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

Playlist: February 26, 2020

Quinn DeVeaux, This Could Be Yours
     Sat 2/29 @ Rickshaw Stop
Kim Nalley, Movin' On Up
     Thu 2/27 @ Palo Alto JCC
     Sat 2/29 @ California Jazz Conservatory
Tiffany Austin, I Walk the Line
     Thu 2/27 @ Palo Alto JCC
     Sun 3/01 @ Sweetwater Music Hall   
Denise Perrier, Salty Papa Blues
     Thu 2/27 @ Palo Alto JCC

Taj Mahal, The Celebrated Walkin' Blues

     Thu-Sun 2/27-3/01 @ SFJazz Center

Eric Gales, I Ain't No Shrink

     Fri 2/28 @ Club Fox

     Sat 2/29 @ El Campnil Theatre

     Sun 3/01 @ Harlow's

Dennis Johnson, Revolution

     Sun 3/01 @ Harlow's

     Thu 3/05 @ Westwood

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Resentment File

     Fri 2/28 @ Palms Playhouse

     Sat 2/29 @ SLO Veteran's Memorial Hall

     Sun 3/01 @ Moe's Alley

The Gold Souls, Hunger Is the Best Spice

     Fri 2/28 @ The Back Room

     Sat 2/29 @ Tavern on Fourth

Aki Kuamr, Ruxanna

     Sat 2/29 @ The Sound Room

Tumbledown House, Pure Medicine

     Fri 2/28 @ Club Deluxe

     Wed 3/04 on Fog City Blues

The Stone Foxes, Death of Me

The Stone Foxes, Can't Go Back

     from the forthcoming EP Gold

The Stone Foxes, Gimme Some Truth

     Sat 2/29 @ The Independent

The Beatles, Something (rehearsal)

The Beatles, All Things Must Pass (rehearsal)

The Beatles, Isn't It A Pity (rehearsal)

The Beatles, Let It Down (rehearsal)

George Harrison & Bob Dylan, I'd Have You Anytime

Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, Don't Think Twice It's Alright / Understand Your Man

Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, One Too Many Mornings

Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, Big River

Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, You Are My Sunshine

Fats Domino, Lady Madonna

Playlist: February 19, 2020

Mission Delirium, Rum & Coke
     Tue 2/25 @ The Chapel
Mitch Woods, I Left My Baby at the Mardi Gras Cryin'
     Tue 2/25 @ The Baywater
Deep Basement Shakers, Mardi Gras Mambo
     Sat 2/22 @ Tap 25
     Wed 2/26 @ Pagan Idol
Circus Bella All-Star Band, The Afterparty
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Make It Back to Memphis (live)
     Fri-Sat 2/21-22 @ Rancho Nicasio
Beyond the Pale, Ruckus in Ralja
     Thu 2/20 @ Red Poppy Art House
     Fri 2/21 @ Congregation Sherith Israel
Orchestra Gold, Djama
     Fri 2/28 @ The UC Theatre
Sun Hop Fat, Rhinosaur
     Sat 2/29 @ The UC Theatre
Mulatu Astatke, Ethio Blues
     Fri-Sat 2/28-29 @ The UC Theatre
Tiffany Austin, Resolution
     Sat 2/22 @ Museum of the Africa Diaspora
Midtown Social, Candlelit
     from the new album Fantastic Colors
     Sat 2/22 @ Moe's Alley

Huey Lewis & The News, One of the Boys
Huey Lewis & The News, Pretty Girls Everywhere
Huey Lewis & The News, Her Love Is Killin' Me
     from the new album Weather
Huey Lewis & The News, Free
Dennis Jones, Hot Sauce (live)
     Fri 2/21 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sat 2/22 @ The Saloon
Albert Cummings, It's All Good
     Thu 2/20 @ Freight & Salvage
     Fri 2/21 @ Crest Theatre
Janiva Magness, Change in the Weather
     Mon 2/24 @ Yoshi's
Rhythm Future Quartet, Caravan
     Thu 2/20 @ JCC Palo Alto
     Fri 2/21 @ Bankhead Theater
Seth Augustus, Air to the Thrones
Corey Harris, Special Rider Blues
Irma Thomas, Same Old Blues
Nina Simone, Go to Hell

