Playlist: May 28, 2014

Maya Angelou, Stone Cold Dead in the Market
     Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
B.B. King, You Put It On Me
Herb Jeffries, Mood Indigo
     Herb Jeffries (1913-2014)
Gaucho, Thinking of You
     from the new album Thinking of You
     Thu 5/29 @ Awaken Cafe
Trio Dinicu, Cossack Medley
     Wed 6/04 on Fog City Blues

Special in-studio guest: Graham Patzner (Whiskerman)

     Sat 5/31 @ Great American Music Hall

Whiskerman, The Town
Whiskerman, Never Come Apart
Captive Eddies, No Time
Otis Spann, Love Love Love
Little Willie John, (I've Got) Spring Fever
Graham Patzner, Louie (in-studio)
Graham Patzner, Bad News (in-studio)
Whiskerman, I Came Here To Thank You
     from the new EP Bad News

Merle Haggard, Working Man Blues
     Sun 6/01 @ The Mountain Winery
Bob Dylan, Workingman's Blues #2
Guy Davis, Sweetheart Like You
     Sat 5/31 @ Healdsburg Jazz Festival
     Sun 6/01 @ Davis Family Vineyards
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat  Review, Highway 61 Revisited
     Thu 5/29 @ The Rite Spot
     Fri 5/30 @ Jerry's Front Pocket
     Sat 5/31 @ Milk Bar

Marc Ribot, Fat Man Blues (live)
     Thu-Sun 5/29-6/01 @ SFJazz Center
Tom Waits, Raised Right Men
Neil Young, Since I Met You Baby
     from the new album A Letter Home
The Amazing Dr. Zarcon's Breathing Machine, Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
     Sat 5/31 @ The Crepe Place
Cathy Lemons, Hip Check Man
     Sat 5/31 @ Poor House Bistro
Ramsey Lewis Trio, The 'In' Crowd
T-Bone Walker, She's Going to Ruin Me

Playlist: May 21, 2014

Bob Dylan, Full Moon and Empty Arms
     from the forthcoming album (?) Shadows in the Night
Bob Dylan, Return To Me

Special in-studio guest: Joel Selvin

Them feat. Van Morrison, Here Comes The Night
Erma Franklin, Piece of My Heart
Isley Brothers, Twist and Shout
The Vibrations, My Girl Sloopy
The Strangeloves, Hang On Sloopy
Arsenio Rodriguez, Hang On Sloopy
The Strangeloves, I Want Candy
Russell Byrd, Hitch Hike
Solomon Burke, Cry To Me
Lulu, Here Comes The Night
     from the new book Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues

Gregg Allman, Rolling Stone
     Thu 5/22 @ Uptown Theatre Napa
     Sat 5/24 @ Santa Cruz Blues Festival
Trombone Shorty, Fall – On
     Fri 5/23 @ Sacramento Music Festival & Jubilee
     Sat 5/24 @ Santa Cruz Blues Festival
Lost Dog Found, Where Is Ray?
     Fri 5/23 @ Lagunitas Brewing Company
     Sat-Sun 5/24-25 @ Sacramento Music Festival & Jubilee
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, Real Gone Girl
     Thu 5/22 @ Le Colonial
     Fri-Sun 5/23-25 @ Sacramento Music Festival & Jubilee
Hot Club of Cowtown, It Stops With Me
     Fri 5/23 @ Slim's
     Sat-Sun 5/24-25 @ Sacramento Music Festival & Jubilee

Junk Parlor, Vampires Never Die
     Sat 5/24 @ Old Western Saloon
     Sun 5/25 @ Peri's
Slim Jenkins, Devil Eyes
     Sat 5/24 @ Peri's
     Sun 5/25 @ The Saddle Rack
     Wed 5/28 @ Boom Boom Room
Hugh Laurie, Baby Please Make a Change
     Tue 5/27 @ Montalvo Arts Center
     Wed 5/28 @ The Fillmore
John Mayall, A Special Life
     from the new album A Special Life
     Fri 5/23 @ Napa Valley Opera House
Mark Hummel, The Hustle Is On
     from the new album The Hustle Is Really On
     Sat 5/24 @ Turf Club
Fats Waller, Your Feet's Too Big
Bobby 'Blue' Bland, I Pity The Fool

Playlist: May 14, 2014

Afrofunk Experience, Mad Money Woes
     Sat 5/17 @ Hopmonk Tavern (Novato)
Cassandra Wilson, I Want to Be Loved
     Thu 5/15 @ Yoshi's Oakland
     Fri-Sat 5/16-17 @ Yoshi's San Francisco

