Two definitive blues albums, The Best of Muddy Waters and Moanin’ in the Moonlight, are each, in their own right, a powerful collection of blues songs.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame calls the Muddy Waters recording catalog “one of the great musical treasures” of the 20th century. Besides legendary blues musician Robert Johnson, reads ...

In 1964, the Rolling Stones took a break from their first American tour to record several songs at Chess Records at 2120 S. Michigan Ave. It was where Chicago’s Black blues performers made the records ...

Reporting from Chicago — Phil Chess, co-founder of a Chicago record label that amassed perhaps the most influential blues catalog of all time and launched the careers of Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters, ...

Weeks after releasing a gritty cover of Muddy Waters’ “Rollin’ and Tumblin,'” Billy Gibbons issued a second tribute to the blues legend with his take on “Standing Around Crying.” The ZZ Top guitarist ...

And let's remember a man who brought blues to music fans across the country. Phil Chess has died at age 95. He co-founded Chess Records, the Chicago label that was home to Etta James and Muddy Waters ...