“Write this down: Blow 3, blow 4, draw 3, blow 3,” Phil Kaplan said to his new class of Newton harmonica students. Kaplan told the class he pulled the riff from “Mannish Boy,” the popular 1955 Muddy ...

“Classic Harmonica Blues,” out on May 21, features 20 tracks by the blues’ greatest harmonica players. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings In the early 20th-century, southern black ...

In his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he and John wrote “Love Me Do” at his childhood home, 20 Forthlin Road. They went up a little garden path, past Paul’s father’s lavender ...

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