The festival organizers' main goal is to introduce youth to artists performing different styles of music at concerts, workshops.

WideSpot in Wabasha is bringing the brilliant Chicago blues piano player Johnny Iguana for a single performance with drummer Michael Caskey on Saturday, October 11. Iguana has had the opportunity ...

Jon Batiste’s 2023 album “World Music Radio” was a pop album colored with global influences. It was big music meant to reach a big audience. He takes a very different approach on his forthcoming album ...

The songs rolled off the fingers of piano player Fred Younkins and filled the back room at the Mudd Puddle, as they do every Wednesday afternoon from 12:30 to 1:30. A few listeners straggled in and ...

Mark “Mr. B” Braun, the area’s busiest boogie woogie piano specialist, is not letting the 25th anniversary of Blues & Piano Boogie Celebration go by quietly. As part of a nearly week-long celebration ...

As part of the label’s 50 th Anniversary Celebration, Chicago’s own Delmark has released two double-disc sets highlighting the label’s jazz and blues lines respectively. Presently reviewed is the ...