Caroline Dahl is an American

pianist A pianist ( , ) is a musician who plays the piano. A pianist's repertoire may include music from a diverse variety of styles, such as traditional classical music, jazz piano, jazz, blues piano, blues, and popular music, including rock music, ...

and composer of

boogie woogie Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, but already developed in African-American communities since the 1870s.Paul, Elliot, ''That Crazy American Music'' (1957), Chapter 10, p. 229. It was eventually ex ...

and

American roots music The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as ''traditional music'', ''traditional folk music'', ''contemporary folk music'', ''vernacular music,'' or ''roots music''. Many traditional songs have been sung ...

. She is originally from Louisville, Kentucky, where she played with the Metropolitan Blues All Stars. She has lived in San Francisco for more than 35 years, where she performs solo around the Bay area and with Tom Rigney & Flambeau. She also performed regularly for more than 25 years at Sunday brunches at Mama's Royal Café in Mill Valley. Dahl is also an award-winning fiber artist. Caroline-Dahl-at-Sofia-Theater

The American Music Research Foundation calls Dahl "a self-taught master of the American roots styles of

Boogie Woogie Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, but already developed in African-American communities since the 1870s.Paul, Elliot, ''That Crazy American Music'' (1957), Chapter 10, p. 229. It was eventually ex ...

Blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

, vintage R&B,

Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

, Swing, and

Country Swing Western swing, country jazz or smooth country is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands. It is dance music, often with an up-tempo beat, which attract ...

." She has headlined at festivals in the United States, Europe and Canada, including the Sun Valley Jazz Festival, the International Boogie Woogie Festival in Switzerland, the Festival de Blues in Barcelona, the Motor City Boogie Woogie Festival in Detroit, the International Boogie Woogie Festival in Laroquebrou, France, the Brussels Boogie Woogie Piano Summit, and Boogie Woogie Festivals in Paris at Villebon sur Yvette & Vierreres du Buisson.

Discography

* 2005: ''No Hats'' (Globe Records) * 2006: ''Night House'' (Globe Records) * 2013: ''Devil Digit Boogie Woogie'' (Hexadact Records) * 2021: ''A 'Boogie Woogie State of Mind (Hexadact Records)

References

External links

Caroline Dahl website

Globe Records website

Tom Rigney website Swanee River Boogie Woogie by Caroline Dahl, San Francisco
Living people Boogie-woogie pianists 21st-century American pianists Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-pianist-stub