CHICAGO (WLS) -- Buddy Guy wraps up his annual residency shows at his Legends club in the South Loop this weekend. Audiences still have time to see one of the greatest blues artists of all time. The ...

Two clubs, two worlds, one music: the blues. That's how it goes in Chicago, a blues nexus crisply divided into separate, unequal halves. A sharp racial divide cuts through the blues landscape in ...

For many, Chess Records, which Polish brothers Leonard and Phil Chess founded exactly 75 years ago, is the greatest recording ...

"Chicago ain't nothing but Mississippi with tall buildings," says Michael B. Jordan's character Stack, a Mississippi-born bootlegger, to aspiring blues musician Sammie in the new film Sinners. That ...

Two clubs, two worlds, one music: the blues. That's how it goes in Chicago, a blues nexus crisply divided into separate, unequal halves. A sharp racial divide cuts through the blues landscape in ...

A master of gritty, blue-collar blues, Seals has hardly been idle. He's mainly stuck close to his hometown of Chicago, and his fiery guitar playing can often be heard at one of the city's better blues ...

Although blues guitar slinger Johnny Burgin now hangs his hat in Memphis, his Chicago roots run deep. In his 25 years in town, Johnny learned from the Chicago blues masters and left his own mark on ...

As we move torridly into the 80's with the newer, younger voices in rock exploring the roots of their music and simplifying their presentations, Jimmy Johnson serves as a vibrant link to the past. His ...

Amtrak's nine-day Jazz, Blues, and Rock 'n' Roll itinerary is a hidden gem for travelers who want to explore America's most iconic music cities, including Chicago, Memphis, and New Orleans. Starting ...

Besides the new buds popping up in gardens and parks throughout the Chicago area, another sign of spring is an active music calendar. Here are 10 shows to see in April. Time to hit the dance floor: ...

Chicago (AP) -- Koko Taylor, a sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet "Queen of the Blues," has died after complications from surgery. She was 80.