Alligator Records
@alligator1971.bsky.social
Celebrating 50+ years of genuine houserockin' music!! Alligator boasts a catalog of over 350 titles, many of which are renowned, award-winning, time-tested classics of the genre.
@tinsleyellis.bsky.social is featured on the cover of the February issue of @vintageguitar.bsky.social and the subject of a 6page in-depth feature that touches on the gear he uses on the new album, other guitars he’s used over years and what’s driven him to the acoustic sound
#acousticblues
#acousticblues
February 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
@tinsleyellis.bsky.social is featured on the cover of the February issue of @vintageguitar.bsky.social and the subject of a 6page in-depth feature that touches on the gear he uses on the new album, other guitars he’s used over years and what’s driven him to the acoustic sound
#acousticblues
#acousticblues
Alligator’s fearless leader Bruce Iglauer is interviewed and featured on the cover of Mexico’s Cultura Blues magazine. The in-depth conversation touches on his path to the blues, what the future of the blues holds and a whole lot more
www.culturablues.com/2026/02/bruc...
www.culturablues.com/2026/02/bruc...
February 2, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Alligator’s fearless leader Bruce Iglauer is interviewed and featured on the cover of Mexico’s Cultura Blues magazine. The in-depth conversation touches on his path to the blues, what the future of the blues holds and a whole lot more
www.culturablues.com/2026/02/bruc...
www.culturablues.com/2026/02/bruc...
@relixmag.bsky.social hosts the world premiere of “Too Broke” the video from Tinsley Ellis leading up to the release of Labor Of Love - available Jan 30! Relix says "Ellis delivers a masterclass in passionate musicianship"
relix.com/blogs/video_...
Order your copy today tinsley.lnk.to/LaborofLove
relix.com/blogs/video_...
Order your copy today tinsley.lnk.to/LaborofLove
Premiere: Tinsley Ellis Gets Raw in Official Music Video for "Too Broke"
Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, Tinsley Ellis, is offering a masterclass in passionate musicianship on the second single off his new album, Labor
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January 29, 2026 at 11:51 PM
@relixmag.bsky.social hosts the world premiere of “Too Broke” the video from Tinsley Ellis leading up to the release of Labor Of Love - available Jan 30! Relix says "Ellis delivers a masterclass in passionate musicianship"
relix.com/blogs/video_...
Order your copy today tinsley.lnk.to/LaborofLove
relix.com/blogs/video_...
Order your copy today tinsley.lnk.to/LaborofLove
Selwyn Birchwood will release Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues, on March 27. The album will be available on CD, translucent yellow vinyl LP, and digital. The first single, The Church Of Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues, premieres today, along with a striking new video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w5p...
January 26, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Selwyn Birchwood will release Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues, on March 27. The album will be available on CD, translucent yellow vinyl LP, and digital. The first single, The Church Of Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues, premieres today, along with a striking new video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w5p...
Happy 27th birthday to Christone Kingfish Ingram ! He continues to be one of the leaders of the new generation of blues. His stinging guitar and sweet, melodic vocals shine every time he takes the stage. kingfish.lnk.to/Live
#liveinlondon #kingfish #662 #happybirthday
#liveinlondon #kingfish #662 #happybirthday
January 19, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Happy 27th birthday to Christone Kingfish Ingram ! He continues to be one of the leaders of the new generation of blues. His stinging guitar and sweet, melodic vocals shine every time he takes the stage. kingfish.lnk.to/Live
#liveinlondon #kingfish #662 #happybirthday
#liveinlondon #kingfish #662 #happybirthday
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials return with SLIDEWAYS, a dynamic, high-energy collection of 13 songs with the band at the absolute height of their powers. The first single Bad All By Myself, premieres today. Check it out! youtu.be/Sp68ok-nFyE
Pre-order your copy today! liled.lnk.to/Slideways
Pre-order your copy today! liled.lnk.to/Slideways
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials - Bad All By Myself (Lyric VIdeo)
YouTube video by Alligator Records
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January 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials return with SLIDEWAYS, a dynamic, high-energy collection of 13 songs with the band at the absolute height of their powers. The first single Bad All By Myself, premieres today. Check it out! youtu.be/Sp68ok-nFyE
Pre-order your copy today! liled.lnk.to/Slideways
Pre-order your copy today! liled.lnk.to/Slideways
Southern Avenue is GRAMMY-nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album! Rolling Stone says of the band, "Unforgettable music and electric performances showcase the soul of Memphis. Their stories resonate long after the last note of music fades." 🏆
#SouthernAvenue #Grammys #GrammyNominated
#SouthernAvenue #Grammys #GrammyNominated
December 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Southern Avenue is GRAMMY-nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album! Rolling Stone says of the band, "Unforgettable music and electric performances showcase the soul of Memphis. Their stories resonate long after the last note of music fades." 🏆
#SouthernAvenue #Grammys #GrammyNominated
#SouthernAvenue #Grammys #GrammyNominated
Shemekia Copeland will perform live on ABC-TV on Dec 31 as part of the iconic Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. This is the first time in its more than 50-year history the show will also broadcast live from Chicago.
