Playlist: August 29, 2018

Blue Rodeo, The Ballad of the Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa
Greg Keelor, Gord's Tune
Midtown Social, Magic
Ghost & the City, Steady Trippin
The Seshen, Right Here
     Sat 9/01 @ The Independent
Lucky Peterson (feat. Tamara Peterson), Been So Long
     Thu-Sun 8/30-9/02 @ Biscuits & Blues
Lavay Smith & Her Red Skillet Lickers, I'm Not Evil
     Sat 9/01 @ Armando's
Macy Blackman, On the Street Where You Live / They Can't Take That Away From Me
     Fri 8/31 @ Speisekammer
Mitch Woods, Cryin' For My Baby (feat. Charlie Musselwhite)
     Fri 8/31 @ Sausalito Cruising Club
     Sat 9/01 @ Poor House Bistro
Culann's Hounds, Star of the County Down
     Thu 8/30 @ The Big Easy

Special in-studio guest: Javi Jiménez

     Thu-Sun 8/30-9/02 @ Throckmorton Theatre: DjangoFest Mill Valley

Barrio Manouche, Aires de Cambio
Barrio Manouche, Té a la Menta
Antoine Boyer & Samuelito, Life on Mars?
Antoine Boyer & Samuelito, Zyryab
Evan Price, Le Mouton Chanteur
Tim Kliphuis Trio, Stompin' at Decca
Barrio Manouche, Bossa Mosquito
Django Reinhardt, In the Still of the Night

Playlist: August 22, 2018

Aretha Franklin, Dr. Feelgood (demo)
Aretha Franklin, Dr. Feelgood (live)
Aretha Franklin, Today I Sing the Blues
     Aretha Franklin (1942-2018)

Special in-studio guest: Quinn DeVeaux

     Thu 8/23 @ Moe's Alley

Quinn Deveaux, Spend Some Time
Quinn Deveaux, Coming Up With One
Sis, Wild Parrot
Quinn Deveaux, Another Love (in-studio)
Quinn DeVeaux, Tiger in Your Tank (in-studio)
Quinn DeVeaux, One More Try
Meklit & Quinn, This Must Be the Place

Quinn DeVeaux, Do Right Woman Do Right Man (in-studio)

Quinn DeVeaux, Walls (in-studio)

Quinn DeVeaux, This Could Be Yours

     from the new album This Could Be Yours

Jeremy Lyon, Domesticated

     from the new album King Dream

Kendra McKinley, Honey

     Fri 8/24 @ The Independent

RDL+, Pacific Voyage

     Sat 8/25 @ Red Poppy Art House

Royal Jelly Jive, Story

     Wed 8/29 @ Yoshi's

Blonde Toledo, Aging Lion

     Fri 8/24 @ Freewheel

Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite, No Mercy In This Land

     Mon 8/27 @ The Catalyst

Terrie Odabi, I Can't Keep

     Fri 8/24 @ Smoking Pig

Sister Wynona Carr, The Ball Game

Wynonie Harris, Keep On Churnin'

John Lee Hooker, She's Real Gone

Lazy Lester, I Hear You Knockin'

Lazy Lester, Rainin' in My Heart (live)
     Lazy Lester (1933-2018)

Playlist: August 15, 2018

Taj Mahal, Happy to Be Just Like I Am
     Thu-Sun 8/16-19 @ SFJazz Center
Quinn DeVeaux, One More Try
     from the new album This Could Be Yours
     Wed 8/22 on Fog City Blues
Martin Luther, Daily Bread
     Sat 8/18 @ SFJazz Center
Sal's Greenhouse, Junky Booty
     Sun 8/19 @ SFJazz Center
M-Tet, Hot Buttered Rum
     Thu 8/16 @ SFJazz Center

