WGN-TV Feature On Chicago Bluesman Toronzo Cannon Wins Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award

Blues Man By Night, Bus Driver By Day, the four-minute WGN-TV feature on Chicago's Toronzo Cannon (which originally aired in March 2016), won a Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award, presented by The National Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences on December 3, 2016. The piece, produced by Pam Grimes with Mike D'Angelo and anchored by Steve Sanders, helped introduce Cannon's music and winning personality to a city always hungry for well-crafted, original blues.

Cannon’s songs – from searing blues anthems to swinging shuffles to soulful ballads to roof-raising rockers – tell timeless stories of common experiences in uncommon ways. MOJO magazine named his Alligator Records debut, The Chicago Way (produced by Cannon along with label president Bruce Iglauer), the #1 Blues CD Of 2016. The album earned the 2016 Living Blues Producer Of The Year Award for Cannon and Iglauer. The Chicago Way features all self-penned songs, inspired by Cannon's deep, homegrown Chicago roots and powered by his blistering guitar playing and soul-baring vocals.

Through the sheer force of his music, his songs and his live charisma, Cannon has become one of the city's most popular and recognizable blues artists. He’s battled his way to the top of the ultra-competitive Windy City blues scene, has already played multiple tours of Europe and continues to drive his bus by day and deliver roof-raising performances around the world by weekend night.