Two definitive blues albums, The Best of Muddy Waters and Moanin’ in the Moonlight, are each, in their own right, a powerful collection of blues songs.

Since 2004 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 ...

In terms of record sales, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf have nothing on U2 or Mariah Carey — no No. 1 singles or albums between them. But pop music history would be inconceivable without their ...

It’s May 1968 and a turbulent age, with the life-changing political events of half a century still unfolding. Riots and revolution circle this third stone from the sun as war, terrorism and civil ...

Best of 2024: As cross-cultural high points go in post-war austerity Britain, the American Folk Blues Festival tours that started in 1962 took some beating. Seemingly out of nowhere, iconic blues ...

First, a key spoiler: Cadillac Records is not the story of Chess Records, the blues label started in Chicago in 1950 by brothers Leonard and Phil Chess that featured among its stable of artists Muddy ...

Last week, guitarist Pete Cosey died in Chicago, where he was born and spent most of his life, serving as a vital session musician not only at Chess but also with Miles Davis, his career spanning a ...

Saxophonist Eddie Shaw, who played alongside legendary bluesmen Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, will perform Sunday at Mobile's Blues Tavern. Shaw is a Mississippi native who moved to Chicago courtesy ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville musician known for his talent as a Blues drummer has died. Booker Washington "Sonny" Sitgraves Jr. died on Jan. 14 at the age of 84. Sitgraves became a popular ...

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