That Lonesome Road
Carne Cruda (with Camilo Landau), The Giant Penguins of Ancient Peru
Broun Fellinis, Spirits and Light
Cowboy Junkies, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
PC Muñoz, The Master Thief
PC Muñoz, Apparition
     from the forthcoming album Little Ransoms
Al Green, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams, Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Bob Dylan, Little Moses (live)
The Carter Family, Little Moses
John Lee Hooker, Moses Smote the Water
The Duhks, Moses Don't Get Lost
Charlie Haden & Hank Jones, Go Down Moses
Darondo, Let My People Go
Bernie Knee, Passover on the Range
The Barry Sisters, Passover Medley
Slim & Slam, Matzo Balls
Urban Funk Monkeys, Barbaric Matzoh
Meshugga Beach Party, Dayenu
The Afro-Semitic Experience, Avadim Hayinu
Elana Jagoda, Holy Sister Miriam
Mavis Staples, Go Down Moses
Bob Dylan, Go Down Moses (live)

 

Playlist: March 22, 2026

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Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band, Time
     from the forthcoming album Time
Cat Clyde, Another Time
     Sun 3/22 @ The Chapel
Los Lobos, Three Hundred Pounds of Joy
     Thu 3/27 @ The Fillmore
     Fri 3/28 @ Cache Creek Casino
The Record Company, In the Mood For You (live)
     Tue 3/25 @ Harlow's
     Wed 3/26 @ Great American Music Hall
     Thu 3/27 @ The Catalyst
John Brothers Piano Company, Dark and Stormy
     from the new EP Sense Memory
     Wed 3/26 @ The Ivy Room
Gunhild Carling, I Thought We Were a Thing
     Sun 3/22 @ Biscuits & Blues
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, How'm I Doin'?
     Tue 3/24 @ Broadway Studios
     Sat 3/28 @ The Royal Cuckoo
Vanessa Collier, Rosetta
     Wed 3/25 @ Yoshi's
     Sun 3/29 @ Felton Music Hall
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Strange Things Happening Every Day
Marcia Ball, Soulful Dress
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, Sock-a-Dilly, Alabama
Wilson Pickett, Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)
Jeff Healey, Little Buttercup

Tom Waits, You Can Never Hold Back Spring
Ella Fitzgerald, I Got the Spring Fever Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson, Springtime Blues
Memphis Jug Band, I'll See You in the Spring When the Birds Begin to Sing
Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Santa Claus Came in the Spring
Mitch Woods, Cryin' For My Baby
     Tue 3/24 @ Union Square
     Fri 3/27 @ Nick's Rockaway
Aki Kumar, It Is What It Is
Chris James & Patrick Rynn, Roll, Stumble, and Slip
     Wed 3/25 @ Empress Marquee Club
     Fri 3/27 @ The Back Room
     Sat 3/28 @ Poor House Bistro
Chris Shepherd Band, I Believe I'll Make a Change
     Sat 3/28 @ No Drinks on the Pianos
     Sun 3/29 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Yardbirds, For Your Love (live)
The Yardbirds, I'm Not Talking (live)
The Yardbirds, Steeled Blues (live)
The Yardbirds, Little Games (live)
The Yardbirds, Drinking Muddy Water (live)