Playlist: March 23, 2016

Andy Statman Quartet, Purim
Meshugga Beach Party, Dreidel Dreidel
Trombone Shorty, Shortyville
     Sat 3/26 @ The UC Theatre
Stone Foxes, Greasing Up the Doorman
     Sat 3/26 @ The UC Theatre
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Common Ground
     Fri 3/25 @ Club Fox
     Sat 3/26 @ The Chapel

Hammond Cheese Combo, Dink's Blues
     Fri 3/25 @ The Royal Cuckoo
     Sat 3/26 @ Ashkenaz
Gary Smith, Alviso Rock
     Thu 3/24 @ Biscuits and Blues
Gary Smith and Aki Kumar, A.G. Rock
Mark Hummel, Lucky Kewpie Doll
     from the new album Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue
     Fri 3/25 @ The Smoking Pig
The Mission Seven, Eastsiders
     Sat 3/26 @ McGee's
Barrio Manouche, Numéro 7
     Fri 3/25 @ La Peña Cultural Center
The Crux, Veredictum (The Attorney's Waltz)
     Sun 3/27 @ Amnesia

Real Vocal String Quartet, Like A Rolling Stone
     Thu 3/24 @ Freight & Salvage
Karina Denike, Ballad of a Thin Man
     Sat 3/26 @ The Lost Church
Tiffany Austin, Stardust
     Sat 3/26 @ Cafe Stritch
Wendy DeWitt & Kirk Harwood, Trouble
     Fri 3/25 @ The Saloon
     Wed 3/30 @ Elite Cafe
Howell Devine, Railroad Stomp (live)
     Fri 3/25 @ The Pocket
     Sat 3/26 @ Speisekammer
Jeff Healey, Under A Stone
     from the new album Heal My Soul
Steve Dawson, Broken Future Blues
     from the new album Solid States and Loose Ends
Aretha Franklin, The Weight
Son House, Pony Blues
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco, Celia & Johnny

Playlist: March 16, 2016

Leon Bridges, Brown Skin Girl
     Thu 3/17 @ Fox Oakland
Lionel Young Band, Knock These Blues Around
     Thu 3/17 @ Biscuits and Blues
Royal Jelly Jive, Pterygophora
     Thu 3/17 @ The Chapel
The Crux, All the Flowers in All the World
     Thu 3/17 @ The Chapel

Special in-studio guests: Culann's Hounds

     Thu 3/17 @ Peri's: Rum, Sodomy & The Lash

The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn (in-studio)
The Old Main Drag (in-studio)
A Pair of Brown Eyes (in-studio)
Sally Maclennane (in-studio)
The Pogues, The Gentleman Soldier
Navigator (in-studio)
Billy's Bones (in-studio)
I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day (in-studio)
The Skylark
The Pogues, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Bhi Bhiman, Blue
     Thu 3/17 @ Impact Hub Oakland: Kamau Right Now!
Junk Parlor, Gold Star Academy
     Thu 3/17 @ Club Deluxe
Parlor Tricks, Was I?
     Sun 3/20 @ The Independent
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, You Can Have My Husband
     Thu 3/17 @ Madrome At Bar
     Fri 3/18 @ Armando's
29th Street Swingtet, Dolores
     Thu 3/17 @ Cigar Bar
     Wed 3/23 @ Cigar Bar
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, A Little Too Much
Wilson Pickett, Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Up Above My Head I Hear Music in the Air
Yank Rachell, Dreamy Eyed Woman
Sly & the Family Stone, Stand!

