Crossroads

Fridays at 10pm, Sundays at 7pm

Crossroads is KMUW’s contemporary blues and soul show. Hosted by Chris Heim, the program highlights blues, R&B and soul from the post-war era to the present, from classic recordings to new releases, and from mainstream sounds to a diverse and wide-ranging collection of artists and recordings with roots in the blues and branches in nearly every other musical genre.

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Books
12:07 pm
Thu December 13, 2012

Best Books in Music of 2012 - Chris Heim's Picks

1. When I Left Home: My Story by Buddy Guy (DaCapo Press) The newly named Kennedy Center honoree offered a surprisingly readable look back at his life here, including a vivid account of the tough times he faced at first in Chicago and intriguing portraits of some of the blues legends whose paths he crossed on the way to become one himself.

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Blues
2:07 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Crossroads Best of 2012

  1. Heritage Blues Orchestra - And Still I Rise (Raisin' Music)
  2. Little Feat - Rooster Rag (Rounder)
  3. Curtis Salgado - Soul Shot (Alligator)
  4. Eddie C.
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Blues
11:37 am
Fri December 7, 2012

Top 40 Albums November 2012

1. David Maxwell - Blues in Other Colors (Blue Duchess)
2. Hans Theessink/Terry Evans - Delta Time (Blue Groove)
3. Van Morrison - Born to Sing: No Plan B (Exile/Blue Note)
4. Lee Boys - Testify (Evil Teen)
5. Alvin Lee - Still on the Road to Freedom (Rainman)
6. Chris O'Leary Band - Waiting for the Phone to Ring (Vizztone)
7. Various - ...First Came Memphis Minnie (Stony Plain)
8. The Blues Broads - The Blues Broads (Delta Groove)
9. Mississippi Heat - Delta Bound (Delmark)

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Blues
7:10 am
Mon November 26, 2012

Top 40 Albums October 2012

1. Shemekia Copeland - 33 1/3 (Telarc)
2. Hans Thessink/Terry Evans - Delta Time (Blue Groove)
3. Alvin Lee - Still on the Road to Freedom (Rainman)
4. Various - ...First Came Memphis Minnie (Stony Plain)
5. Marion James - Northside Soul (Ellersoul)
6. Maceo Parker - Soul Classics (Razor & Tie)
7. Raphael Wressnig/ALex Schultz - Soul Gift (ZYW)
8. Little Feat - Rooster Rag (Rounder)
9. Rockin' Johnny Band - Grim Reaper (Delmark)
10. Curtis Salgado - Soul Shot (Alligator)
11. Robert Cray Band - Nothin But Love (Provogue)

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Blues
9:00 am
Thu November 1, 2012

November Feature: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was one of the key blues groups of the '60s and important players in the blues revival of the era. Inspired by the classic blues of their home base of Chicago, the band would add rock and other elements to create its own dynamic and influential sound.

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Blues
3:15 pm
Thu October 11, 2012

Top 40 Albums September 2012

  1. Shemekia Copeland - 33 1/3 (Telarc)
  2. Magic Slim & the Teardrops - Bad Boy (Blind Pig)
  3. Marion James - Northside Soul (Ellersoul)
  4. Rick Estrin and the Nightcats - One Wrong Turn (Alligator)
  5. Rockin' Johnny Band - Grim Reaper (Delmark)
  6. Robert Cray Band - Nothin But Love (Provogue)
  7. Raphael Wressnig/ALex Schultz - Soul Gift (ZYW)
  8. Albert Castiglia - Living the Dream (Blues Leaf)
  9. Quintus McCormick - Still Called The Blues (Delmark)
  10. Janiva Magness - Stronger For It (Alligator)
  11. Johnnie Bassett - I Can Ma
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Blues
8:00 am
Mon October 1, 2012

October Feature: British Blues Boom

In the 1960s, a group of artists and bands began to emerge in England who were inspired by American blues. A changing world following the war, music from American servicemen and radio broadcasts, and tours, starting with Big Bill Broonzy in the early '50s, continuing with some of the major names in American blues after a key visit by Muddy Waters in 1958,and the American Folk Blues Festival tours that traveled England and the rest of Europe for a number of years all helped to inspire interest in the music.

