Browsing: Chicago Blues

Hubert Sumlin, the long celebrated and legendary blues guitar master who played scorching guitar for Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters during the Chicago Blues heyday, has reportedly passed away.

A great recent article in the Chicago Tribune covers a blues class, created by Columbia College in Chicago, that is…

Kilborn Alley’s latest album Four is a diverse, professional, and most importantly, solidly blues album that is simply fun to…

On their latest album, the Kingsnakes are largely doing what they’ve done best for nearly two decades: Chicago Blues

A mere month from turning 75, the six-time Grammy winner was a ball of energy this past Saturday at the first annual Greenwich Town Party in Connecticut.

The Chicago Blues Festival is coming up in less than a month. One of the most popular festivals in the world, this year’s event will be filled with larger than life blues on five stages.

Chicago, IL, April 8, 2011. Raisin’ Music is proud to announce that Chicago Blues: A Living History; The (R)evolution Continues will be available in the US on Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Doctor Dan Ivankovich is, to put it mildly, not your average doctor. A surgeon by day and an accomplished bluesman by night, Dr. Dan attends to Chicago’s poorest and neglected citizens.

James Kinds, the tried-and-true working bluesman, has recently released Love You From The Top, a righteously soulful album packed with West Side Chicago sound.

Delmark Records’ recent reissue of Magic Sam’s “West Side Soul” is a great new remastering of a classic album that has been widely regarded as one of the best blues albums of all time.