Playlist: April 24, 2013

Rupa & The April Fishes, Like I Do
     Sat 4/27 @ The Independent
The Record Company, Don't Let Me Get Lonely
     Fri 4/26 @ The Independent
Paul Kelly, Cold As Canada
     Sun 4/28 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
Benjamin Brown, Tic Tac Toe Tag
     Fri 4/26 @ Great American Music Hall
     Wed 5/01 on Fog City Blues
The Proclaimers, (I'm Gonna) Burn Your Playhouse Down
     Fri 4/26 @ Great American Music Hall

Special in-studio guests: Tin Cup Serenade

     Sun 4/28 @ Red Poppy Art House

Ya Ya Blues
     from the new album Tragic Songs of Hope
I Got Lost (in-studio)
Lament for Javanette (in-studio)
Money Is King (in-studio)
Sunny Oakland Day (in-studio)
All I Can Do Is Cry (in-studio)
Fragments of You (in-studio)
Baby Brown (in-studio)
Limbo Jazz (in-studio)

4th Annual Left-Handathon

Albert King, Got To Be Some Changes Made (live)
Albert King, Born Under a Bad Sign
Otis Rush, Natural Ball
Otis Rush, Gambler's Blues (live)
Left Hand Frank, Blues Won't Let Me Be
Lefty Dizz, Where The Hell Were You When I Got Home?!
Trampled Under Foot, She's Long, She's Tall, She's Gone
Paul McCartney, Great Cock And Seagull Race
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones, Peppermint Man
Elizabeth Cotten, Going Down The Road Feeling Bad
Jimi Hendrix Experience, Catfish Blues (live)

Playlist: April 17, 2013

The California Honeydrops, Like You Mean It
     from the new album Like You Mean It
     Fri 4/19 @ Great American Music Hall
Tin Cup Serenade, Empty Pocket Waltz
     from the forthcoming album Tragic Songs of Hope
     Wed 4/24 on Fog City Blues
Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project, Gypsy Without a Song
     Thu 4/18 @ The Lucky Horseshoe
Gaucho, Linden Lullaby
     Thu 4/18 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Redwood Tango Ensemble, El Simpatico
     from the new album Cayetano
     Sun 4/21 @ Red Poppy Art House

Quinn DeVeaux, Lions On Lakes
     Wed 4/24 @ Rite Spot Cafe
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, They All Asked For You
Taj Mahal, Sweet Mama Janisse
     Sat 4/20 @ Mystic Theatre
     Sun 4/21 @ Cascade Theate
John Lee Hooker Jr, Hard Times
     Fri 4/19 @ Biscuits and Blues
Zakiya Hooker, Bit By Love (Hard Times)
     Thu 4/18 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Shemekia Copeland, Lemon Pie
     Sat 4/20 @ Biscuits and Blues
The Hound Kings, Come Go Home With Me
     Mon 4/22 @ Poor House Bistro
     Thu 4/25 @ The Lucky Horseshoe
Bill Frisell, Blues Dream
     Thu-Sun 4/18-21 @ SFJazz Center

J.B. Lenoir, Tax Payin' Blues

Fiddlin' John Carson, Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All

Bob Dylan, Workingman's Blues #2

Eddy Clearwater, I.R.S. Man

Patrick Quinn, Tax Man Max

Shuggie Otis, Wings Of Love
Shuggie Otis, Magic
     from the new album Inspiration Information / Wings Of Love
Mud Morganfield, Walkin' Thru The Park (live)
     from the forthcoming album Blues Is in My Blood
John Primer & Bob Corritore, The Clock
     from the new album Knockin' Around These Blues
Tommy Castro, I Take What I Want
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Six Levels Below Plant Life
Little Brother Montgomery, Ain't Nobody Here But Me
Bessie Smith, Careless Love

