CHICAGO (CBS) -- Billed as part of the "Damn Right Farewell" tour, music fans get a chance to see music icon Buddy Guy as he headlines this year's Chicago Blues Festival at Millennium Park for ...

If you happened to be at the corner of Wabash and Balbo at 11 p.m. in early February, you would have seen a small crowd gathered around an 87-year-old man with a beaming smile. Nattily attired in a ...

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There’s a type of blues music that is native to Chicago. It can be characterized by its use of guitar, harmonica and rhythm sections. And starting Thursday, June 6, the largest free blues festival in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Buddy Guy may be a son of the south, but he's a man of Chicago blues. He makes that music his own at his South Loop Legends Club, and it echoes around the world. Guy is hard to miss; ...

If you love Howlin’ Wolf more than Harry Styles, you’ll be happy to know that the blues is alive and well in Charleston. Or ...

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Veteran Chicago blues guitarist Toronzo Cannon got married this summer and moved to Minnesota about four months ago. “I’m like a cat in a new house,” he said with a laugh. Although he may have ...

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The 2025 edition of the Chicago Blues Festival has one of the stronger lineups in recent memory—its mix of hallowed veterans and up-and-comers suggests that the idiom remains very healthy. The ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Blue Heaven" is a rousing tribute to the music that calls Chicago home, and the legends who made it an American art form. Lyle Miller plays Howlin' Wolf, and Dwight Neal, Muddy ...

The 46th edition of the BMA honors — staged by the Memphis-based Blues Foundation — were held at the Renasant Convention Center in Downtown Memphis.