MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - It’s commonly accepted that the roots of rock and roll go back about 170 years to the beginnings of boogie woogie music. And that music began in East Texas along the railroad.

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 ...

Sometimes I find myself lapsing into the vernacular of my youth. When it’s time to depart whatever premises in which I find myself at that moment, I have often been ...

Electronic / Dance-Pop Launch Date: Out Now! ISRC Code: QZWFQ2603032 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, June 29, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Yeri Hye is a dynamic artist whose career is a vibrant tapestry of passion, ...

You’ve probably heard of boogie woogie. Its distinctive bass riffs pop up in Lead Belly’s guitar playing, Elvis Presley’s version of Otis Blackwell’s “All ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ben Toury will share his blend of boogie-woogie music, possibly while upside down, to this year's Bloomington Boogie Woogie ...

We listen to it. We dance to it. We love it. But we don’t know much about it. Boogie Woogie is a musical genre that has influenced the Blues, Jazz, Swing and Rock & Roll. Basically an African-American ...

Sometime in the 2000s, I became hooked on an online video game called “Pac-Mondrian.” It was like “Pac-Man” — you gobbled dots while running from ghosts — but replaced that game’s grid labyrinth with ...

The Tom Cunningham Orchestra will join the YazooJazz Vocal trio on stage Saturday at Glen Echo Park's Spanish Ballroom for a tribute to the Andrews Sisters. Part of the cultural fabric of wartime ...

Jools Holland’s words had an invigorating effect on the soggy but enthusiastic sea of people standing before him in a field of Eastnor Castle’s Deer Park. The pianist, backed by the brilliant 18-piece ...