Originally founded in 1977 as a classical music label, Telarc, a division of Concord Music Group, established a blues imprint in 1993 and, after only three years, scored two GRAMMY® nominations for recordings by Junior Wells and the Muddy Waters Tribute Band. Since then, Tab Benoit, Shemekia Copeland, Otis Taylor, Moreland & Arbuckle, Charlie Musselwhite, Maria Muldaur, James Cotton and many others have been part of the company’s outstanding blues history. In 2010, Telarc released Joined at the Hip, the last recording by Pinetop Perkins and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, which won a GRAMMY® for Best Traditional Blues Album and a 2011 Blues Music Award as Traditional Album of the Year.
