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Corky Siegel remembers Jim Schwall, vividly and forever. The pair formed the Siegel-Schwall Band. Schwall died June 19.

Blues survives, always, in Chicago. Even after the darkest phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Crossroads | February 25 and 27, 2022

Each Wednesday and Sunday evening at 8 p.m. “Live At The Linda” brings you some of the best musical acts to grace the stage at The Linda - WAMC's Performing Arts Studio. This week we showcase The Linda’s many “shades of blue,” with blues artists James Armstrong, Shawn Holt, and Chris Thomas King. We also check in with John McEuen, who will be taking the Linda stage on February 27th.

Local music picks for February: The Black Moods, Phoenix Rock Lottery, Dropout Kings, Steve Gadd, Banana Gun, Bob Corritore, Joey DeFrancesco, more.

Eric Clapton 'Lady in the Balcony Lockdown Sessions (Live)' Old Slowhand lays it down smooth and easy with his own lockdown sessions album. Eric Clapton recently released a new album titled “The Lady in The Balcony: Lockdown Sessions (Live).” Here, Clapton re-records some of his biggest

Saving American Music | Blues, Roots, Country, Jazz, Rock & Roll, Bluegrass, Folk

Perhaps all you need to know about David Frayer is this — when he scored a goal in old-timers&#...

Each Wednesday and Sunday evening at 8 p.m. “Live At The Linda” brings you some of the best musical acts to grace the stage at The Linda - WAMC's Performing Arts Studio. This week features a night of blues with the Berkshires' own Misty Blues from their “Open for Take-Out Virtual Concert Series” this past April and John Primer from this past August.

A 30 year old Foz in downtown Chicago - Credit: Gill Powell In his latest On Air in Suffolk column, broadcaster Stephen Foster recalls a memorable trip to cover the Chicago Blues Festival. 1990 was a key year in my radio career. After eight very happy years at Radio Orwell and Saxon Radio I suddenly found myself at a crossroads and I’m not talking about the junction where Crown Street meets Museum Street and High Street. The new owners of Suffolk’s two commercial stations were understandabl...