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 ...

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 ...

CROMWELL >> At one time or another, pretty much everyone has played a harmonica – or at least has tried to. Wednesday evening, the Cromwell Belden Public Library is presenting a harmonica virtuoso in ...

When Ron Kalina was 5 years old his mother took him to buy a pair of shoes. With the shoes, the boy was offered the choice of a free pocket knife or a free harmonica. He chose the harmonica. He never ...

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

Some professors travel during the summer; some undertake research or continue to teach. Music Professor John Shirley decided to spend his summer instead harping away at one of the most popular tourist ...