Carl “Buffalo” Nichols knows the question is coming, and he can’t help but smile. “Should I be careful or should I be honest?” he says, Zooming in from a hotel room before a show in Englewood, ...
With fewer clubs and iconic headliners, the business is in the process of reinventing itself with rising stars and a wider definition of the genre. By Steve Knopper Mike Wheeler says he has 16 gigs ...
Mississippi and Mid-South artists Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Eden Brent were among the winners at the annual Blues Music Awards on May 7. The 47th edition of the BMA honors — presented by the ...
Rodd Bland and the Members Only Band won for a tribute album to Bland's father, the late blues legend Bobby "Blue" Bland. By Paul Grein Tommy Castro swept three major awards at the 43rd Blues Music ...
Harold Washington Library staffer Sarah Zimmerman shares a commemorative brochure from the fourth annual Chicago Blues Festival in 1987. Credit: James Hosking When it comes to the blues, sometimes ...
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