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EXCITING NEWS FROM DELMARK!! Much anticipated special new release from JIMMY BURNS & SOUL MESSAGE BAND!
We’re so excited about this unique collaboration featuring the warm timeless Chicago soul/blues vocals from Jimmy Burns and the hard groovin’ B3 Blues/jazz organ from Chris Foreman‘s SOUL MESSAGE BAND!! Curtis Mayfield meets Jimmy McGriff at the Crossroads! This concept inspired Delmark to explore the historical recordings made by JIMMY BURNS when he was very…
Delmark’s annual ROCKWELL STROLL a GREAT SUCCESSFUL FEST once again!
Mississippi Heat‘s harpmaster/bandleader Pierre Lacocque with Chicago blues guitarist extraordinaire Jon McDonald! DELMARK Rockwell Stroll 2025 was a super fun neighborhood jazz & blues block party! Thanks to Blueshift Big Band, Pierre Lacocque & Jon McDonald, Jazz Journalists Association, Lauren Deutsch, Greg Guy & GeeHive, WDCB, Moors Beer, Offset BBQ, Chicago Jazz Festival & DCASE,…
Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames – DAVE’S BIRTHDAY BASH @ Buddy Guy’s Legends, Chicago
DAVE WELD & THE IMPERIAL FLAMES DAVE WELD 10/5/25 – DAVE WELD’S BIRTHDAY BASH! BUDDY GUY’S LEGENDS, 700 S. WALBASH ST., CHICAGO, IL (SUNDAY – 9:30 PM) SPECIAL GUESTS, PRIZES AND GIVE-A-WAYS! Ages 21 and up Sunday, October 05 Show: 9pm $16.99 Buddy Guy’s Legends Online ticket cut…
MISSISSIPPI HEAT’s Pierre Lacocque with Jon McDonald @ Fuller’s Pub, Chicago
09/15/25 CHICAGO, IL FULLER’S PUB-PIERRE IS GUEST WITH THE JON MCDONALD BLUES BAND United States l Time: 9:00pm. Age restrictions: No Minors. Address: 3203 WEST IRVING PARK RD. Venue phone: (773) 478-8060. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH. 9:00 PM-12:45 AM. PIERRE IS A SPECIAL GUEST WITH THE JON McDONALD Mississippi Heat: Don’t Look Back Mississippi Heat Led by harmonica master and songwriter Pierre Lacocque, Mississippi Heat is…
Dave Specter @ Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn, IL
Fri September 12, 2025 FITZGERALDS Presents: Friday Night On The PATIO w/ DAVE SPECTER! The Dave Specter Band Show: 7:00 pmDoors: 5:00 pm FITZGERALDS PATIO $0.00Book Now All Ages Additional Info LIVE ON FITZGERALDS PATIO: DAVE SPECTER seen HERE FREE SHOW! Click “Book Now” to reserve a table. We always leave room for walk-ins so if you can’t find…
Delmark Chicago Blues and Chicago Cubs continue our successful collaboration! DAVE WELD & THE IMPERIAL FLAMES hit a homerun with their show at Gallagher Way – new Delmark LP coming soon!
SWEET HOME CHICAGO! Take a look at these great shots of DAVE WELD & THE IMPERIAL FLAMES at the recent Chicago Cubs’ Gallagher Way Blues Friday!! Dave Weld has a brand new Delmark compilation LP coming soon – Bluesin’ Through the Years! Delmark 894 Bluesin’ Through the Years – Dave Weld & the Imperial Flames…
Rest in peace, Kevin Shanahan, long time guitarist for Tail Dragger and more
We mourn the extremely sad news that brilliant Chicago blues guitarist Kevin Shanahan has passed away in his sleep from a heart attack. Kevin was a very sweet and gentle soul, who played ferocious & wild lead and slide guitar behind Tail Dragger for decades. His Delmark recording legacy included Jimmy Burns‘ Back To The…
Delmark blues guitar star MIKE WHEELER with wildly successful shows – Big Chicago Blues Tour in Europe and Blue Monday at SPACE!
Check out the wonderful pics and coverage of Mike Wheeler at the Montpellier Blues Festival in France in SOUL BAG MAGAZINE!!! Montpellier Blues Festival 2025 July 1-3, 2025. If the first French date of the Chicago Blues Summer Tour (Mike Wheeler on guitar and vocals, Cleo Cole on drums, Larry Williams on bass, Russ Green on harmonica…
SHIRLEY JOHNSON at Wrigley Field- 1st pitch, Live concert at Gallagher Way and new Delmark LP coming soon!!
Shirley Johnson and her band sounded GREAT at Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley’s Gallagher Way, and she also threw out the FIRST PITCH for Blues Friday! Look for Shirley’s new Delmark LP coming soon! #bluesfriday #firstpitch #delmarkrecords #shirleyjohnson Shirley Johnson “The Queen of Blue Chicago” is lookin’ good in Cubs’ BLUE(S) at Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley…
SHIRLEY JOHNSON & Luke Pytel Band @ BLUE CHICAGO
LUKE PYTEL BLUES BAND W/ SHIRLEY JOHNSON Nicknamed the “Sweetheart of the Blues” by the staff at BLUE CHICAGO, Shirley has been gracing the stage here since the 1990s with her spectacular performances. Like so many African-American vocalists, Shirley Johnson started out singing in church and then went on to embrace secular music. The Chicago resident,…
