Eric Johanson returns to Aurora for a Sunday night performance of modern blues-rock. The Louisiana native is back in the States after shows in Spain and Sweden and is bringing his power trio July 14 ...

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 the beginning, there was blues. It poured out of the American South on acoustic guitars and pianos and made it up north ...

While synths and new wave brought in the decade and glam metal closed it, there were still plenty of acts championing a blues rock sound and thriving in the 1980s. In looking back at the roots of rock ...