Delmark is the oldest independent jazz and blues label in the world, and it’s celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. I sat down at Delmark’s studio location to chat with President/CEO Julia A. Miller about the milestone and long history…

Funk. New Orleans horns. Pop. Conscious hip hop. Dancehall… LowDown Brass Band brings all those sounds together to create a sound that, in their own words, could only have come out of Chicago. Before they play Thalia Hall with Galactic…

Grammy-nominated Chicago band Liquid Soul has resurfaced with “Lost Soul, Vol. 1,” a new collection of previously unreleased, buried treasures from the band. Liquid Soul leader/saxophonist/composer Mars Williams joins me tonight to talk about Liquid Soul’s unique history in the…

Jazz legend Ramsey Lewis is celebrating his 85th birthday later this month, and he jumped on Car Con Carne to talk about how he’s going to celebrate with his “Saturday Salon Series” on 5/30! We also talked about his time…