Copeland is scheduled to perform at 11:10pm CT
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
Copeland is scheduled to perform at 11:10pm CT
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December 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Shemekia Copeland will perform live on ABC-TV on Dec 31 as part of the iconic Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. This is the first time in its more than 50-year history the show will also broadcast live from Chicago.
Copeland is scheduled to perform at 11:10pm CT
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
Copeland is scheduled to perform at 11:10pm CT
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
Tommy Castro welcomed labelmate Ronnie Baker Brooks as a guest on his new podcast, Podcastro. The extended interview features Tommy and Ronnie telling stories, talking about guitars, blues, influences, BB King, Albert Collins, Jelly Bean Johnson and much more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr-C...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr-C...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Tommy Castro welcomed labelmate Ronnie Baker Brooks as a guest on his new podcast, Podcastro. The extended interview features Tommy and Ronnie telling stories, talking about guitars, blues, influences, BB King, Albert Collins, Jelly Bean Johnson and much more!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr-C...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr-C...
@tinsleyellis.bsky.social will release LABOR OF LOVE on CD, Georgia peach-colored vinyl LP and digitally on Jan 30, 2026. Pre-order your copy today tinsley.lnk.to/LaborofLove
The first single from the album, the powerful Hoodoo Woman, premieres today. Check it out.
youtu.be/0uMYeNU2MaQ
The first single from the album, the powerful Hoodoo Woman, premieres today. Check it out.
youtu.be/0uMYeNU2MaQ
Tinsley Ellis - Hoodoo Woman (Official Video)
YouTube video by Tinsley Ellis
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December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
@tinsleyellis.bsky.social will release LABOR OF LOVE on CD, Georgia peach-colored vinyl LP and digitally on Jan 30, 2026. Pre-order your copy today tinsley.lnk.to/LaborofLove
The first single from the album, the powerful Hoodoo Woman, premieres today. Check it out.
youtu.be/0uMYeNU2MaQ
The first single from the album, the powerful Hoodoo Woman, premieres today. Check it out.
youtu.be/0uMYeNU2MaQ
Southern Avenue's Alligator debut, Family, has been nominated for a 2026 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album! "Family was born out of everything that’s real to us...love, pain, joy, and growth. A GRAMMY nomination reminds us to always stay true to who we are.” #GRAMMYS #bluesmusic #family
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Southern Avenue's Alligator debut, Family, has been nominated for a 2026 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album! "Family was born out of everything that’s real to us...love, pain, joy, and growth. A GRAMMY nomination reminds us to always stay true to who we are.” #GRAMMYS #bluesmusic #family
JJ Grey & Mofro's 2008 classic ORANGE BLOSSOMS vinyl officially released today! All tracks remastered and pressed at 45rpm on two Sunburst Splash-color LPs in a gatefold cover. Pick up your copy today or stream online jjgrey.lnk.to/OB2
#jjgrey #orangeblossoms #vinyl #gatefold
#jjgrey #orangeblossoms #vinyl #gatefold
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
JJ Grey & Mofro's 2008 classic ORANGE BLOSSOMS vinyl officially released today! All tracks remastered and pressed at 45rpm on two Sunburst Splash-color LPs in a gatefold cover. Pick up your copy today or stream online jjgrey.lnk.to/OB2
#jjgrey #orangeblossoms #vinyl #gatefold
#jjgrey #orangeblossoms #vinyl #gatefold
Happy Birthday to JJ Grey - delivering deeply moving, masterfully written, funkified rock and Southern soul music on Alligator since 2007. The classic, Orange Blossoms, will be available on vinyl TOMORROW! Pressed at 45rpm on TWO Sunburst Splash-color LPs in a gatefold cover. jjgrey.lnk.to/OB2
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Happy Birthday to JJ Grey - delivering deeply moving, masterfully written, funkified rock and Southern soul music on Alligator since 2007. The classic, Orange Blossoms, will be available on vinyl TOMORROW! Pressed at 45rpm on TWO Sunburst Splash-color LPs in a gatefold cover. jjgrey.lnk.to/OB2
Today, Oct 21, is Elvin Bishop's birthday. Elvin was a blues pilgrim who came to Chicago as a teenager to experience the blues in its home town. With 55+ years of playing the blues, Elvin is still creating new music, and sharing the his energy and humor. Happy Birthday Elvin!
