Playlist: September 28, 2025

Johnny Mathis, Kol Nidre
Johnny Mathis, Bluesette
Jeremiah Lockwood, Kol Nidre #2
John Zorn & Quatuor Molinari, Kol Nidre
John Brothers Piano Company, Mint Julep
     Thu 10/02 @ The Sound Room
Bhi Bhiman, My Best Friend's Girl
     Fri 10/03 @ The Chapel
Curtis Salgado, Fine By Me
     Wed 10/01 @ Almost Famous Winery
     Thu 10/02 @ Poor House Bistro
     Fri 10/03 @ Sutter Creek Theatre
Dennis Jones, Six Feet Off the Ground
     Wed 10/01 @ Club Fox
Los Straitjackets, Cry For a Beatle
      Fri 10/03 @ Moe's Alley
      Sat 1004 @ The Ivy Room
Cash Box Kings, Oscar's Motel
     Thu 10/02 @ Biscuits & Blues
Derek Irving & His Combo, Combo Boogie
Mitch Woods, Shakin' the Shack
     Sat 10/04 @ Monroe Hall
     Sun 10/05 @ Sweetwater Music Hall

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass: Oct. 3-5

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Remember I Was a Dancer
Marc Ribot, Sometime Jailhouse Blues
Corey Harris, Chicken Man
Maria Muldaur, Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets, Half a Boy and Half a Man (live)
Steve Earle, Rex's Blues / Ft. Worth Blues (live)
     Wed 10/01 @ Presidio Theatre
     Thu 10/02 @ Nob Hill Masonic

Mark Hummel, City Livin' (live)
     Thu 10/02 @ Canyons BBQ
     Fri 10/03 @ The Saloon
     Sun 10/05 @ Lucca Bar & Grill
Koko Taylor, What Came First the Egg or the Hen
Koko Taylor, Insane Asylum
C.J. Chenier, My Baby Don't Wear No Shoes
C.J. Chenier, Riding with Uncle Cleveland

Playlist: September 21, 2025

Leonard Cohen, Who By Fire
Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues, Serenade (live)
     Fri 9/26 @ The Back Room
Roy Rogers, For the Children (live)
     Fri 9/26 @ Rancho Nicasio

Monterey Jazz Festival: Sept. 26-28

Marcus Shelby Orchestra, Black Ball Swing (Kansas City)
Delfeayo Marsalis & The Uptown Jazz Orchestra, Sidewalk Sizzle
Trombone Shorty, Way Downtown
Mr. Sipp, When the Saints Go Marching In (live)
Dianne Reeves, Don't Play With My Mind Blues (live)
Davina and the Vagabonds, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Gunhild Carling, I'll Wait For You in San Francisco

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong, Autumn in New York
Chet Baker, Autumn Leaves
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman, Autumn Serenade
The Kinks, Autumn Almanac
Iron & Wine, Autumn Town Leaves
The Neighborhood, Sweater Weather
Yo La Tengo, Autumn Sweater
Serge Gainsbourg, La Chanson de Prévert
Fiona Apple, Pale September
Neil Young, Harvest Moon
The Band, King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

Playlist: September 14, 2025

Sly & The Family Stone, Thank You (Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Big Star, Thank You Friends
Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue, End of the World
Junior Watson, Flappin'
     Wed 9/17 @ Yoshi's
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, It's All Over Now
     Tue 9/16 @ Yoshi's
Jon Cleary, Fessa Longhair Boogaloo
     Sun 9/14 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
John Brothers Piano Company, South American Fantasy
     Sun 9/14 @ Flower Piano Lounge
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong)
     Sat 9/20 @ Flower Piano Lounge
The Cottontails, Them There Eyes
     Thu 9/18 @ Flower Piano Garden of Fragrance
Cosmo Alleycats, I Guess It's Just the Mood I'm In
     Wed 9/17 @ Bissap Baobab
     Thu 9/18 @ Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio
     Fri 9/19 @ Local Edition

