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Delmark Records 70th Anniversary Blues Revue @ The Prairie Center For The Arts in Schaumburg, IL
Delmark Records 70th Anniversary Blues Revue Featuring: Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames with guest Pierre Lacocque Mike Wheeler Band with guest Demetria Taylor Dave Specter Band with guest Jimmy Burns An epic night of blues music as venerable Chicago label Delmark Records celebrates its 70th anniversary with three prominent acts. First, the original driving…
Demetria Taylor’s new Delmark CD, “Doin’ What I’m Supposed To Do” receives rave reviews and stellar airplay!
Demetria Taylor is awarded the prestigious “KoKo Taylor Queen of the Blues” award from the Jus’ Blues Foundation KOKO TAYLOR “QUEEN OF THE BLUES” AWARDS Preserving Traditional Blues Heritage Demetria Taylor Demetria Taylor is the daughter of the late blues legend Eddie Taylor Sr. and is helping keep the legacy of her father alive. Eddie is…
The 2022 Delmark Rockwell Blues & Jazz Fest was a big hit!!
2022 Rockwell Street Stroll – Delmark’s 2nd annual Blues & Jazz Festival – September 3, 2022 Bob Koester, Sr. was smiling down from above during the wildly successful blues and jazz festival that took place in his long-time Chicago north side neighborhood, and right down the street from the home of his historic Delmark Records,…
JOHNNY BURGIN – Coast To Coast Chicago Blues -longtime Delmark recording artist amazes his fans, new and old, on his never ending blues tour! Johnny clearly loves to play, and every single show is different- he’s a true road warrior, rollin’ stone! Major East Coast tour in September with Marie Martens.
Check out his amazing Delmark recordings here: https://delmark.com/artists/johnny-burgin/ Delmark recording artist Johnny Burgin took the same long path of blues apprenticeship as so many others, working with legends such as Sam Lay, Pinetop Perkins, Tail Dragger and Billy Boy Arnold. Johnny’s no rock-blues player– last summer he was even the guitar instructor at the Pinetop Perkins Workshop Experience working alongside…
WILLIE BUCK & The Delmark All-Stars- Live Delmark recording!! – At Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago
Willie Buck recording LIVE at Legends withthe Delmark All Star BandSunday August 28th – Blues master Willie Buck will be at Buddy Guy’s “Legends” recording his new LIVE album for Delmark, accompanied by the Delmark All Star Band. Billy Flynn and Willie’s right hand man Thaddeus Krolicki on guitars, Johnny Iguana on piano, Melvin Smith on bass & Willie…
NEW BLUES RELEASE and CD Party for DEMETRIA TAYLOR with The MIKE WHEELER BAND
For Immediate Release (Delmark DE 875) – Digital release date, June 30, 2022 / CD release date, August 19, 2022 CD release party – August 22, S.P.A.C.E. in Evanston, IL Demetria Taylor was born to sing the blues, as she is the daughter of the legendary Chicago blues guitarist, Eddie Taylor! The songs on this…
CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL 2022 lineup announced! Tribute to Bob Stroger, Willie Henderson, Cicero Blake, Gene Barge Soul tribute, Mary Lane & Women In Blues Tribute! Many Delmark artists included : Bob Stroger, Demetria Taylor, Linsey Alexander, Toronzo Cannon, Lurrie Bell, Mud Morganfield, Tail Dragger, Mike Wheeler, Billy Flynn, Shirley Johnson, Sharon Lewis, and much more!
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_blues_festival14.html Chicago Blues Festival Schedule — Thursday, June 9, 2022 Millennium Park, Michigan Ave. & Columbus Ave. Jay Pritzker Pavilion 2:40-2:50pm – National Anthem/Commissioner’s Welcome/Tom Marker 2:55-4:10pm – Tribute to Erwin Helfer and his Boogie Woogie Ensemble (with Skinny Williams, Davide Illardi, Katherine Davis, John Brumbach and Lou Marini) 4:30-5:00pm – Emerging Artist – Jamiah Rogers 5:15-6:15pm – Joanna…
NEW BLUES RELEASE FROM DELMARK!!! Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames – NIGHTWALK (May 27, 2022)
Produced by Grammy award and Blues Music Award winner Tom Hambridge with special guests: harp master Billy Branch, Sax Gordon, The Chicago Horns, and drummer Tom Hambridge “Dave Weld & the Imperial Flames weave an original tapestry of pure Chicago blues tradition with a forward-looking sound and energy.” Chicago blues is Dave Weld’s lifeblood. From his beginnings mentored by JB Hutto to his decades with Lil Ed…
JOSE RAMIREZ in Chicago with multiple shows to celebrate his brand new Delmark recording, MAJOR LEAGUE BLUES!!
FRIDAY, MARCH 18 Show: 8pm $25 Buddy Guy’s Legends Free Acoustic Set: TBA 5:00-8:00PM Opening Band: Chicago Blues Angels 8:00-9:00PM Headlining Band: Jose Ramirez 9:30PM – Close This show is the Official CD Release Party of Jose Ramierez’s brand new album on Delmark Records called “Major League Blues” At 33 years old, Jose Ramirez is currently Latin America’s most popular…
BOB STROGER and his new recording featured in The Chicago Reader!
Blues bassist Bob Stroger drops a new album 70 years into his career The natty 91-year-old has been a rock-solid sideman for longer than most people have been alive, and That’s My Name proves he’s just as good at leading a band. by Steve Krakow, February 23, 2022 Since 2004 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the…