My piano teacher gave me the sheet music for Pinetop Smith’s (1928 song) ‘Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie.’ From there, I got into Ray Charles and I just kept going. I got the boogie-woogie bug ...

This weekend, the second annual outdoor Boogie Woogie festival celebrates that music in Marshall. Boogie Woogie Corporation Founder Alan Loudermilk talked with musicians Wes Jeans and Louanne Neely ...

Boogie Woogie Corporation Founder Alan Loudermilk makes his way through a tunnel beneath the railroad tracks which leads to the Marshall Train Depot. The depot houses the Texas and Pacific Railway ...

The third installment of the "Booginator" series, an Ali-Frazier-style piano duel in the desert will take place Monday at Old Town Artisans.

The Ezra Charles Band was playing tighter than ever in its decades-spanning history when its leader decided to pull the plug. Charles - a remarkable pianist from Beaumont - received a lifetime ...

When he painted “Broadway Boogie Woogie” in 1942-1943, Mondrian (1872-1944) had been living in New York City for just over two years. The Dutch artist was in his early 70s.

“This is the eighth year I’ve been doing the festival,” he notes, “and a lot of the players have been the master of this music, the people performing longer than I’ve been alive, usually in their 40s ...