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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February 24, 2013

7:00 PM
Mystery Train
Artist : Junior Parker
Album : Mystery Train
Label : Rounder
7:03 PM
Mother-in-Law
Artist : (Various) Ernie K-Doe
Album : The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2
Label : Proper
7:06 PM
Shoorah! Shoorah!
Artist : Joan Osborne
Album : Bring It on Home
Label : Saguaro Road
7:09 PM
This Magic Moment/True Love
Artist : Aaron Neville
Album : My True Story
Label : Blue Note
7:14 PM
Everything Is Broken
Artist : Bettye LaVette
Album : Thankful N' Thoughtful
Label : Anti-
7:20 PM
Matchbox Blues
Artist : Magic Slim & the Teardrops
Album : Bad Boy
Label : Blind Pig
7:24 PM
Killed the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
Artist : Kenny Neal
Album : What You Got
Label : Telarc
7:29 PM
Blackjack
Artist : Donald Byrd
Album : Early Byrd
Label : Blue Note
7:35 PM
A Nickel and a Nail
Artist : Otis Clay
Album : Soul Man - Live in Japan
Label : Rooster Blues
7:42 PM
A Certain Girl
Artist : (Various) Ernie K-Doe
Album : Crescent City Soul
Label : EMI
7:45 PM
Sixteen Tons
Artist : (Various) Eugene Church
Album : R&B Hipshakers Vol. 3
Label : Vampi Soul
7:48 PM
All Your Love
Artist : Earl Hooker
Album : Play Your Guitar, Mr. Hooker!
Label : Black Top
7:51 PM
The Man
Artist : Albert Castiglia
Album : Living the Dream
Label : Blues Leaf
7:57 PM
Lucky Lou
Artist : Jody Williams
Album : Return of a Legend
Label : Evidence
8:00 PM
Come Over to My House
Artist : Jody Williams
Album : Return of a Legend
Label : Evidence
8:05 PM
Million Miles
Artist : Bonnie Raitt
Album : Slipstream
Label : Redwing
8:12 PM
Sinner Man
Artist : Eric Bibb
Album : Deeper in the Well
Label : Stony Plain
8:17 PM
Te-Ta-Te-Ta-ta
Artist : (Various) Ernie K-Doe
Album : The Cosimo Matassa Story Vol. 2
Label : Proper
8:20 PM
If You Were Mine
Artist : Ray Charles
Album : Singular Genius
Label : Concord
8:23 PM
Devil and Jesus
Artist : Eric Burdon
Album : Til Your River Runs Dry
Label : ABKCO
8:28 PM
Dead Sea
Artist : Joe Louis Walker
Album : Blue Soul
Label : Hightone
8:35 PM
How Many More Years
Artist : Howlin’ Wolf
Album : His Best
Label : Chess/MCA
8:38 PM
The G.P. Blues
Artist : Little Elmore Reed Blues Band
Album : Little Elmore Reed Blues Band
Label : Comanche
8:43 PM
A Good Time with the Blues
Artist : Phantom Blues Band
Album : Inside Out
Label : Vizztone
8:47 PM
Let the Four Winds Blow
Artist : Taj Mahal
Album : Phantom Blues
Label : Private Music
8:50 PM
Don’t Leave Me This Way
Artist : (Various) Dr. John
Album : Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino
Label : Vanguard
8:54 PM
I Have Cried My Last Tear
Artist : (Various) Ernie K-Doe
Album : Crescent City Soul
Label : EMI
8:57 PM
Butler’s Boogie
Artist : Henry Butler
Album : Blues After Sunset
Label : Black Top