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KIOS BLUES CHART: AUGUST 2017

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS / GROOVIN' IN GREASELAND / ALLIGATOR

2.WALTER TROUT / WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER / PROVOGUE

3.ALTERED FIVE BLUES BAND / CHARMED & DANGEROUS / BLIND PIG

4.JIM ALLCHIN / DECISIONS / SANDY KEY MUSIC

5.SAVOY BROWN / WITCHY FEELIN' / RUF RECORDS

6.STACY JONES / LOVE IS EVERYWHERE / SELF RELEASE

7.GEORGE THOROGOOD / PARTY ONE / ROUNDER

8.THE NIGHTHAWKS / ALL YOU GOTTA DO / ELLERSOUL

9.THE CASH BOX KINGS / ROYAL MINT / ALLIGATOR

10.JON SPEAR BAND / HOT SAUCE / SELF RELEASE

11.SHERMAN HOLMES PROJECT / THE RICHMOND SESSIONS / MC

12.KAREN LOVELY / FISH OUTTA WATER / SELF RELEASE

13.SCOTT ELLISON / GOOD MORNING MIDNIGHT / RED PARLOR

14.BEN HUNTER & JOE SEAMONS WITH PHIL WIGGINS / A BLACK & TAN BALL / TANTAMOUNT

15.DOUG MacLEOD / BREAK THE CHAIN / REFERENCE

16.DANI WILDE / LIVE AT BRIGHTON ROAD / VIZZTONE

17.SONNY LANDRETH / LIVE IN LAFAYETTE / PROVOGUE

18.SCOTTIE MILLER BAND / STAY ABOVE WATER / SELF RELEASE

19.JOHNNY RAY JONES / FEET BACK IN THE DOOR / MOONDOGG

20.SHANNON McNALLY / BLACK IRISH / COMPASS

21.JIMMIE BRATCHER / THIS IS BLUES COUNTRY / AINT SKEERT TUNES

22.LAURA TATE / LET'S JUST BE REAL / 811

23.ANDY T BAND / DOUBLE STRIKE / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE

24.MICHELE D'AMOUR & THE LOVE DEALERS / LOST NIGHTS AT THE LEOPARD LOUNGE /

      WARRIOR POET

25.JOE BONAMASSA / LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL: ACOUSTIC EVENING / J&R

26.LINSEY ALEXANDER / TWO CATS / DELMARK

27.LEW JETTON & 61 SOUTH / PALESTINE BLUES / COFFEE STREET

28.CATFISH KEITH / MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUES / FISH TAIL

29.KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND / LAY IT ON DOWN / CONCORD

30.HAMILTON LOOMIS / BASICS / HAM-BONE MUSIC

This list was submitted to Living Blues Magazine for inclusion in the

National Blues Chart for September 1, 2017

Mike Jacobs

Music Director / KIOS FM
 

Mike Jacobs has been with KIOS since 1988 while attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mike began his career at KIOS working weekends acting as local host for NPR’s Weekend Edition. He also hosted Morning Edition from 1990-1996. Mike began hosting the weekly blues program “Blues in the Afternoon” in October 1994 and took on the responsibilities of jazz programming and maintaining the music library in 1996. He has held the position of Music Director since 2002. In addition to hosting “Jazz in the Afternoon” on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Mike also helps with assembling music for “Jazz From Studio One” hosted by the advanced radio students at the Omaha Public Schools Career Center. Mike is an Omaha native and graduated from Technical High School in 1984.
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