Two clubs, two worlds, one music: the blues. That's how it goes in Chicago, a blues nexus crisply divided into separate, unequal halves. A sharp racial divide cuts through the blues landscape in ...

Before the blues filled grand theaters and concert halls, it lived in humble bars, street corners, and juke joints where life and music were inseparable. Each venue carried its own legends, laughter, ...

Chicago blues great Billy Branch says a concert in Grant Park got him hooked on the music many decades ago. His latest album is “The Blues is My Biography.” ...