Special in-studio guests: Jeremy Lyon and Kendra McKinley

     Fri 8/24 @ The Independent

Jeremy Lyon, Hand in Hand
     from the forthcoming album King Dream
Kendra McKinley, Maya May
Jeremy Lyon, Patriot
     from the forthcoming album King Dream
Jeremy Lyon, Demon (in-studio)
Kendra McKinley, Sink (in-studio)
Kendra McKinley, Overcome It (in-studio)
Jeremy Lyon, My Love (in-studio)
Jeremy Lyon, All the Present Has Endowed

     from the forthcoming album King Dream

Kendra McKinley, Lovely Rita

Otis McDonald, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

Otis McDonald, A Day in the Life
     Fri 8/17 @ SFJazz Center

The Beatles, Live at Shea Stadium
Aretha Franklin, Let It Be

Playlist: August 8, 2018

Tiffany Austin, Music's Gonna Meet Me There
     Sat 8/11 @ SFJazz Center
Kim Nalley, Movin' On Up
     Thu-Sun 8/09-12 @ Feinstein's at the Nikko
Kendra McKinley, I've Come A Long Way
King Dream, Money + Power
     Wed 8/15 on Fog City Blues
Swingatto, East
     Sat 8/11 @ Red Poppy Art House
The Blues Broads, Walk Away
     Fri 8/10 @ Freight & Salvage
The Lucky Losers, You Left It Behind
     Thu 8/09 @ The Saloon
     Sun 8/12 @ Red Brick
Delta Wires, Take Your Hands Outta My Pocket / Pontiac Blues
     Sat 8/11 @ Biscuits & Blues
Thomas Mapfumo, Havasevenzi Vapfana

The Verve, Bitter Sweet Symphony
Bob Dylan, Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)
Leonard Cohen, Lullaby
Liam Finn, Lullaby
Siwsann George, Rhybudd i'r Carwr
Cyndi Lauper, Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)
Trio, Da Da Da
The Dixie Cups, Iko Iko
The Belle Stars, Iko Iko
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Oompa Loompa
R.E.M., We Walk
Lipps Inc, Funkytown
Joan Jett, Dirty Deeds
Neil Young, Powderfinger
Ira Wolfe, The Wheels on the Bus

Playlist: July 25, 2018

Dr. John, Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya
     Sat 7/28 @ The Chapel: A 50th Anniversary Tribute to "Gris Gris" by Dr John The Night Tripper
Dr. John, Locked Down
Jazz Mafia's Choral Syndicate, Longview
Tiffany Austin, King of Pleasure
     Sat 7/28 @ Oakland Art & Soul Festival
John Brothers Piano Company, Fastball!
     Thu 7/26 @ UC Botanical Garden
     Sat 7/28 @ Oakland Art & Soul Festival

California Honeydrops, Coming Around

     Thu-Fri 7/26-27 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Paris Combo, Je te vois partout (Taggy Matcher Rocksteady Remix)

     Thu-Sun 7/26-29 @ SFJazz Center

Marcia Ball, They Don't Make 'Em Like That

     Fri 7/27 @ Freight & Salvage

     Sat 7/28 @ B Street at the Sofia

Beausoleil, Zydeco Gris-Gris

     Sun 7/29 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

     Tue 7/31 @ Tuesdays in the Plaza

Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Southern Road

     Sat 8/04 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Howell Devine, Boat's Up the River

     Sat 7/28 @ Speisekammer

     Sun 7/29 @ Biscuits & Blues

Michael Bloomfield, I'm Glad I'm Jewish

Michael Bloomfield, Feel So Good

Butterfield Blues Band, Work Song

The Electric Flag, Over Lovin' You (live)

Michael Bloomfield, Mood Indigo

Bob Dylan, Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence
Bob Dylan, Maggie's Farm (live)

Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone (live)

Bob Dylan, The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar (live)

Playlist: July 18, 2018

Robin Williams, Blame Canada
Robin Williams & Bobby McFerrin, Come Together
     Sat 7/21 @ Throckmorton Theatre: Robin Williams Birthday Celebration
Ry Cooder, The Prodigal Son
     Thu-Fri 7/19-20 @ Great American Music Hall
     Sat-Sun 7/21-22 @ Uptown Theatre
Paul Thorn, What Should I Do
     Fri 7/20 @ Rio Theatre
     Sat-Sun 7/21-22 Rancho Nicasio

