Chicago Blues Guide HOT Shows:    

August 29: Kenny Neal at  Legends

August 30: Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater & Lonnie Brooks at FitzGerald's in Berwyn

September 1: Lonnie Brooks at Septemberfest in Schaumburg. FREE!

Blues Blast Music Awards 2008

 Vote for your favorite blues artists and hear music from the nominees. (Just click on the guitar logo for more info).

NEWS: Koko Taylor's band in van crash; seven injured

NEWS: In Memory of Phil Guy & Little Arthur Duncan Your music will live on forever.

Phil Guy(right): April 28, 1940 - Aug. 20, 2008

 Little Arthur Duncan: Feb. 5, 1934 -Aug. 20, 2008

NEWS: In honor of Jerry Wexler, the soul man of Atlantic Records: 1917-2008. Hitmaker for Aretha, Wilson, Etta and Ray Charles dies at age 91.

NEWS: Bluzapalooza's second tour of Iraq to include Shemekia Copeland, Michael Burks, Deanna Bogart and more.

REVIEW: Two Buddy Guy Special  Events

Tribute concert & awards in the park, plus CD release party in the club with special guests, all in one night.

 REVIEW:  Joss Stone & Ryan Shaw at Taste of Chicago

Joss Stone and Ryan Shaw have the kind of sensuous, passionate and soulful voices that can make you swoon, break your heart or shake your booty.

REVIEW: Stevie Wonder At Taste of Chicago

The superstar drew massive crowds to Grant Park for a free concert that lasted nearly three hours, with 30 songs and some surprises. It was a musical, political and cultural event, and a great party, too.

FEATURES: Interview with Billy Branch Harp virtuoso passes the torch to the next generation with Blues in the Schools and recalls the Disneyland days of Chicago blues.

REVIEWS:

CDs by: Dave Specter, Billy Boy Arnold, Marcia Ball, Janiva Magness, Honeyboy Edwards and more

DVDs by: Son Seals, Jimmy Burns, Chicago Blues Reunion

LIVE BLUES: Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, North Mississippi Allstars

Corky Siegel on BluesTube