Playlist: June 3, 2020

The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Still I Rise (live)
Quinn DeVeaux, Holiday
Quinn DeVeaux, Take Me to Glory
     from the new album Book of Soul
Kim Nalley, She’s Got the Whole World In Her Hands
Kim Nalley, Big Hooded Black Man
Tiffany Austin, Fight the Power (live)
Tiffany Austin, Ain’t No Grave (Can Hold My Body Down)
Terrie Odabi, Gentrification Blues
Alabama Mike, Upset the Status Quo
Fantastic Negrito, In the Pines
Fantastic Negrito, Chocolate Samurai
     from the forthcoming album Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Jimmy Rogers, You're the One
Memphis Minnie, Killer Diller Blues

Playlist: May 27, 2020

Fantastic Negrito, How Long
     from the forthcoming album Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?
Quinn DeVeaux, Stay the Night
     from the new album Book of Soul

Special shelter-in-place guests: The Lucky Losers

The Lucky Losers, Godless Land
The Lucky Losers, Can't Keep Pretending
The Lucky Losers, My One Good Eye
The Lucky Losers, Half A Nothing
Shuggie Otis, Inspiration Information
Irma Thomas, Be You
The Lucky Losers, Mad Love Is Good Love

     from the forthcoming album Godless Land

Playlist: May 20, 2020

Bob Dylan, I Contain Multitudes

     from the forthcoming album Rough and Rowdy Ways

Jimmie Rodgers, My Rough and Rowdy Ways

Bob Dylan, My Blue-Eyed Jane

Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, Jimmie Rodgers medley

Bob Dylan, I Can’t Get You Off My Mind

Bob Dylan, Boogie Woogie Country Girl

Bob Dylan, Red Cadillac & Black Moustache

Bob Dylan, Return to Me 

Bob Dylan, Long Distance Operator (live)
Bob Dylan, San Francisco Bay Blues (live)
Bob Dylan, You're A Big Girl Now (live)
Bob Dylan, Old Man (live)
Bob Dylan, False Prophet

     from the forthcoming album Rough and Rowdy Ways

Billy Emerson, If Lovin’ Is Believing

Playlist: May 13, 2020

Bob Dylan, False Prophet
     from the forthcoming album Rough and Rowdy Ways

Special #StayAtHome guests: Blonde Toledo

Swipe / Do the Kids Still Know How to Fall in Love
Nimbus Cocktail (in-home)
Another Mother's Child in Trouble (in-home)
Walk With a View (in-home)
Scenes From a Marriage (in-home)
Little Miss Krissy

Herbie Hancock, St. Louis Blues (feat. Stevie Wonder)

Playlist: May 6, 2020

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Robert Johnson, Stop Breakin' Down Blues

The Rolling Stones, Stop Breaking Down

The White Stripes, Stop Breaking Down

Eric Clapton, Stop Breakin' Down Blues

Cream, Four Until Late

Muddy Waters, Walkin' Blues

Elmore James, I Believe

Homesick James, Crossroads

Robert Lockwood Jr, Steady Rollin' Man

Robert Lockwood Jr, Little Queen of Spades

Chris Thomas King, Ramblin' On My Mind

Bob Dylan, Milkcow's Calf Blues
Dennis Johnson, Hellhound On My Trail
Howell Devine, Come On In My Kitchen

Robert Johnson, They're Red Hot

Playlist: April 29, 2020

Bob Dylan, I Contain Multitudes
Aki Kumar, The Rich Shall Inherit the Earth

11th Annual Left-Hand-A-Thon

Otis Rush, Right Place Wrong Time (live)
Otis Rush, Cross Cut Saw (live)
Otis Rush, Tops (live)
Albert King, Watermelon Man (live)
Albert King, Why You So Mean to Me (live)
Albert King, I Get Evil (live)

Albert King, Born Under A Bad Sign (live)

Otis Rush, All Your Love (I Miss Loving) (live)

Playlist: April 15, 2020

Special shelter-in-place guest: Quinn DeVeaux

Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, Been Too Long
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, Stay the Night
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, Good Times Roll
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, Take Me Home
Bill Withers, Kissing My Love
Bill Withers, Ain't No Sunshine
John Prine, The Late John Garfield Blues
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, All I Need
     from the new album Book of Soul
Bob Dylan, Murder Most Foul

Playlist: April 8, 2020

Bob Dylan, Little Moses (live)
The Carter Family, Little Moses
John Lee Hooker, Moses Smote the Water
The Duhks, Moses Don't Get Lost
Bernie Knee, Passover on the Range
Jimmy Scott, Exodus
Ray Barretto, Exodus
Meshugga Beach Party, Dayenu
Elana Jagoda, It Would Have Been Enough (Dayenu)
Saul Kaye, Sea of Reeds
Elana Jagoda, Holy Sister Miriam
Grant Green, Go Down Moses
Fats Waller, Go Down Moses
Bob Dylan, Go Down Moses (live)

