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Content from KIOS staff relating to jazz, blues, and all kinds of music.

KIOS BLUES CHART: DECEMBER 2015

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL
1.TRUDY LYNN / / EVERYTHING COMES WITH A PRICE / CONNOR RAY

2.SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS / IT'S A HOLIDAY SOUL PARTY / DAPTONE
3.TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS/ METHOD TO MY MADNESS / ALLIGATOR
4.BUDDY GUY / BORN TO PLAY GUITAR / RCA
5.CHRIS BEARD / EYE OF THE WITCH / DESTIN RECORDS
6.KAREN LOVELY / TEN MILES OF BAD ROAD / SELF
7.HARMONICA SHAH / IF YOU LIVE TO GET OLD, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND / ELECTRO FI
8.LARA PRICE / I MEAN BUSINESS / VIZZTONE
9.RANDY McALLISTER / GRISTLE TO GOLD / REACTION
10.ERIC BIBB & JJ MILTEAU / LEAD BELLY'S GOLD / STONY PLAIN
11.STEVE HOWELL & THE MIGHTY MEN / FRIEND LIKE ME / OUT OF THE PAST
12.WILLIE MAY / BLUES MONA / SELF
13.MIKE ZITO & THE WHEEL / KEEP COMING BACK / RUF
14.WALTER TROUT / BATTLE SCARS / PROVOGUE
15.THE KNICKERBOCKER ALL-STARS / GO BACK HOME TO THE BLUES / JP CADILLAC
16.WALKIN' CANE MARK / TRYIN' TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND / ENABLE RECORDS
17.MICKE BJORKLOF & BLUE STRIP / AIN'T BAD YET / HOKAHEY!
18.LAURA RAIN & THE CEASARS / GOLD / LRC
19.HURRICAN RUTH LEMASTER / WINDS OF CHANGE / SELF
20.SHEMEKIA COPELAND / OUTSKIRTS OF LOVE / ALLIGATOR
21.CHRIS O'LEARY / GONNA DIE TRYIN' / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE
22.DEB CALLAHAN / SWEET SOUL / SELF
23.TIM WILLIAMS / SO LOW / LOWDEN PROUD
24.ANTHONY GERACI & THE BOSTON BLUES ALL-STARS / FIFTY SHADES OF BLUE / DELTA GROOVE
25.GEORGIE BONDS / HIT IT HARD / ROADHOUSE
26.JOE LOUIS WALKER / EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE / PROVOGUE
27.JOSH SMITH / OVER YOUR HEAD / CROSSCUT
28.JIMMY BURNS / IT AIN'T RIGHT / DELMARK
29.DAVE WELD & THE IMPERIAL FLAMES / SLIP INTO A DREAM / DELMARK
30.THE REV. SHAWN AMOS / LOVES YOU / PUT TOGETHER
31.VARIOUS ARTISTS / CLASSIC CHICAGO BLUES: LIVE AND UNRELEASED / WOLF
32.ZORA YOUNG WITH LITTLE MIKE & THE TORNADOES / FRIDAY NIGHT / ELROB
33.THE RAGPICKER STRING BAND / YELLOW DOG RECORDS
34.JOHN DEL TORO RICHARDSON / TENGO BLUES / BEAR IN THE CHAIR
35.VARIOUS ARTISTS / A BLUE E'LAN CHRISTMAS / BLUE E'LAN
This list was submitted to Living Blues Magazine for inclusion in the
National Blues Chart for January 1, 2016
 

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.