Willie Lee Perryman, who performed during his career as "Piano Red" and as "Dr. Feelgood," was a self-taught pianist who played in the barrelhouse blues style. (The term barrelhouse was used to ...

Junior Nick Heide started playing jazz piano during middle school in Las Vegas. Now he skips campus weekly to play professional gigs in Ann Arbor, Detroit, and Toledo. “If you love something enough, ...

Blues began with enslaved African peoples' work songs in the cotton fields of the Deep South of America. The Slave Narrative of Mr. Sam Polite, given at 93 years of age, chronicles that life. It was ...

Special to the SentinelWhen Triple Play acquired over 300 classic jazz LPs as a part of a very large collection of records we purchased from an estate in Rangely, I took home every record that had ...

The final chapter of "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues," takes the greatest liberties in defining the musical form. Clint Eastwood adds a more personal touch than the other six films as he looks at ...

The 2024 Erie Blues & Jazz Festival takes place this weekend at Frontier Park, bringing together a variety of musicians, bands, artists and the community for a free live music experience. The festival ...

If you’ve been wondering when Glendale’s Westside Blues, Jazz and More will make its long-awaited return, there’s finally an answer. The speakeasy-style nightclub and music venue, located at 17045 N.

Pianist, vocalist and songwriter Marcia Ball brings together Texas blues with Louisiana flavors, melding boogie-woogie, zydeco and Swamp Rock. Influenced by artists of the region, such as Janis Joplin ...

When we think of the history of the Denver jazz scene, of course our minds turn to El Chapultepec, the venue that welcomed one and all for nine decades. That spot closed in 2020, but fellow Denver ...