Special in-studio guests: Steve Gardner and Javier Jiménez

     Thu 5/15 @ Slim's

Beso Negro, Desde Allí
Beso Negro, Scrambled Eggs
Beso Negro, La Gente de Bien
Angelo Debarre, Swing Chez Toto (live)
Dark Town Rounders, Ten Cents a Pound
Beso Negro, Self Control
Beso Negro, La Mala Reputación (in-studio)
Beso Negro, Minor Swing (in-studio)
Beso Negro, C'est La Vie
     from the new album Burn It Down

Go Van Gogh, Sirens (in-studio)
Karina Denike, I Never Cared (in-studio)
Benjamin Brown, Yours (in-studio)
Diana Gameros, ¿Cómo Hacer? (in-studio)
Midtown Social, Fantastic Colors (in-studio)

Shoestring Trio, Puttin' on the Ritz (in-studio)
     Thu 5/15 @ Red Poppy Art House
     Fri 5/16 @ The Crepe Place
Junk Parlor, Rondo a la Turk (in-studio)
     Thu 5/15 @ The Sleeping Lady
     Tue 5/20 @ Corkscrew Wine Bar
Wendy DeWitt, Summertime (in-studio)
     Thu 5/15 @ The Saloon
Quinn DeVeaux, Goin' Back to Oakland (in-studio)
     Sat 5/18 @ The Chapel
Howell Devine, Train (in-studio)
     Sat 5/17 @ The Baltic
     Sun 5/18 @ Amnesia
Brass Menažeri Balkan Brass Band, Doppio Macchiato (in-studio)
Shovelman, Moonshine (in-studio)
     from the new album Live From the Fog City Blues Vol.2

Special in-studio guest: Matt Martin

The Mothers of Invention, Directly From My Heart to You

Jimmy Smith, I've Found a New Baby

Jimi Hendrix Experience, Driving South

The Supremes, Nathan Jones

Taj Mahal, Chevrolet

Andy Bey, Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do

Marcial Ball, Lou Ann Barton & Angela Strehli, A Fool In Love

B.B. King, Woke Up This Morning

Charlie Parker, KC Blues

Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto, In The Basement (Part 1)

The Clash, Should I Stay Or Should I Go

Playlist: May 7, 2014

The Hound Kings, SSI Blues (in-studio)
     from the new album Live from the Fog City Blues Vol.2
Junk Parlor, Summertime in the City (in-studio)
     from the new album Live from the Fog City Blues Vol.2

     Sat 5/10 @ Rancho Nicasio

     Sun 5/11 @ Lagunitas Brewing Company

Beso Negro, If You See Kay (in-studio)

     Fri 5/09 @ Whole Earth Festival

     Sat 5/10 @ Sausalito Seahorse

     Wed 5/14 on Fog City Blues

Shoestring Trio, Chitlins Con Carne / Paparazzi (in-studio)

     Sun 5/11 @ Duende

     Thu 5/15 @ Red Poppy Art House

Special in-studio guests: Go Van Gogh

Hollywood Twenty (in-studio)
If Love Is Out of Fashion (in-studio)
Now We Know (in-studio)
Stars and the Moon (in-studio)
Juicy Cumbia (in-studio)
Mr. Lobster (in-studio)
Way Out West

The Amazing Dr. Zarcon's Breathing Machine, Shake It and Break It (in-studio)
Slim Jenkins, Hand Me Down Blues (in-studio)
Meklit Hadero & Quinn DeVeaux, Saving Up (in-studio)
Wendy DeWitt & Kirk Harwood, Nervous (in-studio)
Whiskerman, Amen (in-studio)
Little Jonny & Aki Kumar, Worried (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, Sunny Oakland Day (in-studio)
     from the new album Live from the Fog City Blues Vol.2

California Honeydrops, Miss Louise (in-studio)
Taj Mahal, Cakewalk Into Town
Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s, J.B. Shout
Little Richard, I Feel Pretty
Little Willie John, I'm Shakin'
K.C. Douglas, Mercury Boogie
Slim Harpo, Blues Hangover
Meshugga Beach Party, Go Go Golem (in-studio)

Playlist: April 30, 2014

Harvey Mandel, Cristo Redentor
Canned Heat, Bullfrog Blues (live)
     Sun 5/04 @ Biscuits and Blues: Bay Area Benefit Bash
Regina Carter, See See Rider
     Thu-Sun 5/01-04 @ SFJazz Center
Mr. Sipp the Mississippi Blues Child, My Blues Jig
     Fri-Sat 5/02-03 @ Biscuits and Blues