Playlist: February 12, 2020

Rhiannon Giddens, Spiritual (with Francesco Turrisi)
     Thu-Sun 2/13-16 @ SFJazz Center
Carolina Chocolate Drops & Joe Thompson, Corn Bread and Butter Beans (live)
C.W. Stoneking, The Zombie
     Fri 2/14 @ The Chapel
     Sat 2/15 @ Fernowod Tavern
     Sun 2/16 @ Felton Music Hall
Sonny Landreth, Bound By the Blues
Marcia Ball, Pots and Pans
     Wed 2/19 @ Freight & Salvage
     Thu 2/20 @ The Sofia
Marty O'Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra, Battlefields
     Thu 2/13 @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
     Fri 2/14 @ Goldfield Trading Post
Dr. Dog, Critical Equation
     Tue 2/18 @ The Catalyst
     Wed-Sat 2/19-22 @ The Independent
Andy Santana & The West Coast Playboys, Greaseland
     Mon 2/17 @ Redwood Cafe
Junk Parlor, Midnight in Oakland
     Fri 2/14 @ Papermill Creek Saloom
Tin Cup Serenade, Sunny Day in Oakland
     Fri 2/14 @ Revolution Cafe
Rob Reich Swings Left, The Vision
     Tue 2/18 @ Woodchopper's Ball

Bob Dylan, Abraham, Martin, and John
Chris Smither, Origin of Species
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley, C.C. & O. Blues
Kokomo Arnold, The Twelves (Dirty Dozen)
Josh White, Backwater Blues
Sugaray Rayford, I'd Kill For You Honey
Super Chikan, Twerk It
Magic Sam, Keep On Loving Me Baby (live)
Blind Boys of Alabama, Just Wanna See His Face
Wardell Gray, Twisted
Tom Waits, Blue Valentine
Bessie Smith, Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
Little Mae Kirkman, He's Just My Size

Playlist: February 5, 2020

The Honey Drippers, Impeach the President
     American Democracy (1776-2020)
Wee Willie Walker & The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, Thanks for the Dance
     Sun 2/09 @ Poor House Bistro: Celebration of Life
Big Blu Soul Revue, Give It Up!
     Thu 2/06 @ Great American Music Hall
New Breed Brass Band, Watcha Workin' It Fa
     Thu-Sun 2/06-09 @ SFJazz Center
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, I Come A Mighty Long Way
     Sun 2/09 @ Freight & Salvage
Ledisi, Shot Down
     Thu 2/06 @ Fox Theatre
Tiffany Austin, Someday We'll All Be Free
     Sat 2/08 @ Community School of Music and Arts
Amber Gougis, Prisoner
     Fri 2/07 @ Angelica's
Rhiannon Giddens, Up Above My Head
     Fri 2/07 @ Bing Concert Hall
Aki Kumar, Yeh Chaand Sa Roshan Chehra
     Fri 2/07 @ The Back Room
Corky Siegel's Traveling Chamber Blues Show, Manhattan Island

Gaucho, San Francisco Song
     Wed 2/05 @ Phono Bar
Wendy Dewitt, San Francisco
     Wed 2/05 @ Armando's
Blonde Toledo, My American Dream
     Sat 2/08 @ Ireland's 32
     Wed 2/12 @ Amado's
Ismail Lumanovski & Inspector Gadje, Adrenalina
      Sat 2/08 @ Rickshaw Stop
Van Goat, Willie the Weeper
     Sat 2/08 @ Bottom of the Hill
Van Morrison, Big Time Operators
     Mon-Wed 2/10-12 @ Yoshi's
The Wailers, Rolling Stone
The Wailers, Adam & Eve
The Wailers, Nobody Knows
Bob Marley & The Wailers, Talkin' Blues
Broun Fellinis feat. Femi Andrades, Natural Mystic

Playlist: January 29, 2020

Mavis Staples, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Mavis Staples, Wade in the Water (live)
     Fri-Sat 1/31-2/01 @ SFJazz Center
Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Black Suffrage Blues
     Sar 2/01 @ California Jazz Conservatory

Special in-studio guests: The Deep Basement Shakers

     Sat 2/01 @ Jupiter
     Mon 2/03 @ Amado's

Deep Basement Shakers, I Can’t Be Satisfied (in-studio)
Deep Basement Shakers, Piano Stomp (in-studio)
Deep Basement Shakers, Rag Mama Rag (in-studio)
Deep Basement Shakers, I’ll Be Up Someday (in-studio)
Washboard Sam, Who Pumped the Wind in My Donut
Deep Basement Shakers, Yancey Stomp (in-studio)
Deep Basement Shakers, Hard Pushin’ Papa (in-studio)
Monkey Joe, Sweet Patunia Stomp 
Mark Hummel, Flim Flam 
     from the new album Wayback Machine
Deep Basement Shakers, Memphis Shakedown (live)

The Cottontails, Carnival in Caroline
     Sat 2.01 @ Club Deluxe
King Street Giants, One Hatchet One Pitchfork 
     Thu 1/30 @ Mystic Theatre
Mission Delirium, Bemba Colora (live)
     Sat 2/01 @ Cornerstone
Ranky Tanky, Stand By Me
     Thu 1/30 @ Kuumbwa Jaz Center
     Fri 1/31 @Sweetwater Music Hall
Love, Your Mind and We Belong Together
     Sat 2/01 @ The Chapel: Love Revisited
Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Shoes
Elmore James, The 12 Year Old Boy
Jimmy Reed, Little Rain