Boogie woogie is alive and well. It’s in good hands, those of the East Bay’s Wendy DeWitt. Known as “Queen of Boogie-Woogie Piano,” DeWitt headlines Redwood City’s Club Fox Blues Jam Wednesday evening ...

Pianist Mark Lincoln Braun, better known as Mr. B., finds joy in the blues - in all its forms. What brings him even more joy is sitting down at the piano and spreading the gospel of American boogie ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. “Forgotten scars remind us of too much war, too little love,” Elton John declares with such solemnity it takes a ...

Little Richard, who built his ground-breaking sound with a boiling blend of boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues and gospel, died on Saturday at the age of 87 Author of the article: You can save this ...

Chicago has given birth to musical genres ranging from gospel to boogie woogie. John McDonough traces the almost accidental discovery of the latter, and the man who popularized the music.

Four women musicians performed a joyous tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Memphis Minnie, black pioneers in gospel and early blues styles that became the roots of rock 'n' roll. The 22-song concert ...

When Bob Seeley was a young, ardent classical piano student in the 1940s, he suddenly fell head-over-heels in love with boogie-woogie, whose bumptious, bluesy beat bumped aside his teenage crushes on ...