Ron Carter, All Blues
     Wed-Sat 9/17-20 @ SFJazz Center
SFJazz Collective, October in San Francisco
     Tue 9/16 @ SFJazz Center
Pon Pon Chen, Them There Eyes (live)
     Sat 9/20 @ Biscuits & Blues
     Sun 9/21 @ Union Square
Ruthie Foster, Six Mile Water
     Wed 9/17 @ The Freight
     Thu 9/18 @ Moe's Alley
The Gold Souls, Callin' You (On the Phone)
     Sat 9/20 @ Degrees Plato
North Mississippi Allstars, Pray for Peace
     Fri 9/19 @ The Independent
     Sat 9/20 @ Felton Music Hall
Aki Kumar, A Plea to Be Free
     Fri 9/19 @ Asian Art Museum
     Sat 9/20 @ The Sound Room
B.B. King, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
B.B. King, The Thrill Is Gone (live)
B.B. King, How Blue Can You Get (live)
B.B. King, Let's Do the Boogie

Playlist: September 7, 2025

Mavis Staples, Beautiful Strangers
     from the forthcoming album Sad and Beautiful World
Fantastic Negrito, Everything Went Wrong (in-studio)
     Sat 9/13 @ Blue Note Napa
Aki Kumar, Hindi Man Blues (in-studio)
     Wed 9/10 @ Empress Marquee Club
HowellDevine, Sadie (in-studio)
     Fri 9/12 @ The Ivy Room
Mark Hummel, Stop Now Baby (in-studio)
     Wed 9/10 @ Keys Jazz Bistro
John Brothers Piano Company, Daffy Duckin' (in-studio)
     Sun 9/14 @ Flower Pianos
Hernandez Hideaway, Take Me to Your Leader (in-studio)
Thee Snake Charmers, Mr. Lobster (in-studio)
     Fri 9/12 @ Hotel Utah Saloon
Junk Parlor, Dance With Me Bela Lugosi (in-studio)
     Sat 9/13 @ The Riptide
The Lucky Losers, What Is Success (in-studio)
     Thu 9/11 @ The Saloon
Tiffany Austin, 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do (in-studio)
     Sat 9/13 @ SFJazz Center

The Tempos, See You in September
Johnnie Taylor, It's September
Barry White, September (When I First Met You)
Earth Wind & Fire, September
Carole King, It Might As Well Rain Until September
Sarah Vaughan, September Song
Rosanne Cash, September When It Comes (feat. Johnny Cash)
Buffy Sainte Marie, Sweet September Morning
Kim Nalley, September in the Rain
My Morning Jacket, Old September Blues
Moe., September
Green Day, Wake Me Up When September Ends
The Bangles, September Gurls

Playlist: August 31, 2025

Billy Joel, Piano Man
Fantastic Negrito, California Loner
     Sat 9/06 @ Levi's Plaza
Piper & The Hard Times, Cowboy Gucci
     Fri 9/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
The Record Company, I'm Working
     Thu 9/04 @ Guild Theatre
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, One More Night
Deanna Bogart, I'll Be Damned If I Get Old (live)
     Sun 9/07 @ Rancho Nicasio
Postmodern Jukebox, Mad World
     Wed 9/03 @ The Mountain Winery
     Thu 9/04 @ Gallo Center for the Arts
     Fri 9/05 @ Uptown Theatre
Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles, Lead Ya (live)
     Thu-Fri 9/04-05 @ SFJazz Center
Blind Boys of Alabama, Spirit in the Sky (live)
     Sat-Sun @ SFJazz Center
Junk Parlor, Only Survival
     Sat 9/06 @ Fireside Lounge
Greg Keelor, Heaven

Bob Dylan, Workingman's Blues #2
Valerie June, Workin' Woman Blues
The Gold Souls, Worker’s Lullaby
Merle Haggard, Workingman’s Blues
Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Working Man
Tom Waits, I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)
Cowboy Junkies, Working On A Building
Fruteland Jackson, Blues 2.0
Watermelon Slim & The Workers, Hard Labor
The Isley Brothers, Work To Do
Jimmy Reed, Big Boss Man
B.B. King, Paying the Cost to Be the Boss
Elvin Bishop, Don't Let the Bossman Get You Down
Huey Lewis & The News, Workin’ for a Livin’
Thelonious Monk, Nice Work If You Can Get It 

