In 1950s Chicago, two Polish Jewish brothers founded the hugely influential Chess Records label. Working with artists like Chuck Berry and Howlin’ Wolf, they released some of the most important blues ...

Chess and his brother, Leonard, founded Chess Records in 1950, a label that not only recorded blues artists, but also the early rock ‘n’ roll of Chuck Berry and Etta James’ rich vocal ...

“It’s so crazy to think about, but within a few blocks’ distance you had all these heavy-hitter labels: Vee-Jay, Chess, Curtom, Brunswick I think was located there,” Steve Krakow, who ...

Exactly a year after his untimely death, Oxnard, California artist Cola Boyy’s sophomore album, Quit to Play Chess, has been ...

A year on from the passing of Matthew Urango – AKA Cola Boyy – his label, Record Makers, have announced the release of his second album, Quit to Play Chess. Accompanying the album's announcement is ...