Special in-studio guests: Fog Swamp

     Sun 7/22 @ Lagunitas Brewing Company

I Got Mine
     from the forthcoming album Fog Swamp
Cliché Blues (in-studio)
Sweet for a Day (in-studio)
Muddlin' (in-studio)
Slinkin' (in-studio)
New Year Shuffle (in-studio)
Mid-Air
     from the forthcoming album Fog Swamp

Django Festival Allstars, Lovely Wife
Django Festival Allstars, Troublant Romeo
     Sun 7/22 @ Bach Dancing & Dynamite Festival
     Mon 7/23 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Banda Sin Nombre, Old Fashioned Morphine
     Thu 7/19 @ The Chapel

Bombino, Deran Deran Alkheir (Well Wishes)
     Thu 7/19 @ Moe’s Alley
Johnny Rawls, California Shake
     Thu 7/19 @ Biscuits & Blues
Midtown Social, Saturday
Ginger & Juice, Ain't Made a Sound
     Fri 7/20 @ 7.20 Moe’s Alley
Steve Freund, Turtle Blues
     Fri 7/20 Armando’s
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Yellow Coat

Playlist: July 11, 2018

Tiffany Austin, Ain't No Grave (Can Hold My Body Down)
     from the new album Unbroken
Brandi Carlile, Sugartooth
     Sat 7/14 @ Robert Mondavi Winery
The Dustbowl Revival, Don't Wait Up
     Thu 7/12 @ SFJazz Center
     Tue 7/12 @ Mendocino Music Festival
Hot Club of Cowtown, Long Way Home
     Thu 7/12 @ SFJazz Center

     Fri 7/13 @ Blue Note Napa

     Sat 7/14 @ Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts

The Band, Tears of Rage

The Band, Blind Willie McTell

The Weight Band, Common Man

     Thu 7/12 @ Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts

     Sat 7/14 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Bob Dylan & The Band, Quinn the Eskimo (take 1)

Bob Dylan & The Band, Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan & The Band, Belshazzar
Bob Dylan & The Band, Big River

Fog Swamp, Slinkin' (acoustic)
     Wed 7/18 on Fog City Blues
Barrio Manouche, Aires de Cambio
     Thu 7/12 @ UC Botanical Garden
Blonde Toledo, Monday Mambo
     Fri 7/13 @ Winters Tavern
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Enough Is Enough
     Sat 7/14 @ The Smoking Pig
     Sun 7/15 @ Rancho Nicasio
Andy T Band feat. Alabama Mike, Doin' Hard Time
     Sat 7/14 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
     Sun 7/15 @ Moe's Alley
The Lucky Losers, Supernatural Blues
     Thu 7/12 @ The Saloon
Aki Kumar, All Bark No Bite
     Sun 7/15 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
     Wed 7/18 @ Biscuits & Blues
Big Harp George, Alternative Facts
     from the forthcoming album Uptown Cool
Louis Jordan, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)
Ringo Starr, Nashville Jam

Playlist: July 4, 2018

Oscar Peterson Trio, Hymn to Freedom
Oscar Peterson Trio, Blues of the Prairies
Big Bill Broonzy, Just a Dream
Simon & Garfunkel, America
Bob Dylan, Union Sundown

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Baseball Canto

Bob Dylan, Catfish

Teddy Brannon Orchestra, Don Newcombe Really Throws That Ball

Buddy Johnson, Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?

