An under-sung hero of the blues, Jimmy Rogers played an essential role in creating the electrified, band-oriented postwar Chicago sound. He was best known for playing guitar in Muddy Waters’ lineups d... [Read More]

Long before becoming a force in Chicago blues, Johnny Shines hoboed with Robert Johnson through Depression-era America. They hopped freights, played on street corners, shared rooms and whiskey, and ma... [Read More]

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that about an hour into a rapidly-deteriorating concert at the Congress Theater Saturday night, Chuck Berry slumped over an accompanist's keyboard before being helped ... [Read More]

Chicago blues guitar legend Magic Sam's 1967 debut album, 'West Side Soul', will be reissued on January 18, 2011 by Delmark Records. The source material for the special edition digipak version is the ... [Read More]