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 ...

James Montgomery, who has been a New England musical icon for half a century, has multiple shows throughout the state between mid-August and mid-October.

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 ...

Black-Eyed Sally’s is once again bringing back the popular “Northeast Blues Harmonica Showcase” on Saturday — a gathering of regional and national blues harmonica talent. Headlining will be harmonica ...

Music commentator Kirsten Zemke looks at the popularity of the harmonica in modern music. The instrument evolved from the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Known for his genre-bending, rules-eschewing approach to the harp, Breathe In The ...

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 ...

Wanna go juke’in? You know, gettin’ down with some blues. Hearin’ the twang of guitars and the moan of a harp, and lettin’ yourself wander back and forth between the musical “then” and its current ...

Months after his aphasia diagnosis, Bruce Willis found good company in a harmonica and musician Derek Richard Thomas. On Monday, wife Emma Heming Willis shared an Instagram video of the "Die Hard" ...

Greenleaf talks about how the blues is the "music of the people" and performs her song, "I Got a Notion to Leave" with ...

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 ...

One of the Sarasota and Bradenton area's largest annual music festivals has announced the lineup for this year's event. The 12th annual Bradenton Blues Festival will return Dec. 1-2 to Riverwalk ...