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Crossroads Top 40 Albums For August 2016

KMUW | By Chris Heim
Published September 1, 2016 at 9:41 AM CDT
  1.  Moreland and Arbuckle – Promised Land or Bust (Alligator)

 

  1. Little Walter – The Complete Checker Singles As & Bs 1952-1960 (Acrobat)

  1. Big Jon Atkinson & Bob Corritore – House Party at Big Jon’s (Delta Groove)

  1. The Soul of John Black – Early in the Moanin’ (Cadabra)

  1. Eric Bibb – North Country Far (Stony Plain)

  1. Dennis Gruenling – Ready or Not (Vizztone)

  1. Tony Joe White – Rain Crow (Swamp/Yep Roc)

  1. C.W. Stoneking – Gon’ Boogaloo (King Hokum)

  1. Curtis Salgado – The Beautiful Low Down (Alligator)

  1. Nick Moss – From the Root to the Fruit (Blue Bella)

  1. Little Charlie & Organ Grinder Swing – Skronky Tonk (Eller Soul)

  1. Royal Southern Brotherhood – The Royal Gospel (Ruf)

  1. Tinsley Ellis – Red Clay Soul (Heartfixer Music)

  1. Allen Toussaint – American Tunes (Nonesuch)

  1. Bridget Kelly Band – Outta the Blues (Alpha Sun)

  1. Golden State Lone Star Revue – Golden State Lone Star Revue (Electro Fi)

  1. Mike Wheeler – Turn It Up!! (Delmark)

  1. Various – Blues for Big Walter (Eller Soul)

  1. Big Harp George – Wash My Horse in Champagne (Blues Mountain)

  1. Various – Putumayo Presents Blues Party (Putumayo)

  1. Joanna Connor – Six String Stories (MC Records)

  1. Terry Hanck Band – From Roadhouse to Your House Live! (Vizztone)

  1. John Long – Stand Your Ground (Delta Groove)

  1. Bo Diddley – The Bo Diddley Collection 1952-1962 (Acrobat)

  1. Big Maybelle – The Complete King, OKeh, and Savoy Releases 1947-61 (Acrobat)

  1. Mel Brown – Under Yonder (Electro Fi)

  1. Mighty Mojo Prophets – Lamar’s Records (Mojo King Music)

  1. The Lucky Losers – In Any Town (Dirty Cat)

  1. Stony Greenwell – South Louisiana Blues (Greenwell Records)

  1. Various artists – Alligator Records 45th Anniversary Collection (Alligator)

  1. Honey Island Swamp Band – Demolition Day (Ruf)

  1. Omar Coleman – Live at Rosa’s Lounge (Delmark)

  1. Sugar Blue – Voyage (MC Records)

  1. Katy Guillen and the Girls – Heavy Days (Vizztone)

  1. Doug MacLeod – Live in Europe (Under the Radar)

  1. William Bell – This Is Where I Live (Stax)

  1. Tweed Funk – Come Together (Tweed Tone)

  1. Mac Arnold & Plate Full o’ Blues – Give It Away (Plantation #1 Productions)

  1. Corey Dennison Band – Corey Dennison Band (Delmark)

  1. Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne – Jumpin’ and Boppin’ (Stony Plain)
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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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