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KIOS BLUES CHART: MARCH 2016

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.TORONZO CANNON / THE CHICAGO WAY / ALLIGATOR

2.THE JAMES HUNTER SIX / HOLD ON! / DAP TONE

3.JOHNNY RAWLS / TIGER IN A CAGE / CATFOOD

4.JEFF CHAZ / SOUNDS LIKE THE BLUES TO ME / SELF

5.JON SPEAR BAND / LIVE MUSIC IS BETTER / SELF

6.JEFF HEALEY / HEAL MY SOUL / PROVOGUE

7.JANIVA MAGNESS / LOVE WINS AGAIN / BLUE ELAN

8.GOLDEN STATE LONE STAR BLUES REVUE / ELECTRO FI

9.GUY KING / TRUTH / DELMARK

10.COREY DENNISON BAND / DELMARK

11.GEORGE STEPHENS KELLY / THE POWER, THE GLORY & THE MONKEY TIME / ACE SLEEVE

12.KEITH STONE / THE PRODICAL RETURNS / SELF

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

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

15.JOE BONAMASSA / BLUES OF DESPERATION / J&R ADVENTURES

16.TOMMY Z / BLIZZARD OF BLUES / SOUTH OF BLOSSOM

17.BOB MARGOLIN / MY ROAD / STEADY ROLLIN'

18.VAL STARR & THE BLUES ROCKET / WOMAN ON A MISSION / SANDWICH FACTORY

19.SHARI PUORTO / MY OBSESSION / SELF

20.BLIND LEMON PLEDGE / PLEDGE DRIVE / OFEH RECORDS

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

22.STEVE GILBERT / HEMPSTEAD HIGHWAY / H TONE

23.TIM WILLIAMS / SO LOW / LOUDEN PROUD

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

25.MARK CAMERON / PLAYING ROUGH / COP RECORDS

26.MAGIC SAM BLUES BAND / BLACK MAGIC / DELMARK

27.KING LOUIE & LARHONDA STEELE / ROCK ME BABY / SHOUG

28.MICHAEL DOUCET & TOM RIGNEY / CAJUN FANDANGO / PARHELION

29.THE BROTHERS BROWN / DUSTY ROAD / FUNKY JOINT RECORDS

30.JOHN D'AMATO / BORN BLUE: THE SUN SESSIONS / TRU BLUE

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

National Blues Chart for April  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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