Delmark News Blog

CLICK & enjoy! The Delmark section starts in the 2nd hour, featuring Jimmy Johnson, Dave Specter, Billy Flynn, Johnny Burgin, Linsey Alexander, Willie Buck, Breezy Rodio. Blues Lounge Radio Show brings you another two Hours of great Blues including a Special look at [Read More]

INTERVIEW – Dave Specter and Billy Branch on The Ballad of George Floyd By: Matt Perius On: September 12, 2020 Interview: Dave Specter and Billy Branch on “The Ballad of George Floyd” Dave Specter, a Blues musician from Chicago, has been performing for over 35 [Read More]

Posted by Michael Limnios Blues Network "I believe that music can bring everyone together. Do not divide us!  We all have something to offer no matter what culture you come from. People all over the world have something to offer." Jimmy Johnson: The Real [Read More]

Review: Johnny Burgin – No Border Blues by Filip Heidinga From the time Johnny Burgin was in school he played a lot of guitar and sometimes performed. Slowly Burgin climbs up by playing with many blues bands and collaborating with big names in the blues scene in Chicago. In [Read More]

Saturday Sept 19th 2:00 pm CST LIVESTREAMING directly from Delmark Records studio, we will celebrate Jimmy's award by "Living Blues Magazine" as Best Blues Guitar Player of the Year. The Jimmy Johnson Band with Roosevelt Purifoy on keyboards, Big Ray on drums and Ari Seder on [Read More]

Kari Kempas, for Blues News, Finland. An interview with blues master Willie Buck about his career and his last album: WILLIE BUCK WAY.   Willie Buck’s career as a blues singer began slowly after he arrived in the “Windy City,” Chicago, in the 1950s. He quickly got [Read More]

ORDER JOHNNY BURGIN CDs, DOWNLOAD OR STREAM, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW! [Read More]

Oscar Jordan interviews the 91-year-old blues legend for this leading guitar publication. They talk about Jimmy's bestselling Delmark album "Every Day of Your Life" and they discuss Jimmy's guitars, amps and other gear. "I always tell my fans to do their part to make the [Read More]

Blues living legend Jimmy Johnson gets amazing reviews from all over the world for his last master piece. Review by Oscar Jordan - Vintage Guitar Magazine Still going strong at the age of 92, Chicago bluesman Jimmy Johnson returns to the Delmark label displaying vitality [Read More]

91-year-old blues master Jimmy Johnson livestreams on facebook every Saturday, 2pm to 3pm CST by Bart Lazar New City Jimmy Johnson isn’t headlining the Chicago Blues Festival this year or hosting his Sunday residency at the Lagunitas Brewing Company. But the pandemic can’t [Read More]

par Lola Reynaerts - SCENES C’est un événement incontournable pour tout amateur de blues. Malheureusement, le Millenium Park de Chicago aura vainement attendu les fans cette année… « In response to COVID-19 » la trente-septième édition du Chicago Blues Festival a [Read More]

Featuring Billy Boy Arnold, John Primer, Lil' Ed, Bob Margolin, Matthew Skoller and a whole constellation of Chicago's best! Growing up up in Philadelphia, Johnny Iguana really zeroed in on Junior Wells and Otis Spann after becoming obsessed with Chicago blues at age 15. [Read More]

Read complete review by Freddy Celis There's a good reason to explain why Johnny Burgin now calls himself The Worldwide West Side Guitar Man rather than Rockin 'Johnny, a nickname he's had for decades. He really is a man of the world. If in doubt, check out his new album [Read More]

Born August 20, 1950 in Clarksdale, Arkansas. Happy birthday, Willie...!!! *Grammy Award winner. *Inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame. *Actor in movies such as Thief, Hardball, Ali, Road to Perdition, The Express. *Worked with Tom Hanks, Will Smith, James Caan, Dennis [Read More]