Crossroads Best of 2012

  1. Heritage Blues Orchestra - And Still I Rise (Raisin' Music)
  2. Little Feat - Rooster Rag (Rounder)
  3. Curtis Salgado - Soul Shot (Alligator)
  4. Eddie C. Campbell - Spider Eating Preacher (Delmark)
  5. Shemekia Copeland - 33 1/3 (Telarc)
  6. Ruthie Foster - Let It Burn (Blue Corn)
  7. Rockin' Johnny Band - Grim Reaper (Delmark)
  8. Hans Theessink/Terry Evans - Delta Time (Blue Groove)
  9. Van Morrison - Born to Sing: No Plan B (Exile/Blue Note)
  10. Johnnie Bassett - I Can Make That Happen (Sly Dog)
  11. Mississippi Heat - Delta Bound (Delmark)
  12. David Maxwell - Blues in Other Colors (Blue Duchess)
  13. Chris O'Leary Band - Waiting for the Phone to Ring (Vizztone)
  14. Raphael Wressnig/Alex Schultz - Soul Gift (ZYX)
  15. Mud Morganfield - Son of the Seventh Son (Severn)
  16. Rick Estrin and the Nightcats - One Wrong Turn (Alligator)
  17. Nathan James & the Rhythm Scratchers - What You Make of It (Delta Groove)
  18. Mannish Boys - Double Dynamite (Delta Groove)
  19. Lurrie Bell - The Devil Ain't Got No Music (Aria B.G.)
  20. Joan Osborne - Bring It On Home (Saguaro Road)
  21. The Blues Broads - The Blues Broads (Delta Groove)
  22. The Lee Boys - Testify (Evil Teen)
  23. Treasa Levasseur - Broad (Slim Chicken)
  24. Marion James - Northside Soul (Ellersoul)
  25. The 44s - Americana (Rip Cat)
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Chris Heim produces and hosts Global Village, a nationally and internationally distributed world music show; the nightly jazz show Night Train, and Crossroads, KMUW’s twice-weekly blues and R&B show. Chris is also a critic and freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Utne, Global Rhythm, Dirty Linen, and Option, among others.
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