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Crossroads Top 40 Albums For February 2017

KMUW | By Chris Heim
Published March 1, 2017 at 9:00 AM CST
  1. Rolling Stones – Blue and Lonesome (Interscope)

  1. Raphael Wressnig/Igor Prado – The Soul Connection (ZYX)

  1. Nancy Wright – Playdate! (Vizztone)

  1. Wee Willie Walker & the Greaseland All Stars – Live! (Little Village Foundation)

  1. Big Head Blues Club – Way Down Inside (Big Records)

  1. Ronnie Baker Brooks – Times Have Changed (Provogue)

  1. John Mayall – Talk About That (Forty Below)

  1. Trudy Lynn – I’ll Sing the Blues for You (Connor Ray)

  1. Mississippi Heat – Cab Driving Man (Delmark)

  1. Billy Seward – South Shore (WFS Music)

  1. Popa Chubby – The Catfish (Popa Chubby Productions)

  1. Robert Randolph & the Family Band – Got Soul (Sony Masterworks)

  1. Otis Taylor – Fantasizing About Being Black (Trance Blues)

  1. Elvin Bishop – Big Fun Trio (Alligator)

  1. John Latini – The Blues Just Makes Me Feel Good (Smokin’ Sled Dog)

  1. Mitch Kashmar – West Coast Toast (Delta Groove)

  1. Jack Mack & the Heart Attack Horns – Back to the Shack (Free Roll)

  1. Sharon Lewis & Texas Fire – Grown Ass Woman (Delmark)

  1. Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials – The Big Sound of… (Alligator)

  1. Hard Swimmin’ Fish – True Believer (Hard Swimmin’ Fish)

  1. Levee Town – Takin’ & Givin’ (Levee Town)

  1. Lee Fields & the Expressions – Special Night (Big Crown)

  1. Joey Gilmore Band – Respect the Blues (Mosher St. Records)

  1. Lisa Biales – The Beat of My Heart (Big Soul Music)

  1. Lurrie Bell – Can’t Shake This Feeling (Delmark)

  1. Rory Block – Keepin’ Outta Trouble (Stony Plain)

  1. Sugar Ray and the Bluetones – Seeing Is Believing (Severn)

  1. Matthew Skoller – Blues Immigrant (Tongue ‘n’ Groove)

  1. Vaneese Thomas – The Long Journey Home (Segue)

  1. Liz Mandeville – The Stars Motel (Blue Kitty Music)

  1. Kenny Neal – Bloodline (Cleopatra Blues)

  1. Bobby Blue Bland – The Singles Collection 1951-1962 (Acrobat)

  1. Mike Zito – Make Blues Not War (Ruf)

  1. The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Strong Like That (Severn)

  1. David Bromberg Band – The Blues, The Whole Blues and Nothing But the Blues (Red House)

  1. Bobby Rush – Porcupine Meat (Rounder)

  1. JW-Jones – High Temperature (Solid Blues)

  1. Knickerbocker All Stars – Texas Rhody Blues (JP Cadillac)

  1. Al Basile – Mid-Century Modern (SweetSpot)

  1. Biscuit Miller – Wishbone (Bluebass Music)
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Chris Heim
Chris Heim produces and hosts Global Village, a nationally and internationally distributed world music show; the nightly jazz show Night Train, and Crossroads, KMUW’s twice-weekly blues and R&B show. Chris is also a critic and freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Utne, Global Rhythm, Dirty Linen, and Option, among others.
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