This cover image released by M.C. Records shows "Rise," by Joanna Connor. (M.C. Records via AP) Joanna Connor, "Rise" (M.C. Records) Joanna Connor takes her powerful guitar down new paths on "Rise," ...

Fri 3/26 and Sat 3/27, 9 and 11 PM each night, Rosa’s Lounge, 3420 W. Armitage, $40-$80, advance tickets required. We need to be upfront with you. The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without ...

Renowned Chicago-based slide guitar virtuoso and singer-songwriter, Joanna Connor, debuts at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart with her 14th album 4801 South Indiana Avenue, released via Joe Bonamassa's ...

Joanna Connor takes her powerful guitar down new paths on "Rise," an album featuring some jazzier hues, her considerable acoustic skills and even a guest rapper while also doubling down on her ...

Four weeks after moving to Chicago, a 22-year-old Joanna Connor approached blues giant Lonnie Brooks at a club on the North Side. That encounter kicked off her 35-year career as one of the most ...

It’s showtime, it’s our time, time to feel the groove…sings Joanna Connor on the opening horn-fueled blues rocker. And for the next forty minutes, she provides music that makes listeners do just that.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Guitar goddess Joanna Connor is a ...

We’ll leave the question of when Joe Bonamassa sleeps for another time. For now, let’s appreciate that he lends his formidable name recognition, and perhaps most importantly his record label and ...

In this month's installment of our audio IRL, we discover an amazingly talented guitar player from Chicago and a podcast where comedians, musicians and more open up about struggles with depression.

Singer and blues guitarist Joanna Connor is coming to St. Augustine for the first time. Connor, considered by many the "Queen of Slide Guitar," will play at 8 p.m. July 26 at Cafe Eleven on A1A Beach ...

It’s hard to imagine a 2-year-old child trying to imitate Louis Armstrong, but that was the beginning of a lifelong love of music for the internationally acclaimed blues guitarist and vocalist Joanna ...