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 ...

This is a busy Cape Cod weekend for well-known bluesman James Montgomery, who will perform in concert Saturday night in Eastham, then host an unusual “Harmonica Summit” Sunday night in West Yarmouth.

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

Mark Hummel didn’t set out to be an impresario. He had no burning ambition to corner the market on the world’s greatest blues harmonica players. But after getting a bracing shot of energy from ...

Mississippi history is steeped in both joy and pain, a tradition reflected in the music born from it. It’s a tradition Lawndale Elementary School students got to step into Wednesday morning ...

You can be sure that folks on the historic downtown hotel’s patio were standing throughout the concert. Hummel expects the same when he and Funderburgh return for the 12th annual KXCI House Rockin’ ...

A world-renowned blues musician made a special stop in Tupelo on Wednesday morning before heading out on an international tour.

Joe Sakimoto studied harmonica with Hidero Satoh and had his first recital in Tokyo in 1967. He also studied with Helmuth Herold in Germany in 1970 and with Tomy Reilly in London in 1971. Joe Sakimoto ...

While we managed to avoid a drum set in the house when the kids were younger, we did suffer through three recorder concerts all with weeks of “practice” prior to the event. It was excruciating and we ...