Blues

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...

Bo's first appearance on record seems to be a Columbia session held in Atlanta, Georgia on November 2, 1928, where he, Charlie and Joe McCoy, and an unknown pianist, backed a singer named Alec Johnson. A Columbia session did take place on December 17,...

Borrow, remix, interpret, experiment and create their own version of various styles and origins: that is the hallmark of Chico's Jugband. The band was formed in 1985 in Stockholm - and was probably the only jugband of it's kind in Sweden until the tour...

Born in Mississippi in 1932, Herman "Junior" Parker moved with his family to Memphis in the '40s and grew up surrounded by the blues, learning harmonica and being mentored by the great Sonny Boy Williamson. He toured with Howlin' Wolf and then with B.B...

Born in Guyana and raised in the UK, Jerimiah (who passed away in September 2017) fell in love with the blues as a teenager after seeing Muddy Waters play in a club. A lifetime of club and festival appearances followed, as did these precious recordings...

Born in Dublin, Mississippi in 1943, Jimmy Burns derived his earliest inspiration from the records of Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and others. After Jimmy moved to Chicago in the mid-'50 's he discovered a scene that was perfect for the meld of...

Born in Collins, Mississippi in 1943, blues guitarist/vocalist Bill Magee grew up listening to Muddy Waters, Elmore James and B.B. King on his father's small radio. At the age of 13, Bill moved to New York where he began to learn to play the blues. By...

Born in Centerville, Texas, Hopkins learned the blues when young in Buffalo, Texas from Blind Lemon Jefferson and his older cousin, country-blues singer Alger Texas Alexander. Hopkins recorded prolifically in Texas. Occasionally traveling to the Mid-West...

Born in 1895, and having been an early blues innovator in the 1920s, Alberta Hunter became a living link to the jazz-age and stars like Bessie Smith, Paul Robeson and Ma Rainey. In the late '50s she started a second career as a nurse, and mostly retired...

Born and raised in Brooklyn, blues guitarist Steve Freund was reborn a Chicagoan when he relocated in 1976. The list of people he's played with reads like a Who's Who of Chicago blues legends including Sunnyland Slim, Luther Allison, Lonnie Brooks, Otis...

Born & raised in Mississippi by his 100 yr. Old grandmother, Sammy (singer/harmonica) takes off with this debut disc of real-deal blues.1. I Ain't Lyin' 2. Daniel 3. Sammy's Shuffle 4. Shorty 5. That's My Girl 6. Someday 7. Devil's Trail 8. When I Leave...

Boogie Woogie piano master Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne returns with a hot new disc CAN'T STOP NOW that confirms his status as one of the top keyboard players in the blues world today. Blues rock guitar ace Jeff Healey guests on a track and Kenny pays...