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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2:35 pm
Mon June 17, 2013

What's On: June 21 & 23

An impressive new set from Texas honky-tonker Delbert McClinton with an old musical buddy, Glen Clark, among the new release highlights this week at the Crossroads.

This week Crossroads highlights some of the newly announced winners in the Independent Music Awards and newly named NEA Heritage fellow Carol Fran - plus more for the June feature from Bobby Robinson’s labels, including work he did with blues legend Elmore James - and there’s new music including Delbert McClinton with ‘70s buddy Glen Clark, the Global Noize salute to Sly & the Family Stone, and Rory Block’s tribute to Mississippi John Hurt.

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Blues
8:00 am
Mon June 10, 2013

What's On: June 14 & 16

This was the first hit King Curtis had – recorded on one of Bobby Robinson’s labels that are featured throughout June at the Crossroads.

Crossroads highlights music from Bobby Robinson’s groundbreaking blues, R&B and doo wop labels throughout June – this time including the first hit from soul saxman King Curtis, favorites from both Lee Dorsey and Elmore James, a classic from Champion Jack Dupree, and a lost classic from Sandra Grimes. Plus the latest from Hadden Sayers, the 4 Jacks, the Fabulous Thunderbirds and classics from the Bar-Kays, Junior Wells, and Hound Dog Taylor.

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Blues
10:30 am
Fri May 31, 2013

June Feature: Bobby Robinson's Labels

Throughout June, Crossroads will be spinning golden oldies and rarities from Bobby Robinson's classic doo-wop and R&B labels.

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Blues
3:31 am
Fri May 31, 2013

Top 40 Albums May 2013

Credit Deborah Feingold / rollingstone.com

1. Boz Scaggs - Memphis (429 Records)
2. Tom Jones - Spirit in the Room (Rounder)
3. Robin Trower - Roots and Branches (V12)
4. Southern Hospitality - Easy Livin’ (Blind Pig)
5. Al ‘Carnival Time’ Johnson - Beyond Carnival (Rabadash)

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Blues
8:34 am
Wed May 1, 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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Blues
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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Blues
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. 3 (Vampi Soul)
  3. Willie Buck - Cell Phone Man (Delmark)
  4. Aaron Neville - My True Story (Blue Note)
  5. Various - The Enjoy Records Story (Fuel 2000)
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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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March 03, 2013

7:00 PM
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Artist : Staple Singers
Album : Freedom Highway
Label : Columbia/Legacy
7:04 PM
Papa Was A Rolling Stone
Artist : Temptations
Album : My Girl: The Very Best of the Temptations
Label : Motown
7:11 PM
Hit the Road Jack
Artist : James Montgomery Band
Album : From FetorisÉto the Delta
Label : Open E Entertainment
7:17 PM
Motherless Children
Artist : The Slide Brothers
Album : Robert Randolph Presents the Slide Brothers
Label : Concord
7:22 PM
Going to Glory
Artist : Lee Boys
Album : Testify
Label : Evil Teen
7:27 PM
Spider in my Stew
Artist : (Various) Magic Slim & the Teardrops
Album : Living Chicago Blues Vol. II
Label : Alligator
7:32 PM
All my Life
Artist : Eddie C. Campbell
Album : Spider Eating Preacher
Label : Delmark
7:37 PM
Son of the Blues
Artist : Big Bill Morganfield
Album : Blues with a Mood
Label : Black Shuck
7:42 PM
Strange Woman
Artist : Willie Buck
Album : Cell Phone Man
Label : Delmark
7:50 PM
Open the Door
Artist : Otis Redding
Album : The Deepest Soul of Otis Redding
Label : Volt/Concord
7:53 PM
Heartbreak
Artist : James Hunter Six
Album : Minute by Minute
Label : Fantasy
7:58 PM
Ms. Gayle’s Chicken House
Artist : Mike Eldred Trio
Album : 61/49
Label : Rip Cat
8:00 PM
I Ain’t Comin’ Back
Artist : Mike Eldred Trio
Album : 61/49
Label : Rip Cat
8:03 PM
Lost My Horse
Artist : Otis Taylor
Album : My World Is Gone
Label : Telarc
8:06 PM
Right Side Up
Artist : Bart Walker Band
Album : Who I Am
Label : Galaxie
8:14 PM
Known ’Round Here
Artist : David Hidalgo/Mato Nanji/Luther Dickenson
Album : 3 Skulls and the Truth
Label : Blues Bureau International
8:19 PM
Get Up!
Artist : Ben Harper/Charlie Musselwhite
Album : Get Up!
Label : Stax
8:26 PM
Shakey Ground
Artist : Temptations
Album : The Best of the Temptations Vol. 2
Label : Motown
8:30 PM
I’ll Take You There
Artist : Staple Singers
Album : The Best of the Staple Singers
Label : Stax
8:35 PM
Devil and Jesus
Artist : Eric Burdon
Album : Til Your River Runs Dry
Label : ABKCO
8:39 PM
Fussin’ and Fightin’
Artist : Jesse Dee
Album : On My Mind/In My Heart
Label : Alligator
8:44 PM
Bad Boy
Artist : Magic Slim & the Teardrops
Album : Bad Boy
Label : Blind Pig
8:48 PM
Second Box on the Left
Artist : Kevin Selfe
Album : Long Walk Home
Label : Delta Groove
8:52 PM
Rockin’ All Day
Artist : Dennis Gruenling
Album : Rockin' All Day
Label : VizzTone
8:57 PM
Dos Danos
Artist : Andy T-Nick Nixon Band
Album : Drink Drank Drunk
Label : Delta Groove