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Best Music of 2012

Music hosts Jedd Beaudoin and Chris Heim run down the best in music for 2012 - including selections for world, rock, local music, jazz, blues and books about music.

Join both music hosts throughout January on Global Village, Strange Currency, Night Train and Crossroads for a month-long feature of the Best of 2012. See individual show pages for more information on upcoming shows and to listen to past shows through the new streaming archive.

Best Music of 2012 Lists

Global Village - World

Strange Currency - Rock

Strange Currency - Local

Night Train - Jazz

Crossroads - Blues

Best Music Books of 2012

Jedd Beaudoin's Picks

Chris Heim's Picks

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.
Jedd Beaudoin is host/producer of the nationally syndicated program Strange Currency. He has also served as an arts reporter, a producer of A Musical Life and a founding member of the KMUW Movie Club. As a music journalist, his work has appeared in Pop Matters, Vox, No Depression and Keyboard Magazine.