“Blues catches the soul. It tells us that we can do, what we have to do, that we can withstand that pain. Tomorrow is another day.” In the late-1980s, after a decade of buffing and waxing cars, ...

Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials, performing at the Hidden Gem Music Club in Centerville on Friday, Feb. 2, will be inducted into the 44th class of the Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall of Fame in May ...

On May 9, The Blues Foundation inducted Lil’ Ed and The Blues Imperials into the Blues Hall of Fame. Together for 36 years, the band is led by Ed Williams, who the Blues Foundation lauds for “his ...

The blues has always been as much about joy and resilience as pain and anguish, but that end of the spectrum doesn’t get the same amount of exposure or appreciation as tales of woe and frustration.

“Lil’” Ed Williams misses a lot of things about his uncle, the late blues man J.B. Hutto. His smile. His words of wisdom. That slightly menacing forced laugh when he was displeased. And that genuine ...

“Rocky Mountain High Experience — A John Denver Christmas”: 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21; and 1:30 and ...

In the blues world, there’s an ongoing debate as to whether there is a stylistic difference between the West Side style of Chicago blues and the South Side, but for either, a live experience at a ...

MURPHYSBORO — “Lil’” Ed Williams didn’t have to look far to find a role model. Growing up in Chicago, he had a direct bloodline to a musical legend, an inspiration for channeling his inner soul and ...