smarturl.it/100yrs
smarturl.it/100yrs
October 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today, Oct 21, is Elvin Bishop's birthday. Elvin was a blues pilgrim who came to Chicago as a teenager to experience the blues in its home town. With 55+ years of playing the blues, Elvin is still creating new music, and sharing the his energy and humor. Happy Birthday Elvin!
smarturl.it/100yrs
smarturl.it/100yrs
JJ Grey & Mofro's 2008 classic ORANGE BLOSSOMS will be available next Friday, October 31! All tracks remastered and pressed at 45rpm on two Sunburst Splash-color LPs in a gatefold cover. Preorder your copy today or stream online jjgrey.lnk.to/OB2
#jjgrey #mofro #newvinyl #otangeblossoms
#jjgrey #mofro #newvinyl #otangeblossoms
October 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
JJ Grey & Mofro's 2008 classic ORANGE BLOSSOMS will be available next Friday, October 31! All tracks remastered and pressed at 45rpm on two Sunburst Splash-color LPs in a gatefold cover. Preorder your copy today or stream online jjgrey.lnk.to/OB2
#jjgrey #mofro #newvinyl #otangeblossoms
#jjgrey #mofro #newvinyl #otangeblossoms
Tinsley Ellis joined Savannah, GA’s WTOC Morning Show ahead of his upcoming performance in Statesboro at the Averitt Center for the Arts on Oct. 17.
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www.wtoc.com/2025/10/13/b...
Blues legend Tinsley Ellis to perform new album in Statesboro
Blues/rock legend Tinsley Ellis will be performing his first solo acoustic album, Naked Truth.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Tinsley Ellis joined Savannah, GA’s WTOC Morning Show ahead of his upcoming performance in Statesboro at the Averitt Center for the Arts on Oct. 17.
www.wtoc.com/2025/10/13/b...
www.wtoc.com/2025/10/13/b...
Horn-powered Roomful Of Blues are celebrated around the world for their exhilarating mix of jump, swing, and tough blues. Their new album, STEPPIN’ OUT!, adds powerful, soul-stirring female vocalist D.D. Bastos to the band’s potent musicianship.
lnk.to/ROB_steppinout
#bluesmusic #newrelease
lnk.to/ROB_steppinout
#bluesmusic #newrelease
October 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Horn-powered Roomful Of Blues are celebrated around the world for their exhilarating mix of jump, swing, and tough blues. Their new album, STEPPIN’ OUT!, adds powerful, soul-stirring female vocalist D.D. Bastos to the band’s potent musicianship.
lnk.to/ROB_steppinout
#bluesmusic #newrelease
lnk.to/ROB_steppinout
#bluesmusic #newrelease
Roomful of Blues’ brand-new album STEPPIN’ OUT! arrives tomorrow. Here, Roomful’s guitarist Chris Vachon speaks with Boston’s WBUR about the new album, about bringing on D.D. Bastos, the first female lead singer to ever record with the group, and more.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
Roomful of Blues swings into a new era
Since it was founded in Rhode Island in 1967, the group has had eight lead singers and over 60 members. Roomful's new record “Steppin’ Out!” marks a new era for the band — lead singer D.D. Bastos beco...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Roomful of Blues’ brand-new album STEPPIN’ OUT! arrives tomorrow. Here, Roomful’s guitarist Chris Vachon speaks with Boston’s WBUR about the new album, about bringing on D.D. Bastos, the first female lead singer to ever record with the group, and more.
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
www.wbur.org/news/2025/10...
Happy Birthday to Billy Branch, one of the blues’ greatest harmonica players. He’s played on around 300 albums, many on Alligator, including his own “Roots & Branches” and “Harp Attack!!” He and his band, The Sons of Blues, first cut for Alligator in 1978. We hope Billy has a great birthday!
October 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy Birthday to Billy Branch, one of the blues’ greatest harmonica players. He’s played on around 300 albums, many on Alligator, including his own “Roots & Branches” and “Harp Attack!!” He and his band, The Sons of Blues, first cut for Alligator in 1978. We hope Billy has a great birthday!
FIVE ALLIGATOR RECORDS ARTISTS' RECORDINGS
FOR YOUR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION!
