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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Blues
8:00 am
Mon May 13, 2013

What's On: May 17 & 19

Credit Manfred Werner / Wikimedia Commons
A celebration for Taj Mahal’s Friday birthday this week at the Crossroads.

Crossroads celebrates the birthday of blues great Taj Mahal (along with Global Village and Strange Currency) and will also feature the newly named Blues Music Awards winners.

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Music
8:34 am
Fri May 3, 2013

Top 40 Albums April 2013

Credit Deborah Feingold / www.429records.com
Topping the Crossroads April Top 40 New Releases list is Boz Scaggs' soul-drenched Memphis.

  1. Boz Scaggs - Memphis (429 Records)
  2. Big Bill Morganfield - Blules With A Mood (Black Shuck)
  3. Dynamites w/ Charles Walker - Love Is Only Everything (Gemco)
  4. Robin Trower - Roots and Branches (V12)
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Blues
8:57 am
Tue April 30, 2013

May Feature: The B3 Organ

Credit http://www.alkooper.com photo gallery
Al Kooper on organ with Bob Dylan at the famed Newport Folk Festival appearance.

Throughout May, Crossroads teams up with Global Village, Strange Currency, Night Train and Straight No Chaser to celebrate B3 Month on KMUW. At the Crossroads, it's great players and recordings from both blues and soul that feature the instrument.

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Music
8:16 am
Fri April 5, 2013

April Feature: Muddy Waters Centennial Celebration

Credit Courtesy photo / www.muddywaters.com

Though at some point in his life a few years were shaved off, credible evidence (including a marriage certificate, union card, social security filings and early interviews) all point to 1913 as the year of Muddy Waters' birth. And a century since that event, he remains one of the most influential figures in the blues.

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Music
7:43 am
Thu April 4, 2013

Top 40 Albums March 2013

1. Willie Buck - Cell Phone Man (Delmark)
2. Shemekia Copeland - 33 1/3 (Telarc)
3. Slide Brothers - Robert Randolph Presents the Slide Brothers (Concord)
4. James Hunter Six - Minute by Minute (Fantasy)
5. Various - The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2 (Proper)
6. Otis Taylor - My World Is Gone (Telarc)
7. Mike Eldred Trio - 61/49 (Rip Cat)
8. Big Bill Morganfield - Blules With A Mood (Black Shuck)
9. Dennis Gruenling - Rockin' All Day (Vizztone)
10. Eric Burdon - 'Til Your River Runs Dry (ABKCO)

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Blues
4:25 pm
Thu February 28, 2013

Top 40 Albums February 2013

  1. Various - The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2 (Proper)
  2. Various - R&B Hipshakers Vol.
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Blues
12:03 pm
Mon February 25, 2013

March Feature: Johnny and Shemekia Copeland

Throughout March, Crossroads highlights music from both Johnny and Shemekia Copeland, along with our regular mix of classic recordings, new releases, birthday salutes and other blues and R&B favorites.

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Blues
7:22 am
Thu January 31, 2013

Top 40 Albums January 2013

  1. Milton Hopkins/Jewel Brown - Milton Hopkins and Jewel Brown (Dialtone)
  2. Robert Cray Band - Nothin But Love (Provogue)
  3. Mississippi Heat - Delta Bound (Delmark)
  4. Mitch Woods - Blues Beyond Borders (Club 88/Vizztone)
  5. Sunny Crownover - Right Here Right Now (Blue Duchess)

  6. Lindsey Alexander - Been There Done That (Delmark)

  7. Quintus McCormick - Still Called The Blues (Delmark)
  8. Joanne Shaw Taylor - Almost Always Never (Ruf)
  9. Lee Boys - Testify (Evil Teen)
  10. Shemekia Copeland - 33 1/3 (Telarc)
  11. Julian Fauth -
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Blues
8:54 am
Fri January 18, 2013

February Feature: Mardi Gras Month - New Orleans Blues and R&B

Throughout February, Crossroads teams up with Global Village (Samba and the Sounds of Brazil) and Night Train (Louis Armstrong) for a month-long Mardi Gras celebration. At the Crossroads, it’s the sound of New Orleans blues and R&B.