Playlist: April 10, 2013

Molly Ringwald, Don't You Forget About Me
     from the new album Except... Sometimes
     Tue 4/16 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Karina Denike, I Never Cared
     Sun 4/14 @ Rite Spot Cafe
Benjamin Brown, 6 6 & 13
     Thu 4/11 @ Mission Community Market
     Fri 4/12 @ Vessel Gallery
     Sat 4/13 @ Fireside Lounge
Tin Cup Serenade, Sunny Oakland Day
     from the forthcoming album Tragic Songs of Hope
     Thu 4/11 @ Rite Spot Cafe
     Fri 4/12 @ Revolution Cafe

Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Driftin' Blues
Maria Muldaur, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
     Wed 4/17 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks, The Rounder
     Fri 4/12 @ Center For The Arts
Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings, Ever Since I Lost You (live)
     Fri 4/12 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
Lester Chambers, Clean Up Man
     Sat 4/13 @ River Theater
Meklit & Quinn, This Must Be The Place
John Brim, Humming Blues
Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters

Playlist: April 3, 2013

Tip of the Top, Rocker
Tip of the Top, Wait Baby (in-studio)
     Fri 4/05 @ Piacere's
Howell Devine, Mighty Long Time
     Sat 4/06 @ Club Deluxe
     Sun 4/07 @ Revolution Cafe
     Wed 4/10 @ Biscuits and Blues
California Honeydrops, All Day, All Night
     from the forthcoming album Like You Mean It
     Fri 4/05 @ Assembly
     Sat 4/06 @ Hopmonk Tavern
Phosphorescent, Ride On / Right On
     from the new album Muchacho
     Sat 4/06 @ The Independent

Muddy Waters, I Be's Troubled
Muddy Waters, I Can't Be Satisfied
Jeffrey Wright, I Can't Be Satisfied
Bill Frisell, I Can't Be Satisfied
Saul Kaye, Two Wolves
Muddy Waters, Long Distance Call (live)

The Plāto'nes, Science Fiction Double Feature (live)
     Sun 4/07: Philosophy Talk Live at the Marsh
Billie Holiday, Billie's Blues
James McCartney, Your True Love
     Tue 4/09 @ Cafe du Nord

Playlist: March 27, 2013

Mitch Woods, What Can I Do (live)
Mitch Woods, Caledonia's Party
     Sat 3/30 @ The Chapel
     Wed 4/03 @ Biscuits and Blues
Wendy DeWitt, 3 O'Clock Jump
     Tue 4/02 @ Yoshi's Oakland: Queens of Boogie Woogie
Rebirth Brass Band, What Goes Around Comes Around
     Fri-Sat 3/29-30 @ Mezzanine
Taarka, You're Alright
     from the new album Adventures in Vagabondia
     Thu 3/28 @ Caspar Inn
     Fri 3/29 @ Arcata Playhouse

Meshugga Beach Party, Dayenu
Saul Kaye, Moses' Blues
John Lee Hooker, Moses Smote The Water
Tom Waits, Books Of Moses
The Duhks, Moses Don't Get Lost
Jimmy Scott, Exodus
Fats Waller, Go Down, Moses
Louis Armstrong, Go Down Moses
Mavis Staples, Go Down Moses
Bob Dylan, Go Down Moses (live)

Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas
California Honeydrops, Like This, Like That
     from the forthcoming album Like You Mean It
Rebecca Ross, Casanova
Andre Karpov, NYC
     Sat 3/30 @ Viracocha
Go Van Gogh, Hope In A Gilded Age
     Sat 3/30 @ Awaken Cafe
Phil Berkowitz, Salt Pork West Virginia
     Tue 4/02 @ Biscuits and Blues

Rufus Thomas, Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
Robert Jr Lockwood, Steady Groove
Johnny Copeland, Houston
Leroy Carr, How Long, How Long Blues
Sarah Vaughan, Ain't Misbehavin'
Jeff Healey, Pennies From Heaven
Sue Foley, Big City Blues
Jimi Hendrix, Bleeding Heart
     from the new album People, Hell & Angels

