Playlist: February 27, 2019

Book of J, 12 Gates
     Wed 3/06 @ Fog City Blues
Rainbow Girls, Daydreaming
     Sat 3/02 @ Cornerstone
     Sun 3/03 @ Mystic Theatre
Royal Jelly Jive, Little One
     Fri 3/01 @ Firehouse Arts Center
     Sat 3/02 @ Hopmonk Tavern
California Honeydrops, Hold It Down
     Fri-Sat 3/01-02 @ The New Parish
Quinn DeVeaux, Going Where
     Sat 3/02 @ The New Parish
Meklit & Quinn, I Was Made to Love Her
Meklit, Memories of the Future
    Tue 3/05 @ Rickshaw Stop
Shemekia Copeland, Such a Pretty Flame
     Fri 3/01 @ El Campanil Theatre
Bill Frisell, Blues for Los Angeles
     Thu-Sun 2/28-3/03 @ Freight & Salvage
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers, Them Changes (live)
     from the new album Killin' It Live
     Fri 3/01 @ Yoshi's

Special in-studo guests: Miguel Govea and Tregar Otton

     Sat-Sun 3/16-17 @ Community Music Center: Field Day

Larry Dunn, Yo' Mambo
Jennifer Peringer, La Muerte del Angel
Jon Jang, Butterfly Lovers Song
Annelise Zamula, Divina
La Doña, Nada Me Pertenece
Maestro Curtis, Sivad’s Galaxy

The Beatles, While My Guitar Gently Weeps (demo)
The Beatles, While My Guitar Gently Weeps (take 27)

Playlist: February 20, 2019

Bobby Rush, 9 Below Zero
     Thu 2/21 @ Sweetwater Hall
HowellDevine, Going Down South
     Thu 2/21 @ Sweetwater Hall

     Wed 2/27 @ Biscuits & Blues

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The Ghost of Smokey Joe

     Fri 2/22 @ Bankhead Theatre

     Sat 2/23 @ Uptown Theatre

Naomi & Her Handsome Devils, Little Girl Blues

     Fri 2/22 @ Veterans Memorial Building

Special in-studio guests: Rainbow Girls

     Sat 3/02 @ Cornerstone

     Sun 3/03 @ Mystic Theatre

Rainbow Girls, Down Home Girl

     from the forthcoming album Give the People What They Want

Rainbow Girls, Elvis Presley Blues

     from the forthcoming album Give the People What They Want

Rainbow Girls, The Folksinger's Contract (in-studio)

Shook Twins, Stay Wild

Rainbow Girls, Smoke Rings (in-studio)

Rainbow Girls, Something I've Been Meaning to Say (in-studio)

Rainbow Girls, Old Fashioned Passion (in-studio)

Rainbow Girls, Up in the Bedroom Lobby (in-studio)

Rainbow Girls, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

     from the forthcoming album Give the People What They Want

Jazz Mafia feat. Tiffany Austin, Wilderness

     Fri 2/22 @ Paramount Theatre

Tiffany Austin, Music's Gonna Meet Me There

Catherine Russell, Troubled Waters

     Sun 2/24 @ Hammer Theatre

Terrie Odabi, Hold Up the Light

     Wed 2/27 @ Club Fox

Mazzy Star, Fade Into You

     Sun 2/24 @ Fox Theatre

Nina Simone, Blues For Mama

Irma Thomas, Somebody Told You

Seth Augustus, It'll Be Me

The Beatles, Not Guilty

Playlist: February 13, 2019

Buddy Guy, DJ Play My Blues
Regina Spektor, On the Radio
Tiffany Austin, Resolution
     Fri 2/15 @ Cafe Stritch
     Sun 2/17 @ Philosophy Talk Live at the Marsh
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Comes Love
     Sat-Sun 2/16-17 @ SFJazz Center
Lilan Kane, Sunday Kind of Love
     Thu-Fri 2/14-15 @ SFJazz Center
Etta James, At Last
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, New Blowtop Blues
     Thu 2/14 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sat 2/16 @ Mildred Owen Concert Hall
Otis Taylor, Jump Jelly Belly
     Fri-Sat 2/15-16 @ Biscuits & Blues
HowellDevine, Sadie
     Fri 2/15 @ The Back Room
Magic Sam, Just A Little Bit
Wardell Gray, Twisted
Otis Taylor, Banjo Bam Bam