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Blues
3:34 pm
Tue September 4, 2012

Top 40 Albums August 2012

  1. Curtis Salgado - Soul Shot (Alligator)
  2. Johnnie Bassett - I Can Make That Happen (Sly Dog)
  3. Little Feat - Rooster Rag (Rounder)
  4. Rockin' Johnny Band - Grim Reaper (Delmark)
  5. Rick Estrin and the Nightcats - ONe Wrong Turn (Alligator)
  6. Albert Castiglia - Living the Dream (Blues Leaf)
  7. Mannish Boys - Double Dynamite (Delta Groove)
  8. The 44s - Americana (Rip Cat)
  9. Tedeschi Trucks Band - Everybody's Talkin' (Sony Masterworks)
  10. Anthony Gomes - Up 2 Zero (Anthony Gomes)
  11. Nathan James and the Rhythm Scratchers - Wh
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Music
8:00 am
Wed August 1, 2012

August Feature: Stevie Ray Vaughan

Though Stevie Ray Vaughan's main career spanned less than a decade, he managed in that short time to help spark a new interest in blues, established himself as one of the great guitarists of popular music, and won a prominent place in fans hearts where he remains to this day, over twenty years since his passing in a tragic helicopter accident in August, 1990.

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Blues
11:52 am
Wed July 25, 2012

Top 40 Albums July 2012

  1. Little Feat - Rooster Rag (Rounder)
  2. Curtis Salgado - Soul Shot (Alligator)
  3. Johnnie Bassett - I Can Make That Happen (Sly Dog)
  4. Tedeschi Trucks Band - Everybody's Talkin' (Sony Masterworks)
  5. Johnny Rawls - Soul Survivor (Catfood)
  6. Mud Morganfield - Son of the Seventh Son (Severn)
  7. Jon Cleary - Occapella!
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Playlist

January 25, 2013

10:00 PM
In the Basement
Artist : Etta James
Album : The Essential Etta James
Label : Chess/MCA
10:03 PM
Dust My Broom
Artist : Elmore James
Album : King of the Slide Guitar
Label : Capricorn
10:06 PM
My Sweet Baby
Artist : Rockin’ Johnny Band
Album : Grim Reaper
Label : Delmark
10:11 PM
Side Tracked
Artist : Terry Hanck
Album : Look Out!
Label : Delta Groove
10:16 PM
Tasty Dish
Artist : Raphael Wressnig/Alex Schultz
Album : Soul Gift
Label : ZYX
10:22 PM
Farther Up the Road
Artist : Bobby Blue Bland
Album : The Anthology
Label : MCA/Duke/Peacock
10:25 PM
Hey Pocky Way/Fire on the Bayou/People Say
Artist : Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience
Album : Live! Worldwide
Label : AIM
10:32 PM
Listen to Your Radio Station
Artist : Alvin Lee
Album : Still on the Road to Freedom
Label : Rainman
10:35 PM
Feel Like Breakin’ Up Somebody’s Home
Artist : Etta James
Album : How Strong Is A Woman
Label : Island
10:41 PM
Money Honey
Artist : Aaron Neville
Album : My True Story
Label : Blue Note
10:44 PM
You’ve Got Bad Intentions
Artist : Bobby Blue Bland
Album : I Pity the Fool - The Duke Recordings Vol. 1
Label : MCA/Duke/Peacock
10:47 PM
Fit to Be the Fool
Artist : Brad Hatfield
Album : Uphill from Anywhere
Label : Brad Hatfield
10:51 PM
Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
Artist : Heritage Blues Orchestra
Album : And Still I Rise
Label : Raisin' Music
10:56 PM
Canton Mississippi Breakdown
Artist : Elmore James
Album : Let's Cut It
Label : Flair
11:00 PM
Study War No More
Artist : Sweet Honey in the Rock
Album : Breaths
Label : Flying Fish
11:04 PM
Oh Happy Day
Artist : The Blues Broads
Album : The Blues Broads
Label : Delta Groove
11:12 PM
Tell Me Baby
Artist : Shakura S’Aida
Album : TimeÉ
Label : Electro-Fi
11:16 PM
I Wouldn’t Treat a Dog
Artist : Bobby Blue Bland
Album : Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Label : MCA
11:21 PM
Standing at the Crossroads
Artist : Elmore James
Album : Classic Early Recordings
Label : Flair
11:24 PM
Raffle Ticket
Artist : Linsey Alexander
Album : Been There Done That
Label : Delmark
11:30 PM
Be for Me
Artist : Diunna Greenleaf
Album : Trying to Hold On
Label : Blue Mercy
11:35 PM
Something’s Got a Hold on Me
Artist : Etta James
Album : The Sweetest Peaches
Label : Chess/MCA
11:38 PM
I Can Do Better
Artist : Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps
Album : Come on Home
Label : Jazi-Lu
11:43 PM
Down to You
Artist : Bonnie Raitt
Album : Slipstream
Label : Redwing
11:47 PM
I Pity the Fool
Artist : Bobby Blue Bland
Album : Two Steps from the Blues
Label : MCA/Duke/Peacock
11:50 PM
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Artist : Chris O’Leary Band
Album : Waiting for the Phone to Ring
Label : Vizztone
11:57 PM
Hawaiian Boogie
Artist : Elmore James
Album : Classic Early Recordings
Label : Flair