Standing at the crossroads - the Mississippi crossroads of Robert Johnson and the devil's infamous meeting - Mark Radcliffe found himself facing his own personal juncture. Aged sixty, he had just mourned the death of his father, only to be diagnosed with mouth and throat cancer. Together these events led Radcliffe to think about pivotal tracks in music and how the musicians who wrote and performed them had reached the crossroads that led to such epoch-changing music.

Crossroads is a warm, intimate account of music and its power to transform our lives, as Radcliffe takes a personal journey through these key tracks.

"Funny, brilliantly entertaining and packed with musical lore" - * Daily Mail *

"Warm and welcoming . . . yet possessed of a sweeping sense of melancholy and flight" - * Times Literary Supplement *

"Wit and wisdom from Mark Radcliffe . . . The Lancashire-based broadcaster is known for a wry, witty presenting style as well as his love of music, and Crossroads blends these with an undertone of sadness" - * Irish Times *

"Radcliffe's a grounded, approachable broadcaster with a fine line in self-deprecating wit" - * Herald *