Cleo Gibson, I've Got Ford Engine Movements in My Hips
Victoria Spivey, Good Cabbage
Lil Johnson, Sam the Hot Dog Man
Wynonie Harris, She Kept On Sittin' On It All The Time
Johnny Temple, Sit Right On It
Crown Prince Waterford, Move Your Hand Baby
Fats Noel, Ride Daddy Ride
The Treniers, Poon Tang
Julia Lee, King Size Papa
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, I Want a Tall Skinny Papa
Mabel Scott, Just Give Me a Man
Lowell Fulson, Let Me Ride in Your Automobile
Bob Dylan, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (take 3)
Bob Dylan, New Pony
Bob Dylan, Call Letter Blues (take 1)
Bob Dylan, Meet Me in the Morning (take 1, remake 2)

Playlist: February 6, 2019

Hubby Jenkins, Mean Ol Frisco
     Thu 2/07 @ SFJazz Center
     Fri 2/08 @ lille æske
     Sat 2/09 @ Community Center of Mendocino
Leyla McCalla, The Capitalist Blues
     Thu 2/07 @ Kuumbwa Jazz
     Sat-Sun 2/09-10 SFJazz Center
Rainbow Girls, The Folksinger's Contract
Aviva Lipkowitz, Little Fire
King Dream, All the Present Has Endowed
     Thu 2/07 @ The Independent
Tumbledown House, One Mistake Will Do
     Fri 2/08 @ The Terrace Room
     Sat 2/09 @ Brask House
Blonde Toledo, Aging Lion
     Sat 2/09 @ Ireland's 32
North Mississippi Allstars, Mississippi Bollweevil (live)
     Sat 2/09 @ The Independent
     Sun 2/10 @ Terrapin Crossroads
Sons of the Soul Revivers, I'm a New Creature (live)
     Thu 2/07 @ Freight & Salvage
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Over and Over
     Sun 2/10 @ Freight & Salvage

Bob Marley & The Wailers, Talkin' Blues
The Wailers, It Hurts To Be Alone
The Wailers, Simmer Down
The Wailers, Nobody Knows
Bob Marley & The Wailers, Adam and Eve
The Wailers, Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan, Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (rehearsal)
Bob Dylan, Knockin' On Heaven's Door (rehearsal)
Joan Osborne, You're Gonna Make Lonesome When You Go
     Sat 2/09-10 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Bob Dylan, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

Playlist: January 30, 2019

Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Careless Love (live)
     Thu 1/31 @ SFJazz Center
Rob Reich, Bootlegger's Balls
     Fri 2/01 @ Bird & Beckett
Quinn DeVeaux, One More Try
     Fri 2/01 @ Armando's
     Sat 2/02 @ Smiley's Schooner Saloon
Fantastic Negrito, About a Bird
     Thu 1/31 @ The New Parish
Aki Kumar, Bollywood Blues
     Thu 1/31 @ Biscuits & Blues

Special in-studio guest: Jeremy Lyon

     Fri 2/01 @ Starry Plough
     Thu 2/07 @ The Independent

King Dream, Demon
King Dream, My Love
Rainbow Girls, American Dream
Money + Power (in-studio)
First World Problem Blues (in-studio)
Well Wishes (in-studio)
King Dream, Patriot

It Was 50 Years Ago Today: The Apple Rooftop Concert

The Beatles, Get Back
The Beatles, Get Back

The Beatles, Don't Let Me Down

The Beatles, I've Got A Feeling

The Beatles, One After 909

The Beatles, Dig A Pony

The Beatles, I've Got A Feeling

The Beatles, Don't Let Me Down

The Beatles, Get Back

Hot Club of San Francisco, Because
Hot Club of San Francisco, Hey Jude / Duke & Dukie
     Thu 1/31 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Playlist: January 23, 2019

