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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The piano might not be the first musical instrument you think of when you think of Texas (Stay with me Van Cliburn fans…). The mystique of the guitar and the Texans who play(ed) it, including Blind ...

LAKELAND — Bob Seeley began playing piano in Detroit at 13 years old with an emphasis on classical music, but after his brother, James Seeley, came home with portfolio of boogie-woogie piano ...