In Chicago, a city overflowing with unrivaled blues talent, world-renowned Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials have been standing tall for almost 30 years. The band’s big sound, fueled by Lil’ Ed’s ...

Alligator recording artists Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials will celebrate the release of their new Alligator CD, Jump Start, with a live performance at The Twisted Tail in Philadelphia on Thursday, ...

Raucous slide guitar blues is coming to Swatara Twp. straight from the Windy City. Chicago-based Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials are bringing their hard-charged, old-school blues, which is sure to keep ...

In the contemporary rap and hip-hop scene, there sure seems to be an awful lotof artists whose names begin with a truncated diminutive description: Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Yachty, Lil ...

The Cash Box Kings and Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials will bring the blues to the historic Memorial Opera House in downtown Valparaiso next month. The Memorial Opera House, the "living memorial ...

Slide guitarist Lil’ Ed Williams learned his craft from his uncle J.B. Hutto, whose stripped-down approach in turn owed a debt to Elmore James’s slashing, Delta-inspired style. When Ed takes on the ...

A master of smoldering slides and furious licks, the 55-year-old bluesman speaks with unwavering passion when it comes to his craft and a love of shimmery stringed things. “I like a shiny guitar, ...