Boogie Woogie for Ukraine

24/05/2024

We are heartbroken to share the sad news that Big John Carter, one of the UK's most important boogie pianists, sadly passed away suddenly last week. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Not only was John a huge talent but he was one of the kindest people you could ever meet; generous with his knowledge, he took many younger pianists under his experienced wing. We are in the process of creating a tribute website to support his legacy and a link will be shared on this page in due course.
RIP Big John, thank you for everything ###

Movie recorded at the 2010 UK Boogie Woogie Festival, held in the Dorset town of Sturminster Newton, July 2010.Big John Carter: Big John is the iconic UK Boo...

15/03/2024

We've been quiet but that doesn't mean we haven't been VERY busy behind the scenes moving this gargantuan project forward. Stay tuned ....

03/07/2022

The wonderful Jon Cleary is one of the kind artists who is donating a track to our fundraising albums. We had the chance to catch up with Jon at Ronnie Scotts last week to thank him in person after seeing him perform. He is back in the UK in September if you missed his most recent dates.

26/06/2022

We are devastated today to hear that one of our contributing artists, English piano queen Claire Hamlin has lost her fight with cancer. A truly unique talent and shining star of the British scene. Our thoughts and condolences to her family, friends and everyone who had the joy of hearing her play. RIP Claire ###

13/06/2022

We are in the final stages of gathering up all the information we need to have artist contracts drafted and album booklets drafted - we can't wait to have a release date for you everyone. These two albums are going to be boogiewoogietastic!!

06/06/2022

Huge thanks to Mark Ward Media, who created our logo, for auctioning some personal items and donating the proceeds to Unicef in support of Boogie Woogie for Ukraine's fundraising!

23/05/2022

Happy Monday boogie woogie fans. If you are UK based and would like to order a t-shirt featuring our logo, you can access the link on the page below, which also has a list of all of the artists who have pledged tracks. After costs for making the t-shirts are deducted, the profits will also be donated to Unicef as part of this fundraising initiative.

Nearly 50 boogie woogie, barrelhouse and New Orleans pianists from around the world are kindly each donating a track which we are releasing on 2 double albums, ‘Boogie Woogie for Ukraine& #821…

07/05/2022

Happy weekend boogie fans! We've been a little quiet on social media recently but lots has been happening behind the scenes. Soon we will have some lovely t-shirts available for you to buy, whilst we wait for artist contracts to be signed and tracks to be mixed and mastered.

27/04/2022

Delighted to announce that Blues Matters Magazine on sale 29 May will be featuring a story written by Dom Pipkin about our Boogie Woogie for Ukraine UNICEF UK fundraising albums, featuring some wonderful words by Axel Zwingenberger. Thank you to everyone involved for your support!

26/04/2022

Good morning boogie woogie fans. Well we have now announced all the artists who are kindly donating tracks to what will be a bumper two double albums, available on a strictly limited basis for 2 years from release date.
There will be a brief hiatus now whilst get contracts drafted and signed and tracks mixed and mastered. Thanks to everyone involved for their support and to all our lovely followers here who have shared their excitement for the project. Hopefully the merch should be available for purchase in the next few weeks too.
Until then we will post some more footage of the artists involved to keep you all entertained.
Much love,
Claire Braund

17/04/2022

We are beyond excited to announce that German boogie titan Axel Zwingenberger, a key artist responsible for the European 'boogie woogie revival' in the 70s, is donating a track to our Unicef fundraising albums.

Mit Volldampf zum Boogie Woogie - Eine Fahrt mit der 671, der ältesten aktiven Dampflok der Welt, von Graz nach Lieboch am 3. Juni 2018 und dem berühmtesten ...

16/04/2022

We are delighted to announce that French boogie master Ben Toury is donating a track to our Unicef fundraising albums - thanks so much Ben!

Self taught pianist Ben Toury plays and improvise fast boogie woogie on public piano.Recorded live at Rhino Jazz(s) festivalIf you want to learn Boogie Woogi...