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Crossroads Top 40 Albums For April 2017

KMUW | By Chris Heim
Published May 1, 2017 at 9:00 AM CDT

  1. Coco Montoya – Hard Truth (Alligator)

  1. Robert Cray & High Rhythm – Robert Cray & High Rhythm (Jay-Vee)

  1. Hector Anchondo Band – Roll the Dice (Hector Anchondo)

  1. Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues – Different Voices (Dawnserly)

  1. Eric Bibb – Migration Blues (Stony Plain)

  1. Samantha Fish – Chills & Fever (Ruf)

  1. Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men – Prick of the Litter (Thirty Tigers)

  1. Big Bill Morganfield - Bloodstains on The Wall (Black Shuck)

  1. Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi – Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train (M.C. Records)

  1. Ronnie Baker Brooks – Times Have Changed (Provogue)

  1. Lazy Eye – Pocket the Black (Lazy Eye)

  1. Popa Chubby – The Catfish (Popa Chubby Productions)

  1. Greg Hatza ORGANization – Diggin’ My Roots (Flip)

  1. Billy Seward – South Shore (WFS Music)

  1. Peter Karp – Alabama Town (Rose Cottage)

  1. Rhiannon Giddens – Freedom Highway (Nonesuch)

  1. Southern Avenue – Southern Avenue (Stax)

  1. Tim Gartland – If You Want a Good Woman (Taste Good Music)

  1. Johnny Mastro & Mama;’s Boys – Never Trust the Living (Johnny Mastro)

  1. Al Basile – Mid-Century Modern (SweetSpot)

  1. Billy Flynn – Lonesome Highway (Delmark)

  1. Adrianna Marie & Her Roomful of All Stars – Kingdom of Swing (Vizztone/Barking Blues Music)

  1. Thornetta Davis – Honest Woman (Sweet Mama)

  1. Knickerbocker All Stars – Texas Rhody Blues (JP Cadillac)

  1. Robert Randolph & the Family Band – Got Soul (Sony Masterworks)

  1. Aretha Franklin – The Complete Releases 1956-62 (Acrobat)

  1. Mississippi Heat – Cab Driving Man (Delmark)

  1. Tedeschi-Trucks Band – Live at the Fox Oakland (Fantasy)

  1. Sharon Lewis & Texas Fire – Grown Ass Woman (Delmark)

  1. Jack Mack & the Heart Attack Horns – Back to the Shack (Free Roll)

  1. Elvin Bishop – Big Fun Trio (Alligator)

  1. Sugar Ray and the Bluetones – Seeing Is Believing (Severn)

  1. Mitch Kashmar – West Coast Toast (Delta Groove)

  1. Derrick Procell – Why I Choose to Sing the Blues (Hear and Now Music)

  1. Matthew Skoller – Blues Immigrant (Tongue ‘n’ Groove)

  1. Patty Reese – Let in the Sun (Azelea City)

  1. Ruthie Foster – Joy Comes Back (Blue Corn)

  1. Big Head Blues Club – Way Down Inside (Big Records)

  1. Otis Taylor – Fantasizing About Being Black (Trance Blues)

  1. John Latini – The Blues Just Makes Me Feel Good (Smokin’ Sled Dog)
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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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