Fantastic Negrito, A New Beginning
     Tue 1/29 @ The New Parish
EllaHarp, Dirty Money
     Tue 1/29 @ The Lost Church
Tumbledown House, After A Fire
     Fri 1/25 @ Club Deluxe
Blonde Toledo, Phantom
     Sat 1/26 @ Revolution Cafe

Special in-studio guests: Rob Reich Quartet

     Sat 1/26 @ Ashkenaz
     Fri 2/01 @ Bird & Beckett

What's Left
     from the forthcoming album Rob Reich Swings Left
Sweep Me Away (in-studio)
I Got It (in-studio)
The Vision (in-studio)
Cat Scorner
     from the forthcoming album Rob Reich Swings Left

That's What I'm Trying to Do (in-studio)

Can I Get That Feeling (in-studio)

How to Be A Weirdo (in-studio)

Viper's Nightmare

     from the forthcoming album Rob Reich Swings Left

Rhythm Future Quartet, Olli's Bossa

Barrio Manouche, La Marcha Gatina

Hot Club of San Francisco, If I Needed Someone

     Fri-Sun 1/25-27 @ Freight & Salvage: Django Reinhardt Birthday Festival

Django Reinhardt, St. Louis Blues

Django Reinhardt, Chicago

Django Reinhardt, Alabamy Bound

Django Reinhardt, Belleville

Bill Frisell, Masters of War

     Fri 1/25 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Cassandra Wilson, Hellhound On My Trail

     Fri-Sat 1/25-26 @ Blue Note Napa

Etta James, The Wallflower

Elmore James, Sunny Land

Bobby 'Blue' Bland, I'm So Tired

Ron Hacker, Filthy Animal (Chameleon)

Playlist: January 16, 2019

California Honeydrops, On A Rainy Day
California Honeydrops, Rain
Tom Waits, A Little Rain
Tom Waits, Rains On Me
Tom Waits, Make It Rain
Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

Bob Dylan, This Dream of You
David Bromberg, It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train to Cry
Veretski Pass, Orphan Runaway
     from the new album The Magid Chronicles
     Sun 1/20 @ St. Alban's Episcopal Church
Junk Parlor, Ragged Hearts
     Thu 1/17 @ Club Deluxe
     Sat 1/19 @ Lagunitas Brewing Company
Infamous Stringdusters, American Girl
     Fri 1/18 @ The Fillmore
The M-Tet, Your Friendly Neighborhood Serial Killer
     Sat 1/19 @ Boom Boom Room
Mojo Morganfield, Who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone
     Thu 1/17 @ Hotel Utah Saloon

Bobby Rush, You Don't Love Me
Kenny Neal & Billy Branch, The Son I Never Knew
Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue, Dim Lights
     Fri-Sat 1/18-19 @ Freight & Salvage
Jonathan Butler, No Woman No Cry
     Sat-Sun 1/19-20 @ Yoshi's
Pamela Rose, Blues Is A Mighty River
     Thu 1/17 @ SFJazz Center
Sheila Jordan, Sheila's Blues
     Sun 1/20 @ SFJazz Center
Lori Carsillo, Out of the Blue
     Sat 1/19 @ SFJazz Center
Kat Edmonson, Old Fashioned Gal
     Fri 1/18 @ SFJazz Center
Barbara Lynn, Never Found a Man
Captain Beefheart, Kiss Where I Kain't

