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Keef Turns 73 (!) & Other Blues Birthdays

December 16/18

Crossroads celebrates a constellation of blues birthdays around this weekend, foremost being that of Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. We’ll feature a number of tracks from the new Stones’ blues album, Blue and Lonesome, and have a Keef special in hour two. Birthday blues men also include Sugar Blue, Rod Piazza, Lonnie Brooks, Robben Ford and Billy Gibbons (from ZZ Top).

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.