Piano virtuoso Dom Pipkin is one of Europe’s top exponents of New Orleans rhythm and blues.

Pipkin breathes new life into the classic funk sounds of The Meters, Dr John, Fats Domino and Professor Longhair, with these influences emerging in his own irresistible song writing.

Pipkin’s classical and sometimes rhapsodic influences are married with a tough approach to the blues and driving left hand rhythms. His fans range from Jonathan Ross (who he used to teach piano to) , Hugh Laurie, David Arnold, and Jamie Cullum.

Starting off as keyboard player to the award-wining Errol Linton band, Pipkin now travels the world on keyboards with trip-hop pioneers Morcheeba, he was Musical Director for Paloma Faith, and has played for Paul Weller, Laura Mvula, Ray Davies, Pee Wee Ellis and John Newman to name a few, but has always kept a close connection to his second home, New Orleans. A regular visitor to the Crescent City for 18 years, he has performed at the Jazz and Heritage Festival, at the world famous New Orleans “Piano Night”, and alongside its musical legends Allen Toussaint, Lilian Boutte, Jon Cleary, Ellis Marsalis and Marcia Ball. He has supported Dr John, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and the Blind Boys of Alabama, and performed for film director Stanley Kubrik.  

His piano skills have taken him all over America and Europe, and in 2024 he headlined the Steinway 2-Piano Festival in London.

“one of the worlds’s finest exponents of the music of New Orleans…. a true piano talent” – Blues In Britain magazine

“When Dom plays the piano magic happens” – Paloma Faith