The thunderous hit became one of hard rock’s defining guitar songs despite never reaching No. 1.

CHICAGO — Koko Taylor, a sharecropper’s daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet “Queen of the Blues,” has died after complications from surgery. She was 80. Taylor ...

Ben Lewis was combing through photographs, greeting cards and business documents for sale at a booth at the flea market in Back of the Yards last week when he suddenly had “a deer in the headlights ...

Toni Lynn Washington has been at the forefront of Boston’s music scene for decades. Aptly named Boston’s Queen of Soul and Blues, her accolades are too many to name—seven Blues Music Award nominations ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Her name is synonymous with Chicago ...