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 ...

The Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival is one of the friendliest Judy Carmichael has ever played. That's one reason Grammy-nominated jazz pianist, Steinway Artist and host of NPR's "Judy ...

The subtext is simple—a perfectly balanced left hand augmented by a bouncing, out-of-control right hand crossed with the 12-bar blues turned from 33&1/3 to 78. All of this equals boogie woogie piano.

Anyone who heard Led Zeppelin’s self-titled debut (1969) knew the band was more than two guitar players and a drummer. On “Your Time Is Gonna Come,” John Paul Jones got to showcase his keyboard ...

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 ...

From Seattle to Paris Wendy spreads the gospel of Chicagobased blues piano and boogie woogie. She’s well steeped inthe stylings of Otis Spann, Memphis Slim, Sunnyland Slim andAlbert Ammons - the ...

MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - The music which started Rock and Roll began right here in East Texas about 150 years ago. And at the Texas and Pacific Railway Museum at the Marshall train depot, you can ...

Ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist Bob Milne will give a concert at 2 p.m. Sunday at the State Theatre. 985 Lincoln Way, Auburn. Milne was filmed and documented for future generations in 2004 during ...

Richard Wayne Penniman, better known as Little Richard, was one of the seminal figures in the history of rock 'n' roll music, known for signature songs such as "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally" ...

Mark “Mr. B” Braun, the area’s busiest boogie woogie piano specialist, is not letting the 25th anniversary of Blues & Piano Boogie Celebration go by quietly. As part of a nearly week-long celebration ...

Twenty years ago, across the Lincoln Park street where Erwin Helfer has lived since 1968, new neighbors moved in and installed a grand piano in their front window — and rarely played it. “A lot of ...