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Crossroads Top 40 Albums For October 2016

KMUW | By Chris Heim
Published November 3, 2016 at 12:07 PM CDT

  1. Duke Robillard – Full Circle (Stony Plain)

 

  1. Nancy Wright – Playdate! (Vizztone)

 

  1. Dennis Gruenling – Ready or Not (Vizztone)

 

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

 

  1. Bobby Rush – Porcupine Meat (Rounder)

 

  1. Sam Cooke – The Complete Solo Singles (Acrobat)

 

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

 

  1. Kenny Neal – Bloodline (Cleopatra Blues)

 

  1. Nick Moss – From the Root to the Fruit (Blue Bella)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

  1. Joanna Connor – Six String Stories (MC Records)

 

  1. Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters – Maxwell Street (Stony Plain)

 

  1. Melissa Etheridge – Memphis Rock and Soul (Stax)

 

  1. Barrelhouse Chuck – Remembering the Masters (The Sirens)

 

  1. The Lucky Losers – In Any Town (Dirty Cat)

 

  1. Mike Wheeler – Turn It Up!! (Delmark)

 

  1. The Soul of John Black – Early in the Moanin’ (Cadabra)

 

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

 

  1. Albert Castiglia – Big Dog (Ruf)

 

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

 

  1. Omar Coleman – Live! At Rosa’s Lounge (Delmark)

 

  1. Mike Wheeler Band – Turn Up! (Delmark)

 

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

 

  1. Terry Hanck Band – From Roadhouse to Your House Live!  (Vizztone)

 

  1. Katy Guillen & the Girls – Heavy Days (Vizztone)

 

  1. Erwin Helfer – Last Call (The Sirens)

 

  1. John Lee Hooker – The Modern, Chess & Veejay Singles Collection 1949-62 (Acrobat)

 

  1. Seth Walker – Gotta Get Back (Royal Potato Family)

 

  1. Eric Lindell – Matters of the Heart (Red Parlor)

 

  1. Madeleine Peyroux – Secular Hymns (Impulse)

 

  1. Mighty Sam McClain – Time and Change (KKV)

 

  1. Bo Diddley – The Bo Diddley Collection 1952-1962 (Acrobat)

 

  1. Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne – Jumpin’ & Boppin’ (Stony Plain)

 

  1. Little Walter – The Complete Checker Singles As & Bs 1952-1960 (Acrobat)

 

  1. Macy Gray – Stripped (Chesky)

 

  1. Tweed Funk – Come Together (Tweed Tone)

 

  1. March Fourth – Magic Number (March Fourth)

 

  1. The Meters – A Message from the Meters (Real Gone Music/Rhino)
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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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