In the mid-1800s, a German harmonica manufacturer named Hohner started exporting his product to North America. Being relatively inexpensive, relatively easy to play and extremely portable, the ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Participants will learn a series of standards on the harmonicas during the Port Townsend Harmonica Union Meeting from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. The jam and teaching will be at the Quaker ...

“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 ...

International Blues Challenge winner and Iowa native Kevin "B.F." Burt is bringing blues education to Quad-Cities schools. His residency with the Mississippi Valley Blues Society — teaching blues ...

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, ... Telarc Blues culls their considerable holdings to provide a wholly satisfying collection of contemporary blues harmonica by contemporary and ...

Johnny Nicholas' past is packed with blues, and he's working to ensure his future includes the blues. Pianist, guitarist, harmonica player, mandolin picker, singer and songwriter Nicholas has been ...

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 ...