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

December 07, 2012

10:00 PM
Solid Gold Cadillac
Artist : Mitch Woods
Album : Blues Beyond Borders
Label : Club 88
10:05 PM
I Sing the Blues
Artist : Shemekia Copeland
Album : 33 1/3
Label : Telarc
10:10 PM
Stone Face
Artist : Claude Hay
Album : I Love Hate You
Label : 128 Records
10:15 PM
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Artist : Bettye LaVette
Album : Thankful N' Thoughtful
Label : Anti-
10:19 PM
I Hope My Pony Knows the Way Back Home
Artist : Julian Fauth
Album : Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
Label : Electro-Fi
10:26 PM
You Belong to Me
Artist : Robert Cray Band
Album : Nothin But Love
Label : Provogue
10:31 PM
I Wish
Artist : Maceo Parker
Album : Soul Classics
Label : Razor & Tie
10:40 PM
She Belongs to Me
Artist : John Nemeth
Album : Blues Live
Label : Nemeth Music
10:44 PM
Candy Nation
Artist : Nick Moss
Album : Here I Am
Label : Blue Bella
10:49 PM
Known ’Round Here
Artist : David Hidalgo/Mato Nanji/Luther Dickinson
Album : 3 Skulls and the Truth
Label : Blues Bureau International
10:54 PM
Fire Red Moon
Artist : Craig Chaquico
Album : Fire Red Moon
Label : Blind Pig
10:58 PM
Tri-Tar Shuffle Twist
Artist : Nathan James & the Rhythm Scratchers
Album : What You Make of It
Label : Delta Groove
11:00 PM
Lonesome Christmas
Artist : (Various) Finis Tasby/Enrico Crivellaro
Album : Santa's Got Mojo 2
Label : Electro-Fi
11:04 PM
Shake a Hand
Artist : Ben Racine Band
Album : One of a Kind
Label : Iguane
11:07 PM
Mean Old World
Artist : The Mannish Boys
Album : Double Dynamite
Label : Delta Groove
11:13 PM
When My Train Pulls In
Artist : Gary Clark Jr.
Album : Blak and Blu
Label : Warner Bros.
11:21 PM
Standing to Fall
Artist : Joanne Shaw Taylor
Album : Almost Always Never
Label : Ruf
11:28 PM
In the Room with Jimi
Artist : Murali Coryell
Album : Live
Label : Shake-It-Sugar
11:35 PM
Come on Down to New Orleans
Artist : Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers
Album : Been Good to You
Label : Sound of New Orleans
11:41 PM
New Orleans Man
Artist : Mississippi Heat
Album : Delta Bound
Label : Delmark
11:47 PM
Little Drummer Boy
Artist : The Colbys
Album : Christmas Gumbo
Label : Galiza
11:50 PM
One Woman Man
Artist : Sunny Crownover
Album : Right Here Right Now
Label : Blue Duchess
11:56 PM
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Artist : Campbell Brothers
Album : Sacred Steel for the Holidays
Label : Arhoolie