Playlist: January 9, 2019

Midtown Social, Socialite Boogie
     Fri 1/11 @ The New Parish
Aki Kumar, Watermelon Man
     Thu 1/10 @ Moe's Alley
     Sat 1/12 @ Club Deluxe
Sean Hayes, Waiting in Vain
John Vanderslice, Graceland
     Thu 1/10 @ Rickshaw Stop
Wil Blades, I Get the Blues When It Rains
     Fri 1/11 @ Boom Boom Room
Paris Combo, Living Room
     Sat 1/12 @ Freight & Salvage
Django Shredders, Bei Dir War Es Immer So Schon
     Sat 1/12 @ Bankhead Theater
     Sun 1/13 @ Center for the Arts
George Cole, Roma Danse
     Fri 1/11 @ Red Poppy Art House
Barrio Manouche, La Vida de un Ruso
     Sat 1/12 @ Club Deluxe
Regina Carter, Shoo-Rye
     Fri 1/11 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Nick Moss Band feat. Dennis Grueling, Note on the Door
     Fri 1/11 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sat 1/12 @ Poor House Bistro
Wayne Baker Brooks, Nu Kinda Blues
     Sat 1/12 @ Biscuits & Blues
Harvey Mandel, Wade in the Water
     Sun 1/13 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Magpie Salute, High Water
The Stone Foxes, I'm A King Bee
     Fri 1/11 @ The UC Theatre
Pamela Rose, Blues Is A Woman
     Mon 1/14 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Ruth Brown, I Don't Know
Slim Harpo, I'm A King Bee
Slim Gaillard Quartet, Dunkin' Bagel
Mississippi Sheiks, Last Stage Blues
Tampa Red, No Matter How She Done It
Mississippi Fred McDowell, Shake 'Em On Down

Playlist: January 2, 2019

The Qualities, Happy New Year to You!
The Heartbeats, After New Year's
Billy Ward & His Dominoes, Ringing in a Brand New Year 
Lil Son Jackson, New Year's Resolution
Roy Milton Solid Serenaders, New Year's Resolution Blues
Johnny Otis Orchestra, Happy New Year Baby
Lonnie Johnson, Happy New Year Darling

Lightnin' Hopkins, Happy New Year

Mary Harris, Happy New Year Blues

Best of 2018 in-studio

Fog Swamp, New Year's Shuffle
Soltron, I Live Where You Vacation
Pamela Parker, Red
Book of J, The Partisan
Blonde Toledo, Magic In Your Kiss
Seth Augustus, Hey Hey Heraclitus
Culann's Hounds, Zombie
Kyra Gordon, Trouble in Mind
Moonshine Jelly, High Card Low Card
Kim Lembo, Guy Jacquier & Adam Rossi, Telluride Blues
PC Muñoz & Dem One, Rightstarter Improvisation
Tiffany Austin, Greenwood
Kendra McKinley, Sink
Quinn DeVeaux, Do Right Woman Do Right Man
Junk Parlor, Midnight in Oakland
Aki Kumar, Hindi Man Blues / Dekha Naa
The Lucky Losers, Jackson
Wee Willie Walker & Anthony Paule, After A While
Royal Jelly Jive, This Land Is Your Land
Fanfare Zambaleta, Oj Borije

Playlist: December 26, 2018

The Orioles, What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
Prince, Purple House
     Mon 12/31 @ Fox Theatre Redwood City (Prince tribute show)
Lee Fields & The Expressions, Special Night
Quinn DeVeaux, Coming Up With One
The M-Tet, Sal's-U-Save
     Sun-Mon 12/30-31 @ The Chapel
Con Brio, Paradise
     Mon 12/31 @ Hopmonk Novato
Big Blu Soul Revue, Black Pearl
     Mon 12/31 @ Presidio Social Club
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers, Love Is
     Mon 12/31 @ Mystic Theatre
Rick Estrin & the Nightcats, Handle With Care (live)
     Mon 12/31 @ Biscuits & Blues
Gaucho, Dark Eyes
     Mon 12/31 @ Foreign Cinema
Fanfare Zambaleta, Zv'jezda Tjera Mjeseca
     Mon 12/31 @ Ashkenaz
Inspector Gadje, Pool Party Premonition (live)
     Mon 12/31 @ Starline Social Club

Nancy Wilson, What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
Aretha Franklin, Dr. Feelgood (live)
Otis Rush, Right Place Wrong Time (live)
Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater, A Good Leavin' Alone (live)
Hugh Masekela, Afro Beat Blues

