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 20, 2013

What's On: May 24 & 26

Credit PhantomBluesBand.com
Phantom Blues Band with Mike Finnigan at the Wichita River Festival and on Crossroads as part of the B3 month feature.

Crossroads features more blues and soul organ for the B3 month feature – including music from the Phantom Blues Band with Mike Finnigan and also from Charles Earland for his birthday – plus more Blues Music Awards winners, and new music from the Cash Box Kings, Robin Trower, the Dynamites featuring Charles Walker and more.

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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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December 16, 2012

6:59 PM
Merry, Merry Christmas
Artist : (Various) Koko Taylor
Album : The Alligator Records Christmas Collection
Label : Alligator
7:05 PM
Born to Sing
Artist : Van Morrison
Album : Born to Sing: No Plan B
Label : Exile/Blue Note
7:10 PM
An Awful Christmas and A Lousy New Year
Artist : Swamp Dogg
Album : An Awful Christmas and A Lousy New Year
Label : SDEG
7:15 PM
I’ll Take Care of You
Artist : Bobby Bland
Album : Two Steps from the Blues
Label : MCA/Duke/Peacock
7:18 PM
Too Slow
Artist : Al Basile
Album : At Home Next Door
Label : Sweetspot
7:27 PM
How Many More Years
Artist : Howlin’ Wolf
Album : The Chess Box
Label : Chess/MCA
7:30 PM
Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down
Artist : Heritage Blues Orchestra
Album : And Still I Rise
Label : Raisin' Music
7:34 PM
Raffle Ticket
Artist : Linsey Alexander
Album : Been There Done That
Label : Delmark
7:40 PM
Christmas Blues
Artist : (Various) Canned Heat
Album : Blue Yule
Label : Rhino
7:45 PM
Merry Christmas Baby
Artist : Charles Brown
Album : Cool Christmas Blues
Label : Bullseye Blues
7:50 PM
I’m Just A Lucky So and So
Artist : Danny Caron
Album : Jazz + Blues
Label : Danny Caron
7:58 PM
Jingle Bell Boogie
Artist : (Various) Big Jack Johnson
Album : Blue Yule
Label : Rhino
8:00 PM
Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Artist : Louis Jordan
Album : Rock 'n' Roll
Label : Mercury
8:03 PM
Last Night
Artist : Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Album : Everything You Want for Christmas
Label : Big Bad/Vanguard
8:07 PM
Trouble
Artist : Chris O’Leary Band
Album : Waiting for the Phone to Ring
Label : Vizztone
8:11 PM
I’m Not Tired
Artist : The Lee Boys
Album : Testify
Label : Evil Teen
8:17 PM
Help the Poor
Artist : (Various) Larry Davis & the Memphis Horns
Album : Bullseye Blues Chirstmas
Label : Bullseye Blues
8:21 PM
Home in Your Heart
Artist : John Nemeth
Album : Soul Live
Label : Nemeth Music
8:25 PM
Who Took the Merry Out of Christmas?
Artist : (Various) Staple Singers
Album : Christmas in Soulsville
Label : Stax
8:28 PM
Movin’ On
Artist : David Maxwell
Album : Blues in Other Colors
Label : Blue Duchess
8:34 PM
Long As I Can See You Smile
Artist : (Various) Maria Muldaur
Album : ÉFirst Came Memphis Minnie
Label : Stony Plain
8:37 PM
Jolly Ol’ Soul
Artist : Christmas Jug Band
Album : On the Holiday Highway
Label : Globe
8:40 PM
Rooster Rag
Artist : Little Feat
Album : Rooster Rag
Label : Rounder
8:46 PM
Still Got Love
Artist : Treasa Levasseur
Album : Broad
Label : Slim Chicken
8:50 PM
Oh Happy Day
Artist : Dorothy Morrison/Tracy Nelson/Angela Strehli/Annie Sampson
Album : The Blues Broads
Label : Delta Groove
8:58 PM
Duke’s Christmas
Artist : (Various) Duke Robillard
Album : Stony Plain's Christmas Blues
Label : Stony Plain