The Treniers, Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)

Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Max the Baseball Clown

Chance Halladay, Home Run

Sam & Dave, Knock It Out Of The Park

Holmes Brothers, Rounding Third

Palmetto Jazz Quartet, Base Ball Blues

Sister Wynona Carr, The Ball Game

Mabel Scott, Baseball Boogie

Henry Butler, Dock of the Bay

Henry Butler, North American Idiosyncrasies

     Henry Butler (1948-2018)
Lucia Micarelli, New Orleans Blues
Lucia Micarelli, Naima

Lucia Micarelli, Grandfather Clock

     Sun 7/08 @ Bing Concert Hall
Element Brass Band, Warp 9
     Sat 7/07 @ Red Poppy Art House
Wee Willie Walker & The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, If Only
     Fri 7/06 @ Biscuits & Blues
JC Smith Band, Bad Bad Feeling
     Sat 7/07 @ Biscuits & Blues
Ron Thompson, Telephone Blues
     Sun 7/08 @ Biscuits & Blues
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, Lookin' Good
     from the forthcoming album Something Smells Funky 'Round Here
Vanessa Collier, Sweatin' Like a Pig, Singin' Like an Angel
     from the forthcoming album Honey Up

Playlist: June 27, 2018

Kim Nalley, The Chair Song (If I Can't Sell It)
Terrie Odabi, Gentrification Blues
Pamela Rose, Blues Is A Woman
     Sat-Sun 6/30-7/01 @ Fillmore Jazz Festival

Special in-studio guest: Tiffany Austin

     Fri 6/29 @ Stanford Jazz Festival
     Thu 7/05 @ Kuumbwa Jazz
     Sat 8/11 @ SFJazz Center

Blues Creole (for Amede)
     from the new album Unbroken
The Blessing
     from the new album Unbroken
Music's Gonna Meet Me There (in-studio)
Naima (in-studio)
Better Git In Your Soul (in-studio)
Greenwood (in-studio)
Resolution
     from the new album Unbroken

The Blues Broads, Oh Happy Day
Sons of The Soul Revivers, Shook
     Sun 7/01 @ Rancho Nicasio
California Honeydrops, Starr Child
     Thu 6/28 @ SLO Brewing Company
     Sat 6/30 @ Mondavi Winery
Midtown Social, Soul Clap
Marshall House Project, Champagne and Reefer
Banjo Boombox, St. James Infirmary Blues
     Fri 6/29 @ Mystic Theatre
John Lee Hooker Jr, Talk Too Much
     Sat 6/30 @ Biscuits & Blues
Guitar Shorty, Slow Burn
     Sat 6/30 @ Freight & Salvage
Con Brio, Cadillac

Playlist: June 20, 2018

Midtown Social, Straighty
     Fri 6/22 @ The Ivy Room
     Sun 6/24 @ SF Pride Parade
Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue, Dim Lights
     Sat 6/23 @ Palms Playhouse
     Sun 6/24 @ The Siren
Danielle Nicole, Baby Eyes
     Sun 6/24 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Wed 6/27 @ Blue Note Napa
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fines, Working in a Coalmine
     Thu 6/21 @ Madrone Art Bar
     Sat 6/23 @ Ashkenaz
     Sun 6/24 @ Mama's Royal Café

Special in-studio guest: Quinn DeVeaux

     Fri 6/22 @ Club Deluxe

Spend Some Time
     from the forthcoming album This Could Be Yours
Coming Up With One
     from the forthcoming album This Could Be Yours
Kid's On Fire
Take Me Home
Won't Leave You Alone
     from the forthcoming album This Could Be Yours
Another Love (in-studio)
Good Times Roll (in-studio)
This Could Be Yours
     from the forthcoming album This Could Be Yours

Big Brother & The Holding Company, Summertime (live)
Billy Stewart, Summertime
Joe Sullivan, Summertime
Sidney Bechet, Summertime
Billie Holliday, Summertime
Charley Patton, Some Summer Day
Hubert Sumlin, Some Summer Day (live)
Those Darn Accordions, First Bratwurst of Summer
Bob Dylan, In The Summertime
Bob Dylan, Summer Days
Paul McCartney, Summer's Day Song
The Beatles, Good Day Sunshine
Lazy Lester, Lonesome Highway Blues
Jerry McCain, Crying Like A Fool

Playlist: June 13, 2018

Fantastic Negrito, Plastic Hamburgers
     Fri 6/15 @ The Filllmore
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, Lil Papa
     Wed 6/20 on Fog City Blues
Element Brass Band, Turn Up
     Fri 6/15 @ The Independent
     Sat 6/16 @ Davis Music Festival
Elvin Bishop, Southside Slide
     Fri 6/15 @ Yoshi's
     Sun 6/17 @ Rancho Nicasio

