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Does Chicago finally have an office of the sort that champions local sounds and facilitates the music community’s interactions with city government in lesser burgs such as Austin, Memphis, Nashville, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland?Maybe, though the folks staffing it aren’t calling i

Jerry King says he'll quit playing the accordion when he dies.

A list of the best bars in Chicago to sing Billy Joel, David Bowie and everything in between.

Richard Steele shares the legacy of both a Chicago blues great and a member of the famous gospel group, The Staple Singers.

Staples, the eldest sister and member of the group her father Roebuck "Pops" Staples started in the 1940s, died Thursday at age 78. She was at her Chicago home and had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for the past decade, said family friend and music publicist Bill Carpenter.

Controversial venue owner Erineo “Eddie” Carranza may indeed want the historic theater restored to its prime. But as is made clear in the city Building Department’s ongoing legal proceedings against him, which cite a daunting list of 37 violations, he’s got a long way to go to get there.

Magic Slim, a younger contemporary of blues greats Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf who helped shape the sound of Chicago's electric blues, died Thursday.