With “traditional” blues as their foundation, some artists and educators working to introduce the music to the next generation see plenty of room to improvise.

Chicago Blues Revival Executive Director Diamond M. Dixon hopes Chicago will take a page from other cities like Nashville and ...

Chicago blues great Billy Branch says a concert in Grant Park got him hooked on the music many decades ago. His latest album is “The Blues is My Biography.” ...

Melissa Etheridge, Blues Traveler and Nelly will be the musical acts performing at Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s annual Roaring ...

After absorbing a wave of lavish City Council tributes last week, blues legend Buddy Guy stood up to give a short, quiet ...

Ryan Coogler’s horror blockbuster Sinners is the story of the Smokestack twins, brothers returning to the Jim Crow south ...

His longevity is one of the reasons Ryan Coogler wanted the elder statesman of the blues to be in his movie, and he ...

The announcement set the schedule for Chicago’s 2026 lineup of festivals and events, continuing through celebrations for the holiday season.

Our city shaped the Smokestack twins, and so did World War I and its aftermath, when many Black people embraced an understanding of self and agency in the face of racism.