Releases

NEW DELMARK albums coming soon from TAD ROBINSON, DAVE SPECTER and album release party at Dave’s SPACE!
Tad Robinson returns to Delmark with a much anticipated brand new recording SOUL IN BLUE! Tad Robinson – SOUL IN BLUE (Delmark 887)- release date May 2, 2025 Soul-blues singer TAD ROBINSON, was born and raised in Manhattan. At the age of 30 he settled in the second city, drawn there by Chicago’s rich blues…

100th anniversary of the historic UPTOWN THEATRE – new book, THE UPTOWN!
Please Support ‘The UPTOWN’ Book before March 21 A new book from Delmark friends Andy Pierce and Robert Loerzel and CityFiles Press celebrates the 100th anniversary of the historic Uptown Theatre, a large, lavish movie palace, a National Register building, and a designated Chicago Landmark. The UPTOWN takes readers back to the theater’s ballyhooed opening in 1925. It was a magical place…

JIMMY BURNS featured on new all-star blues compilation for JUS’ BLUES FOUNDATION 25th Anniversary!
JIMMY BURNS‘ “STRANDED IN CLARKSDALE” from his 2003 Delmark album, BACK TO THE DELTA to be featured on a brand new all-star BLUES compilation recording to benefit the JUS’ BLUES FOUNDATION, celebrating its 25th year! This much anticipated exciting compilation will feature 2 newly recorded songs made specifically for this special release from 2 of…

DELMARK RECORDS to release “JOHNNY IGUANA: AT DELMARK” – a solo piano extravaganza!
DELMARK RECORDS TO RELEASE “JOHNNY IGUANA: AT DELMARK” A SOLO PIANO EXTRAVAGANZA ON APRIL 11, 2025 All tracks recorded live to analog tape in one take at Delmark Riverside Studio JOHNNY IGUANA played piano on albums with Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Derek Trucks and James Cotton before releasing his own…

Reel-to-Reel DISTRIBUTION for Delmark
Delmark Records is announcing a master tape distribution agreement with ReVox/Horch House. As an initial offering, Revox|Horch House will distribute four classic Delmark titles: AND… There will be a new all – analog release from Delmark Records featured at AXPONA (APRIL 11-13, 2025Schaumburg Convention Center | Chicago, IL) which is… Delmark 888 – Johnny Iguana…
New Delmark blues single from SHERYL YOUNGBLOOD!!! RED HOT WOMEN IN BLUES
Sheryl Youngblood – Red Hot Women in Blues – COMING Dec. 6! DIGITAL SINGLE Sheryl Youngblood – RED HOT WOMEN IN BLUES – AVAILABLE DECEMBER 6! Delmark 886-8Digital Single Red Hot Women In Blues – Sheryl Youngblood “RED HOT WOMEN IN BLUES” (Delmark 886–8) Sheryl Youngblood is a rising star blues singer/songwriter/drummer from Chicago. Sheryl has…

Four Delmark classics coming back in print as glorious high quality vinyl LPs! J.B. Hutto’s Hawk Squat, Robert Nighthawk’s Bricks In My Pillow, Otis Rush’s Cold Day In Hell, and Anthony Braxton’s 3 Compositions of New Jazz
J.B. Hutto & His Hawks – Hawk Squat (w/ Sunnyland Slim)Delmark 617 “The raw-as-an-open-wound Chicago slide guitarist J.B. Hutto outdid himself throughout an outrageously raucous album anchored by an impossible-to-ignore ‘Hip Shakin’, the blaring title cut, and savage renditions of ‘20% Alcohol’ and ‘Notoriety Woman’.” -Bill Dahl, allmusic.com. The rough & rowdy blues heard at…

NuBlu feat. CARLISE GUY on NAVY PIER
NuBlu featuring Carlise Guy, with Marc Maddox and Dan Henley will celebrate their new single release “A New Day” with a White Party on Navy Pier Saturday August 10. This is during the Air & Water Show and will be on Fireworks Night! The big release weekend also includes the Rockwell Stroll on Sunday August…

DELMARK releases new blues single from ELLIOTT SHARP’S TERRAPLANE featuring ERIC MINGUS!!!
Elliott Sharp’s Terraplane featuring Eric Mingus – Twenty Dollar Bill Delmark 883-8Digital Single You ready to get blown away from a powerful, intense, & heavy blues recording from Delmark Records from Elliott Sharp!! – The multi-talented NYC experimental/avant jazz legend, Elliott Sharp‘s Terraplane featuring Eric Mingus on vocals! Yep, that MINGUS!! (son of Charles Mingus!) Written by Elliott…

Delmark releases new live digital single from Chicago soul-blues vocalist, TAD ROBINSON with SHERYL YOUNGBLOOD – “That’s How Strong My Love Is” with the Delmark All-Stars – March 15, 2024
Written by Roosevelt Jamison, “That’s How Strong My Love Is” made its debut in 1964 through a rendition by soul artist O.V. Wright. The song gained widespread recognition with notable recordings in 1965 by Otis Redding and the Rolling Stones, followed by versions from The Hollies and Percy Sledge in 1966. Over the years, numerous…