NOVEMBER 22ND, 2026

Toronzo Cannon is Chicago blues at full throttle: blistering guitar, impassioned vocals, and fearless original songs rooted in Muddy Waters, Hound Dog Taylor, Albert King, Son Seals, and Jimi Hendrix. A 10-time Blues Music Award nominee , Cannon has become one of contemporary blues’ most celebrated performers, with  MOJO naming  The Chicago Way the  #1 Blues Album of 2016 and  The Preacher, The Politician Or The Pimp the  #2 Blues Album of 2019 . Gary Clark Jr. calls him “a beast” who “lights the room up,” while Joe Bonamassa praises Cannon as “a great guitar player, excellent vocalist and an amazing personality.” He’s toured across the U.S., Canada, Europe, the UK, and Japan, and has taken the stage at the  Chicago Blues Festival te