Special in-studio guests: Cathy Lemons and Stevie Gurr

The Big Payback
I'm a Good Woman (in-studio)
You're In My Town Now (in-studio)
I'm Going to Try
The Devil Has Blue Eyes (in-studio)
Black Crow
     from the new album Black Crow

Carletta Sue Kay, Queen Jane Approximately
     Thu 5/01 @ Rickshaw Stop
Whiskerman, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
     Sat 5/03 @ The Chapel
Con Brio, Sex Machine
     Fri 5/02 @ Awaken Cafe
     Sat 5/03 @ The Independent
Brass Magic, Happy Hour in Poland
     Sat 5/03 @ The Independent
     Tue 5/06 @ Madrone Art Bar
Little Jonny & The Giants, Hey Little Lee
Aki Kumar, Buzzin'
     Fri 5/02 @ The Turf Club
Little Walter, Flying Saucer
Rev. Gary Davis, Floor Sweepin' Rag
Willie Nelson, Funny How Time Slips Away
Pete Seeger, St. Louis Blues
Go Van Gogh, If Love Is Out of Fashion
     Wed 5/07 on Fog City Blues

Playlist: April 23, 2014

Youngblood Brass Band, Ain't Nobody
     Thu 4/24 @ The Catalyst
     Fri 4/25 @ The Chapel
Cathy Lemons, It All Went Down The Drain
     Thu 4/24 @ The Saloon
     Wed 4/30 on Fog City Blues
Matt Andersen, What Will You Leave
     Thu 4/24 @ Biscuits and Blues
Go Van Gogh, Mr. Lobster
     Fri 4/25 @ Devil's Canyon Brewery
     Wed 5/07 on Fog City Blues

Special in-studio guests: Rupa & The April Fishes

     Fri 4/25 @ The Independent

Weeds (live)
Lay My Head Down (in-studio)
Culpa de la Luna (live)
La Estrella Caida (in-studio)
L'éléphant (live)
Like I Do (in-studio)
Electric Gumbo Radio (live)
     from the new album Live At The Independent

5th Annual Left-Hand-A-Thon

Albert King, Why You So Mean To Me (live)
Albert King, Bay Area Blues
Lefty Dizz, Where The Hell Were You When I Got Home
Otis Rush, I Can't Quit You Baby (live)
Afrofunk Experience, Nuevo Funk
Phil Guy, 4 AM Blues
Toronzo Cannon, Big Ray Bop
Left Hand Frank, Linda Lu
Elizabeth Cotten, Shake Sugaree

Playlist: April 16, 2014

Elana Jagoda, Holy Sister Miriam
     from the new album Seder Song Revival
Johnny Conquet, His Piano & Orchestra, Matzoh Ball Merengue
Rupa & The April Fishes, Guns of Brixton
     from the new album Live at the Independent
     Wed 4/23 on Fog City Blues
Cathy Lemons, You're In My Town Now
     from the new album Black Crow
     Wed 4/30 on Fog City Blues

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Sugar Plum
     Thu 4/17 @ The Catalyst
     Fri 4/18 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Howell Devine, Mighty Long Time
     Fri 4/18 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Sat 4/19 @ The Baltic
     Sun 4/20 @ Amnesia
California Honeydrops, Got The Feeling
     Thu 4/17 @ Palms Playhouse
     Sat 4/19 @ 19 Broadway
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Revue, So Easy
     Sat 4/19 @ Birdland Jazzista Social Club
Afrofunk Experience, Under African Skies
     UnderCover Presents Paul Simon's "Graceland"
     Sat-Sun 4/19-20 @ Freight & Salvage
DRMS, Diamonds of the Soles of Her Shoes
     Thu 4/17 @ The Chapel

     Sat-Sun 4/19-20 @ Freight & Salvage

Blind Willie Johnson, God Moves on the Water
Bob Dylan, Tempest
Langhorne Slim & The Law, Got My Mind Made Up
     from the new album Bob Dylan in the 80s: Volume One
Queens of the Stone Age, Outlaw Blues
     Thu 4/17 @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Shane Dwight, We Can Do This
     from the new album This House
     Fri 4/18 @ Biscuits and Blues
Terry Hanck, Gotta Bring It On Home To You
     from the new album Gotta Bring It On Home To You
     Fri 4/18 @ Torch Club
     Sat 4/19 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sun 4/20 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, When I Cross the Mississippi
     Fri 4/18 @ Theatre Deville
     Sat 4/19 @ Moe's Alley
John Mayall, Just A Memory
     from the forthcoming album A Special Life
Colin Linden, Sugar Mine (live)
Bessie Smith, Take It Right Back ('Cause I Don't Want It Here)

