Veteran Chicago blues guitarist Toronzo Cannon got married this summer and moved to Minnesota about four months ago. “I’m ...

A master of gritty, blue-collar blues, Seals has hardly been idle. He's mainly stuck close to his hometown of Chicago, and his fiery guitar playing can often be heard at one of the city's better blues ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Blue Heaven" is a rousing tribute to the music that calls Chicago home, and the legends who made it an American art form. Lyle Miller plays Howlin' Wolf, and Dwight Neal, Muddy ...

For many, Chess Records, which Polish brothers Leonard and Phil Chess founded exactly 75 years ago, is the greatest recording studio in Chicago.

Mud Morganfield has never felt any pressure following in the Chicago blues tradition of his famous father, Muddy Waters. The music just couldn’t be denied. Morganfield was compelled. “I tell people, I ...

CHICAGO — September: it’s the last real month of outdoor shows and features Riot Fest in Douglass Park. Let’s take a look at 10 of the best shows coming through the city. 9/5 — Shemekia Copeland, Old ...

Hey Day Happy Hour: 4-6 p.m. Saturday, July 5, at Hey Nonny, 10 S. Vail Ave., Arlington Heights. Music from Jon Gram. Free. heynonny.com. Chicago: 7 p.m. Saturday ...

In 1969, after nearly 14 years of constant gigging in small blues clubs and cutting scorching singles for obscure labels, songs that received limited radio play but were greedily snatched up by young ...

At 89 years young, blues great Buddy Guy has just released his 20th solo album, Ain’t Done with the Blues. The 18-track collection arrived on July 30, coinciding with Guy’s actual birthday. The ...