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Label founder Bob Koester talks 55 years of Delmark Records

[Above: Bob Koester with Buddy Guy at Delmark's 55th anniversary celebration in March 2008.] “I think some of the writers really want to believe that it’s all over for blues in Chicago,” confides Bob Koester, owner of Delmark, the nation’s oldest independent record label. “If they’ll come to the [city], I’d be happy to show ‘em around some clubs on the North, South and West side, take ‘em to hear people like Byther Smith, Lurrie Bell, Jimmy Burns, Michael Coleman… it’s a long list.”...  read more

Catching Up With... P is For Panda's Chad Pearson

[Above: Artist Brian Manley at P is For Panda's launch party at the Highland Inn Ballroom July 25.]In a climate of falling record sales and shifting industry standards, starting a new record label can be quite a gamble. But upstart Atlanta indie label (and t-shirt company) P Is For Panda is doing just that with a new business model that balances giving back to the community with artist and label profit. Panda founder Chad Pearson, a native of Papua New Guinea, spent a short time at Seattle’s Tooth and Nail Records and co-founded Militia Group before relocating to Atlanta. He...  read more