'New Month, New Music': Blues Edition

KMUW | By Chris Heim

Published March 3, 2014 at 3:02 PM CST

Friday, March 7 + Sunday, March 9

It’s 'New Month, New Music' time - Crossroads teams up with Global Village and Strange Currency at the beginning of every month to highlight the best in new releases.

Among the titles featured this time at the Crossroads are new releases from:

The Blue Lunch 30^th anniversary compilation

Four-disc compilations from the King and Queen of Soul - Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding - and from Jimmy Winter

Delmark Records 60th anniversary blues compilation

And new titles from Lisa Biales, Joe Louis Walker, and John Nemeth teamed with Memphis soul masters, the Bo-Keys.

Music

Chris Heim

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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