Playlist: March 9, 2016

Sean Connery, In My Life
Robin Williams & Bobby McFerrin, Come Together
     Sir George Martin (1926-2016)
Tin Cup Serenade, Ya Ya Blues
     Fri 3/11 @ Revolution Cafe
29th Street Swingtet, This Moustache Is For You
     Thu 3/10 @ Cigar Bar
Baby & The Luvies, Tilt Sign
     Fri 3/11 @ Slim's

Special in-studio guests: Hanna Rifkin & The Handsomes

     Thu 3/10 @ The Lost Church

I Can't Give You Anything But Love (in-studio)
Morning Glory (in-studio)
I've Never Been In Love Before (in-studio)
Chet Baker, I've Never Been In Love Before
Anita O'Day, You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
Don't Explain (in-studio)
I'd Rather Build A Home (in-studio)
Every Other Day (in-studio)
You Don't Know What Love Is (in-studio)

Rupa & The April Fishes, Soy Payaso (live)
     Fri 3/11 @ The Ivy Room
The Lucky Losers, A Winning Hand
     Thu 3/10 @ The Saloon

Special in-studio guests: Barbara Newman and Steven Suen

Elvin Bishop, Can't Even Do Wring Right
John Mayall, A Special Life
Jimmy Johnson, I Need Some Easy Money
Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater, They Call Me The Chief (live)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Didn't It Rain

Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz To Come

Playlist: March 2, 2016

Mark Growden, Undertaker
Mark Growden, The Love of It All
     Sat 3/05 @ Red Poppy Art House
Sugaray Rayford, Take Away These Blues
     Fri 3/04 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Sat 3/05 @ El Campanil Theatre
Keb' Mo', The Worst Is Yet To Come
     Tue 3/08 @ Freight & Salvage

Denise Perrier, Big Long Slidin' Thing
Rhonda Benin, Pink Champagne
     Sat 3/05 @ Freight & Salvage: Just Like A Woman
Pamela Rose & Wayne de la Cruz, How Little We Know
    Thu 3/03 @ Angleica's
Karina Denike, Aviatrix
     Sat 3/05 @ The Make-Out Room
     Wed 3/09 @ The Right Spot
Royal Jelly Jive, Boderlands
     Fri 3/04 @ Mystic Theatre
Americano Social Club, The Road to Reno
     Thu 3/03 @ Blush Wine Bar
     Sat 3/05 @ Club Deluxe
     Wed 3/09 @ Revolution Cafe
Barrio Manouche, Coquette
     Fri 3/04 @ Lycée Français Ortega Teather
     Sat 3/05 @ Smiley's Saloon

Elvin Bishop, Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Lose Lose
     Fri 3/04 @ Crest Theatre
     Sat 3/05 @ Turlock Community Theatre
Bob Margolin, Devil's Daughter
Bob Corritore, Bob's Late Hours
     wed 3/09 @ Biscuits & Blues
Doug MacLeod, Serious Doin' Woman
     Fri 3/04 @ Armando's
     Sun 3/06 @ SYLA Concert Series
Mitch Woods, Eyesight to the Blind
     Thu 3/03 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Fri 3/04 @ Rancho Nicasio
California Honeydrops, Lead Me Home
     Fri 3/04 Mystic Theatre
     Sat 3/05 @ Terrapin Crossroads
Whiskerman, Troublemaker
     from the forthcoming album Champions
     Fri 3/04 @ Broadway Studios
Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue, Midnight Hour
     from the new album Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue
Alvin Youngblood Hart, When I Was A Cowboy (Western Plains)
Alvin Youngblood Hart, Watchin' Brian Jones

Playlist: February 24, 2016

Fantastic Negrito, Working Poor
     from the forthcoming album The Last Days of Oakland
Regina Carter, Miner's Child
     Sat 2/27 @ Nourse Theatre
     Mon 2/29 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Royal Jelly Jive, Heart of Your Soul
     Thu 2/25 @ Moe's Alley
     Fri 2/26 @ Hopmonk Tavern
Mark Growden, Old Lady From Brewster
     Wed 3/02 on Fog City Blues

Special in-studio guest: Amber Gougis

Meet Me Halfway
     from the new EP Amber
I'm Sticking With You Baby (in-studio)
Let Me Love You (in-studio)
Prisoner (in-studio)
Candi Staton, The Best Thing You Ever Had
Irma Thomas, Time Is On My Side
Cry On (in-studio)
Oh Boy (in-studio)
Lose Me (in-studio)
Prisoner
     from the new EP Amber

