Victor Wainwright

Playing revved-up boogie-woogie and vintage blues, Victor Wainwright is a pianist and singer who embraces the traditions of the blues while carrying them into the 21st century. Blessed with a tough, soulful voice that matches the speed and force of his keyboard work, Wainwright's music is steeped in boogie-woogie and blues, but he's added enough other flavors to entertain fans outside the immediate circle of blues purists. On Wainwright's debut album, 2005's Piana from Savannah, his approach was straightforward vintage honky tonk music, but his later efforts with his band Vict...