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Fog City Blues The weekly radio digest of Blues in the Bay Area and beyond, with your host Devon Strolovitch. Satu

A radio program, at least the kind I'd like to host, needs to tell a story. Even when the show is made up of a set of self-contained stories -- the songs on a playlist, say -- I want there to be a story arc with a sort of narrative progression through the at least some portion of that playlist. But does a sequence of songs from blues artists with upcoming Bay Area shows create a compelling enough

story? How can that sequence be punctuated with other music that both flows and keeps listeners (pleasantly) surprised? Fortunately, it's often made easier with the help of talented musicians from near and far who join me on the program. They tell the story and make the connections in real time, either through their own music or through a guest-deejay set of inspired tracks. But in either case the goal remains: to craft a sequence of music that's greater than the sum of its parts, while making sure each of those parts is illuminating and inspired. In another setting, each show would be a mix-tape designed to woo. And I do hope that Fog City Blues woos -- and surprises -- someone new each week.

20/01/2025

MLK Day, and nothing more: http://fogcityblues.blogspot.com/2025/01/playlist-january-19-2025.html

Click to listen Bob Dylan, It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry (takes 1-3) Bob Dylan, Mr. Tambourine Man (live) Big Bill Morg...

17/01/2025

Plus a preview of next weekend's annual Django Reinhardt Birthday Celebration at The Freight in Berkeley – Sunday 4-6 pm on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/fog-city-blues/2025-01-17/erev-mlk.

Songs in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the eve of MLK Day

15/01/2025

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on this date in 1929, so tune in on the eve of next week's MLK Day holiday for songs in celebration, Sunday 4-6 pm on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & nationwide at kalw.org.

13/01/2025

Mike Blankenship previews his orchestral arrangement of Aretha Franklin's "Until You Come Back to Me" for Saturday's Living Jazz & SFJAZZ: Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as CHIKA DI, Living Jazz ED Lyz Luke, and Dee Dee Simon look on.

Playlist: http://fogcityblues.blogspot.com/2025/01/playlist-january-12-2025.html

12/01/2025

TODAY: Preview next Saturday's Living Jazz & SFJAZZ: Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. feat. the Music of Aretha Franklin with Executive Director Lyz Luke and a cavalcade of Bay Area stars – 4 pm on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at kalw.org.

More info at https://www.livingjazz.org/mlk-tribute

Oakland’s largest civic and cultural event honoring Martin Luther King Jr., returns to the Paramount Theatre for its 21th anniversary.

08/01/2025

ELVIS PRESLEY, born 90 years ago today, is the subject (along with Antonín Dvořák and William Grant Still) of the Roving Philosophical Report for this week's encore episode of Philosophy Talk, "Who Owns Culture?"

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/who-owns-culture

06/01/2025

A belated happy new year.

Click to listen Rev. A.W. Nix, Mind Your Own Business (A New Year's Sermon) Andrew Tibbs with Sax Mallard's Combo, The Holidays Are Over The...

30/12/2024

Best of 2024 and New Year's Eve 2025.

Click to listen The Orioles, What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve Lightnin’ Hopkins, Happy New Year Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dirty Old Man ...

29/12/2024

TODAY: Live NYE blues in the Bay Area (and a bit beyond) plus our Top Ten albums of 2024 – 4 pm on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at https://www.kalw.org/show/fog-city-blues/2023-12-29/what-are-you-doing-new-years-eve.

What's on offer for live New Year's Eve blues, plus a countdown of our Top 10 albums of 2024—Sunday, December 29 at 4 pm.

27/12/2024

Coming up: What *are* you doing New Year's Eve? Find out Sunday 4-6 pm on KALW 91.7 FM San Francisco & online at kalw.org.

Colin James Mitch Woods Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra Big Harp George Fantastic Negrito The California Honeydrops Rick Estrin and The Nightcats

26/12/2024

25/12/2024

ICYMI Christmanukkah music to take you from unwrapping the first gift to lighting the first candle: http://fogcityblues.blogspot.com/2024/12/playlist-december-22-2024.html

23/12/2024

Happy (early) Christmanukkah!

Click to listen Sugar Pie DeSanto, Hello San Francisco Umpeylia Marsema Balinton (1935-2024) Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Mary's Ba...

21/12/2024

R.I.P. Sugar Pie DeSanto

Rhythm & blues singer Sugar Pie DeSanto (b. October 16. 1935) remembers working early in her career with blues impresario Johnny Otis (December 28, 1921 – Ja...

20/12/2024

Tune in a few days before the start of Hanukkah on December 25 (!) as we revisit a conversation with David Katznelson from the The Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation about their 2012 compilation "Twas the Night Before Hanukkah: The Musical Battle Between Christmas and the Festival of Lights" – this Sunday at 11 am on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/fog-city-blues/2022-12-15/twas-the-night-before-hanukkah.

The eternal musical battle between Christmas and the Festival of Lights.

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FCB 250119

Who Owns Culture RPR

ELVIS PRESLEY, born 90 years ago today, is the subject (along with Antonín Dvořák and William Grant Still) of the Roving Philosophical Report for this week's encore episode of Philosophy Talk, "Who Owns Culture?" More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/who-owns-culture @followers

FCB 241229

Coming up: What *are* you doing New Year's Eve? Find out Sunday 4-6 pm on KALW 91.7 FM San Francisco & online at kalw.org. @followers Colin James #RoryBlock Mitch Woods Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra Big Harp George #KidAndersen Fantastic Negrito The California Honeydrops #QuinnDeveaux Rick Estrin and The Nightcats

Happy Christmanukkah

ICYMI Christmanukkah music to take you from unwrapping the first gift to lighting the first candle: http://fogcityblues.blogspot.com/2024/12/playlist-december-22-2024.html

FCB 241222

With Hanukkah starting on December 25, we'll revisit The Idelsohn Society's "'Twas the Night Before Hanukkah: The Musical Battle Between Christmas and the Festival of Lights" – this Sunday 4-6 pm on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at kalw.org. @followers

FCB 241124

Thanksgiving preview this Sunday 4-6 pm on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & nationwide at kalw.org.

FCB 241110

Coming up: On the eve of Veterans Day, songs in honor of the men and women who've served their country – this Sunday 4-6 pm on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & online at kalw.org.

Halloween '024

ICYMI Your Halloween playlist is at http://fogcityblues.blogspot.com/2024/10/playlist-october-27-2024.html.

FCB 241027

Just one week til Halloween . . .

FCB 241020

What do you get for the radio host who's turning 50? This Sunday 4-6 pm on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & kalw.org. @followers

FCB 241013

This week: Music from some of Canada's bluesiest First Nations artists ahead of Indigenous Peoples Day / Canadian Thanksgiving – Sunday 4-6 pm on KALW 91.7 FM in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/fog-city-blues/2024-10-11/indigenous-peoples-day-canadian-thanksgiving @followers

Dionysus 2022 RPR

In honour of what would have been John Lennon's 84th birthday today, we present one of the greatest crossovers between this program and Philosophy Talk: https://vimeo.com/957998367 @followers

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