Playlist: April 1, 2020

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Bob Dylan, Murder Most Foul
Fantastic Negrito, Chocolate Samurai
Little Richard, Send Me Some Lovin'
Little Walter, Key to the Highway
Guitar Slim, The Things That I Used To Do
Slim Harpo, Baby Scratch My Back
Louis Armstrong, St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues) 
Billie Holiday, You Go To My Head
Nina Simone, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Etta James, Tell Mama
Ray Charles, What'd I Say, Pt.1
Aretha Franklin, April Fools

Playlist: March 25, 2020

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 Yo
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

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

Playlist: March 11, 2020

Tumbledown House, Everybody Loves My Baby
     from the new EP Adoring the Roaring 20s
     Thu 3/12 @ Freight & Salvage
     Fri 3/13 @ Blue Note Napa
Colin James, Watch Out
     Thu 3/12 @ Yoshi's
     Fri 3/13 @ Hopmonk Novato
Balkan Bump, Osmanity
Balkan Bump, The Devil Dance
     from the forthcoming album Osmanity
Fantastic Negrito, Working Poor (in-studio)
     Wed 3/18 @ Harlow's
The Lucky Losers, It Ain't Enough (in-studio)
     Thu 3/12 @ The Saloon
Blonde Toledo, Little Miss Krissy (in-studio)
     Fri 3/13 @ Amado's
The Stone Foxes, Little Red Rooster (in-studio)
     Sat 3/14 @ Moe's Alley
Ron Thompson & Mark Hummel, You Don't Have to Go (in-studio)

Ron Thompson & Mark Hummel, Where Can You Be (in-studio)
     Ron Thompson (1953-2020)
Big Money in Dixieland, Girl of My Dreams (live)
     Mal Sharpe (1936-2020)
Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing, Cobalt Blues
     Charlie Baty (1953-2020)
Aki Kumar & Kid Andersen, Back to Bombay (in-studio)
John Németh, She Did Not Show (in-studio)
Big Harp George, Home Stretch (in-studio)
Midtown Social, Shine Again (in-studio)
Jimmy Grant Ensemble, Bunicul (in-studio)
Barrio Manouche, Lucía (in-studio)
Hanna Rifkin & The Handsomes, Morning Glory (in-studio)
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional, Everyone Is Crazy But Me (in-studio)
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Jesus O What a Wonderful Child (in-studio)

Playlist: March 4, 2020

Hot Club of Cowtown, Before the Time of Men
Davina & The Vagabonds, Shake That Thing
     Sun 3/08 @ SFJazz Center
     Mon 3/09 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Mokai, Holy Guacamole
Jimmy Sweetwater, Move to the Outskirts of Town
     Fri 3/07 @ Bazzar Cafe

Special in-studio guests: Tumbledown House

     Thu 3/11 @ Freight & Salvage
     Fri 3/12 @ Blue Nope Napa
     Sat 3/20 @ Miner's Foundry Cultural Center

Sobbin' Blues
     from the forthcoming EP Adoring the Roaring 20s
Everybody Loves My Baby (in-studio)
Louisville Lou (in-studio)
My Sweetie Went Away (in-studio)
Ode to Josephine Baker
Clever Crocodile (in-studio)
Downhearted Blues (in-studio)
St. Louis Blues
     from the forthcoming EP Adoring the Roaring 20s

Charlie Musselwhite, Cristo Redentor (live)

Jimmie Vaughan, Funny How Time Slips Away

Buddy Guy, My Mama Loved Me

     Fri 3/06 @ Paramount Theatre

Sugaray Rayford, You and I

    Sat 3/07 @ Sutter Creek Theatre

    Sun 3/08 Sweetwater Music Hall

Midtown Social, Born to Dream / Savoir Faire

     Fri 3/06 @ The Independent

Kim Nalley, Sunday Kind of Love

     Sun 3/08 @ Yoshi's

Rob Reich, Sweep Me Away

     Tue 3/10 @ California Jazz Conservatory

Jimmy Grant Ensemble, Drunk

     Fri 3/06 @ Point Richmond Jazz

     Sat 3/07 @ Throckmorton Theatre

Americano Social Club, Make You Feel My Love

     Sat 3/07 @ Club Deluxe

     Wed 3/11 @ Revolution Cafe

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

     Fri 3/06 @ Mystic Theatre