Playlist: April 9, 2014

Bill Cosby, Hooray for the Salvation Army Band
     Fri 4/11 @ Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
     Sat 4/12 @ Paramount Theatre
Bill Baird, You Can Call Me Al
     UnderCover Presents: Paul Simon's "Graceland"
     Fri-Sat 4/11-12 @ JCC San Francisco
     Sat-Sun 4/19-20 @ Freight & Salvage
Rupa & The April Fishes, Soy Payaso
     from the new album Live at the Independent
     Wed 4/16 on Fog City Blues

Special in-studio guests: Elana Jagoda and Saul Kaye

Elana Jagoda, Plague Song
Elana Jagoda, It Would Have Been Enough (in-studio)
Elana Jagoda, Where's the Afikomen? (in-studio)
Elana Jagoda, Ma Nishtana
Saul Kaye, Go Down Moses
Elana Jagoda, On the Seder Plate (in-studio)
Elana Jagoda, Bang Bang Dig Dig
     from the new album Seder Song Revival

Bernie Knee, Passover on the Range
Jimmy Scott, Exodus
Go Van Gogh, Juicy Cumbia
     Thu 4/10 @ Cafe Van Kleef
Junk Parlaor, Si Tu Savais
     Tue 4/15 @ Corskscrew Wine Bar
Cathy Lemons, I'm a Good Woman
     from the new album Black Crow
     Wed 4/23 on Fog City Blues

Willie Nelson (feat. Diana Krall), Crazy
     Sat 4/12 @ Greek Theatre
     Sat 4/12 @ Fox Theatre
Trombone Shorty, Hit The Road Jack
     Fri 4/11 @ The Warfield
Joe Louis Walker, I'm Gonna Walk Outside
     Fri 4/11 Palms Playhouse
     Sat 4/12 @ Biscuits and Blues
Hound Dog Taylor, Held My Baby Last Night
John Brim, Drinking Woman
Walter Horton, Cotton Patch Hot Foot
Mance Lipscomb, The Titanic (live)
The Plāto'nes, Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (live)
The Plāto'nes, We Will All Go Together When We Go (live)
     Sun 4/13 @ Philosophy Talk Live at the Marsh Berkeley

Playlist: March 26, 2014

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Retreat!
Valerie June, Pushin' Against a Stone
     Th-Sat 3/27-29 @ The Fillmore

Special in-studio guests: Lyz Luke, Robert Shelton, and UnderCover Presents: Paul Simon's "Graceland"

     Fri-Sat 4/11-12 @ JCC SF
     Sat-Sun 4/19-20 @ Freight & Salvage

Midtown Social, All Around The World
Midtown Social, Fantastic Colors (in-studio)
Midtown Social, Solid Ground
     Fri 3/28 @ Elbo Room
Fanfare Zambaleta, The Boy In The Bubble
DRMS, Diamonds On The Soles of Her Shoes
Fanfare Zambaleta, Zv'jezda Tjera Mjeseca
     Sat 4/26 @ Rhythmix
Guy Fox, Crazy Love Vol.II

Diana Gameros, Gumboots
Diana Gameros, Libre y Serena (in-studio)
Diana Gameros, Como Hacer (in-studio)
Diana Gameros, SB 1070
     Fri 3/28 @ Roosevelt Tamale Parlor
Pacific Boychoir, Homeless
Pacific Boychoir, I've Been in the Storm So Long
Trio Zincalo, That Was Your Mother
John Vanderslice, Graceland

Playlist: March 19, 2014

Con Brio, California Cowboy
     Sat 3/22 @ Poor House Bistro
Tumbleweed Wanderers, Worn Down Welcome
     Fri 3/21 @ Fox Theater
Guy Fox, Crazy Love
     from the forthcoming album UnderCover Presents: Paul Simon's Graceland
Devine's Jug Band, Spider's Nest Blues
     Thu 3/20 @ The Rite Spot
Rebirth Brass Band, Let's Go Get 'Em
     Fri 3/21 @ The New Parish
     Sat 3/22 @ Mazzanine

Special in-studio guest: JooWan Kim

     Sat 4/05 @ Red Poppy Art House
     Thu 4/17 @ Yoshi's Oakland

Ensemble Mik Nawooj, We Will Conquer
Ensemble Mik Nawooj, Morning Light
Ensemble Mik Nawooj, First Song
Ensemble Mik Nawooj, Stars of Everything
Ensemble Mik Nawooj, Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey

