Blues harmonica master Carey Bell died on May 6 of heart failure in his hometown of Chicago. He was 70. Bell – the 1998 winner of the Blues Music Award for Traditional Male Artist Of The Year – was a ...

They may have gone to the crossroads only to catch the school bus, and the darkest indigo lyrics they have sung are likely about not getting what they wanted for Christmas. But that didn’t stop some ...

Nov. 17-18: Texas-based performer Hamilton Loomis says he can teach you beginner blues harmonica in two evenings. You don’t have to have any prior musical training — or even a musical instrument. The ...

Woe unto the musician who tries to play his own style of music based on a traditional form. Despite critics’ never-ending cries of “unoriginal” and “derivative” whenever a new band comes out, they ...

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 ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This harmonica was made by M. Hohner ...

'I've lived my life like a run-on sentence with no commas.' Wendy Oxenhorn was born the day blues harmonica great Little Walter died, and she said that a little part of her has always liked to believe ...

In this Dec. 16, 2013 photograph, Chevonne Dixon, a fourth grade teacher at Tunica Elementary School in Tunica, Miss., speaks to the students about the elements of their blues song in class. Dixon ...

The Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., will present a program at 2 p.m. Saturday, “The History of the Harmonica: A Historical and Musical Event Performed by Musician Bob Hennessy,” Community ...

Maybe you've grown up on the blues or maybe you're just looking to connect with something real. Any way you slice it, Chicago is the undisputed birthplace of the blues and here are a few of the city's ...

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 ...