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New Month/New Music New Releases Show

August 3/5

It’s “New Month/New Music” time as Crossroads teams up with Global Village and Strange Currency at the beginning of every month to feature the best in new blues releases.

Among the highlights this time:

The return of major stars return with new releases, including Shemekia Copeland, Elvin Bishop, and Boz Scaggs

A best-of set from New Orleans’ Cyril Neville

Rory Block kicking off a new series, Power Women of Blues, with a tribute to Bessie Smith

The reunion of Willie Dixon’s Original Chicago Blues All-Stars

A Rough Guide compilation of Hokum Blues

And to help kick off the Crossroads August Blues Rock feature, Joe Bonamassa’s British Blues Explosion Live

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.