 

Playlist: August 24, 2025

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The Beatles, Free As A Bird (2025 Mix)
    from the forthcoming box set Anthology 4
The Beatles, Now and Then

Special in-studio guest: Roy Blumenfeld (The Blues Project)

     Wed 8/27 @ Club Fox
     Thu 8/28 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
     Fri 8/29 @ Jerry Knight's River Theater
     Sat 8/30 @ The Back Room

The Blues Project, Remedy (live)
The Blues Project, All Over the Map (live)
The Blues Project, Peru
The Blues Project, No Time Like the Right Time
The Blues Project, I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes (live)
The Blues Project, Wake Me Shake Me (live)
     from the new album The Blues Project / Live 2025

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Handle With Care (live)
Aki Kumar, Desi Strut
D.K. Harrell, Talkin' Heavy
     Sat 8/30 @ Poor House Bistro: Little Village's Big Easy Block Party
The Joint Chiefs, The Ballad of Johnny B. Goode
     Fri 8/29 @ Poor House Bistro
Sue Foley, Last Kind Words Blues
     Wed 8/27 @ Hopmonk Novato
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Electricity
     Fri 8/29 @ The Chapel
John Lee Hooker, I Hate the Day I Was Born
Wynona Carr, Should I Ever Love Again?
Wynona Carr, Nursery Rhyme Rock
Wynonie Harris, Grandma Plays the Numbers

Playlist: August 17, 2025

Spin Doctors, About a Train (live)
Blues Travelers, Hook
     Tue 8/19 @ The Mountain Winery
The Budos Band, Thrice Crowned
     Fri 8/22 @ The Catalyst
     Sat 8/23 @ Regency Ballroom
     Sun 8/24 @ Ace of Spades
Ben Harper, Before the Rain Dried
     Sat 8/23 @ Fox Theatre
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Freight Train (Let Me Ride)
     Fri 8/22 @ Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
     Sun 8/24 @ Moe's Alley
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, That's How the Story Goes
     Fri 8/22 @ Biscuits & Blues
Earl Thomas, Goodbye
     Sat 8/23 @ Biscuits & Blues
Lester Chambers & The Mud Stompers, I Got the Blues
     Fri 8/22 @ Sweetwater Music Hall
The Lucky Losers, Finish What You Started
     Sat 8/23 @ Poor House Bistro
     Sun 8/24 @ Brewster Beer Garden
Raul Midón, Bottom Cycle Blues
     Mon 8/18 @ Kuumbwa Jazz
     Thu 8/21 @ Yoshi's
Sean & The Skinwalkers, Big Sur Boogie
     Fri 8/22 @ Fireside Lounge

Otis Redding, Stay in School
Brenda Holloway, Play It Cool, Stay in School
James Brown, Don't Be a Dropout
Otis Rush, Homework
Chuck Berry, Lonely School Days
AC/DC, School Days
Brownsville Station, Smokin' in the Boys Room
The Ramones, Rock 'n Roll High School
The Kinks, Education
Bob Dylan, Straight A's in Love
Nat King Cole Trio, You Don't Learn That in School

Oscar Peterson, Greasy Blues (For Count Basie)
Colin James & The Little Big Band, Jumpin' From Six to Six
Colin James, Crystal Ball
Colin James, Hidden Charms

Playlist: August 10, 2025

Taj Mahal, The Celebrated Walkin' Blues
     Thu-Sun 8/14-17 @ SFJazz Center
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo', Rough Time Blues
     from the new album Room on the Porch
Keb' Mo', Taking Me Higher
      Sun 8/17 @ Uptown Theatre
Buddy Guy, Blues On Top
     from the new album Ain't Done With the Blues
     Tue 8/12 @ The Mountain Winery
     Wed 8/13 @ Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center
The Lucky Losers, A Winning Hand
     Wed 8/13 @ Club Fox
     Thu 8/14 @ The Saloon

