Chicago blues great Billy Branch says a concert in Grant Park got him hooked on the music many decades ago. His latest album ...

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 ...

When it comes to the harmonica, French-born jazz harmonicist Frédéric Yonnet knows how to turn skeptics into believers. Most people perceive the harmonica as a “side” instrument used in country and ...

Harmonicas were commonly called “French harps” or “mouth organs” and mountain men played them superbly. Some still do, though such old-fashioned music is not nearly as common as it was before and ...

It was a big week for the harmonica. James Caesar Petrillo declared that it was a sure-enough, wage-earning musical instrument, and that professional harmonica players would have to join his musicians ...

DENVER — More than two decades ago, Paul Davies and some friends got together in his Littleton kitchen to jam. Their weapon of choice? The harmonica. "It's the closest thing to a voice," Davies said.

Iconic blues harmonica virtuoso Little Walter Jacobs died on Feb. 15, 1968, in Chicago. He was just 37 years old.

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.

The year is 1981. It’s mid-June. Burgeoning summer beckons Cambridge residents from their hibernation against the spiteful New England winter. The Cambridge River Festival, an annual weeklong ...