Lloyd Maines, father of The Chicks’ Natalie Maines, played pedal steel guitar. Ely had an accordionist and piano and everyone ...

Buddy Guy is one of the most talented living blues players, and his influence on the genre (especially the Chicago blues) has left a mark that is still felt today. It’s not surprising all that newer, ...

The largest free blues festival in the world lived up to the hype with a glorious weekend of great blues music across 4 days in Chicago. (OK, there was one hour of rain on Sunday when we waited in the ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Few figures in American music loom as large as Muddy Waters. A transformative force in the evolution of modern blues, Waters bridged the acoustic traditions of the Mississippi Delta ...

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As one of the world’s leading blues remixers, Charlie Beale has developed a signature style that incorporates samples of ...