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 ...
CD compilations of boogie woogie piano abound, particularly on cheap import CD labels, but this domestic bargain is a strikingly attractive sampler. Drawing from Delmark's half-century old blues ...
From Seattle to Paris Wendy spreads the gospel of Chicagobased blues piano and boogie woogie. She’s well steeped inthe stylings of Otis Spann, Memphis Slim, Sunnyland Slim andAlbert Ammons - the ...
Anyone who heard Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut (1969) knew the band was more than two guitar players and a drummer. On “Your Time Is Gonna Come,” John Paul Jones got to showcase his keyboard ...
Mark “Mr. B” Braun, the area’s busiest boogie woogie piano specialist, is not letting the 25th anniversary of Blues & Piano Boogie Celebration go by quietly. As part of a nearly week-long celebration ...
MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - The music which started Rock and Roll began right here in East Texas about 150 years ago. And at the Texas and Pacific Railway Museum at the Marshall train depot, you can ...
Huey “Piano” Smith, the R&B pianist and composer whose 1950s hits “Don’t You Just Know It” and “Rockin’ Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu” added New Orleans spice to the early rock ‘n’ roll recipe, died ...
Twenty years ago, across the Lincoln Park street where Erwin Helfer has lived since 1968, new neighbors moved in and installed a grand piano in their front window — and rarely played it. “A lot of ...
Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...