Chess records

Highlights from legendary Chicago label Chess Records being reissued by Third Man Records.

Who wrote the first blues song? What was the first recorded blues song? We dig deep to find out the fascinating history of recorded blues.

Chess Records

Cadillac Records is one of two new movies dramatizing the story of Chess Records, the beloved Chicago label that recorded blues legends such as Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf, while helping give birth to rock ’n’ roll. The author visits the rollicking set and charts the blurred lines between myth, movie, and truth.

Chess Records - Old Label

Magic Sam Maghett

In 1980, Chuck Berry spoke to punk zine Jet Lag. Berry talked about his first gig, signing with Leonard Chess's Chess Records, his role as a "teenage historian" and "what the kids are listening to these days".

Ian Stewart was rarely in the public eye. As this weekend marks 35 years since the Fife musician died, Gayle Ritchie discovers he was revered as the