Tumbleweed Wanderers, Everyday People

Goodnight Texas, She

     Sat 2/27 @ The Lost Church (Avi Vinocur & Jeremy Lyon)

Tom Waits, John The Revelator

Rickie Lee Jones, Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground

Sinead O'Connor, Trouble Soon Be Over

Tom Waits, Soul of a Man

     from the forthcoming album God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson

Luther Dickinson, How I Wish My Train Would Come

     from the new album Blues & Ballads - A Folksinger's Songbook: Volumes I & II

Marta Ren & The Groovelvets, Release Me

     from the new album Stop Look Listen

James Hunter Six, In The Dark

     from the new album Hold On!

Ol Silver Tongue, Money Shot

     from the new EP Dead or Deranged

Buddy Guy, Smarter Than I Was

George Harrison, Horse to the Water

Playlist: February 17, 2016

Fantastic Negrito, Working Poor
     from the forthcoming album The Last Days of Oakland
Amber Gougis, Oh Boy
     Sun 2/20 @ Studio Grand
     Wed 2/24 on Fog City Blues
Andy T Nick Nixon Band, Numbers Man
     Sat 2/20 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Sun 2/21 @ Poor House Bistro
Trickbag, Candyville
     Fri 2/19 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sat 2/20 @ The Smoking Pig
     Sun 2/21 @ Biscuits and Blues
David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust
     Sat 2/20 @ The Independent: David Bowie Tribute Party


Well, that's at least the start of last night's intended playlist. Due to a minor car accident I never made it to the station. Luckily, my in-studio guests were already there (including Patrick Dyer Wolf from Goodnight, Texas pictured below) and took the reins. Have a listen, and head over to the Fox Theatre in Oakland for UnderCover Presents a Tribute to Green Day's Dookie.

Playlist: February 10, 2016

Otis Taylor, Red Meat
     Fri-Sat 2/12-13 @ Biscuits and Blues
The Crux, Dragline
     Sat 2/13 @ The Lucky Horseshoe
Big Jon Atkinson, Five Long Years
     Wed 2/17 @ Biscuits and Blues
Jimmy Grant Ensemble, Drunk
     from the new album Lynn's Blues
     Wed 2/17 on Fog City Blues

Special in-studio guests: Lyz Luke and Brian Adam McCune

     Fri 2/19 @ Fox Theatre: UnderCover Presents A Tribute To Green Day's Dookie

Awesöme Otchestra feat. Casey Crescenzo, Emenius Sleepus
MoeTar, Welcome To Paradise
MoeTar, Infinitesimal Sky (in-studio)
MoeTar, Welcome to the Solar Flares (in-studio)
Awesöme Orchestra feat. Tilt, F.O.D.
Jazz Mafia's Choral Syndicate, Longview
Jazz Mafia/Crossroads Collective, Karlita
MC Rai, Sassafras Roots
Martin Luther, In The End
Martin Luther, While My Guitar Gently Weeps (in-studio)
Martin Luther, Waiting For You
Martin Luther, Somebody Superstar (in-studio)
Martin Luther, Killer Machines
Sal's Greenhouse, Chump
Goodnight Texas, She
     Wed 2/17 on Fog City Blues
Green Day, She

MoeTar is one of my favorite Bay Area...nay...one of my favorite all around the world bands hands down!
Posted by Lyz Luke on Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Playlist: February 3, 2016

Awesöme Orchestra w/ Tilt, F.O.D.
     from the forthcoming album UnderCover Presents A Tribute to Dookie by Green Day
The Mission Seven, October Surprise
     Thu 2/04 @ Amnesia
The Lucky Losers, What Was It You Wanted
Maria Muldaur, Yes We Can Can
     Thu 2/04 @ Freight & Salvage: A Mardi Gars Tributo to Allen Toussaint

Special in-studio guests: Josh Windmiller and David Luning

The Crux, Onward Soldiers (Vermin Fight The Wars)
     Sat 2/13 @ The Lucky Horseshoe
Josh Windmiller, Witness Witness Witness (in-studio)
David Luning, Whiskey Bottle
     Fri 2/05 @ Doc's Lab
David Luning, Restless Wanderer (in-studio)
David Luning, Danger (in-studio)
Josh Windmiller, What (in-studio)
The Crux, Be Merry My Friends!

Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead, I Want You (live)
Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead, Shelter From the Storm (live)
     Sat 2/06 @ Great American Music Hall: A Tribute to Dylan & the Dead
John Brothers Piano Company, Plaster of Paris
     Wed 2/10 @ The Chapel
Booker T, Get Behind the Mule
     Sat 2/06 @ Yoshi's
Jon Cleary, Poor Boy Got To Move
Jon Cleary, Punp It Up
     Wed 2/10 @ Yoshi's
Paula Harris, Cast The First Stone
     Sat 2/06 @ Biscuits & Blues
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Never Trust A Woman (live)
     Thu 2/04 @ Broadway Studios
     Fri 2/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, Give A Little
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five, Georgia Grind

Playlist: January 27, 2016

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Howling at Nothing
     Wed-Thu 1/27-28 @ The Fillmore
Mark Hummel, Detroit Blues
     Thu-Fri 1/28-29 @ Yoshi's
     from the forthcoming album Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue
Tiffany Austin, Walk The Line
     Fri 1/29 @ Presidio Officers' Club
     Sat 1/30 @ Feinstein's at the Nikko
T Sisters, Woo Woo
     Fri 1/29 @ Terrapin Crossroads
     Sat 1/30 @ Castro Valley Center for the Arts
Karina Denike, Park It
     Fri 1/29 @ Slim's

Special in-studio guests: Wolf & Crow

     Thu 1/28 @ Freight & Salvage

Fear No Evil (in-studio)
Nothing (in-studio)
O'Mama (in-studio)
Adelaide
     from the new album Folklore
Shaker (in-studio)
No Spoken Words
     from the new album Folklore

Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Medley

Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Reconsider Baby

Elmore James, I Believe

Elmore James, Madison Blues

Elmore James, Rollin' and Tumblin'
Eddie Taylor (w/ Mark Hummel), Dust My Broom
Kongar-ol Ondar, Ondarnyng Ayany (Ondar's Medley)

Special in-studio guests: Quiles & Cloud

     Thu 1/28 @ Freight & Salvage

Mississippi River (in-studio)
Black Sky Lightning (in-studio)
Shake Me Now (in-studio)
Wide River to Cross

Playlist: January 20, 2016

David Bowie, Life On Mars?
Cowboy Junkies, Also One
     from the new album Notes Falling Slow
     Thu-Fri 1/21-22 @ Great American Music Hall
John Brothers Piano Company, C.H.P.
     Fri-Sat 1/22-23 @ Regency Ballroom
The Mission Seven, Monterrey
     Sat 1/23 @ Pier 23

Special in-studio guests: Mark Hummel & Big Jon Atkinson

     Thu-Fri 1/28-29 @ Yoshi's: Blues Harmonica Blowout

Hummel & Atkinson, Make A Little Love With Me (in-studio)
Hummel & Atkinson, Stop Now (in-studio)
Big Jon Atkinson, So All Alone
Aki Kumar, The Mumbai Express
Charlie Musselwhite, Just A Feeling
Hummel & Atkinson, Just Keep Loving Her (in-studio)
Mark Hummel, The Hustle Is On

