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Boz Scaggs/Eddie Hinton, Concert Previews Blues Blast & Living Blues Nominees

Friday, June 28, and Sunday, June 30

Crossroads wraps up the June Boz Scaggs/Eddie Hinton feature, highlights some of the nominees in the recently announced Blues Blast and Living Blues Awards, previews local and regional blues shows in the coming week, and highlights a number of new blues releases.

Among the artists featured this time: Peter Frampton, Nick Moss, Robin Trower, Dusty Springfield (with a classic song Eddie Hinton wrote) the B.B. King Blues Band, Reese Wynans, Toronzo Cannon, Mike Zito, Dr. John, and Wichita Blues Challenge winners Connie Hawkins and the Blues Wreckers.

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.