A moment after writing the title of this article, up popped an image of John Lee Hooker smiling and shaking his head. "Nobody can teach you the blues. Blues is a feeling, something you have to live." ...

Erwin Helfer, a Chicago boogie woogie innovator and master, has been forging his own piano music legacy. Born in 1936, Erwin has been playing and performing for over forty years. The sounds and ...

Defining blues music is like trying to describe a color. The frustration is complete until you realize that the music isn`t so much a thing as it is a depth, a feel, a lifestyle. It`s woes of the soul ...