Playlist: March 20, 2013

Sonny Boy Williamson, Springtime Blues
Kermit Ruffins, Bogalusa Strut
     Thu 3/21 @ The New Parish
     Fri-Sat 3/22-23 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
California Honeydrops, Here Comes Love
     from the forthcoming album Like You Mean It
     Wed 3/27 @ Humboldt Brews
Tin Cup Serenade, Limbo Jazz
     from the forthcoming album Tragic Songs of Hope
     Fri 3/22 @ Revolution Cafe
Shoestring Trio, Puttin' On The Ritz
     from the new album Shoestring Trio
     Fri 3/22 @ Ghiringhelli

John Németh, Blues in My Heart (live)
Tip of the Top, One Way Out
     Fri 3/22 @ Mojo Lounge
     Sat 3/23 @ Manghan's
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Cool Breeze
     Fri 3/22 @ Poor House Bistro
Ron Hacker, My Bad Boy (live)
     Thu 3/21 @ Poor House Bistro
Delta Wires, Saturday Night in North Beach
     from the new album Anthology
     Sat 3/23 @ Biscuits and Blues
Jimi Hendrix, Hey Gypsy Boy
     from the new album People, Hell & Angels

Tom Waits, Day After Tomorrow
Louis Jordan, G.I. Jive
Geeshie Wiley, Last Kind Words
Blind Lemon Jefferson, Wartime Blues
Blind Willie Johnson, When The War Was On
The Pogues, And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Sonny Sharrock Experience, Once Upon A Time (live)
     Sat 3/23 @ Revolution Cafe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Singing In My Soul
Son House, Preachin' Blues
Otis Spann, Been A Long, Long Time
Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, It Won't Be Long
Marcia Ball, We Fell Hard
Jimmie Vaughan, Comin' & Goin'

Playlist: March 13, 2013

Lightnin' Slim, Winter Time Blues
Big Head Blues Club, Come On In My Kitchen
     Sat 3/16 @ The Fillmore
The Chop Tops, Deadly Love
Slim Jenkins, Burnt Toast & Black Coffee
     Fri 3/15 @ Slim's
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Callin' All Fools
     Fri 3/15 @ Biscuits and Blues

Special in-studio guests: Shoestring Trio

     Fri 3/15 @ Red Poppy Art House
     Tue 3/19 @ Cafe Divino
     Wed 3/20 @ The Crepe Place

I'll See You In My Dreams
Tango Papillo (in-studio)
Medley: Chtilins Con Carne / Paparazzi (in-studio)
Indifference
Puttin' On The Ritz (in-studio)
Happy Samba
     from the new album Shoestring Trio

Jesse Fuller, San Francisco Bay Blues
Jesse Fuller, Brother Low Down
Jeffrey Wright, I'm A Man
Eamon Walker, Smokestack Lightnin'
Mos Def, Promised Land
Beyoncé Knowles, I'd Rather Go Blind

Sly & The Family Stone, I Want To Take You Higher
Omar Shariff, Just A Blues
Ry Cooder, Cherry Ball Blues
Tip of the Top, Time Will Tell
Lightnin' Hopkins, Tom Moore's Farm
Yank Rachell, My Baby's Gone
Ron Hacker, Yank Told Me

Playlist: March 6, 2013

Leonard Cohen, Anyhow
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Little Too Late
     Fri 3/08 @ Bimbo's 365 Club
Los Lobos, Tin Can Trust
     Fri 3/08 @ SLO Brewing Company
     Sat-Sun 3/09-10 @ Moe's Alley
Los Lonely Boys, Friday Night

Shoestring Trio, I'll See You In My Dreams
     from the new album Shoestring Trio
     Wed 3/13 on Fog City Blues
Stéphane Wrembel, Bistro Fada
Parlor Tricks, Was I?
     Sun 3/10 @ Milk Bar
Slim Jenkins, Lookout Mountain
     Sun 3/10 @ Amnesia
Steve Lucky's Hammond Cheese Combo, Wild Shindig
     Thu 3/07 @ Le Colonial
     Fri 3/08 @ The Royal Cuckoo
Monophonics, In Your Brain
     Sat 3/09 @ Great American Music Hall
John Lee Hooker Jr, It Must Be the Meds
     Sat 3/09 @ Biscuits and Blues
The James Hunter Six, Chicken Switch
     Sat 3/09 @ Bimbo's 365 Club
Doug MacLeod, My Inlaws Are Outlaws
     from the forthcoming album There's A Time
     Sat 3/09 @ Armando's
Phil Berkowitz, I Want a Roof Over My Head
     Fri 3/08 @ Murphy's Law
     Sun 3/10 @ Russian River Brewing Company

