It’s May 1968 and a turbulent age, with the life-changing political events of half a century still unfolding. Riots and revolution circle this third stone from the sun as war, terrorism and civil ...

Phil Chess, co-founder of the iconic Chicago blues and rock 'n' roll label Chess Records, died Wednesday in Tucson, Ariz. He was 95. Phil and his brother, Leonard Chess, emigrated to the U.S. from ...

“Cadillac Records” is a story about Chess Records. But it is not THE story of the Chicago label that helped birth both electric blues and rock ‘n’ roll. Every historically based film truncates, ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the son of the co-founder of the legendary blues label Chess Records. Marshall Chess has released a new album, "The Chess Project." The blues is a family business for ...

Leonard, Marshall, and Phil Chess in the 1960s (Photo: Courtesy Marshall Chess) It’s only appropriate to bring news of the new Chess Records revival today, for it was on March 12, 1917, that Leonard ...

CHICAGO Chess Records co-founder Phil Chess, who with brother Leonard helped launch the careers of Chuck Berry, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters and others and amassed a catalog of rock and electric Chicago ...