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Giles Corey – Stoned Soul
Giles Corey – Stoned Soul Delmark DE 834 (2014) Compact Disc Giles Corey’s credits include being in the bands of Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues and Otis Rush. Giles also played and recorded with Syl Johnson, Mississippi Heat and Buddy Miles. The talented singer/guitarist was a founding member of the funk/blues/rock & roll…
Sleepy John Estes – Live In Japan With Hammie Nixon
Sleepy John Estes – Live In Japan With Hammie Nixon Delmark DE 835 (2014) Compact Disc Tennessee blues poet Sleepy John Estes made his recorded debut in 1929 with the song “Broken Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too”. In ’35 John teamed up with Hammie Nixon and they went on to record many classic sides together…
Linsey Alexander – Come Back Baby
Linsey Alexander – Come Back Baby Delmark DE 838 (2014) Compact Disc Both critically acclaimed and the best-selling newly recorded album for Delmark in recent times, 2012’s Been There Done That put Linsey Alexander in the blues spotlight. “Throughout Alexander sings with a conviction and verve that few can equal. This should be his break-out…
Mississippi Heat – Warning Shot
Mississippi Heat – Warning Shot Delmark DE 839 (2014) Compact Disc Though this is Pierre Lacocque’s band and he is the principal songwriter and stage front with his harmonica, there is a strong ensemble feel to all of Mississippi Heat albums. When you listen to this superb CD, you’re not just hearing a band —…
Omar Coleman – Born & Raised
Omar Coleman – Born & Raised Delmark DE 840 Compact Disc (2015) The music of Omar Coleman, like Chicago itself, contains multitudes. Rooted in the blues, spiked with R&B urgency, and resonant with deep-soul passion, it both moves the heart and galvanizes the feet –“grown folks’ music,” as they say, but abrim with the enthusiasm,…
Jimmy Burns – It Ain’t Right
Jimmy Burns – It Ain’t Right Delmark DE 841 (2015) Compact Disc A walk in the Delta with sanctified swagger, It Ain’t Right is a joyous culmination and testimonial to Jimmy’s vocal talent and musical gifts. Relevant and inspiring, these songs are loaded with a great sense of collective purpose. Other musicians may cover a…
Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames – Slip Into A Dream
Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames – Slip Into A Dream Delmark DE 842 Compact Disc (2015) In their review of Weld’s first Delmark CD, Living Blues magazine said: “Burnin’ Love is a raucous monster…Weld performs wonderfully wild guitar…their sweet vocal harmonies are as animated as Weld’s wicked and rockin’ slide guitar. [Monica Myhre’s] “Talk…
Delmark: 55 Years Of Jazz
Delmark: 55 Years Of Jazz Delmark DE 914 (2008) Compact Disc + DVD Set After wearing out Delmark’s 2003 set celebrating 50 years of great jazz–traditional, modern, big, small, now, then–you probably thought you were going to have to wait at least until 2013 for another such anniversary collection but when you’ve got a rich…
