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 label Delmark Records celebrates its 70th anniversary with three prominent acts. First, the original driving…
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 Taylor Demetria Taylor is the daughter of the late blues legend Eddie Taylor Sr. and is helping keep the legacy of her father alive. Eddie is…
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 the street from the home of his historic Delmark Records,…
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, Tail Dragger and Billy Boy Arnold. Johnny’s no rock-blues player– last summer he was even the guitar instructor at the Pinetop Perkins Workshop Experience working alongside…
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…
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 Krolicki on guitars, Johnny Iguana on piano, Melvin Smith on bass & Willie…
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 guitarist, Eddie Taylor! The songs on this…
“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…
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 Welcome/Tom Marker 2:55-4:10pm – Tribute to Erwin Helfer and his Boogie Woogie Ensemble (with Skinny Williams, Davide Illardi, Katherine Davis, John Brumbach and Lou Marini) 4:30-5:00pm – Emerging Artist – Jamiah Rogers 5:15-6:15pm – Joanna…
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 a forward-looking sound and energy.” Chicago blues is Dave Weld’s lifeblood. From his beginnings mentored by JB Hutto to his decades with Lil Ed…