Jimi Hendrix, Hear My Train A Comin'
Jimi Hendrix, Easy Blues
     from the new album People, Hell & Angels
Frank Bey & The Anthony Paule Band, Ain't That Loving You (live)
     from the new album You Don't Know Nothing
Delta Wires, Take Off Your Pajamas
     from the new album Anthology

Eric Garland's Hodge Podge Ensemble, Breakaway Snap
     Fri 3/08 @ Red Poppy Art House
Wes Montgomery, Missile Blues
J.B. Lenoir, I Had My Trouble
Furry Lewis, Furry Lewis's Careless Love
Love, Wooly Bully
Love, Forever Changes
 

Playlist: February 27, 2013

Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Get Your Business Straight
     Morris Holt (1937-2013)
The Temptations, Papa Was A Rolling Stone
     Damon Harris (1950-2013)
Sugaray Rayford, You Upset Me Baby
     Fri 3/01 @ Biscuits and Blues
B.B. King, You Are My Sunshine (live)
     Thu 2/28 @ Fox Oakland

Leonard Cohen, Amen
     Sat-Sun 3/02-03 @ Paramount Theatre
Great Big Sea, Newfie Rap
     Wed 3/06 @ The Fillmore
The California Honeydrops, Here Comes Love
     Fri 3/01 @ Bergamot Alley
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, I'm In Love Again
     Fri 3/01 @ Club Deluxe
Meklit Hadero & Quinn DeVeaux, Elegie
     Sat 3/02 @ SFJazz Center
Seth Augustus, Hey Hey Heraclitus
     Sat 3/02 @ Revolution Cafe 
Mitch Woods, Crawfishin' (live)
     Wed 3/06 @ The Chapel

George Harrison, P2 Vatican Blues (Last Saturday Night)
Evan Rachel Wood, I'd Have You Anytime
Cowboy Junkies, Isn't It A Pity
Joe Louis Walker, While My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Beatles, Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees)

Paul McCartney, I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday
John Lennon, Ain't That A Shame
Fats Domino, Lady Madonna
Fats Domino, The Fat Man
Willie Mitchell, The Crawl
Ann Peebles, Come to Mama
Al Green, I Want To Hold Your Hand
Otis Clay, Tryin to Live My Life Without You
Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jinx Blues
Johnny Cash, Bird On A Wire

Playlist: February 20, 2013

The gonifs, Tsigele-Migele
     Sun 2/24 @ Porto Franco Art Parlor: Klezmer Brunch
Bex Marshall, Bite Me
     Sun 2/24 @ Biscuits & Blues
Cassandra Wilson, Hellhound On My Trail
     Thu-Sat 2/21-23 @ Yoshi's San Francisco
Karina Denike, Until The Real Thing Comes Along (in-studio) 
     Fri 2/22 @ Red Poppy Art House
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
     Sat 2/23 @ Pacifica Performances

Special in-studio guest: Xandra Corpora

     Fri 2/22 @The Independent: Con Brio's Xandra Farewell Show

Con Brio, How Many Days
Xandra Corpora, Catfish Blues (in-studio)
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Lenny
Big Mama Thornton, School Boy
Xandra Corpora, Jimi's Song (in-studio)
Con Brio, The Battle of San Francisco (live)

ALO, Cowboys And Chorus Girls
The California Honeydrops, Pardon Me Love (live)
     Fri-Sat 2/22-23 @ The Fillmore
Tin Cup Serenade, Aunt Hagar's Blues
     Thu 2/21 @ Revolution Cafe
Howell Devine, Mellow Down Easy
     Sat 2/23 @ Speisekammer
     Sun 2/24 @ Revolution Cafe

