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 living ...

Music commentator and admitted carrier of the "Boogie-Woogie Flu," Mitch Myers, takes us on an audio tour of the history of this unique American musical genre. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS ...

Rachael and Christina Brown of Erie, PA and Deborah Bates, of Lake City, PA, portray Lillian, Marjorie Rose and Evelyn Everley, respectively. (The Everley Sisters) CLEVELAND, Ohio - Old-fashioned ...

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, ...

MOUNT DORA — When he was a young child, Tommy Johnson came home from church, sat down at the piano and started to play “The Old Rugged Cross.” Then he took the gospel favorite and played it in the ...

Let your feet do the thinking for this one. They’ll know what to do when it comes to boogie woogie, a musical genre as undeniably and convincingly foot-friendly as ska. To that end, Carl Sonny Leyland ...

Boogie-woogie ... just the name conjures up images of a smoky bar and a man pounding out tunes at a corner piano. It's a music that was popular in the 1930s and '40s, and Matthew Ball, aka the "Boogie ...

Ask Chicago pianist Erwin Helfer what he’s going to play during a rare solo show Saturday at the Skokie Theatre, and he can’t answer. “I don’t know — I just play, it’s totally off the cuff,” says ...

Known for his electrifying live shows, boogie-woogie and blues pianist Henri Herbert is acclaimed as one of the most thrilling musicians on the contemporary blues and rock scene. His dazzling ...

Boogie Woogie queen Jan Preston and her trio. Kiwi Jan Preston was always drawn to the boogie-woogie style of piano playing, made popular by Black Americans in the 1930s, so it's no surprise that her ...

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 ...