RONNIE BAKER BROOKS
TOMMY CASTRO
D.K. HARRELL
SOUTHERN AVENUE
CAROLYN WONDERLAND
#foryourgrammyconsideration #bluesmusic
FOR YOUR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION!
RONNIE BAKER BROOKS
TOMMY CASTRO
D.K. HARRELL
SOUTHERN AVENUE
CAROLYN WONDERLAND
#foryourgrammyconsideration #bluesmusic
October 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
FIVE ALLIGATOR RECORDS ARTISTS' RECORDINGS
FOR YOUR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION!
RONNIE BAKER BROOKS
TOMMY CASTRO
D.K. HARRELL
SOUTHERN AVENUE
CAROLYN WONDERLAND
#foryourgrammyconsideration #bluesmusic
FOR YOUR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION!
RONNIE BAKER BROOKS
TOMMY CASTRO
D.K. HARRELL
SOUTHERN AVENUE
CAROLYN WONDERLAND
#foryourgrammyconsideration #bluesmusic
This Sat, October 4, Chicago blues Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials w/special guest Ben Levin headline the Bloomington Blues Festival at the Upland Bloomington Brewpub
For additional info see thewhirlwindagency.com/blues-fest
#bluesfest #bluesmusic #liveblues
For additional info see thewhirlwindagency.com/blues-fest
#bluesfest #bluesmusic #liveblues
October 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This Sat, October 4, Chicago blues Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials w/special guest Ben Levin headline the Bloomington Blues Festival at the Upland Bloomington Brewpub
For additional info see thewhirlwindagency.com/blues-fest
#bluesfest #bluesmusic #liveblues
For additional info see thewhirlwindagency.com/blues-fest
#bluesfest #bluesmusic #liveblues
Today is the birthday of The Queen Of The Blues, Koko Taylor. She thrilled blues fans all over the world, delivering real deal blues for over fifty years. She said, “If I make even one person in the audience feel better with my music, then I’ve done my job.” She sure did her job!
September 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Today is the birthday of The Queen Of The Blues, Koko Taylor. She thrilled blues fans all over the world, delivering real deal blues for over fifty years. She said, “If I make even one person in the audience feel better with my music, then I’ve done my job.” She sure did her job!
We're just two weeks away from the release of Roomful of Blues new album, STEPPIN' OUT, which will be released on Friday, October 10!
Pre-order your copy today!
lnk.to/ROB_steppinout
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tdQ...
Pre-order your copy today!
lnk.to/ROB_steppinout
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tdQ...
Roomful Of Blues - You Were Wrong (Live from The Fallout Shelter)
YouTube video by Alligator Records
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September 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
We're just two weeks away from the release of Roomful of Blues new album, STEPPIN' OUT, which will be released on Friday, October 10!
Pre-order your copy today!
lnk.to/ROB_steppinout
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tdQ...
Pre-order your copy today!
lnk.to/ROB_steppinout
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tdQ...
One of Texas' finest guitar-slingers, Carolyn Wonderland, returns to Cleveland for a show at The Music Box Supper Club this Friday, Sept 26th.
www.cleveland.com/entertainmen...
Tickets are still available
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#truthis #bluesmusic #ontour #cleveland #womeninblues
www.cleveland.com/entertainmen...
Tickets are still available
musicboxcle.com/event/caroly...
#truthis #bluesmusic #ontour #cleveland #womeninblues
Carolyn Wonderland finds joy, fire, healing in the blues
Got an itch that only the blues can fix? Carolyn Wonderland has a bit of truth to deal at Music Box Supper Club this Friday... and it's got your name on it.
www.cleveland.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
One of Texas' finest guitar-slingers, Carolyn Wonderland, returns to Cleveland for a show at The Music Box Supper Club this Friday, Sept 26th.
www.cleveland.com/entertainmen...
Tickets are still available
musicboxcle.com/event/caroly...
#truthis #bluesmusic #ontour #cleveland #womeninblues
www.cleveland.com/entertainmen...
Tickets are still available
musicboxcle.com/event/caroly...
#truthis #bluesmusic #ontour #cleveland #womeninblues
Blues Blast Magazine has announced the winners of its 18th annual Blues Blast Music Awards. This year, Alligator Records artists Shemekia Copeland and TOMMY CASTRO received honors.
www.bluesblastmagazine.com
www.bluesblastmagazine.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Blues Blast Magazine has announced the winners of its 18th annual Blues Blast Music Awards. This year, Alligator Records artists Shemekia Copeland and TOMMY CASTRO received honors.
www.bluesblastmagazine.com
www.bluesblastmagazine.com