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How do you define the blues? Carlos Santana, John Mayer, Kingfish and Gary Clark Jr. answer the question differently in a new documentary, but all agree that one of the

At 14, Franklin violinist Billy Contreras has already built a reputation that would make musicians four times his age envious. He’s been a featured performer at Lionel Hampton’s annual jazz festival in Idaho for the past two years, and during this year’s closing ceremonies, he played in an all-star aggregation alongside Hampton, guitarist Herb Ellis, and trumpeter Roy Hargrove, among others. He’s cut two LPs as a leader, one of them produced by Western swing mainstay Buddy S...

The Aces helped invent the sound of electric Chicago blues  They’re best known as a backing band for Junior Wells and Little Walter, but they took the lead when it came to the future of the genre. Sign up for our newsletters Subscribe 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 whove been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in the first place. When you delve into the history of Chicago b...