Blues Organ + Maple Blues Nominees + Blue Birthdays

November 16/18

Crossroads continues the November Wild Bill Davis/Blues Organ feature with music Davis did on a blues album from Ella Fitzgerald; marks birthdays of Hank Ballard, W.C Handy, W.C. Clark, and also Howlin’ Wolf guitarist Hubert Sumlin (featured in a special in hour two of the show); and continues with more nominees in the 22nd Annual Maple Blues Awards, including two artists who racked up the most nominations this year, Colin James and Sue Foley.

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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.