In Living Blues #236
March 2015

Dear Friends, As you’ve probably heard, we recently welcomed the wonderful Shemekia Copeland back to the Alligator artist roster. We first signed Shemekia wh...

In Living Blues #226
July 2013

Dear Friends, This year’s Chicago Blues Festival, presented the second weekend in June, was one of the best in years. With beautiful weather, a new, out-of-t...

In Living Blues #213
May 2011

Dear Friends, I just returned from the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, where I met dozens of friends and acquaintances, hung out with Janiva Magness, Smokin’ ...

In Living Blues #211
January 2011

Dear Friends, Happy 2011! I’ve just finished preparing The Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection, which will be launched on February 22. It’s two dis...

In Living Blues #210
November 2010

Dear Friends, 2011 marks Alligator’s 40th year of recording the blues. It’s almost impossible to believe that on May 25th, it will be four decades since my c...

IN LIVING BLUES #172
May 2004

Dear Friends, I just returned from the Blues Foundation’s big Blues First Weekend/International Blues Challenge in Memphis. The IBC is the amateur (and sem...

IN LIVING BLUES #148
NOVEMBER 1999

Dear Friends, I was looking forward to using this "letter" to tell you more about Alligator's adventures with Johnny Winter in the 1980s. Instead, like too m...