The Ezra Charles Band was playing tighter than ever in its decades-spanning history when its leader decided to pull the plug. Charles - a remarkable pianist from Beaumont - received a lifetime ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boogie-woogie is a kind of blues piano playing in which the left hand drones a set bass phrase over & over, while the right hand goes to town with whatever variations the player can think up. Its form ...

Boogie-woogie is back in the spotlight as acclaimed pianist Henri Herbert returns to Hawai‘i for a one-night-only performance. After a sold-out debut in 2021, Henri is set to light up the stage at ...

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 internationally acclaimed Swiss Boogie Woogie & Blues pianist Silvan Zingg from Lugano started improvising on his mother’s piano as a little boy. His repertoire leaves nothing to be desired: from ...

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 ...

“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, Texas, blues singer and ...

The Gulf Coast blues singer and pianist Marcia Ball says her music reflects a sense of place as well as a state of mind. “My experiences living in Louisiana and Texas have been a really great ...

Seating from 7:00 pm, with dinner service from 7:30 pm. "Jools Holland is a national treasure - a pianist of supreme skill and infectious enthusiasm." – The Guardian Experience an extraordinary ...

Few artists straddled the contradictions of popular music like Dr John, who passed away on June 6 at the age of 77. The New Orleans-born musician, defies easy categorisation – his music ranging across ...