Ben Goldberg, A Satisfied Mind
     Sat 1/23 @ Red Poppy Art House
Nathaniel Rateliff, I Need Never Get Old
     Wed-Thu 1/27-28 @ The Fillmore
The Reverend Shawn Amos, The Outlaw
     from the new album The Reverend Shawn Amos Loves You
The Record Company, Off The Ground
     from the new album Give It Back To You
Tom Jones, 'Til My Back Ain't Got No Bone
     from the new album Long Lost Suitcase
John Hammond, Murder In The Red Barn
     Wed 1/27 @ Freight & Salvage
Wood Brothers, Payday
     Fri-Sat 1/22-23 @ The Fillmore
     Sun 1/24 @ Mystic Theatre
Bobby Rush, Someday
     from the new box set Chicken Heads: A 50 Year History of Bobby Rush
     Fri-Sat 1/22-23 @ Biscuits and Blues
Sam Cooke, Jesus Gave Me Water
Fantastic Negrito, Night Has Turned To Day
California Honeydrops, A River's Invitation

Playlist: January 13, 2016

David Bowie, Lazarus
     from the new album Blackstar
David Bowie, Rubber Band
Seu Jorge, Space Oddity
Americano Social Club, Let's Dance
David Bowie, Heroes
David Bowie, Starman
David Bowie, Sound and Vision
David Bowie, Modern Love
David Bowie, Young Americans
David Bowie, I Wish You Would
David Bowie, Almost Grown
David Bowie, Bring Me The Disco King
     David Bowie (1947-2016)

Rebirth Brass Band, Feel Like Funkin' It Up
     Fri-Sat 1/15-16 @ Great American Music Hall
     Sun 1/17 @ Moe's Alley
Beaucoup Chapeaux, Gipsy Song
     Sat 1/16 @ Red Poppy Art House
Junk Parlor, Loverfish
     Wed 1/20 @ El Rio
The Crux, Dancing Like The Devil
     Thu 1/14 @ The Chapel
Goodnight Texas, Button Your Collar
     Thu 1/14 @ Lagunitas Brewing Company
Roharpo & The Real Blues Band, Give Me Back My Wig
     Thu 1/14 @ Biscuits & Blues
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, Don't Waste My Time
     Fri-Sat 1/15-16 @ Biscuits & Blues
Kevin Selfe & The Tornadoes, I'm On Fire
     Thu 1/14 @ Poor House Bistro
     Fri 1/15 @ Torch Club
     Sat 1/16 @ The Pocket
     Sun 1/17 @ Biscuits & Blues
Allen Toussaint, St. James Infirmary
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Oh Didn't He Ramble
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica

Playlist: January 6, 2016

Lightnin' Hopkins, Happy New Year
Johnny Otis Orchestra, Happy New Year Baby
Tiffany Austin, Georgia
     Sun 1/10 @ Studio Grand
Shemekia Copeland, The Battle Is Over
     Sat 1/09 @ Freight & Salvage
Midtown Social, Tilt Sign
     Sat 1/09 @ The Chapel

Freddie Roulette, Key to the Highway
Freddie Roulette, Freddie's Funk
     Mon 1/11 @ Great American Music Hall
Wendy DeWitt with Kirk Harwood, 29 Ways
     Wed 1/13 @ Club Fox
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, Jabber Walks
     Thu 1/07 @ Madrone Art Bar
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Boogie Woogie
     Fri 1/08 @ The Terrace Room
     Sat 1/09 @ Piedmont Piano Company
     Sun 1/10 @ The Royal Cuckoo
The Mission Seven, Save Yourself
     Sun 1/10 @ Amnesia
Americano Social Club, Make You Feel My Love
     Thu 1/07 @ Blush Wine Bar
Junk Parlor, Gold Star Academy
     Fri 1/08 @ Peri's

Special in-studio guests: Whiskerman

     Fri 1/08 @ Great American Music Hall

Otis
Deep Surprise
Diamond in the Rough
Cardinal City (in-studio)
One Good Way (in-studio)
Paradise
It's Easy Now (in-studio)
Louie (in-studio)
Perfect
     from the new album Nomad

Elvis Presley, Nothingville / Big Boss Mann / Let Yourself Go / It Hurts Me / Guitar Man / Little Egypt