Dear
Friends,
As
the summer rolls on, I’ve been in the Christmas spirit, finishing
up production on a collection of holiday blues called Genuine
Houserockin...
Dear
Friends,
We’re
thrilled by the initial reactions to Shemekia Copeland’s brand new
album, Talking
To Strangers.
In the first week of its release, it wa...
Dear Friends,
Summer started off with a bang at last week’s Chicago Blues Festival. Among many terrific sets, the highlight for me was an explosive Saturday...
Dear Friends,
I’m still recovering from the whirlwind of the W.C. Handy Awards weekend in Memphis (including the annual meeting of the Blues Music Associati...
Dear Friends,
It seems like there’s never a relaxed moment at Alligator. We’ve been scrambling to manufacture enough CDs to react to the demand for our new...
Dear Friends,
I’m writing this as I fly home from Memphis; we just finished the mixes for Michael Burks’ debut album (not yet entitled) at Ardent Studios. ...