Crossroads

1. Mark Hummel – Wayback Machine (Electro-Fi)
2. Frank Bey – All My Dues Are Paid (NOLA Blue)
3. Cindy Cashdollar – Waltz for Abilene (Silver Shot)
4. John Primer & Bob Corritore – The Gypsy Woman Told Me (Vizztone)
5. Rory Block – Prove It On Me (Stony Plain)
6. Phantom Blues Band – Still Cookin’ (Vizztone)
7. Chickenbone Slim – Sleeper (Lo Fi Mob)
8. Robert Cray Band – That’s What I Heard (Nozzle)
9. The Jimmys – Gotta Have It (Intercept)
10. Whitney Shay – Stand Up! (Ruf)
    

Friday, June 5 and Sunday, June 7

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 new albums featured this time:

• Ace blues piano player Kenny ‘Blues Boss’ Wayne
• Ruthie Foster with her Big Band
• Samoa Wilson teamed up with the Jim Kweskin Band
• Japanese blues bands with Johnny Burgin
• Classic Chicago blues from Linsey Alexander
• And veteran blues band, the Nighthawks.
  

Friday, May 29, and Sunday, May 31

Crossroads wraps up the May Little Walter Blues Harmonica feature with music from several blues harp players with new albums (including Mark Hummel, Andrew Alli doing a Little Walter tune, and 2020 Independent Music Award) nominee Ilya Portnov, a rare track with Little Walter on guitar, a Little Walter tribute album with Charlie Musselwhite, and a special in hour two chronicling his life and music. We also remember guitarist and organist Lucky Peterson who passed away earlier this month.

Friday, May 22 and Sunday, May 24

In conjunction with the May Little Walter and Blues Music Awards feature, Crossroads highlights music this time from harmonica player and one of this year’s BMA winners, Rick Estrin. We’ll hear him with Little Charlie, the Nightcats, and Frank Bey in hour one, and in a special in hour two of the show. We’ll also hear music from Little Walter and from a tribute album that included harmonica player Sugar Ray Norcia. Also on tap, a classic from Koko Taylor and new music from guitarists Joanna Connor and Cindy Cashdollar.

Friday, May 15 and Sunday, May 17

Crossroads continues the May feature celebrating the 90th birthday of blues harmonica legend Little Walter, including music he did with Muddy Waters and from a Walter tribute album by harmonic player Billy Branch. Plus more Blues Music Awards winners, and a birthday salute to blues great Taj Mahal, including some of his classic tracks, a special in hour two, and also the latest from the Phantom Blues Band, Taj Mahal’s former backup band.

Friday, May 8 and Sunday, May 10

Crossroads kicks off the May feature, celebrating the 90th birthday of one of the greats of blues harmonica, Little Walter. We’ll also mark birthdays of blues pioneer Robert Johnson and contemporary blues rock star Joe Bonamassa.

1. The Jimmys – Gotta Have It (Intercept)
2. Robert Cray Band – That’s What I Heard (Nozzle)
3. Roomful of Blues – In a Roomful of Blues (Alligator)
4. Chickenbone Slim – Sleeper (Lo Fi Mob)
5. Ben Rice/RB Stone – Out of the Box (Middle Mountain Music)
6. T Bone Walker – T-Bone Jumps Again (Jasmine)
7. Johnny Adams - Meets Lee Dorsey (Jasmine)
8. Frank Bey – All My Dues Are Paid (NOLA Blue)
9. Whitney Shay – Stand Up! (Ruf)
10. Jimmy Johnson – Every Day of Your Life (Delmark)
    

Friday, May 1 and Sunday, May 3

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 new albums this time:

• David Bromberg Band
• 2020 Blues Challenge semi-finalists Jim Gustin & Truth Jones
• The all-star Proven Ones band
• A new Rough Guide compilation of Spiritual Blues
• Chicago blues veteran John Primer with harmonica star Bob Corritore
• And a number of new releases from blues women, including Zakiya Hooker (John Lee Hooker's daughter), Crystal Shawanda, the Mary Jo Curry Band, Casey Hensley, and Cindy Cashdollar.
  

Friday, April 24 and Sunday, April 26

Crossroads wraps up the April feature with music from Johnny Copeland (including a track with special guest Stevie Ray Vaughan) and daughter Shemekia Copeland (including music from her Dr. John-produced Talking to Strangers album, as a guest on the latest release from the Cash Box Kings, and in hour two in a special done right after her most recent and finest album to date, America’s Child).

We’ll also hear music from Eddie Hinton and Little Charlie & the Nightcats, and the latest from Roomful of Blues, Popa Chubby, the Jimmys, and the 11 Guys Quartet.

Friday, April 17 and Sunday, April 19

This time at the Crossroads we focus on the Texas blues connections of April featured artist Johnny Copeland. We’ll hear Copeland himself as a special guest with Randy Weston and on the Grammy-winning album, Showdown, that he did with Albert Collins and Robert Cray. We’ll also hear Texas artists T-Bone Walker (from a new reissue) and Stevie Ray Vaughan in hour one, and a Texas blues special in hour two.

Also on the show music from Shemekia Copeland (Johnny’s daughter and our other featured artist this month), new releases from Al Basile and the Ben Rice/RB Stone Cigar Guitar Box project, and gospel-inspired sounds from the Blind Boys of Alabama and Robert Randolph & the Family Band.