Howlin' Wolf News

Chicago blues speaks more to the region than a style, agreed three of the city's greatest living guitarists.

The Asante Festival and Awards Ceremony at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts features Kidd Jordan, Kermit Ruffins, Kirk Brunus and Stephanie Jordan.

Swedish singing sensation Beatrice will perform her Mississippi-influenced blend of country, blues, folk and gospel in a concert July 16 at The Auditorium restaurant in Jackson.

One night in 1979 at Chicago's B.L.U.E.S. on Halsted club, blues harmonica player Jerry Portnoy took Barrelhouse Chuck aside and told the young pianist to follow him and not say a word.

IF Abbe May screamed: "I can't stand you no more" to your face, chances are you'd believe her.

When most folks think of the blues, odds are it's either Chicago blues or Texas loud and electric.

All About Jazz is celebrating Howlin' Wolf's birthday today! Howlin' Wolf Howlinaa TM Wolf - vocals, guitar, composer, Blues Legend! Howlin\' Wolf was a seminal figure in the development of the Chicago blues style.

Blues aficionados, take note: The recently opened Langosta Lounge, cate-corner from the Stone Pony on the boardwalk in Asbury Park, has begun embracing the blues in a big way.

Southern musical storyteller J.J. Grey and Mofro kick off the 2009 Bud Light Hot Summer Nights free concert series Thursday at the Ford Amphitheater in Vail, Colorado.

Thorogood: George Thorogood reporting for duty. Action: This should be fun. My two favorite topics are blues and baseball.

Howlin' Wolf was born on June 10, 1910 and he passed away on January 10, 1976. He was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player and band leader.

The Highway 61 Blues Festival in Leland celebrates its 10th anniversary Saturday with a strong lineup of traditional blues, including 93-year-old Honeyboy Edwards and former Howlin' Wolf saxophonist Eddie Shaw.

Koko Taylor's life in the blues is a musical road map of the genre. Born near Memphis, Tenn., she left farm country as a young woman to start a new life in Chicago.

Hooked on the sounds emerging from the radio, Elvin Bishop had to find out where they were coming from and who was responsible.

Record label: Grammy-winning blues singer Koko Taylor dies in Chicago at age 80.

A guitarist who has stood at the crossroads of blues and rock, Buddy Guy is one of the few who can claim to have been mentored by blues legends such as Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, and to have influenced rock heroes such as Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, and Eric Clapton.

Arctic Monkeys - 'Fake Tales Of San Francisco' Metric - 'Sick Muse' The Frames - God Bless Mom' Florence & The Machine - 'Dog Days Are Over' The Dead Weather - 'Treat Me Like Your Mother' The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 'The Time Warp' Jeff Buckley - 'Dream Brother' Das Shadow - 'Navigate The Menus' The Clash - 'Train In Vain' Hexstatic - 'Red ...

THE KILLS, THE HORRORS AT HENRY FONDA THEATER The Kills ' 2008 album, Midnight Boom , was another fascinating collision of art-punk riffs, juiced trash-blues scraps, percussive schoolyard chants and forebodingly sentimental anti-gentrification electro-funk, but one song in particular really stood out, in part because it was so disarmingly sweet and ...

For Dylan, it means looking back to the master pre-rock roadhouse bluesmen like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf for inspiration, and for Young it means looking no further than his own garage.

If you are a fan of the blues and/or rock 'n' roll you probably know who Willie Dixon is.