9:00 pm
Ted Sirota @ HUNGRY BRAIN, Chicago
Hungry Brain
2022 Rockwell Blues & Jazz Stroll
Saturday September 3rd noon to 9pm FREE festival behind the Burning Bush Brewery – Rockwell and Irving Park, 4014 N Rockwell St, Chicago, IL 60618 The hottest FREE event of the summer is back!Bring your family, bring your dog. Plenty of free parking & great beer. Buy LPs, CDs & t-shirts! Get your records signed…
DAVE WELD & THE IMPERIAL FLAMES Astounding Reviews, Radio Charts, Interviews, Videos & More: Dave Weld’s new album “Nightwalk” is a Smashing Success
“NIGHTWALK” IS THE THIRD DELMARK ALBUM FOR DAVE WELD & THE IMPERIAL FLAMES. Deepening on the furrows opened by “Burnin’ Love” and “Slip Into a Dream”, Dave, Monica and their band weave an original tapestry of pure Chicago blues tradition with a forward-looking sound and energy. Bringing along the beauty of the tradition he learned…
“Amazing what Jose Ramirez delivers again on ‘Major League Blues’, with the last recording of the late Jimmy Johnson”
The very prestigious Belgian magazine ROOTSTIME gives a high mark to Jose Ramirez’s debut album on Delmark Costa Rica -literally: the “Rich Coast”- is part of Central America and is the homeland of Jose Ramirez, a 34-year-old singer, guitarist and songwriter. According to many, he is the “Latin American’s premier blues artist”, but also in…
SYL JOHNSON IS GONE, SAD SAD TIMES FOR THE BLUES, SOUL & HIP-HOP COMMUNITIES
A few days after the passing of Sam Lay and Jimmy Johnson, Syl Johnson’s departure saddens music lovers around the world. Syl Johnson recorded two historical albums for Delmark that have been widely sampled by hip-hop artists Syl Johnson – Back In The GameDelmark 674 (1993) In 1993, a 57-year-old Syl Johnson made a long…
CHICAGO SUNTIMES CELEBRATES JIMMY JOHNSON TOO
Jimmy Johnson, renowned Chicago bluesman, guitarist, dead at 93 By Maureen O’Donnell Feb 1, 2022, 12:49pm CST Chicago bluesman Jimmy Johnson, whose blistering performances were matched by his wide-ranging musical knowledge and meticulous attention to detail onstage and in the recording studio, has died. Mr. Johnson, who had had a stroke and was a colon…
CELEBRATING JIMMY JOHNSON’S LIFE & MUSIC
Jimmy Johnson, born James Thompson, November 25th 1928, Holly Springs, MS – January. 31st 2022, Harvey, IL “I had a good life” Jimmy Johnson “Be kind to everybody” Jimmy Johnson
CLICK! Bob Stroger & The Headcutters praised around the world: read reviews, watch VIDEOS
From Downbeat to Living Blues, from the Chicago Tribune to The Reader and from Europe to South America, Bob Stroger & The Headcutters receive 5 star reviews. Bob Stroger: A Country Boy Playing the Blues By Aaron Cohen – Downbeat Magazine JUST BEFORE THE COVID PANDEMIC, bassist Bob Stroger’s touring itinerary took him around the…
Dave Specter’s “Six String Soul” Gets Rave Reviews & Extensive Airplay
See publications and radio charts from the US, Europe & Australia about this historical double album celebrating Dave’s 30 years on Delmark Records. Saluting a Brilliant, Individualistic Chicago Blues Guitar Legend by delarue Today’s installment in the ongoing monthlong celebration of all things epic is a mammoth thirty-track career retrospective by one of the giants of…
DAVE SPECTER’S “SIX STRING SOUL” GETS ENTHUSIASTIC REVIEWS ACROSS THE WORLD
Dave Specter – Six String Soul: 30 Years on Delmark By Jeff Johnson Delmark Records is billing Six String Soul as “A SPECtacular retroSPECtive,” an apt description and clever play on words for this two-disc survey of Windy City guitar star Dave Specter’s 30-year career with Chicago’s iconic blues and jazz label. For the uninitiated,…
CLICK: Bob Stroger, Lurrie Bell, Dave Weld, Jose Ramirez, Dave Specter, Andy Baker, Julia Miller, REAL Christmas music & Delmark in Depth
Bob Stroger & The Headcutters: Winter Release Very Soon GLOBAL BLUES: 90-year-old Chicago blues master with the sensational Brazilian band “The Headcutters”, get ready! Lurrie Bell Artist of the Month: born December 13th, 1958, Chicago “Lurrie Bell, his father Carey Bell, & the Bell family have ten albums on Delmark Records. Lurrie, our Artist of…