Antoine "Fats" Domino, the jovial New Orleans entertainer whose bluesy singing and boogie-woogie piano style helped launch rock 'n' roll in the 1950s with such rollicking songs as "Blueberry Hill," ...

Piano man Ricky Nye admits there was no “grand design” when he started his Blues and Boogie Piano Summit 15 years ago. He was simply carrying out what he sees as the highest calling for those into the ...

Calling Fats Domino an architect of rock and roll almost sounds like faint praise. Indeed, the amiable country boy from the Lower Ninth Ward, with the help of bandleader impresario Dave Bartholomew ...

Huey “Piano” Smith, a New Orleans boogie-woogie pianist who wrote and recorded the 1950s rock-and-roll standards “Rocking Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu” and “Sea Cruise” and who influenced many ...

Music commentator and admitted carrier of the "Boogie-Woogie Flu," Mitch Myers, takes us on an audio tour of the history of this unique American musical genre. From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS ...

Although A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie‘s new album, My Vs. Myself, was only released this past Friday (December 9), he’s already followed up with a deluxe edition. However, whereas many artists’ deluxe ...

What rock and metal songs have been turned into piano ballads? Do you know of any rock or metal song that eventually found its counterpart in an equally valid piano ballad version? Because whether a ...

George Frayne, who as leader of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen enjoyed a cult following in the 1970s with such party and concert favorites as "Hot Rod Lincoln" and "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!

In rock music, the guitar is the instrument that usually stays front and center. Often, lead vocalists accompany themselves on guitar, with their bandmates providing vocal and instrumental support in ...