Chess became an incubator for not only Chicago blues, but early rock ‘n’ roll and other genres as well. Vocalist Minnie Riperton backed other artists and later became as star, noted for her ...

Delta blues grew up into modern Chicago blues. If you listen to Muddy ... experience people are having at the time. Typically, blues artists write out of their own experience.

Barry Goldberg, a veteran Chicago-born blues keyboardist who had a long and ... Barry also was one of the musicians, along with members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Al Kooper, who ...

Chicago played a key role in the development of the urban blues of the 1930s. Musicians who had left the South during the Great Depression, including Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Minnie and Tampa Red ...

The Big Gig concert is set to celebrate Black History Month in Monroe County on Feb. 22, starting at 7 p.m. at Monroe County ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Buddy Guy wraps up his annual residency shows at his Legends club in the South Loop this weekend. Audiences still have time to see one of the greatest blues artists of all time.

Reggae artist Matisyahu has had the House of Blues in Chicago cancel his scheduled performance Friday because of the "threat of protests." Matisyahu said that House of Blues had canceled the show ...

Bonamassa has released more than 40 albums, has 28 No. 1 hits on the Billboard blues album chart and has been hailed as ...

A night of Electric Blues, Chicago style, is coming to the Teatro Manuel España, Las Lagunas de Mijas, for all those who ...