The debut of iViewMusic's Chicago Blues Music Series Live from the Al Larson Prairie Center for The Arts in Schaumburg IL Featuring: Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames with guest Pierre Lacocque, Mike Wheeler Band with guest Demetria Taylor, & Dave Specter Band with [Read More]
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Delmark Blues shows at Hey Nonny BLUES WEEK! Mud Morganfield & Studebaker John (Feb 4) Delmark Blues All-Stars (Feb 5) Chicago Blues Supersession (Feb 3)
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 05 7:30 pm Doors 6:30 pm All Ages Blues Week: Delmark Allstars ABOUT THE ARTIST The Delmark All Star Band: Jimmy Burns – vocals & guitarSharon Lewis – vocalsBob Stroger – bass & vocalsBilly Flynn – guitar & vocalsRoosevelt [Read More]
MUD MORGANFIELD receives well deserved rave reviews for Delmark’s PORTRAIT!
https://www.chicagobluesguide.com/post/mud-morganfield-portrait Mud Morganfield - Portrait Release date: November 11, 2022 Delmark Records By Curt Brown Photo: by Roman Sobus A burden or a benefit? A mighty weight or a supporting edge? An anchor to the past or a [Read More]
Delmark Records/Bob Koester interview from ’82 in AMERICAN BLUES SCENE !!
SPECIAL DELMARK BLUES SHOWS coming up soon! Dave Specter, Dave Weld, Demetria Taylor, Mud Morganfield, Johnny Burgin, Tail Dragger, Bob Stroger, and more!
We are so excited to announce a bunch of very special upcoming Delmark blues shows in the very near future! Check them out! Tuesday November 1st Dave Specter Band with Brother John Kattke @ Fitzgerald's, Berwyn, IL FITZGERALDS PRESENTS: WDCB Bluesday Tuesday [Read More]
Delmark is excited to announce a new release from MUD MORGANFIELD – PORTRAIT, newly remastered and remixed full album with 2 new previously unreleased songs on CD!
MUD MORGANFIELD - PORTRAITDelmark 876 CDRelease date November 11th 2022 PORTRAIT offers fourteen powerful numbers by Muddy Waters' eldest son, Mud Morganfield, including two previously unreleased songs. Mud appears surrounded by a constellation of first-rate blues musicians. [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 TaylorDemetria Taylor is the daughter of the late blues [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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, [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
“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 [Read More]
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