Chicago's famous blues scene is a world of grungy bars set in upscale neighborhoods, where affluent white tourists bask in the musical tradition of the black working class. According to Grazian's ...

Afro-American music -- Blues styles: an historical sketch -- Fattening frogs for snakes? -- B.B. King backstage -- Big Bobby Blue Bland on stage -- Role and response -- Soul and solidarity -- ...

What it did: Popularised Johnson’s great creation myth – that his fame was the result of a deal made with the Devil at a rural crossroads. What came next: Johnson died at 27, cementing his Faustian ...

-- A little bit blues and a lot of soul. If you venture out in the Lansing area at all, chances are you've had the pleasure of seeing (and hearing) the band To celebrate the release of their fifth ...

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 ...

Here’s a spoiler for anyone planning to attend Paul Urban’s CD release party at the Hampton History Museum on Wednesday evening: The songs are originals, not covers. He doesn’t usually tell the ...

It’s always been fascinating to me that a bunch of young White blues musicians — kids who braved the meanest, toughest nightclubs in Chicago’s Black ghettos to learn from masters like Muddy Waters and ...