Bonnie Raitt, Maple Blues Nominees And New Releases

KMUW | By Chris Heim

Published November 18, 2019 at 1:28 PM CST

Friday, November 22 and Sunday, November 24

Crossroads continues the November feature of music of Bonnie Raitt for her 70^th birthday.

Also throughout November, there’s music from the recently announced nominees in the Maple Blues Awards, celebrating Canadian blues artists. This time we’ll hear from Colin James, Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne, Michael Jerome Browne, Matt Anderson, Harrison Kennedy, and David Vest.

Plus the latest from Houston blues acts the Steve Krase Band and Annika Chambers, the Kansas City acoustic duo of Hudspeth & Taylor, Chicago’s Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues celebrating blues harp legend Little Walter, the North Mississippi Allstars, and soul blues singer Tad Robinson.

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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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