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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Patty Kakac performs original songs with the guitar, autoharp, and harmonica. Patty Kakac from Evansville, MN has spent nearly 40 years performing as a solo artist and with groups in the upper Midwest ...
Chicago blues great Billy Branch says a concert in Grant Park got him hooked on the music many decades ago. His latest album is “The Blues is My Biography.” ...
TULSA, Okla. — The Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica (SPAH) announced its 61st annual SPAH Convention, to be held in Tulsa August 13-17 at the Tulsa Hyatt Regency Downtown.
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 ...
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 ...