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Big Bill Broonzy was one of America's most popular blues musicians — a father figure to many blues legends and an acknowledged influence on rockers such as Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend. Yet Broonzy's life has remained something of a mystery until now.

World Music Day has been around for about three decades. The Fête de la Musique got its start and original name in France. Now, it's a global celebration, taking place in over 400 cities around the world.

In 1910, Jack Johnson officially became the first black heavyweight champion of the world. Now, over a century later, two lawmakers have taken up a fight for the boxing giant’s reputation. They’ve asked President Obama to pardon Johnson, who was convicted on morals charges in Chicago.

A correction has been made to this story.In the 1950s, Carlos “Caribe” Ruis created a gathering for the Humboldt Park community. The Puerto Rican Congress is a civic organization located on North Ave. in Chicago.

The Los Angeles Times once called Tod Machover America’s “most wired composer.” It’s a strange accolade, but an appropriate one.The son of a pianist and a pioneer in the field of computer graphics, Machover started modifying, wiring, and experimenting with his instruments at an early age, a

The No Exit Café is a nondescript storefront across from the El tracks in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. Inside the small space a Broadway-sized production. That’s exactly what happens each weekend at Some Enchanted Evening: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein.

Luke Sienkowski is known to freaks, geeks and comedy fans as The Great Luke Ski. He mines the genre made famous by the likes of Weird Al Yankovic and Dr. Demento – parody songs. But his target audience is a bit narrower.