It’s May 1968 and a turbulent age, with the life-changing political events of half a century still unfolding. Riots and revolution circle this third stone from the sun as war, terrorism and civil ...

There isn’t an official Mount Rushmore for American blues, but if there was, Muddy Waters would certainly be one of those four figures etched in stone. When his former guitarist Bob Margolin returns ...

Bob Corritore has been a major player on the Phoenix blues scene for decades, having moved here from Chicago, the hometown that continues to inspire him, in the early ‘80s. A decade after his arrival, ...

There aren’t many branches left on the Muddy Waters blues tree. Waters, known as the father of Chicago blues, fostered a cadre of sensational blues musicians on his albums and in his band, stretching ...

Host John Ydstie talks with harmonica player and Chicago native Jerry Portnoy. Portnoy's dad worked on Maxwell Street, where there was lots of action, including a place where blues musicians jammed.

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Chicago's Grammy–winning blues harmonica master and former Muddy Waters' band member James Cotton will be postponing and rescheduling a number of appearances because of hip replacement surgery. Cotton ...