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New Month/New Music Time At The Crossroads

September 4/6

It’s “New Month/New Music” time as Crossroads teams up with Global Village and Strange Currency at the beginning of every month to highlight the best in new blues releases.

Featured this time at the Crossroads are:

The new live set from Robert Cray

Return of reigning blues queen Shemekia Copeland

Dave and Phil Alvin back together again

Austin, TX soul band The Nightowls with a set recorded in Muscle Shoals

Plus Chris James & Patrick Rynn, the Andy T – Nick Nixon Band, a new compilation of classic tracks from blues legend Jimmy Reed and more.

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.