Special in-studio guests: PC Muñoz and Dem One

     Sun 6/17 @ Red Poppy Art House

PC Muñoz, Big Winner
     from the new album Physical Science
PC Muñoz and Dem One, Physical Science (in-studio)
PC Muñoz and Dem One, Ricochet / Rugged Individual (in-studio)
PC Muñoz, Who Will Bury Me? (feat. Bryan Dyer)
PC Muñoz and Dem One, Rightstarter improvisation (in-studio)
PC Muñoz, Wrong

Lazy Lester, Alley Rock / Blues Stop Knocking / Bloodstains on the Wall
Lazy Lester, Sugar Coated Love
Guy Davis, Ramblin' All Over
Deep Basement Shakers, Cow Cow Blues
Howell Devine, Come On In My Kitchen
Mark Hummel, See See Rider
     Fri 6/15 @ Poor House Bistro: Lazy Lester's 85th Birthday
     Sat 6/16 @ Freight & Salvage: Summer Folk Blues Festival
Marty O'Reilly, I Heard the Angels
     Fri 6/15 @ The Ritz
Royal Jelly Jive, Hold On To Your Hats
     Fri 6/15 @ Moe's Alley
     Sat 6/16 @ Davis Music Festival
The Lucky Losers, Alligator Baptism
     Thu 6/14 @ The Saloon
     Fri 6/15 @ The Smoking Pig
     Wed 6/20 @ Club Fox
Quinn DeVeaux, Spend Some Time
     from the forthcoming album This Could Be Yours

Playlist: June 6, 2018

John Brothers Piano Company, C.H.P.
     Sat 6/09 @ SFJazz Center
PC Muñoz, Wrong
     from the forthcoming album Physical Science
     Wed 6/13 on Fog City Blues
Fantastic Negrito, The Duffler
     from the forthcoming album Please Don't Be Dead
     Tue 6/12 @ Lagunitas Brewing Company 
Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Use Your Brain
     Tue 6/12 The Ritz
     Wed 6/13 The Independent
Deep Basement Shakers, I'm A Soldier (In the Army of the Lord)
      Fri 6/08 @ Ale Industries
Hot Club of San Francisco, You Can't Do That
San Francisco String Trio, With A Little Help From My Friends
San Francisco String Trio, Good Morning Good Morning
Hot Club of San Francisco, Hey Jude/Duke & Dukie
     Thu 6/07 @ SFJazz Center: Music of the Beatles
RDL+, 94 Hour Blues
     Sun 6/10 @ Studio Grand

Count Basie Orchestra, Good Morning Blues
Count Basie Orchestra, One O'Clock Jump
     Thu-Fri 6/07-08 @ Yoshi's
Oscar Peterson, Greasy Blues (for Count Basie)
Oscar Peterson & Benny Green, Scrapple from the Apple
     Sat 6/09 @ Herbst Theatre: Oscar Peterson Tribute
Irma Thomas, Same Old Blues
     Fri 6/08 @ SFJazz Center
Nicki Bluhm, To Rise You Gotta Fall
     Fri 6/08 @ The Independent
     Sat 6/09 @ Moe's Alley
Cafe R&B, Steppin'
     Sat 6/09 @ Biscuits & Blues
Maria Muldaur, Let It Simmer
     Fri 6/08 @ Point Richmond Summer Concert Series
Steve Lucky & The Rhumba Bums, The Rhumbabum Hum
     Fri 6/08 @ Love Our Island Artwalk
     Sat 6/09 @ Half Moon Bay Brewing Company
Aki Kumar, Baar Baar Dekho
     Fri 6/08 @ Torch Club
     Sat 6/09 @ Murphy's Law
     Sun 6/10 @ Longhouse Bar
Redwood Tango Ensemble, A Collective Corona
     from the new album Prizefighter
     Fri 6/08 @ Red Poppy Art House