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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December 14, 2012

10:00 PM
Merry, Merry Christmas
Artist : (Various) Koko Taylor
Album : The Alligator Records Christmas Collection
Label : Alligator
10:05 PM
Born to Sing
Artist : Van Morrison
Album : Born to Sing: No Plan B
Label : Exile/Blue Note
10:10 PM
An Awful Christmas and A Lousy New Year
Artist : Swamp Dogg
Album : An Awful Christmas and A Lousy New Year
Label : SDEG
10:15 PM
I’ll Take Care of You
Artist : Bobby Bland
Album : Two Steps from the Blues
Label : MCA/Duke/Peacock
10:18 PM
Too Slow
Artist : Al Basile
Album : At Home Next Door
Label : Sweetspot
10:27 PM
How Many More Years
Artist : Howlin’ Wolf
Album : The Chess Box
Label : Chess/MCA
10:30 PM
Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
Artist : Heritage Blues Orchestra
Album : And Still I Rise
Label : Raisin' Music
10:34 PM
Raffle Ticket
Artist : Linsey Alexander
Album : Been There Done That
Label : Delmark
10:40 PM
Christmas Blues
Artist : (Various) Canned Heat
Album : Blue Yule
Label : Rhino
10:45 PM
Merry Christmas Baby
Artist : Charles Brown
Album : Cool Christmas Blues
Label : Bullseye Blues
10:50 PM
I’m Just A Lucky So and So
Artist : Danny Caron
Album : Jazz + Blues
Label : Danny Caron
10:58 PM
Jingle Bell Boogie
Artist : (Various) Big Jack Johnson
Album : Blue Yule
Label : Rhino
11:00 PM
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Artist : Louis Jordan
Album : Rock 'n' Roll
Label : Mercury
11:03 PM
Last Night
Artist : Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Album : Everything You Want for Christmas
Label : Big Bad/Vanguard
11:07 PM
Trouble
Artist : Chris O’Leary Band
Album : Waiting for the Phone to Ring
Label : Vizztone
11:11 PM
I’m Not Tired
Artist : The Lee Boys
Album : Testify
Label : Evil Teen
11:17 PM
Help the Poor
Artist : (Various) Larry Davis & the Memphis Horns
Album : Bullseye Blues Chirstmas
Label : Bullseye Blues
11:21 PM
Home in Your Heart
Artist : John Nemeth
Album : Soul Live
Label : Nemeth Music
11:25 PM
Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas?
Artist : (Various) Staple Singers
Album : Christmas in Soulsville
Label : Stax
11:28 PM
Movin’ On
Artist : David Maxwell
Album : Blues in Other Colors
Label : Blue Duchess
11:34 PM
Long As I Can See You Smile
Artist : (Various) Maria Muldaur
Album : ÉFirst Came Memphis Minnie
Label : Stony Plain
11:37 PM
Jolly Ol’ Soul
Artist : Christmas Jug Band
Album : On the Holiday Highway
Label : Globe
11:40 PM
Rooster Rag
Artist : Little Feat
Album : Rooster Rag
Label : Rounder
11:46 PM
Still Got Love
Artist : Treasa Levasseur
Album : Broad
Label : Slim Chicken
11:50 PM
Oh Happy Day
Artist : Dorothy Morrison/Tracy Nelson/Angela Strehli/Annie Sampson
Album : The Blues Broads
Label : Delta Groove
11:58 PM
Duke’s Christmas
Artist : (Various) Duke Robillard
Album : Stony Plain's Christmas Blues
Label : Stony Plain