The Midtown Lounge on 90.1 FM KKFI

09/22/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Al Hill
Jackie Venson
DC Bellamy
Chris Duarte Group
Ally Venable
Magic Slim & The Teardrops
Marcia Ball
Brody Buster
Tad Robinson
J.J. Cale
Larkin Poe
Yates McKendree
Mary Bridget Davies Group
Mike Farris
D.K. Harrell
Big Joe Turner
Bill Haley & His Comets
Fats Domino
ZZ Top

09/14/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

B.B. King
The Selfless Lovers
Alison Joy Williams
Albert King
Lightnin Hopkins
Betty Davis
Andrew Duncanson
Sister Lucille
Tab Benoit
Candice Ivory
Bugs Henderson & The Shuffle Kings
Southern Hospitality
Hill Country R***e
Cotton Candy and so Many Men
Terry Hanck
Kevin Borich Express
Howard Mahan
Stevie Ray Vaughan

09/06/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Big Mama Thornton
Eric Gales
The Reece Murray Band
Ray Charles
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Joe Metzka
STONEY CURTIS BAND
The Hollywood Fats Band
Stranded in the City
MGDs
Julie Bennett Hume
Kirk Fletcher
Ruthie Foster
Tim Knol
Frank Zappa
Andrew Duncanson
The Hatchlings
Altered Five Blues Band
Dean Zucchero

08/30/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Big Joe Turner
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Eddy Clearwater
Freddie King
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Sunnyland Slim
Carey Bell
Ally Venable
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Lonnie Ray Blues Band
Howard Mahan
Billy Ebeling
D.K. Harrell
Jimmie Bratcher
GA-20
John Christopher Morgan
Zydeco Flames
The Jive Turkeys
James Brown

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This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists: Big Joe Turner Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Eddy Clearwater Freddie King Robert Randolph & The Family […]

08/25/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Nina Simone
Buddy Guy
GA-20
William Clarke
Floyd Lee Band
Samantha Fish
The Alexis P Suter Band
Kurt Allen Band
Moby Grape
Allison August
Joey Gilmore
Joe Bonamassa
Jimmy Dawkins
Kyle Culkin
Big Shoes
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Blue Voodoo
Tab Benoit
Mojo Blues Band

08/16/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

The New Mastersounds
Mick Clarke
Scottyboy Daniel Blues Band
Frank Frost
Allison August
Janis Joplin
Wilson Pickett
Steve Marriner
Solomon Burke
Terry Hanck
Sarah And The Tall Boys
Muddy Waters
AC/DC
Brody Buster's One Man Band
Coco Montoya
John Brennan
Corey Harris
Hound Dog Taylor
Otis Redding
Robert Connely Farr
Mike Farris

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists: The New Mastersounds Mick Clarke Scottyboy Daniel Blues Band Frank Frost Allison August Janis Joplin […]

08/10/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Stranded in the City
Susan Tedeschi
Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials
Jesse Dayton
The Red Devils
Elton Noble
The Gospel Echos
Trampled Under Foot
The Matt Woods Band
CW Ayon
Ed Alstrom
Sonny Gullage
Sam Cooke
Ally Venable
Stratcat Willie & the Strays
Anthony Gomes
Give Buzze
P*e Wee Crayton

08/02/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

James Brown
James Harman
The Mystic Number National Bank
Andrew Duncanson
Gary Moore
Buddy Rich
Grand Marquis
Jimi Hendrix
Gary Clark Jr.
Dan Auerbach
Piper and The Hard Times
Albert King
Wailin' Walker
The Black Crowes
Matt "The Rattlesnake" Lesch
Allison August
Stranded in the City
Los Lonely Boys
The Matt Woods Band

07/30/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists:

Jay McShann
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Aretha Franklin
The Boneshakers
Little Hatch
North Mississippi Allstars
Zydeco All-Stars
Tab Benoit
Lee McBee
Allison August
Larkin Poe
Billy Ebeling and the Late for Dinner Band
Koko Taylor
David Ronaldo
Tony Holiday
Popa Chubby
Jennifer Porter
Doyle Bramhall II
The Salty Iguanas
Jimmy Dawkins

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we featured these blues, rock, and soul artists: Jay McShann Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Bobby “Blue” Bland Aretha Franklin The Boneshakers Little Hatch North […]

07/25/2025

From the bottom of my heart—thank you. Because of your incredible support during KKFI’s 2025 Summer Fund Drive, The Midtown Lounge reached its fundraising goal!

Your generosity keeps the music alive—those deep blues, gritty rock, and soul-stirring grooves that define our time together each week. You’re not just listeners; you’re the heartbeat of this show and the reason we keep pushing play.

Here’s to more days in The Midtown Lounge—where the amps hum, the rhythm rolls, and the soul runs deep. Much love!

Host Frank Sereno
The Midtown Lounge on KKFI 90.1 FM

07/21/2025

This week in the Midtown Lounge experience, we participated in the KKFI 2025 Summer Pledge Drive.

Guests included:
Papa Dan Smith
Avid KKFI listener Charles Ernst

Blues, rock and soul artists included:
Kelsey Miles
Roland Allen
Papa Dan Smith
Bon Ton Soul Accordion Band
Mary Bridget Davies Group
Brody Buster
Jimmie Bratcher
Nick Schnebelen

Thank you so much to all who donated to KKFI. Your generous contributions are much appreciated and helped The Midtown Lounge meets its goal! Thank you!

07/17/2025

Yea! It's back! You heard it here first!