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KIOS BLUES CHART: FEBRUARY 2016

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.JOHNNY RAWLS / TIGER IN A CAGE / CATFOOD

2.TORONZO CANNON / THE CHICAGO WAY / ALLIGATOR

3.R.B STONE / SOME CALL IT FREEDOM  / MIDDLE MOUNTAIN

4.BENNY TURNER / WHEN SHE'S GONE / NOLA BLUE

5.TOMMY Z / BLIZZARD OF BLUES / SOUTH BLOSSOM

6.TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND / LET ME GET BY / FANTASY

7.BOB MARGOLIN / MY ROAD / STEADY ROLLIN'

8.JOYANN PARKER & SWEET TEA / ON THE ROCKS / SELF

9.ANNI PIPER / MORE GUITARS THAN FRIENDS / SUGAR DADDY

10.MAGIC SAM / BLACK MAGIC (REMASTERED) / DELMARK

11.VARIOUS ARTISTS / GOD DON'T NEVER CHANGE / ALLIGATOR

12.KEITH STONE / THE PRODIGAL RETURNS / SELF

13.TIM WILLIAMS / SO LOW / LOUDEN PROUD

14.ROMI MAYES / DEVIL ON BOTH SHOULDERS / SELF

15.GEORGE STEPHENS KELLY / THE POWER, THE GLORY AND THE MONKEY TIME / ACE SLEEVE

16.PETER KARP / THE ARSON'S MATCH / KARPFOLEY

17.JOANNE BROH / WICKED COOL / SELF

18.DENNIS JONES / BOTH SIDES OF THE TRACK / BLUE ROCK

19.RACKY THOMAS / GOIN HOME / SELF

20.JASON VIVONE & THE BILLY BATS / THE AVENUE / SELF

21.BALKUN BROTHERS / BORDERLINE BLUES

22.DAVE MUSKETT'S ACOUSTIC BLUES BAND / LIVE AT THE SLIPPERY NOODLE / MUSKETT

23.KING LOUIE & LARHONDA STEELE / ROCK ME BABY /

24.SUPERSONIC BLUES MACHINE / WEST OF FLUSHING SOUTH OF FRISCO / PROVOGUE

25.RIFF RIDERS / HIT THE ROAD / SELF

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

National Blues Chart for March  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.
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