Awards
 
        
            Congrats to WILLIE BUCK – Blues Blast Award winner for Best Live Blues Album of the Year!!!
In addition to the Amazing Willie Buck for winning Live Blues Album of the year, a big congrats to all the 2025 Blues Blast nominees, including the following Delmark Records artists: Also nominated are Delmark friends and recording artists – Sax Gordon Beadle for Horn Player of the Year, Lurrie Bell for Traditional Blues Album,…
 
        
            DELMARK RECORDS inducted into the Illinois Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!! September 14, 2025 at the Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet, IL
Chicago’s Delmark Records and your favorite artists inducted into the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum’s Hall of Fame ILLINOIS ROCK & ROLL MUSEUM TO CELEBRATE NEW CLASS OF HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS, including Chicago’s Delmark Records The Museum Celebrated with Live Performances from Richard Marx, Enuff Z’Nuff, Billy Branch, Freddie Dixon Blues Band, Ronnie Baker…
 
        
            Delmark artists receive 7 BLUES BLAST Award nominations! Bob Stroger, Tad Robinson, Willie Buck, Johnny Iguana!
We are very excited to announce that the following Delmark artists all received well deserved nominations for the annual Blues Blast Awards: 2025 Blues Blast Music Award Nominees Announced – Blues Blast Magazine BOB STROGER – Bass Guitarist of the year AND Traditional Blues Album of the year with BOB IS BACK, his new Delmark…
 
        
            Chicago Baseball and Chicago Blues fans unite! Delmark all-stars to perform at Wrigley Field/Gallagher Way on Cubs Opening Day and BOB STROGER to throw out the 1st pitch!
BOB STROGER Photos L-R: John Nunu Zomot, Getty Images, Peter Hurley The Chicago Cubs and Delmark Records team up to celebrate the new throwback baby blue uniforms, paying tribute to electric blues! On opening day, April 5th, the Chicago Cubs battle the San Diego Padres, and Motorola Razr will be on board presenting the new…
 
        
            DELMARK behind the scenes MVP Frank Corpus celebrates 25 years at DELMARK!!!
Delmark Records’ warehouse manager/shipping clerk Frank Corpus has worked continuously full time at Delmark for 25 years – CONGRATS on that amazing feat, Frank! As you know, in every successful family company, there are many people who work “behind the scenes” who don’t always get the proper recognition, putting endless hours of important arduous work…
 
        
            Let’s help to elect BOB STROGER to the BLUES HALL OF FAME!!!
Legendary Chicago Blues bassist/vocalist/bandleader BOB STROGER is one of the most beloved bluesmen of all time, and just turned 94 years young! Amazingly, the inspirational, always smiling, and immaculately dressed talented bassist is still performing regularly! But it’s a cryin’ shame that this legendary Blues man is still not in the BLUES HALL OF FAME….
 
        
            Vote for DELMARK RECORDS and Delmark artists DAVE SPECTER, CARLISE GUY & NuBlu in annual CHICAGO READER Best of 2024 poll!
VOTE HERE! Special shout to Evanston SPACE, Riotfest, our Alderman Matt Martin, and all the local record stores and venues
 
        
            JIMMY BURNS AT JUS’ BLUES
Delmark Artist Jimmy Burns will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award on August 1 by the Jus’ Blues Foundation in Biloxi MS.
 
        
            Congrats to Delmark recording artists Lurrie Bell & Billy Boy Arnold for induction in the new 2024 The Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall of Fame!
Chicago blues living legends and Delmark recording artists, Lurrie Bell (and Lil’ Ed!) are both new members in the Blues Foundation BLUES HALL OF FAME as performers. Lurrie is one of our all time favorite blues artists and dear friends, and he has released several Delmark CDs as a leader and sideman to his father,…
 
        
            Delmark artists, BOB STROGER and SHARON LEWIS, are the 2023 honorees in the prestigious JUS’ BLUES AWARDS!! Night of the Living Legends Honorees – Bob Stroger and Sharon Lewis receive JUS’ BLUES AWARD and will perform All-Star Blues show, August 3rd in Tunica, Mississippi
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023 – 2023 JUS’ BLUES LIVING LEGEND AWARDJUS’ BLUES SPECIAL TRIBUTE FOR AN ARTIST WE RESPECT AS A LIVING LEGENDFOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO BLUES & SOUL MUSIC BOB STROGER Bob Stroger (born December 27, 1930) is an American electric blues bass guitarist, singer and songwriter. Stroger’s life story, like much of the blues, corresponds…
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