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The now-defunct Checkerboard Lounge blues bar doubled as a popular UChicago college hangout before it relocated to Harper Court.  “We were there to be part of the South Side, to experience Chicago in that way.”—Ethan Michaeli (A.B. ‘89)

The 40-year-old Mississippi Valley Blues Society is not having its trademark LeClaire Park festival this year, but it’s not exactly singing the blues. It’s launching a new concert series (partly to raise money for its 40th-annivesary festival in 2025) on Sunday, April 28, at 2 p.m., with Chicago-based Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings. The […]

Benjamin Kushner played in the three most prominent international touring bands to emerge from Lincoln in the past 30 years. He died Monday.

Blind Pig Records, a legendary American blues and roots recording company, announced its official return to the music scene this week.

The Blues By Budweiser concert series will feature the Johnie B and Queen Iretta Sanders Blues Review at 8 p.m. Dec. 2 at RJs Grill & Bar, 128 S. Main St.

Beyond musical megafests Aftershock and Golden Sky, there are tons more music shows afoot around Sacramento in October.

Chicago Style Blues featuring Lurrie Bell son of Blues Legend Carey Bell from the Muddy Waters Band. PERFORMER BIO: Born in 1958, the son of famed blues harmonica player Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell picked up his father’s guitar at age of five and...

Bringing crowds to their feet at the hardest to please and sophisticated night clubs in the Midwest, Reverend Raven and the Chain Smoking Altar Boys play traditional blues, straight up with a big dose of passion. With smoking grooves, served up with hot harmonica and smooth stinging guitar they play original songs peppered with nods to Slim Harpo, Little Walter, Jimmy Rogers, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and the three Kings. Born and raised on south side of Chicago, the Reverend has been playi...

It’s going to be different this time around, but also familiar. Keokuk’s 35th Annual Rollin’ on the River is coming in land to make a Sixth Street block party, and