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 ...

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 ...

On July 16, starting at 1:30 p.m., Blues Angel Music is holding a free beginner harmonica class led by local musician John Barksdale. Barksdale plays the harmonica, also known as the harp to pros like ...

Being relatively inexpensive, relatively easy to play and extremely portable, the harmonica has long been the perfect instrument for a nation on the move. Its popularity has waxed and waned, and it's ...

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 ...

Peter learns to play the blues on the harmonica. /Peter and Saffron team up for a contest. Peter is feeling down and learns to play the blues on the harmonica. Expressing your feelings through music ...

For Charlie Musselwhite, the blues has been a companion, a kindred spirit that has been his love and livelihood for the last 50 years. "I've always said that blues is your comforter when you're down ...

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 ...