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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 ...

The blues can be heated music that thrills a sweat-soaked, booze-fueled crowd in a packed bar. It can also be the gentle sounds of acoustic guitars wafting from a nearby front porch. The latter ...

Live blues music is even better outdoors in the summertime. Folks definitely understood that at the old Maxwell Street Market, which became a grassroots hot spot for the blues before World War II.

CHICAGO (CBS)-- There's just something about listening to Chicago blues on vinyl – and seeing the greats perform live. Our city's blues talent is unrivaled, but shrinking. So CBS 2's Irika Sargent ...

The annual Chicago Blues Festival's 40th year got underway on Friday, featuring a lineup packed with blues legends and up-and-coming musicians. The world’s largest free blues festival, a staple in ...

Blues icon and world music pioneer Taj Mahal will be headlining the Chicago Blues Festival this June. Taj Mahal and the Phantom Blues Band will perform the night of Sunday, June 7, at 7 p.m. at the ...

One organization is bringing people together to honor the city’s history of blues music. Chicago Blues Revival creates ways for young Chicagoans to become fans and players of their hometown music.

Chicago deserves its reputation as the capital of the blues. Though New Orleans and Memphis can make plausible claims, Chicago was home not only to many of the best artists but also to a critical mass ...

In 2010, a day after drumming before 27,000 blues fans, with pop star John Mayer’s trio at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in a Bridgeview soccer stadium, prolific session musician Steve Jordan ...

Bruce Iglauer’s “preeminent blues record label” will mark its milestone anniversary at this year’s Chicago Blues Festival with performances by Lil' Ed Williams, Ronnie Baker Brooks and Nick Moss.