David Bromberg, Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Mornin'
     Fri 3/21 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Sun 3/23 @ Freight & Salvage
Bob Dylan, Alberta #3
Brandon Isaak, Oh Virginia
     from the forthcoming album Here On Earth
24th Street Wailers, Chin Wagger
     from the new album Wicked
Steve Dawson, Blind Thomas at the Crime Scene
     from the new album Rattlesnake Cage

Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown, Laura Lee
     from the new album Goin' To The Delta
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Center of Attention
     Fri 3/21 @ Harlow's
     Sat 3/22 @ Great American Music Hall
Delta Wires, Goin' Away
     Sat 3/22 @ Biscuits and Blues
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Broke and Lonesome
     Sun 3/23 @ Moe's Alley
     Fri 3/28 @ Club Fox
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, Your Picture
Otis Spann, Half Ain't Been Told
Wilson Pickett, I Found A Love
Kraftwerk, Pocket Calculator
     Sun-Tue 3/23-25 @ Fox Theater

Playlist: March 12, 2014

Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers, Atheists Don't Have No Songs (live)
     Fri 3/14 @ Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
     Sat 3/15 @ Bob Hope Theatre
Bells Atlas, Loving You Down
     Fri 3/14 @ Rickshaw Stop
Con Brio, Cadillac
     Sat 3/15 @ The Independent
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, One
     Fri 3/14 @ The Independent

Special guest: John Németh

     Fri 3/14 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
     Sat 3/15 @ Sutter Creek Theatre
     Sun 3/16 @ Moe's Alley

John Németh, Three Times A Fool
John Németh, Sooner or Later
John Németh, Blues In My Heart (live)
John Németh, Elbows on the Wheel
     from the forthcoming album Memphis Grease
The Bo-Keys, Just Chillin'

Go Van Gogh, Way Out West
     Thu 3/13 @ Cafe Van Kleef
     Sat 3/15 @ Revolution Cafe
Kara Grainger, Shut Down
     Sat 3/15 @ Biscuits and Blues

Ornette Coleman, Congeniality
     Thu 3/13 @ SFJazz Center: Howard Wiley Plays Ornette Coleman's The Shape of Jazz To Come
Marcus Shelby, Somebody's Watching You
Ensemble Mik Nawooj, Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
Sly & The Family Stone, Crossword Puzzle

Omar Shariff, So You Want To Be A Man
Lightnin' Slim, Have Your Way
Lightnin' Hopkins, Tap Dance Boogie
Aki Kumar, Judgment Day
The Five Blazes, Chicago Boogie
Clarence Samuels, Boogie Woogie Blues
Sunnyland Slim, Johnson Machine Gun
Jesse Fuller, San Francisco Bay Blues

Playlist: March 5, 2014

Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, Night Life
Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton, Joliet Bound
     Sat 3/08 @ Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
     Sun 3/09 @ Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
Aki Kumar, Mumbai Express
     from the new album Don't Hold Back
     Fri 3/07 @ Main Street Brewery
John Németh, Elbows on the Wheel
     from the forthcoming album Memphis Grease
     Wed 3/12 on Fog City Blues

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Need A Little Sugar in My Bowl
Bessie Smith, Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
Billie Holliday, Miss Brown To You
Etta James, Don't Cry Baby
Sarah Vaughan, I Cried For You
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Miss Brown To You
     Thu-Sun 3/06-09 @ SFJazz Center
Willy Porter, Tilt-a-Whirl
     Fri 3/07 @ Freight & Salvage
Kelly McFarling & The Home Team, I Wanna Dance With Somebody
     Thu 3/06 @ Hotel Utah
Howell Devine, Howell Devine Boogie Woogie
     Fri 3/07 @ Little Lou's BBQ
     Sat 3/08 @ Club Deluxe
     Sun 3/09 @ 19 Broadway
     Wed 3/12 @ Biscuits and Blues

Wild Tchoupitoulas, Indian Red
The Hawkettes, Mardi Gras Mambo
Mitch Woods, I Left My Baby at the Mardi Gras Cryin'
Professor Longhair, Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Lloyd Price, Ain't It A Shame
J.B. Lenoir, When I Was Young
Willie Mitchell, Teenie's Dream
Furry Lewis, I Will Turn Your Money Green
Alvin Youngblood Hart, If Blues Was Money
Wes Montgomery, West Coast Blues
Love, You Set The Scene
California Honeydrops, Cry For Me