As an album, Ergo Sum, which means “Therefore I am,” dazzles with sensational washes of blues and rock. Sponza and company create impressive portraits of the human condition, punctuated with marvelous rhythms, leads, back-beats, and perfect accents.

This is the latest installment of our weekly series The Language of the Blues, in which author and rock musician…

‘Jazz Blues Fusion’ is a perfect example of what today’s so-called hipsters strive so hard to project and achieve: suave cool that is unforced, awakened from the depths of a carefree spirit and an unbound, buoyant heart.

Singer, songwriter and harmonicist, Omar Coleman, is Chicago.

The 36th annual Taste of Chicago opens today in Grant Park, thrilling guests through Sunday, July 10th. This year’s lineup will offer an abundance of amazing performers including The Isley Brothers, Billy Idol, and The Decemberists among others.

Bill Withers wrote and performed some of the best-loved, most covered songs of all time. But he didn’t even pick up an instrument till he was in his late twenties…

Mammoth Bluesapalooza enjoys a well-deserved reputation for presenting an amazing variety of musicians and musical styles from all over the world.

So fans should not be surprised if they encounter Yondr being used at an event or show they are attending. They will be able to keep their cellphone on their person, and should they need to use it, they can have the case containing it unlocked just steps away.

Johnson endured racism and inspired social change while integrating the previously all-white Marine Corps.

Turn this one up loud, and then break off the knob.