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New Month/New Music Time - Best New Blues Releases

September 2/4

It’s “New Month/New Music” time as Crossroads teams up with Global Village and Strange Currency at the beginning of every month to highlight the best in new blues releases. Among the highlights:

The first new album from the Fabulous Thunderbirds in three years

The last album from soul singer Mighty Sam McClain

Early music from late bluesman Michael Burks

The return of Rufus Thomas’s daughter Vaneese Thomas

New Chicago blues releases featuring Erwin Helfer, Barrelhouse Chuck, and Chicago Gospel Keyboard Masters

A surprising new project from Macy Gray

And the latest from Kenny Neal, Grady Champion, Al Basile, and more.

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.