The legendary guitarist's story reveals the supportive brotherhood hidden beneath Chicago's cutthroat blues scene ...

Not long after relocating to Chicago, Charles trekked to Memphis to perform at the Crossroads Festival as the guest of ...

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Since 2005 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 ...

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If you happened to be at the corner of Wabash and Balbo at 11 p.m. in early February, you would have seen a small crowd gathered around an 87-year-old man with a beaming smile. Nattily attired in a ...

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Billed as part of the "Damn Right Farewell" tour, music fans get a chance to see music icon Buddy Guy as he headlines this year's Chicago Blues Festival at Millennium Park for ...

Michael Bloomfield in February 1973, performing during an opening set for a reunion of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco Credit: Photo by Jonathan Perry / ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Blues legend John Primer is among four Chicago artists being inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame this year. Primer was shredding at Rosa's Lounge in the Logan Square neighborhood just ...

HARTFORD — Hey, Connecticut, are you ready for the blues? We’re talking about real, live, gritty, gut-punching electric Chicago blues — played the way almost no one still plays it anymore — and it’s ...

At 89, Buddy Guy is a vital link to the roots of an entire genre. He’s also just plain vital, with a key role in this year's 'Sinners' ...