Crossroads Top 40 - APRIL 2014
1. Little Feat - Rad Gumbo (Warner Bros.)
2. Magic Sam - Live at the Avant Garde (Delmark)
3. Johnny Winter - True to the Blues: The Johnny Winter Story (Columbia/Legacy)
4. John Nemeth - Memphis Grease (Blue Corn)
5. Robert Cray Band - In My Soul (Provogue)
6. Eddie Cotton - Here I Come (DeChamp)
7. Robben Ford - A Day in Nashville (Provogue)
8. Tinsley Ellis - Midnight Blue (Heartfixer Music)
9. Holmes Brothers - Brotherhood (Alligator)
10. John & Sylvia Embry - Troubles (Delmark)
11. Otis Redding - The King of Soul (Atlantic/Rhino)
12. Kent Burnside - My World Is So Cold (Lucky 13 Music)
13. Tommy Castro & the Pain Killers - The Devil You Know (Alligator)
14. Johnny Drummer - Bad Attitude (Earwig)
15. Billy Branch & Sons of Blues - Blues Shock (Blind Pig)
16. Damon Fowler - Sounds of Home (Blind Pig)
17. Richard Ray Farrell - Show Shoppin' Woman (Blue Beet)
18. Aretha Franklin - The Queen of Soul (Atlantic/Rhino)
19. Laith Al-Saadi - The Real Laith Al-Saadi (Weber Works)
20. Harmonica Shah - Havin' Nothin' Don't Bother Me (Electro-Fi)
21. Root Doctor - New Attitude (Root Doctor)
22. Daunielle - Daunielle (Catfood)
23. Joe Louis Walker - Hornet's Nest (Alligator)
24. Bob Lanza Blues Band - 'Til the Pain Is Gone (Bob Lanza)
25. Terry Quiett Band - Taking Sides (Lucky Bag)
26. James Armstrong - Guitar Angels (Catfood)
27. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - Give the People What They Want (Daptone)
28. Lisa Biales - Belle of the Blues (Big Song Music)
29. Blue Lunch - Blue Lunch Special (Rip Cat)
30. Harrison Kennedy - Soulscape (Electro-Fi)
31. Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown - Goin' to the Delta (Ruf)
32. Matt Anderson - Weightless (True North)
33. Eric Bibb - Jericho Road (Stony Plain)
34. Mike Zito & the Wheel - Gone to Texas (RuF)
35. Johnny Rawls - Remembering O.V. (Catfood)
36. Charlie Musselwhite - Juke Joint Chapel (Henrietta)
37. Birdlegg - Birdlegg (Dialtone)
38. John McVey - Mee Me in Houston (Sedgwick/Artists International)
39. Terry Gillespie - Bluesoul (Terry Gillespie)
40. Bob Lanza BLues Band - 'Til the Pain Is Gone (Bob Lanza
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.