JIMMY BURNS (DUBLIN, MISSISSIPPI, 1943) IS A TREASURE WITHIN THE CATALOG OF DELMARK RECORDS. A GUITARIST, SINGER, HARMONICA PLAYER AND SONGWRITER WHO APPEARED ON ALBUMS BY JOHN LEE HOOKER, HE RECORDED SEVERAL WONDERFUL SINGLES DURING THE 1960S AND TOURED WITH HIS BAND, THE FANTASTIC EPICS. IN THE EARLY 1990S, BOB KOESTER SAW HIM PERFORM AT A CHICAGO CLUB AND SIGNED HIM TO DELMARK, RELEASING HIS FIRST ALBUM, "LEAVING HERE WALKING", IN 1996. SINCE THEN, BURNS HAS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AMONG THE CREAM OF SOUL BLUES AS ONE OF ITS GREAT ARTISTS, PERFORMING INTERNATIONALLY AND ACHIEVING LEGENDARY STATUS. MUSICIAN ESTABLISHED ORIGINALLY IN DETROIT, JIMMY BURNS—NOW EIGHTY-THREE—IS A BLUESMAN WHOSE FLAME STILL BURNS BRIGHT, A BEACON THAT CONTINUES TO GUIDE THE SUBTLETY AND ELEGANCE OF THE MOST GENUINE SOUL, TURNING THE BLUES INTO A DELICIOUS FUSION OF PURITY AND AUTHENTIC ROOTS MUSIC."FULL CIRCLE" WAS RECORDED BETWEEN 2023 AND 2025 AT DELMARK RECORDS’ RIVERSIDE STUDIO ALONGSIDE THE SUBLIME SOUL MESSAGE BAND, AND FROM START TO FINISH IT STANDS AS A STRONG CONTENDER AMONG THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2026.