4CD box set charting the ascendance of the blues’ most distinctive voice. O-wooo! Chester ‘Howling Wolf’ Burnett never did make an easy fit for the world, at least not until he became an overnight ...

Chester Burnett, aka Howlin' Wolf was one of the most primordial and influential figures on the blues scene from the 1950's to the 1970's. His protean voice and harmonica, and rudimentary guitar were ...

When members of Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys and The Pogues came together for a new project, one thing remained blatantly apparent, their devotion to storytelling through a folk-rock lens. “We ...

Howlin' Wolf's masters from the Chess label have just been released on a four-disc set titled Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1931-1960. When your father has worked a good piece of ...

The Walker Roaders — the supergroup featuring ex-members of the Pogues, Flogging Molly, and Dropkick Murphys — have released a new cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Smokestack Lightning.” The cover finds the ...

The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach is being sued for backing out of a documentary about Chicago blues legend Howlin’ Wolf, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The film, entitled Smokestack Lightning: The ...

The legends of blues are many, but few bluesmen have left behind a larger-than-life legacy to match that of Chester Burnett, more commonly known as Howlin’ Wolf. Wolf was more than just a great blues ...

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The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach drove up the costs of a documentary about Chicago blues icon Howlin' Wolf and then bailed on the project, according to a complaint filed Wednesday in L.A. County… ...