The Art of Harmonica Crafting. Posted: November 9, 2024 | Last updated: November 9, 2024. Take a look inside the world of harmonica making, where hard work and skill turn steel into music.

Phil Wiggins, a blues harmonica virtuoso who embraced the jaunty Piedmont style and toured the world as part of a duo celebrating a distinctive musical form that was revived in clubs and impromptu ...

For a small instrument, the diatonic 10-hole harmonica can produce a multitude of sounds, but my favorite is the Special 20 that I use (or try to use) for blues.

“The harmonica,” he says, “is one of the most expressive instruments, especially in the context of blues music. It's the closest instrument to a human voice and singer. You can make it cry ...

A harmonica is a versatile, compact, light-weight, hand-held melody maker that’s been used from work songs to blues to jazz and rock ‘n’ roll since the instruments were mass produced in the ...

Tucson bluesman Tom Walbank, seen here playing last summer’s Summerhaven music series on Mount Lemmon, created the blues harmonica compilation album “Harp Love for LA” to benefit victims of ...

Mark Hummel's harp 'Blowout' show is preserving the revered art harmonica blues, but it ain't easy. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 59°F. Tuesday, June 3rd 2025 ...

Vocalist, guitar and harmonica player Tom Healey performs with The Tom Healey Band at The Ale House in Troy Saturday July 13, 2013. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) ...

Well-known bluesman James Montgomery will perform in concert Saturday in Eastham, then host an unusual “Harmonica Summit” Sunday in West Yarmouth.

For a blues music aficionado like Dov Hammer, flying from his home in Tel Aviv to record in Chicago was akin to making a pilgrimage to the source. Harmonica master Hammer has been, almost ...

The 48-year-old Chicago-born longtime Tel Aviv resident has just released a new album by The Blues Rebels quartet, called The Open Road, in which he serves as vocalist and harmonica-playing frontman.

The concert, a blend of opera, flamenco and blues, will be at Studio Bob, 118½ E. Front St. in Port Angeles. Troupe de Ville consists of Andre Feriante, guitar and vocals; Steve Thoreson, vocals; and ...