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ROCKWELL BLUES & JAZZ STROLL: SEPTEMBER 4TH NOON TO 9:00 PM
ROCKWELL BLUES & JAZZ STREET STROLL INDOOR & OUTDOOR FREE FESTIVAL FEATURING: 1pm – Donna Herula & Harlan Terson 2pm – Mike Wheeler Band 3pm – Liz Mandeville 4pm – Soul Message Band + Geof Bradfield 5pm – Michael Frank & Paul Kaye 6pm – Dave Weld & the Imperial Flames 7pm – Delmark All…
Just announced! Sat Sept 4th – Blues & Jazz Street Stroll on Rockwell!! Delmark Records is elated to announce its first annual blues and jazz block party!
Rockwell Blues & Jazz Street Stroll: September 4th 2021 Presented by Delmark Records, Earwig Records & RBRA (Rockwell Business & Residents Association). This program is made possible by a grant from the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events with funding from the Walder Foundation. Saturday September 4th on Rockwell Ave. between Irving Park &…
Mud Morganfield: Muddy Waters’ Eldest Son Signs with Delmark
Breaking News: Mud Morganfield’s single debut on Delmark Records will appear this fall. Delmark Records, the oldest continuously operating blues & jazz independent record label in the US, announces a major addition to its roster. Mud Morganfield. Muddy Water’s eldest son just signed with the label. Morganfield’s first release on Delmark will be a digital…
LEGENDARY JIMMY JOHNSON AWARDED “2021 BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR”
92-year-old blues master Jimmy Johnson has won the critics poll of the most important blues awards, the LIVING BLUES AWARDS presented by Living Blues Magazine. Last year Jimmy Johnson was awarded as BEST GUITAR PLAYER in the same poll. These distinctions, among others, as well as his 2020 best-selling album “Every Day of Your Life”…
JUNETEENTH celebration of Black Artists in Blues & Jazz
Watch, listen, read, download, stream! A selection of blues & jazz recordings by African-American artists from different eras and styles. Blues & Jazz lovers ENJOY & CELEBRATE FREEDOM. Also radio stations, DJs, radio hosts, please, go to AirPlay Direct and download for FREE Delmark’s special JUNETEENTH selection and let’s celebrate freedom together. CLICK & REGISTER…
WOMEN OF THE BLUES closing night at Delmark Art Space
WOMEN OF THE BLUES AT DELMARK RECORDS ART SPACE was at Delmark for the past year. A celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the Women’s Suffrage Movement (Right to Vote)-Thank you to all of the Women Of The Blues and the photographers whose images tell a great story. Over 80 photos,…
Celebrating Sleepy John Estes
ALL of Sleepy John Estes Delmark recordings are now available. Order CDs, download or stream here. John Adam Estes, known as Sleepy John Estes, January 25 1899 Ripley TN – June 5th 1977 Brownsville TN, was one of the greatest American blues guitarists, songwriters and vocalist. His music influenced such artists as The Beatles, The…
Celebrating Anthony Braxton’s Birtdhay: born June 4th 1945, Chicago
Some of the most iconic albums by Braxton have been released on Delmark Records: 3 Compositions of New Jazz, For Alto, Four Compositions, Together Alone (with Josep Jarman) & Trio And Duet. He is also featured in Roscoe Mitchell – Duets With Anthony Braxton. Anthony Braxton (born 1945), the Chicago-born composer and multi-instrumentalist, is recognized as one…
Blues Matters Magazine features Delmark artist Jose Ramirez
Read the article & download Jose’s new digital single “Whatever She Wants”…!!! The new edition of UK’s publication Blues Matters Magazine was just released and Jose Ramirez’s feature is included in this issue along with great interviews with John Hiatt, Maria Muldaur, Quinn Sullivan, Chris Cain, Steve Cropper and Van Morrison Jose commented: “I’d like…
Dave Specter’s “The Ballad of George Floyd” showcased at The Woody Guthrie Center new exhibit
SONGS OF CONSCIENCE,SOUNDS OF FREEDOM Curated by the GRAMMY Museum® in Los Angeles, the exhibit examines the role music has played in informing and inspiring social consciousness throughout American history. Charting a path from spirituals that were sung by enslaved people in America and the labor movement struggles that Woody Guthrie wrote about in songs…