Duke Robillard, Otis Rush, Concert Previews & Mahalia Jackson’s Birthday

October 26 & 28

Crossroads wraps up the October feature of music from Otis Rush (including from his 1999 Gramm-winning album, Any Place I’m Going) and Duke Robillard (including a guest appearance with Eddy ‘The Chief’ Clearwater, and a special devoted to his music in hour two of the show).

Plus a tribute to Mahalia Jackson for her Friday birthday, previews of a number of regional blues shows in the coming week, and the latest from Shemekia Copeland, the International Blues Challenge winning Keeshea Pratt Band, Colin James and Chicago Plays the Stones.

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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.