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The harmonica surely isn't the most gangster instrument around, but it does have a storied sordid history. Whether it's the blues, Vietnam-era political folk music, or that scene from your favorite ...

Don't call Peter B. DuPré a musician. That's not how the 96-year-old World War II veteran would describe himself. "I am a harmonica player," DuPré, who spent three years stationed in England as a U.S.

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 ...

ELLENSBURG – The pupils in cowboy music performer Gary Allegretto’s harmonica workshop Saturday walked away with four new songs to their repertoire. With simple instruction on how to blow into and ...

Jazz harmonica virtuosos are not exactly in abundance, which should make Chicagoans feel fortunate that one of the most revered has been based here for decades. Even so, Howard Levy continues to ...

The Small World Harmonica Band performs one of its medleys at a recent rehearsal. The band has about 40 members, most of whom are retirees who have had little musical training. Small World Harmonica ...

Few instruments have a lower barrier for entry than the humble harmonica. Even if you've never played an instrument in your life, after a few hours of practice, I guarantee you'll manage to learn some ...

The city of Los Angeles designated July 3-10, 1935, as first annual Harmonica Week. To promote the event, Mayor Frank Shaw posed for photographers with the first two harmonica-playing youngsters to ...

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 ...