Fifty years ago, Bruce Iglauer wanted his boss, Delmark Records owner Bob Koester, to release music from a blues trio called Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers. Iglauer, a young shipping clerk and ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago blues legend Shemekia Copeland is up for three Grammy Awards this Sunday, and she credits her label, Chicago's Alligator Records, for her resounding success. Copeland and ...
Bruce Iglauer found himself in the right place, Chicago, at the right time, the late 1960s, to capture some incredible music. Iglauer worked at the storied Delmark record label. A fan of the city’s ...
Alligator Records will reissue Professor Longhair’s lauded LP Crawfish Fiesta on October 16. The classic album, recorded just months prior to Longhair’s passing in 1979 and released shortly after in ...