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KIOS BLUES CHART: NOVEMBER 2014

Artist / CD Title / Record Label

1.ERIC BIBB / BLUES PEOPLE / STONY PLAIN
2.Billy Boy Arnold / The Blues Soul Of.../ Stony Plain
3.Sean Costello / In The Magic Shop / Vizztone
4.Lisa Mills / I'm Changing / Mills Bluz Records
5.Marcia Ball / The Tattooed Lady And The Alligator Man / Alligator
6.Steve Krase / Buckle Up / Connor Ray
7.Magnus Berg / Cut Me Loose / Screen Door
8.Bruce Katz Band / Homecoming / American Showplace
9.Ed Palermo Big Band / Electric Butter / Self Release
10.JW-Jones / Belmont Boulevard / Blind Pig
11.Mississippi Heat / Warning Shot / Delmark
11.Altered Five Blues Band / Cryin' Mercy / OmniVibe
12.Duke Robillard Band / Calling All Blues / Stony Plain
13.Rory Block / Hard Luck Child / Stony Plain
14.Linsey Alexander / Come Back Baby / Delmark
15.Liz Mandeville / Heart O Chicago / Blue Kitty
16.Otis Clay & Johnny Rawls / Soul Brothers / Catfood
17.Jimmy Thackery / Extra Jimmies / Blind Pig
18.Ingrid Gerdes / High Priestess / Self Release
19.Howard Glazer / Looking In The Mirror / Lazy Bros.
20.HowellDevine / Modern Sounds Of Ancient Juju / Arhoolie
21.S.E. Willis / Turtle Dove Bounce / Mr.Suchensuch
21.Eddy Clearwater / Soul Funky / ClearTone
22.Magic Slim & The Teardrops / Pure Magic / Wolf
23.Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers / Love Whip Blues / Vizztone
24.Nathan James / Natural Born That Way / Sacred Cat
25.Empire Roots Band / Music From Harlem Street Singer / Acoustic Sessions

This list was submitted to Living Blues Magazine for inclusion in the monthly
blues chart for December 1, 2014

Mike Jacobs
Music Director

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.