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KIOS BLUES CHART: OCTOBER 2016

ARTIST / CD TITLE / RECORD LABEL

1.FIONA BOYES / PROFESSIN' THE BLUES / REFERENCE RECORDINGS

2.GINA SICILIA / SUNSET AVENUE / BLUE ELAN

3.JIMMY THACKERY & THE DRIVERS / SPARE KEYS / WHITE RIVER

4.SUGAR RAY & THE BLUETONES / SEEING IS BELIEVING / SEVERN

5.NANCY WRIGHT / PLAY DATE! / DIRECT HIT

6.MITCH KASHMAR / WEST COAST TOAST / DELTA GROOVE

7.HARPDOG BROWN / TRAVELIN WITH THE BLUES / DOG BREATH

8.TERESA JAMES & THE RHYTHM TRAMPS / BONAFIDE / JESI-LU

9.BIG HEAD BLUES CLUB / WAY DOWN INSIDE / BIG RECORDS

10.DEB RYDER / GRIT GREASE AND TEARS / BEJEB

11.BOBBY RUSH / PORCUPINE MEAT / ROUNDER

12.DUKE ROBILLARD / BLUES FULL CIRCLE / STONY PLAIN

13.AL BASILE / MID CENTURY MODERN / SWEETSPOT

14.MELISSA ETHERIDGE / MEMPHIS ROCK AND SOUL / STAX-CONCORD

15.VARIOUS ARTISTS / THE MUSICAL MOJO OF DR. JOHN / CONCORD

16.LIL ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS / THE BIG SOUND OF / ALLIGATOR

17.RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS / MAXWELL STREET / STONY PLAIN

18.BRUCE KATZ / OUT FROM THE CENTER / AMERICAN SHOWPLACE

19.JOANNA CONNOR / SIX STRING STORIES / MC

20.LIZ MANDEVILLE / THE STARS MOTEL / BLUE KITTY

21.THE McKEE BROTHERS / ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN / SELF RELEASE

22.ANNIKA CHAMERS / WILD & FIRE / UNDER THE RADAR

23.HARD SWIMMIN FISH / TRUE BELIEVER / SELF RELEASE

24.VANEESE THOMAS / THE LONG JOURNEY HOME / SEGUE

25.KENNY NEAL / BLOODLINE / CLEOPATRA

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

National Blues Chart for November  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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