The 15th Blues and Boogie Piano Summit, Nov. 7-8 at the Southgate House Revival, this year expands to two nights, featuring the same four performers.

It’s been six years since boogie-woogie pianist Erwin Helfer has been able to grace the Chicago Blues Festival with his music, and that’s too long. At age 82, Helfer may be Chicago’s last ...

The black and white keys of the piano sound beautiful when played with love, and few people truly love the piano as much as jazz, blues and boogie-woogie pianist Mark Lincoln Braun, who will be ...

McShann, universally known by the nickname "Hootie", was renowned for his mastery of the rolling boogie-woogie piano style and his brisk, unpretentious on-stage manner.

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 ...

The third installment of the "Booginator" series, an Ali-Frazier-style piano duel in the desert will take place Monday at Old Town Artisans.

The Daily Iowan sat down with Iowa City native and boogie-woogie, blues, and swing pianist Chase Garrett to talk about his upcoming performance at the Englert. The Third-Annual Blues & Boogie-Woogie ...

“Long tall Marcia Ball” is the hottest blues, rhythm and blues, and funky piano player this side of Professor Longhair himself. A Louisiana native who’s now based in Austin, Te… ...

COVID nearly took everything from beloved Chicago blues and boogie-woogie pianist Erwin Helfer. But not only did he survive, he’s also returned to his music and teaching career in his 86th year.

This one-night-only event will recapture the early American art form of the Swing, Stride and Boogie Woogie Piano style of piano playing. Five accomplished performers will each present their own ...

Pinetop Perkins, the Mississippi Delta-born piano player who started a solo career in his 70s after performing with fellow bluesman Muddy Waters for more than a decade, has died. He was 97.

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 ...