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The R&B Years 1949-5, Concert Previews & A Nina Simone Birthday Salute

February 19/21

Crossroads continues the February feature with more hits and rarities from the next four volumes in The R&B Years series, this time covering 1949 through 1952. Plus music from several blues acts with concerts in the coming week, new blues releases (including Trudy Lynn and Ebony Jo-Ann), and a birthday salute to the legendary Nina Simone.

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.