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Blues
9:15 am
Fri December 28, 2012

Top 40 Albums December 2012

  1. Lindsey Alexander - Been There Done That (Delmark)
  2. Sunny Crownover - Right Here Right Now (Blue Duchess)
  3. Lee Boys - Testify (Evil Teen)
  4. Quintus McCormick - Still Called The Blues (Delmark)
  5. Shemekia Copeland - 33 1/3 (Telarc)
  6. Robert Cray Band - Nothin But Love (Provogue)
  7. Mississippi Heat - Delta Bound (Delmark)
  8. Mitch Woods - Blues Beyond Borders (Club 88/Vizztone)
  9. Van Morrison - Born to Sing: No Plan B (Exile/Blue Note)
  10. The Blues Broads - The Blues Broads (Delta Groove)
  11. Chris O'Leary Band - Waitin
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Playlist

February 01, 2013

10:00 PM
I Can’t Go On
Artist : (Various) Fats Domino
Album : The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2
Label : Proper
10:04 PM
I’m Going to Live the Life I Sing About in My Song
Artist : Ann Rabson/Bob Margolin
Album : Not Alone
Label : Vizztone
10:08 PM
Ain’t Nothin’ in Ramblin’
Artist : (Various) Bonnie Raitt
Album : ÉFirst Came Memphis Minnie
Label : Stony Plain
10:12 PM
Blowin’ in the Wind
Artist : Habib Koite/Eric Bibb
Album : Brothers in Bamako
Label : Stony Plain
10:19 PM
I Can Tell
Artist : Little Elmore Reed Blues Band
Album : Little Elmore Reed Blues Band
Label : Comanche
10:24 PM
Open the Door
Artist : Van Morrison
Album : Born to Sing: No Plan B
Label : Exile/Blue Note
10:30 PM
You Give Me the Blues
Artist : Barbara Carr
Album : Keep the Fire Burning
Label : Catfood
10:34 PM
Looks Like It’s Going to Rain
Artist : Linsey Alexander
Album : Been There Done That
Label : Delmark
10:40 PM
Doing Good and Bad at the Same Time
Artist : Willie Buck
Album : Cell Phone Man
Label : Delmark
10:43 PM
Trouble
Artist : Lucky Peterson Band
Album : Live at the 55 Arts Club Berlin
Label : Blackbird
10:52 PM
My Darkest Hour
Artist : (Various) Titus Turner
Album : The Enjoy Records Story
Label : Fuel 2000
10:57 PM
Walkin’ with Mr. Lee
Artist : (Various) Lee Allen
Album : The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2
Label : Proper
11:00 PM
Work with Me Annie
Artist : Aaron Neville
Album : My True Story
Label : Blue Note
11:03 PM
Nervous Boogie
Artist : (Various) Paul Gayten
Album : The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2
Label : Proper
11:05 PM
Send Me a Picture Baby
Artist : (Various) Mel Williams
Album : R&B Hipshakers Vol. 3
Label : Vampi Soul
11:08 PM
Get It
Artist : (Various) Jay Dee Bryant
Album : The Enjoy Records Story
Label : Fuel 2000
10:00 PM
Starlight
Artist : Eddie C. Campbell
Album : Spider Eating Preacher
Label : Delmark
10:00 PM
My Future
Artist : John Nemeth
Album : Soul Live
Label : Nemeth Music
11:23 PM
Rockin’ All Day
Artist : Dennis Gruenling
Album : Rockin' All Day
Label : Vizztone
11:27 PM
Look, But Don’t Touch
Artist : Mr. Nick & the Dirty Tricks
Album : Oh Wow!
Label : Jellyroll
11:31 PM
She’s Always Right
Artist : Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Album : Rattle Them Bones
Label : Savoy Jazz
11:35 PM
Get Up!
Artist : Ben Harper/Charlie Musselwhite
Album : Get Up!
Label : Stax
10:00 PM
In the Room with Jimi
Artist : Murali Coryell
Album : Live
Label : Shake-It-Sugar
11:49 PM
So Much Trouble
Artist : Ian Siegal & the Mississippi Mudbloods
Album : Candy Store Kid
Label : NuGene
11:53 PM
Can’t Let Go
Artist : Shemekia Copeland
Album : 33 1/3
Label : Telarc
11:59 PM
2:22 A.M.
Artist : Dennis Gruenling
Album : Rockin' All Day
Label : Vizztone