Besides being a human blues jukebox, Chicago’s Magic Slim has made himself into a guitar-playing cottage industry when it comes to releasing music. Certainly no other blues artist in the last four ...

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. He was 75. He died shortly after midnight ...

A release of remastered albums on vinyl by the European jazz label Storyville provides a welcome chance to re-evaluate the blues and the black artists who introduced the musical form to Europe. The ...

FARGO - The lineup has been announced for the 13th annual Fargo Winter Blues Fest on Feb. 9. Chicago guitarist Magic Slim & the Teardrops headlines the evening with a 9 p.m. set. He previously played ...

The Slim side of Morris Holt’s moniker is off by a hundred pounds or more, but the Magic part is sure enough accurate, especially if you go by dictionary definitions No. 3 (the exercise of sleight of ...

Magic Slim, a younger contemporary of blues greats Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf who helped shape the sound of Chicago's electric blues, died early Thursday. He was 75. He died shortly after midnight ...

Magic Slim was an American blues guitarist and singer known for his raw, powerful style rooted in the Chicago blues tradition. Born Morris Holt, he became a prominent figure in electric blues, ...

The lineup has been announced for the 13th Annual Fargo Winter Blues Fest on Feb. 9. Chicago guitarist Magic Slim & the Teardrops head-lines the evening with a 9 p.m. set. He previously played the ...