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 ...
Cash awards totaling $2,500 and the opportunity to perform at the 25th Annual Battle of the Blues Harps in Long Beach, Southern California’s longest running blues harmonica event featuring top acts ...
“Classic Harmonica Blues,” out on May 21, features 20 tracks by the blues’ greatest harmonica players. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings In the early 20th-century, southern black ...
3 Harris Center for the Arts to Present Tribute to Patsy, Loretta, and Dolly and Preservation Hall Jazz Band in March 4 Review: SAFE AT HOME: THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY at Valkyrie Theatre Company It ...
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 ...
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 ...
On Saturday, four of Southern New England’s best blues harmonica players will be appearing on one stage. Ryan Hartt, Kosher Kid, Johnny Marino, and Junior Krauss will appear at Black-eyed Sally’s as ...
Sam Myers, 70, a blues musician best known as a singer and harmonica player, died July 17 of throat cancer at his Dallas home, according to his sister, Eula Jones. He was diagnosed with cancer last ...