Rooted in the Mississippi Delta, the blues sprang from spiritual music and field hollers, spinning a cultural thread that followed the Great Black Migration from South to North.

Want to know what’s in? After flipping through pages and pages of catalogues and combing the Internet, I’ve compiled a list of five of this season’s strongest trends. Red, sky blue, burnt orange, ...

In a major addition to the city’s summer calendar, the Chicago Blues Festival is gearing up for its annual comeback. Blues music attendees can expect live performances and panel discussions featuring ...

If you know, you know! The Chicago Blues Fest is one of the greatest Blues Fest in the land. Headliners Mavis Staples, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, and Bobby Rush only begin to tap the music available ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Shemekia Copeland is an acclaimed blues artist, well-known for her standout performances in Chicago. She'll be in the area next week to help ring in the new year at the city's ...

Veteran Chicago blues guitarist Toronzo Cannon got married this summer and moved to Minnesota about four months ago. “I’m like a cat in a new house,” he said with a laugh. Although he may have ...

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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 ...