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 ...

Picking up a new instrument can feel like a daunting undertaking. Learning to play is often time-consuming (especially if you never took lessons), not to mention the fact that many musical instruments ...

WATERLOO – If you’ve ever dreamed about jamming on blues harp — if you actually knew how to play harmonica — your big break may be here at last. Texas blues-soul-rock guitarist and harmonica player ...

The gift Miles Guzman got for his 13th birthday would outline the trajectory of the rest of his life. A simple $10 harmonica. Guzman, who grew up in Loveland, says he decided he wanted to be a blues ...

Hear Brandon Bailey perform two songs live in the NPR studio. The harmonica is a staple of American blues, beginning with the Memphis jug bands of the 1920s. In the 1960s, blues-influenced artists ...

Suzie Glantz pressed the slots of the harmonica between her lips and blew softly. Without much effort, a chord squirted out, joining the chorus of other notes in the room. Surprised with the ease, ...

Hamilton Loomis plays the harmonica. The musician will teach a beginner’s harmonica class in Wichita next weekend. Natalia Claus Courtesy No experience necessary. You don’t have to have any musical ...

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 ...