In 1964, the Rolling Stones took a break from their first American tour to record several songs at Chess Records at 2120 S.

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 ...

A Complete Unknown documents Bob Dylan’s history in New York, but the singer spent an influential month in Chicago before ...

When the broadcast was over, we all filed out of the studio in a daze, that rediscovery of “Soul Man” and the band’s merger of Chicago blues and Memphis soul following us out into the streets. It was ...

His biggest hits included foundational Philly Sound songs "Hey, Western Union Man" and "Only The Strong Survive," written ...

Muddy Waters is known as the father of the blues, and in 1969, he got together to record one of the finest albums of his career with some of his musical sons.

Instead of a cold-open sketch or Carrie Fisher bounding down the stairs for her monologue, we saw a bunch of musicians in sunglasses ... his friend to Chicago blues — was still a mystery.

Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer whose rich, steady baritone graced such hits as "For Your Precious Love," "Only the ...

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

Impressions singer and Chicago politician Jerry Butler has died at 85. A keystone artist, he had suffered from Parkinson’s ...