Cotati Accordion Festival: August 16-17

Hernandez Hideaway, Take Me To Your Leader
5 Cent Coffee, Ferryman
Jet Black Pearl, Waltzheimer
Junk Parlor, Ring My Bell

Beso Negro, Down to the Water
Soul Ska, Rude Girl
     Sun 8/17 @ Rancho Nicasio

Special in-studio guest: Ira Strolovitch

"Weird Al" Yankovic, Amish Paradise
Weezer, Africa
Two Door Cinema Club, What You Know
Christina Perri, A Thousand Years
The Kiffness, Ha Hee
The Kiffness, I Go Meow
OneRepublic, Counting Stars
The Beatles, Octopus's Garden
Men At Work, Down Under
Toto, Rosanna
Barenaked Ladies, Lovin' Life (acoustic)
The Chainsmokers & Coldplay, Something Just Like This

Playlist: August 3, 2025

Tom Lehrer, New Math
Tom Lehrer, (I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica
The Snake Charmers, I Was Just Not That Into You
     Fri 8/08 @ Rudi's
Reverend Beat-Man, Jesus Christ Twist
    Fri 8/08 @ Bottom of the Hill
Junk Parlor, Furs of Marilyn
     Sun 8/03 @ Madrone Art Bar
Big Blu Soul Revue, Give It Up!
     Thu 8/07 @ Moraga Summer Concert Series
     Fri 8/08 @ Point Richmond Music Summer Concert
Mitch Woods, Broke
     Thu 8/07 @ San Mateo Central Park
Dennis Johnson, Please Don't Go
     Sat 8/09 @ San Anselmo Concert Series
Sean Hayes, Magic Slim
     Thu 8/07 @ Redwood Grove Amphitheatre
     Sun 8/10 @ Gravenstein Apple Fair
Harvey Mandel, Eye of the Snake
     Sat 8/09 @ Biscuits & Blues
     from the new album Snake Walk
Kid Andersen, The Civilized Life
Lisa "Little Baby" Andersen, I Miss You
     Wed 8/06 @ Empress Marquee Club

San Jose Jazz Summerfest: August 8-10

Mavis Staples, Godspeed
Mavis Staples, Down In Mississippi (live)
Marina Crouse, Any Way the Wind Blows
Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra, You're Somebody Else's Baby Too
Terry Hanck, Come Back Baby
     from the new album Grease to Gravy
Bywater Call, Colours
John Pizzarelli, Oklahoma Suite
Preservation Brass, Carnival Medley
All Things Swamp, Blues For Ben

Buddy Guy, Swamp Poker
     from the new album Ain't Done With the Blues
Buddy Guy, Hello San Francisco

Playlist: July 27, 2025

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Tedeschi Trucks Band, Bird on A Wire (live)
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Leavin' Trunk (live)
     Tue 8/12 @ The Greek Theatre
Mark Hummel w/ Junior Watson, Double Trouble
Mark Hummel w/ Anson Funderburgh, Dim Lights
     Sun 7/27 @ SFJazz Center
Lady Bianca, Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Stayed on Jesus
     Wed 7/30 @ Empress Marquee Club
Tab Benoit, The Ghost of Gatemouth Brown (live)
     Wed 7/30 @ The Guild Theatre
     Thu 7/31 @ Uptown Theatre
Mindi Abair, She Don't Cry No More (feat. Fantastic Negrito)
     Fri-Sat 8/01-02 @ Blue Note Napa
The Taxpayers, At War With the Dogcatchers
     Wed 7/30 @ Bottom of the Hill
Dirty Cello, Off to Iceland
     Wed 7/30 @ Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
     Thu 7/31 @ Moraga Commons Park
     Fri 8/01 @ Benicia Historical Museum
     Sat 8/02 @ Napa Free Folk Festival
     Sun 8/03 @ Brisbane Community Park

Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings, Ever Since I Lost You (live)
Roy Rogers, Love Is History
Roy Rogers, She's A Real Jaguar (in-studio)
John Lee Hooker, Backstabbers
Roy Rogers, Down Home Girl (in-studio)
Roy Rogers, Into the Wild Blue

Mike Bloomfield, Mood Indigo
Buddy Guy, Blues Chase the Blues Away
     from the forthcoming album Ain't Done With the Blues
Buddy Guy, The Way You Been Treatin' Me
Mike Bloomfield, I'm Glad I'm Jewish (live)
Rolling Stones, Just Your Fool

Playlist: July 13, 2025

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Charlie Musselwhite, Storm Warning
     from the new album Look Out Highway
Charlie Musselwhite, As the Crow Flies (live)
     Fri 7/25 @ Hopmonk Novato
     Sat 7/26 @ Guild Theatre
North Mississippi Allstars, Poor Boy
     Wed 7/23 @ Hopmonk Novato
Charlie Hunter, Girl You Need a Change of Mind (live)
     Fri 7/25 @ Hopmonk Novato
Paul Steward, Goin' to the Club
     Tue 7/15 @ Biscuits & Blues
G. Love & Special Sauce, Sunny Side of Money
     Sun 7/27 @ The Masonic
Paul Thorn, Old Melodies
     Wed 7/23 @ Felton Music Hall
     Fri 7/25 @ Crest Theatre
     Sat 7/26 Rancho Nicasio
Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gillmore, We're Still Here
     Sun 7/20 @ Rancho Nicasio
     Tue 7/22 @ Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Big Blu Soul Revue, E-Walkin'
     Thu 7/18 @ Starry Nights in Brentwood
     Fri 7/19 @ San Bruno Community Day
     Sun 7/27 @ Gilroy Garlic Festival
George Lewis, Ice Cream

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Baseball Canto
Bob Dylan, Catfish
Teddy Brannon Orchestra, Don Newcombe Really Throws That Ball
Brownie McGhee, Robbie Doby Boogie
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
Little Milton, Feel So Bad (Like a Ballgame on a Rainy Day)
Willie Dixon Allstars feat. McKinley Mitchell, All-Star Boogie
Willie Dixon Allstars feat. McKinley Mitchell, The Last Home Run
Tengo Suerte, The Montreal Expos, Pt.1
Marc Gélinas, Les Expos Sont Là
Annakin Slayd, Remember (A Tribute to the Montreal Expos)

Playlist: June 29, 2025

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The Beatles, Can't Buy Me Love
Tesla, Down Fo' Boogie (live)
     Wed 7/02 @ Alameda County Fairgrounds
Sugaray Rayford, Ain't That a Man
     Fri 7/04 @ Milpitas Sports Center
Steve Lucky & the Rhumba Bums, The Hollywood Jump
     Fri 7/04 @ Local Edition
Brad Wilson, Goin' Home
     Fri 7/04 @ Biscuits & Blues
Tia Carroll, Why Am I Treated So Bad
     Sat 7/05 @ Biscuits & Blues
Delta Wires, Take Your Hand Out of My Pocket/Pontiac Blues (live)
     Sat 7/05 @ The Saloon
Elvin Bishop's Big Fun Trio, 100 Years of the Blues
     Sun 7/06 @ Rancho Nicasio
Charlie Musselwhite, Look Out Highway
     from the new album Look Out Highway
John Primer, Born in Mississippi
     from the new album Grown in Mississippi
Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 40 Acres (How Long)
     from the new album Young Ways

The Guess Who, American Woman
Jim Cuddy, We Used to Be the Best of Friends
Blue Rodeo, Stealin' All My Dreams
Leonard Cohen, Democracy (live)
Gordon Sinclair, The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)
Tim Hicks, Stronger Beer
Mike Plume Band, Big American Headliner
Tom Green, I'm a Canadian
Barenaked Ladies, Brian Wilson
Tragically Hip, Last American Exit
Broken Social Scene, Canada vs. America
The Travellers, This Land Is Your Land