MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - It’s commonly accepted that the roots of rock and roll go back about 170 years to the beginnings of boogie woogie music. And that music began in East Texas along the railroad.

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You’ve probably heard of boogie woogie. Its distinctive bass riffs pop up in Lead Belly’s guitar playing, Elvis Presley’s version of Otis Blackwell’s “All ...

The Andrews Sisters recorded “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” on Jan. 2, 1941 — 85 years ago next Friday. Featured in the Abbott and Costello movie “Buck Privates,” the performance would become one of the ...

The “Belles,” as they’re known, is a 1940s-style female singing trio in the Pensacola, Florida area. The group is made up of Naval aviator spouses and take their inspiration from The Andrews Sisters.

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Their sweet harmonies are instantly recognizable, sparkling along with the sleigh bell sounds of some of the most enduring tunes of Christmas, but the Andrews Sisters may be lesser known among the ...

At the great monastery of El Escorial near Madrid, in the mid-1700s, a young Spanish priest named Antonio Soler used to teach music to His Most Serene Highness the Infante of Spain, Don Gabriel de ...

Ezra Charles: King of Texas-Style Piano Credit: Photo by Pin Lim, courtesy of Ezra Charles This showbiz cliche has been heard so often it’s lost its relevance until times like these, but the show must ...

MARSHALL, Texas (KLTV) - The music which started Rock and Roll began right here in East Texas about 150 years ago. And at the Texas and Pacific Railway Museum at the Marshall train depot, you can ...

The exhibition, opening in March 2027, will pair one of MoMA’s prized possessions, “Broadway Boogie Woogie”, with “Victory ...

Mondrian's Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942–43) and Victory Boogie Woogie (1942–44) will anchor the exhibition ...