BLUES BYTES What’s New January 2024 Delmark is making good use of the live show that featured the set by Sheryl Youngblood, with guitarist Mike Wheeler also leading the same band and putting down enough material for an upcoming album of his own. Wheeler was a blues cat that I was late in discovering, but since finding…
AMERICAN BLUES SCENE Sheryl Youngblood Releases Live Single ‘Every Day of Your Life’ “Every Day of Your Life,” a song written by Jimmy Johnson and recorded live by Chicago blues rising star Sheryl Youngblood, is out now via Delmark Records. The tune was recorded by Sheryl and the Delmark All-Star Band during the label’s 70th anniversary…
Chicago blues living legends and Delmark recording artists, Lurrie Bell (and Lil’ Ed!) are both new members in the Blues Foundation BLUES HALL OF FAME as performers. Lurrie is one of our all time favorite blues artists and dear friends, and he has released several Delmark CDs as a leader and sideman to his father,…
To kick off the new year, Delmark is excited to announce the brand new digital single – a special live recording from Mike Wheeler & The Delmark All-Stars, “Serves Me Right To Suffer” – a heartfelt tribute to Mike’s former mentor and hero and bandleader, the late, great legendary Jimmy Johnson! Serves Me Right To…
News THE LATEST FROM AROUND THE MUSIC WORLD Delmark 70th Bash Convenes the Blues By Michael Jackson I Dec. 12, 2023 Chicago-based Delmark Records, founded by Bob Koester in St. Louis in 1953, is the oldest continually operating independent jazz and blues label around. Taken over by Julia Miller and Elbio Barilari after Koester’s retirement in May…
SHERYL YOUNGBLOOD Ages 21 and up SATURDAY, DECEMBER 09 Show: 9pm $25 Buddy Guy’s Legends Buy Tickets Online ticket cut off time is 4:00PM day of show. Tickets are available at the door after 5:00PM Free Acoustic Set: Alicia “Yah Yah” Townsend 5:30-7:30PM Opening Band: TBA 9:00-10:00PM Headlining Band: TBA 10:30PM – Close 21+ After 8:00PM SHERYL…
Bluesman Jimmy Burns Live from WFMT December 2, 2023, 8:00 pm Born on a Mississippi cotton plantation, Jimmy Burns has become a Chicago Blues legend. (Photo courtesy of Delmark Records) Folkstage celebrates the 70th anniversary of Chicago’s venerable Delmark Records with singer/harmonica maestro Jimmy Burns, Tony Palmer and Jon McDonald in an exclusive acoustic blues set. Jimmy…
Johnny Burgin THURS, JAN 11: SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, VA BEACH View All Concerts – CHICAGO BLUES FROM COAST TO COAST! Johnny’s motto is “Chicago Blues from Coast to Coast”, and he lives up to it by performing up to 250 shows a year in Europe, Japan and all over the US. Johnny…
Johnny Burgin SUN, DEC 17: FROGGIE’S, VIRGINIA BEACH, VA View All Concerts – CHICAGO BLUES FROM COAST TO COAST! Johnny’s motto is “Chicago Blues from Coast to Coast”, and he lives up to it by performing up to 250 shows a year in Europe, Japan and all over the US. Johnny started his career in…
Johnny Burgin SUN, DEC 10: HANK DIETLE’S, ROCKVILLE, MD View All Concerts – CHICAGO BLUES FROM COAST TO COAST! Johnny’s motto is “Chicago Blues from Coast to Coast”, and he lives up to it by performing up to 250 shows a year in Europe, Japan and all over the US. Johnny started his career in…
