With fewer clubs and iconic headliners, the business is in the process of reinventing itself with rising stars and a wider definition of the genre. By Steve Knopper Mike Wheeler says he has 16 gigs ...

John Németh, Buddy Guy and Albert Castiglia were the night's double winners. By Paul Grein Tommy Castro won the B.B. King entertainer of the year award for the second year in a row at the 44th Annual ...

Harold Washington Library staffer Sarah Zimmerman shares a commemorative brochure from the fourth annual Chicago Blues Festival in 1987. Credit: James Hosking When it comes to the blues, sometimes ...