Crossroads
Sunday at 7pm
HD2 - 5am, 1pm & 9pm
Crossroads is KMUW’s diverse contemporary blues and soul show. Part of the Blues Sunday lineup on Wichita Public Radio and hosted by Chris Heim, the program highlights music from the post-war era to the present, including new releases, regional blues concert information and selections from artists that connect the blues and soul to a wide variety of other musical styles, including rock, jazz and world music.
Visit our Blues Central Page for upcoming concert information, blues birthdays, and links to blues related topics.
March Top 20
MARCH TOP 20
1. Mac Arnold and Plate Full O’ Blues - Country Man (Vizztone)
2. Debbie Davies - Holdin’ Court (Little Dipper)
3. Moreland and Arbuckle - Flood (Telarc)
4. Zora Young - The French Connection (Delmark)
1. Downchild - I Need A Hat (Linus)
5. Little Smokey Smothers and Elvin Bishop - Chicago Blues Buddies (Black Derby)
6. The Sojourners - The Sojourners (Black Hen)
7. The Holmes Brothers - Feed My Soul (Alligator)
8. Blind Boys of Alabama - Duets (Saguaro Road)
9. Super Chikan - Chikadelic (Bluestown Records)
10. Bonerama - Hard Times (High Steppin’)
11. Tommy Castro - Hard Believer (Alligator)
12. Various - Things About Comin’ My Way: A Tribute to the Mississippi Sheiks (Black Hen)
13. Travis ‘Moonchild’ Haddix - If I’m One, You’re One Too (Benevolent Blues)
14. Eric Bibb - Booker’s Guitar (Telarc)
15. Gil Scott-Heron - I’m New Here (XL)
16. David Sanborn - Only Everything (Decca)
17. Various - Rhythm and Blues (Putumayo)
18. Ed Ahlstrom - Gettin’ Organ*ized (Haywire)
19. Charlie Apicella and Iron City - Sparks (Carlo Music)
20. Hollywood Blue Flames - Deep in America (Delta Groove)
Coming Soon
March 14th
This time around, Crossroads features new music from Tommy Castro and Zora Young, 2010 Blues Hall of Fame inductees Howlin’ Wolf and Charlie Musselwhite and a number of artists with regional concert dates, including Super Chikan, Tab Benoit, Debbie Davies and the Insomniacs.
March 21st
Crossroads celebrates birthdays of Smokey Smothers, Son House, Otis Spann and Solomon Burke, highlights Blues Hall of Fame Inductees Otis Rush and Big Bill Broonzy and features new releases from Downchild, the Holmes Brothers and a benefit for Little Smokey Smothers.
March 28th
This Sunday Crossroads wraps up a month-long look at this year’s Blues Hall of Fame inductees with music from Lonnie Brooks, Bonnie Raitt and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers, plus five time Maple Blues award winner, Monkey Junk, and new music from the Sojourners, Travis Haddix and a tribute to the Mississippi Sheiks.
