In a Blue Mood

Here is a composite review of several Delmark Blues reissues that appeared in Issue 218 of the Jazz & Blues Report (1997). I likely rece...

Jose Ramirez - Major League Blues - Delmark Originally from Costa Rica, singer-guitarist-songwriter Jose Ramirez has been making a name for ...

Willie Kent Long Way to Ol' Miss Delmark Records Willie Kent is a Mississippi native who has mixed in traditional and modern blues eleme...

Johnny Iguana Johnny Iguana's Chicago Spectacular Delmark This album is subtitled " A Grand and Upright Celebration of Chicago Blue...

Johnny Burgin and Special Guests No Border Blues Delmark Records This unusual recording brings guitarist-singer Johnny Burgin together with...

Sleepy John Estes is one of the true poets of the blues, and Delmark has just issued Brownsville Blues . Included here are the first recor...

The recent loss of the late Eddie Lusk hit the blues world hard. He earned the title of Professor because of his multiple keyboard prowess...

Linsey Alexander Live at Rosa's Delmark Records Reviewing Linsey Alexander's debut album " Been There Done That " in 201...

Dave Specter Blues From the Inside Delmark Records This latest recording by the veteran Chicago blues artist Dave Specter is the first...

Jimmy Johnson Every Day Of Your Life Delmark Records Going to the 2019 Chicago Blues Festival, one of the acts I was most anxious to s...

Breezy Rodio If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It Delmark Records Billy Branch, in the liner notes to Breezy Rodio's new release...

Johnny Burgin Live Delmark Records Rockin' Johnny Burgin notes that this new live recording is his first in 20 years, and first si...

Soul Message Band Soulful Days Delmark Records While at the Chicago Blues Festival, a photographer-blues deejay I knew mentioned he was go...

Shirley Johnson Blues Attack Delmark Records Vocalist Shirley Johnson has been a mainstay of Chicago’s North Loop bistro Blue...

Red Holloway Go Red Go! Delmark Records Delmark has just issued the label’s debut recording by the veteran tenor saxophonist,...

Willie Buck Willie Buck Way Delmark Records Reviewing Delmark's 2010 expanded release of Willie Buck's 1982 album, "The L...

Breezy Rodio Sometime The Blues Got Me Delmark Records Coming to the US as a young immigrant, Breezy Rodio became part of the Chicago blue...

Various artists Tribute: Delmark's 65th Anniversary Delmark Records As Delmark celebrates 65 years since founded in St. Louis by B...

Lurrie Bell & the Bell Dynasty Tribute to Carey Bell Delmark Records Guitarist and vocalist Lurrie Bell is joined by his siblings Stev...

Willie "The Lion" Smith & Don Ewell Grand Piano Duets Sackville/Delmark This joyous piano collaboration between one of the g...