Tall, regal looking and fashion-model thin with a striking shock of white hair that brings an aura of sage maturity to her otherwise youthful elegance, Marcia Ball might not look like a two-fisted, ...
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 ...
Bloomington musician Mark Wiedenmayer said, "H-T survey results voted Craig Brenner best pianist in Bloomington in 1987." Brenner pours his keyboard skills into something else, too — the Bloomington ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Bloomington Boogies: The Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival on Aug. 9 offers multiple opportunities to listen and dance to some of the world’s best blues and boogie woogie pianists. The ...
Stoopid Daddy Records will present An Evening of Swing, Stride and Boogie Woogie Piano on October 19, 2012 at 9 PM in association with the 12 Grapes Restaurant (12 North Division St., Peekskill NY).
The third installment of the "Booginator" series, an Ali-Frazier-style piano duel in the desert will take place Monday at Old Town Artisans. Local favorite Arthur Migliazza and Tucson's favorite ...