If you wanted to write a novel about Delta blues, you could cover a lot of ground with one main character — Pinetop Perkins. Born in 1913 in Belzoni, Miss., cousin to Elmore James and “Homesick” James ...

Matthew Ball will bring a new twist to his boogie woogie piano show this month when he performs at the Jazz@The Elks music series in Plymouth. Ball, an attorney-turned-performer, is adding a drummer ...

Although Jerry Lee Lewis devoured boogie woogie at the age of ten, he soon incorporated it with gospel and country to develop his own style of rockabilly. But he always admired the giants of boogie ...

The Rancho BernardoLibrary will be hopping 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, when the Sue Palmer Trio will be performing boogie-woogie and blues music, as part of the Jazz Concert Series, presented by the ...

1. Frosty The Snowman (2:24) 2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (2:20) 3. Feliz Navidad (3:34) 4. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (Piano Solo) (3:13) 5. Merry Xmas Boogie (4:29) 6. Let It Snow (3:34) 7.

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts joyfully moonlights with his rollicking crew at New York's Iridium jazz club. On the set list: the cheekily-titled “More Sympathy for the Drummer.” By Frank Scheck ...

A 48-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the theft of large brass plates from several TriMet MAX stations. Portland eyes monthly transportation utility fee; would add to growing taxes & ...

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 ...

Would Vincent van Gogh have been a jazz fan? The question, of course, is entirely hypothetical, since when the Dutch artist died, in 1890, the idiom was not even a twinkle in the eye of the New ...

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 ...

Matthew Ball, who goes by the stage name Boogie Woogie Kid, is the headliner for this year's Jazz on Jefferson event, slated for 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 3, along Jefferson Ave. in Saginaw. He ...