Midtown Social, See About Me
     Sat 10/29 @ Moe's Alley
California Honeydrops, Live Learn
     Thu-Fr 10/27-28 @ Cornerstone
Aki Kumar, Yeh Shaam Mastaani
    Fri 10/28 @ The Smoking Pig
    Sat 10/29 @ The Torch Club
    Sun 10/30 @ Half Moon Bay Brewery
    Mon 10/31 @ Dosa Fillmore
Sugaray Rayford & The Italian Royal Family, Take Me Back
    Fri-Sat 10/28-29 @ Biscuits & Blues
Blue Rodeo, If We Make It Through December
Tom Waits, New Year's Eve

Playlist: December 19, 2018

Blind Boys of Alabama, Last Month of the Year
     Fri 12/21 @ Mystic Theatre
     Sat-Sun @ SFJazz Center
Sons of the Soul Revivers, The Man in the Middle (live)
     Sun-Mon 12/23-24 @ Rancho Nicasio
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, We Three Kings
     Fri 12/21 @ Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
     Mon 12/24 @ Slim's
John Lee Hooker Jr, People Want a Change (live)
     Mon 12/24 @ Biscuits & Blues

Special in-studio guest: PC Muñoz

     Fri 12/21 @ Berkeley Art Museum: Home Again – Tapestry Reimagined

PC Muñoz, The Angel Gabriel
PC Muñoz, The Passing of Time
Carole King, Home Again
Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
Joni Mitchell, The Jungle Line
PC Muñoz and Aaron Germain, Smackwater Jack
Aaron Germain, Beautiful

PC Muñoz and Aaron Germain, Ricochet
PC Muñoz, Death Might Be Your Christmas Gift

Rev. J.M. Gates, Death Might Be Your Santa Claus

Rev. A.W. Nix, How Will You Spend Christmas

Christmas Jug Bad, Santa Claus Is My Main Man

     Thu 12/20 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

The Ramones, Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)

Bob Dylan, Must Be Santa

Blue Rodeo, Getting Ready For Christmas Day

Blue Rodeo, River

Tiffany Austin, You Must Believe in Spring

     Thu 12/20 @ SFJazz Center

Adam Shulman, The Night We Called It A Day

     Fri-Sat 12/21-22 SFJazz Center

Elvin Bishop, Right Now Is The Hour

     Sat 12/22 @ Biscuits & Blues

Ray Brenner and Barry E. Blitzer, The Problem

Playlist: December 12, 2018

Christmas Jug Band, S.A.N.T.A. (Gloria)
     Thu 12/13 @ Sonoma Community Center
     Sat 12/15 @ Museum of Northern California
     Sun 12/16 @ Palms Playhouse
     Mon 12/17 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Tue 12/18 @ Freight & Salvage
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Mary's Baby
     Sat 12/15 @ Imani Community Church
Vince Guaraldi Trio, A Charlie Brown Christmas
     Thu 12/13 @ Kuumbwa Jazz (Adam Shulman Trio)
     Fri-Sat 12/21-22 @ SFJazz Center

Special in-studio guests: Fanfare Zambaleta

     Mon 12/31 @ Ashkenaz

Demiranove Gajde/Talava Groove (in-studio)
Cocek Vranjska Banja (in-studio)
Oj, Borije (in-studio)
Makedonska Sa-Sa (in-studio)
Mesečina (in-studio)
Lane Moje / Ramo Ramo

Meshugga Beach Party, Dreidel Dreidel
Meshugga Beach Party, Hot Rod Hanukkah
     Thu 12/13 @ Forbidden Island
Elvin Bishop, (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
     Sat 12/15 @ Club Fox
     Sun 12/16 @ Poor House Bistro
The Lucky Losers, Make A Right Turn
     Thu 12/13 @ The Saloon
     Fri 12/14 @ The Back Room
     Sun 12/16 @ Poor House Bistro
Hillstomp, The Cuckoo
     Sat 12/15 @ Moe's Alley
Barrio Manouche, Té a la Menta
     Sat 12/15 @ Club Deluxe
     Wed 12/19 @ Blue Note Napa
La Gente, En La Parranda
The Crux, Phaedrus
     Sat 12/15 @ Hopmonk Tavern

Tower of Power, You're Still a Young Man

     Fri 12/14 @ Golden State Theatre

     Sat 12/15 @ Blue Note Napa