The blues world was changed forever on a sunny day around 1960 when a little boy walked into a five-and-dime in Los Angeles. “I was 8, maybe 9 when I saw it, all shiny in a display case,” ...

The harmonica may not be the first instrument you think of when it comes to jazz and soul music. But acclaimed French-born harmonica player Frederic Yonnet has used the instrument to transcend musical ...

Among the harmonica’s many wonderful and unique traits, there is this: You have to really suck to be good at it. As one of America’s finest and busiest harmonica players, Denver’s Ronnie Shellist ...

Harmonicas were commonly called “French harps” or “mouth organs” and mountain men played them superbly. Some still do, though such old-fashioned music is not nearly as common as it was before and ...

It’s small enough to carry around in your pocket, about as inexpensive as a musical instrument gets, and capable of evoking a variety of sounds and moods. On Nov. 16, Bob Hennessy took his listeners ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Known for his genre-bending, rules-eschewing approach to the harp, Breathe In The ...

A Bergen County club is bonded by their love for harmonica music. The Garden State Harmonica Club meets at the Glen Rock Community Church every other Monday. Bill and his wife Bonnie have been in the ...

Beyoncé just revealed that Stevie Wonder is the person who played the harmonica on her rendition of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.” Featured on her newest album “Cowboy Carter,” her version completely ...

The pandemic impacted the mojo of musicians all around, including budding ones in elementary school. Nate Boots, a writer and a local musician, saw it firsthand. “I myself was unable to gather with my ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

All right. You do not usually hear the words harmonica and virtuoso in the same sentence, but really, it's the only way to describe Tommy Reilly. (SOUNDBITE OF JUDITH DURHAM AND TOMMY REILLY ...

A Bergen County club is bonded by their love for harmonica music. The Garden State Harmonica Club meets at the Glen Rock Community Church every other Monday. Bill and his wife Bonnie have been in the ...