Robben Ford, You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine
     from the new album Bringing It Back Home
The Slide Brothers, My Sweet Lord
     from the new album Robert Randolph Presents: The Slide Brothers
Corey Harris, Catfish Blues
     from the new album Fulton Blues
Big Bill Morganfield, Look What You Done
     from the new album Blues With A Mood
Nina Simone, Buck
Irma Thomas, Gone
Nirvana, Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Playlist: February 13, 2013

Tom Waits, Blue Valentines
David Bromberg, Use Me
     Thu-Fri 2/14-15 @ Freight & Salvage
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You?
     Thu 2/14 @ Biscuits and Blues

The California Honeydrops, I Found A Love
Amber Gougis, Let Me Love You (in-studio)
Tin Cup Serenade, She's Falling in Love
Elvin Bishop, Fooled Around And Fell In Love (live)
Tip of the Top, Love Her With A Feeling
Meklit Hadero & Quinn DeVeaux, Real Love (in-studio)
Cleo Gibson, I've Got Ford Engine Movements in My Hips
Margaret Carter, I Want Plenty Grease in My Frying Pan
Maria Muldaur, Separation Blues
Shemekia Copeland, Happy Valentine's Day

Special guest: Marc Lempert

Huey Lewis & The News, Going Down Slow
Howell Devine, Harmonica Wobble
Freeman Stowers, Railroad Blues
Deford Bailey, Davidson County Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson, Mr. Downchild
Little Walter, Juke
Big 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 Thieleman, Bluesette
The Harmonicats, Peg o' My Heart
J. Geils Band, Whammer Jammer
Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite, We Can't End This Way
     from the new album Get Up!

Playlist: February 6, 2013

Eubie Blake, Stars and Stripes Forever
Omar Shariff, The Raven
Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project, Pompton Turnpike
     Tue 2/12 @ The Chapel
Gaucho (feat. Georgia English), It's Been A While
Quinn DeVeaux & The Blue Beat Review, Leave My Woman Alone
     Thu 2/07 @ Yoshi's Oakland

Dr. John, Junco Partner (live)
     Tue-Thu 2/12-14 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Allen Toussaint, Dear Old Southland
     Sat-Sun 2/09-10 @ Yoshi's Oakland
Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Freakish
     Thu 2/14 @ Moe's Alley
     Fri-Sat 2/15-26 @ The Independent
Hot 8 Brass Band, Steaming Blues
     Thu 2/07 @ Brick & Mortar Music Hall
The California Honeydrops, Here Comes Love
     from the forthcoming album Like You Mean It
     Thu 2/07 @ Golden State Theate
     Fri 2/08 @ Center for the Arts
     Sat 2/09 @ Chico Women's Club
The Stone Foxes, Everybody Knows
     from the forthcoming album Small Fires
     Tue 2/12 @ Amoeba Records
     Wed 2/13 @ The New Parish
Saul Kaye, Oseh Shalom
     Thu 2/07 @ Blue Water Bistro
     Sun 2/10 @ Netivot Shalom

Grammy Nominees

Heritage Blues Orchestra, Hard Times
     from the album And Still I Rise
Ruthie Foster, Everlasting Light
     from the album Let It Burn
Shemekia Copeland, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
     from the album 33 1/3
Joan Osborne, Rhymes
     from the album Bring It On Home
Dr. John, Kingdom of Izzness
     from the album Locked Down

The Black Keys, Lonely Boy
Jack White, I'm Shakin'
Bob Marley and The Wailers, Talkin' Blues
Bob Marley and The Wailers, It Hurts to Be Alone
Lonnie Johnson, I'm Nuts About That Gal
Memphis Jug Band, She Stays Out All Night Long
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five, King Of The Zulus
Lionel Young Band, Night Train
     Thu 2/07 @ Biscuits and Blues
     Fri 2/08 @ Riverwood Inn
     Sat 2/09 @ El Campanil Theatre: Delta Blues Festival Benefit