This year, the organizers of the Appalachian Blues Festival and the West Virginia Skydivers Association have joined together ...

Spearheaded by this long-time linchpin of The Fabulous Thunderbirds, on Blues and Boogie Vol. 1, a group of musicians as versatile as they are empathetic tackles classics from Little Walter, Elmore ...

The Return of a Long-Lost Boogie "Boogie Blues" contains two minutes and one second of wonderful boogie-woogie, sung by a great jazz singer at a 1963 concert and never heard on record until now. Anita ...

Veteran English blues performer John Mayall's "reminiscences" here aren't "of great blues figures" but of encounters, often via recordings, of the very best barrelhouse, blues and boogie woogie piano ...

Using one of the licks that Oscar Peterson played at Ronnie Scott's in his "Boogie Blues Etudes," I composed an etude, over an F blues that uses his soulful lick and inverts and transposes it to ...

The Bloomington Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Festival returns this year after a hiatus due to post-pandemic financial challenges. Founded by local musician Craig Brenner, the festival aims to introduce ...

While the Tennessee Titans' 2026 Draft class has a lot of hype, last year's class is expected to play a major role in the team's success this season, and that includes quarterback Cam Ward. Gunfire ...

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