When it comes to blues harmonica, it’s all or nothing at all. In the wrong hands, the harp becomes a weapon of mass distraction, a screeching annoyance that can completely destroy any song. But, as ...

My harmonica lesson is squeezed in between those for students far shorter and far younger than me, so waiting my turn is a weekly reminder not to aim for an octave I’m unlikely to reach. It’s not that ...

According to Professor Harp there has been a couple of "non-revolting developments" in his professional music career. The Boston-based blues harmonica player, who comes to Theodores’ on Worthington ...

Phillips released two singles from Cotton, “Straighten Up Baby” in 1953 and “Cotton Crop Blues” the following year. Cotton was still a teenager working as a regular on the Memphis music scene when ...

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 ...

From a musical perspective, opposition to the status quo has been a driving force in Deborah Henson-Conant’s art and in her career. Though raised by musicians, she didn’t like taking lessons as a ...

DECATUR — A heavy shot of fast-paced blues harmonica music made for a lot of happy, tapping feet Sunday at Rock Springs Nature Center. There was only one man on stage, harmonica virtuoso Deak Harp ...

Blues harmonica virtuoso and onetime Muddy Waters sideman James Cotton died on Thursday at a medical center in Austin of pneumonia. He was 81. A rep for the musician confirmed his death. Cotton, who ...

A recent Friday, 10:21 a.m.: Sitting on a 5-gallon bucket in front of tourists waiting to get on the Powell Street cable car, Vincente "Blue" Blupriest belted out his version of the blues with a ...

Austin, Texas, September 24-- Gary Primich, considered by many to be one of the greatest harmonica players in the world, passed away suddenly on September 23rd. Not only is this the loss of a ...

My, my, how time does fly. Seems like it was just July and now August is slipping away in a sweat-slicked haze of heat, humidity and rain — and music. The musical doldrums didn’t seem to sap the life ...