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Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon brings his soulful sound to the Firefighters Blues Festival in Mishawaka this July.

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 ...

MANISTEE — The Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts will host a concert this month by Mississippi Heat. The event beings at 7:30 p.m. on July 18 at the Ramsdell, located at 101 Maple St. in Manistee.

The Chicago Blues Festival is back in Chicago this weekend, featuring the biggest names in the genre. The free four-day festival kicks off on Thursday in the Bridgeport neighborhood and will be held ...

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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 ...

In 2010, a day after drumming before 27,000 blues fans, with pop star John Mayer’s trio at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in a Bridgeview soccer stadium, prolific session musician Steve Jordan ...