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 ...

Australian blues guitarist Michael Charles found his home in the Chicago scene, after moving there in 1991. Inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame in 2015, he'll be blazing the CSPS stage in ...

If you know, you know! The Chicago Blues Fest is one of the greatest Blues Fest in the land. Headliners Mavis Staples, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, and Bobby Rush only begin to tap the music available ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Chicago music duo has created a unique sound to celebrate their Arab roots. They're mixing the music of the Middle East with good old Chicago blues. Music can make you feel at home. When Rami ...

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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 ...

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