Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials release new album Slideways and single “Bad All By Myself” on February 27, 2026.

If you happened to be at the corner of Wabash and Balbo at 11 p.m. in early February, you would have seen a small crowd gathered around an 87-year-old man with a beaming smile. Nattily attired in a ...

The largest free blues festival in the world lived up to the hype with a glorious weekend of great blues music across 4 days in Chicago. (OK, there was one hour of rain on Sunday when we waited in the ...

The City of Chicago and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) announced the full lineup and programming highlights for the 2024 edition of the beloved Chicago Blues Festival, ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — The Chicago Blues Festival returns ...

Since 2005 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 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Blues legend John Primer is among four Chicago artists being inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame this year. Primer was shredding at Rosa's Lounge in the Logan Square neighborhood just ...

The Ultimate Commitments and Blues Brothers Experience are heading to Trowbridge next month. The event will take place at The Civic on Saturday 28th February.