Willie Dixon. Born at the Delta’s southern tip in 1915, Willie Dixon followed the Great Migration to Chicago. There, he penned some of the greatest blues songs of the century, delivering hits to Muddy ...

“John was the perfect drummer for the way Roomful played,” said sax player Greg Piccolo, a former member of Roomful of Blues. “Every beat of the drum meant something, every note meant something.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Graeme Edge, a drummer and the last original member of the British rock band The Moody Blues, has died. He was 80. The band’s lead singer and guitarist, Justin Hayward, confirmed the news in a note ...

Burnside’s I Be Trying won a Grammy in 2022 for Best Traditional Blues Album. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Carver Community Cultural Center Grammy-winning blues musician Cedric Burnside — known for mixing ...

A relatively unknown blues musician with ties to Bowling Green will soon have his name thrust forward again as the first ...

GRAMMY® Award Nominated Drummer & Composer MARK GUILIANA and his Acclaimed Quartet perform at Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on Friday March 17 at 7:30 P.M. Tickets for the ...

As an artist, sometimes you get lucky and find a mentor who sees something in you early on and shows you the ropes. In some cases, they even bring you along for the ride. In the case of Coco Montoya, ...

Thanks to bands such as The Eagles and Led Zeppelin, these three blues albums from the 1970s are overly slept on.