Little Willie Littlefield, the blues singer and boogie-woogie pianist who recorded the first version of the rock-and-roll standard “Kansas City” and whose piano work influenced generations of rock and ...

Chase Garrett’s among a small crop of young pianists to move to St. Louis over the last few years, each of them digging into classic veins of American songcraft. Playing around town as a solo act and ...

Fresh Air's jazz critic reviews Boogie Woogie and Blues Piano, a new box set featuring remastered recordings from music greats such as Chicago's Jimmy Yancy, Meade Lux Lewis and Pete Johnson. It also ...

Veteran English blues performer John Mayall's "reminiscences" here aren't "of great blues figures" but of encounters, often via recordings, of the very best barrelhouse, blues and boogie woogie piano ...

Piano man Ricky Nye admits there was no “grand design” when he started his Blues and Boogie Piano Summit 15 years ago. He was simply carrying out what he sees as the highest calling for those into the ...

When boogie-woogie blues singer Marcia Ball took the stage in the Blast Furnace Room at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks on Friday, she literally danced to the seat at her keyboard, then continued to ...

A highly influential blues and boogie-woogie pianist, Pinetop Perkins spent over 10 years playing with the legendary Muddy Waters before going on to enjoy widespread acclaim as a solo act. Joe Willie ...

Here’s how the cheer goes:The cheerleaders say, enthusiastically, “We gonna do that boogie-woogie!”The crowd answers, “Yeah, man.”The cheerleaders repeat, “We gonna do that boogie-woogie!”The crowd, ...

Musicians Joe Bourne and Arthur Migliazza will be joined by special guest Tom Walbank from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday in the Abounding Grace Sanctuary, 2450 S. Kolb Road. The trio will provide an evening of ...

PRINCETON — The Princeton Arts Society is excited and honored to present Daryl Davis in Concert, at 7 p.m., Friday, July 12, at First Congregational Church, 14 Mountain Road. Davis has performed and ...

The Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival is one of the friendliest Judy Carmichael has ever played. That's one reason Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, Steinway Artist and host of NPR's "Judy ...