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YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE CHICAGO BLUES SCENE
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Jovin Webb - Drifter
Release date: Oct. 18, 2024 Blind Pig Records By Robin Zimmerman When it comes to American Idol contestants, most seem to fall into the...
Stefan Hillesheim - Live at Rosa's Lounge
Release date: Sept. 1, 2024 Stella Blue Music By Marty Gunther Photo: Dianne Bruce Dunklau With flowing blond locks and a confident...
Ronnie Baker Brooks - Blues in my DNA
Release date: October 11, 2024 Alligator Records By Mark Plotnick Photo: Jim Summaria What happens when you bring together Ronnie Baker...
Chicago Blues Lifters - Blues Scouts
Release date: July 12, 2024 Big Eye Records By Marty Gunther If you’re tired of all the doom and gloom filling the blues these days,...
Shemekia Copeland - Blame It On Eve
Release date: August 30, 2024 Alligator Records By Greg Easterling Photo: Dave Specter Number nine is a magic number for Shemekia...
Erwin Helfer & Lluis Coloma - Two Pianos Too Cool
Release date: May 4, 2024 The Sirens Records By Donna Herula Photo / L to R: Jeff Parker (bass) Lluis Coloma, Erwin Helfer, John Brumbach...
Sonny Gullage - Go Be Free
Release date: August 23, 2024 Blind Pig Records By Marty Gunther Occasionally, a new artist emerges from the shadows and the moment he...
Toronzo Cannon - Shut Up And Play
Release date: June 7, 2024 Alligator Records By Mark Thompson Photo: Roman Sobus One of Chicago's finest contemporary blues artists,...
Bob Corritore & John Primer - Crawlin' Kingsnake
Release date: March 29, 2024 VizzTone/SWMAF Records By Robin Zimmerman Photo: John Primer & Bob Corritore The dynamic duo of John Primer...
Tinsley Ellis - Naked Truth
Release date: Feb. 9, 2024 Alligator Records By Mark Baier Photo: Kim Reed For over 40 years, veteran guitarist, singer and songwriter...
Chris O'Leary - The Hard Line
Release date: Jan. 12, 2024 Alligator Records By Steve Jones Photo: Paul Natkin Last summer when upstate New Yorker Chris O’Leary was...
Stefan Hillesheim - When I'm Gone
Release date: Sept. 19, 2023 Self-Release By Linda Cain (CBG Editor/Founder) L to R: Sumito Ariyoshi, Stefan Hillesheim, Dionte Skinner,...
Melody Angel - Indie Blues Girl
Release date: August 29, 2023 Self Release By David Whiteis Photo by Roman Sobus In the blues, victories are hard-won. This is a music...
Kingfish - Kingfish, Live in London
Release date: Oct. 13, 2023 Alligator Records By Robin Zimmerman Kingfish at Blues on the Fox, 2023/ Photo: Dianne Bruce Dunklau...
The Dig 3 - Damn The Rent
Release date: Sept. 19, 2023 Self-Release By Curt Brown L to R: Ronnie Shellist, Gerry Hundt, Andrew Duncanson/ photo: Dave Specter One...
Bob Corritore & Friends - Somebody Put Bad Luck on Me
Release date: Sept. 29, 2023 VizzTone/SWMAF Records By Robin Zimmerman Photo: Bob Corritore It’s certainly been a banner year for Bob...
Coco Montoya - Writing on the Wall
Release date: Sept. 1, 2023 Alligator Records By Mark Baier Coco Montoya / photo: Victoria Smith Veteran road warrior Coco Montoya brings...
Nigel Mack - Back In Style
Release date: June 1, 2023 Blues Attack Records By Linda Cain Nigel Mack / photo: David Tepper Mack is back! And he’s Back in Style with...
Lady J Houston - Groove Me Baby
Release date: June 14, 2023 Earwig Records By James Porter Joyce Huston, better known as Lady J Huston, is an acclaimed trumpeter and...
Joanna Connor - Best of Me
Release date: June 9, 2023 Gulf Coast Records By Greg Easterling One of Chicago’s favorite hometown blues bashers has released a brand...
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