Since 2004 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

On this day, January 7, 1954, this blues legend recorded the hit song that would later inspire the booming genre of rock 'n' roll.

Best of 2024: As cross-cultural high points go in post-war austerity Britain, the American Folk Blues Festival tours that started in 1962 took some beating. Seemingly out of nowhere, iconic blues ...

First, a key spoiler: Cadillac Records is not the story of Chess Records, the blues label started in Chicago in 1950 by brothers Leonard and Phil Chess that featured among its stable of artists Muddy ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville musician known for his talent as a Blues drummer has died. Booker Washington "Sonny" Sitgraves Jr. died on Jan. 14 at the age of 84. Sitgraves became a popular ...

Saxophonist Eddie Shaw, who played alongside legendary bluesmen Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, will perform Sunday at Mobile's Blues Tavern. Shaw is a Mississippi native who moved to Chicago courtesy ...