Nobody did the blues quite like Howlin’ Wolf. He was an incredible electric Chicago blues artist, with a powerful voice, excellent harmonica skills, and legendary prowess with the electric guitar. He ...

Howlin' Wolf’s 1962 self-titled sophomore album is the latest in his catalog to join Chess Records’ Acoustic Sounds Series.

Bad As Me and the new 4 cd set of Chester Burnett, better known as Howlin’ Wolf (1910-1976). It’s called Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters. The two singers, though separated by a ...

As a longtime friend of Michael Hurley and an admirer of his work, I feel that Randall Roberts' article on Hurley [“Wolf Songs,” Feb. 8-14] needs some correction of assumptions. [Editor's note: See ...

From his locked room, Chester Burnett could hear the trains rattling up the tracks, one every half hour. They reminded him of home, back on Dockery Plantation, when he played on the porches of old ...