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 ...

Nov. 17-18: Texas-based performer Hamilton Loomis says he can teach you beginner blues harmonica in two evenings. You don’t have to have any prior musical training — or even a musical instrument. The ...

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 ...

Picking up a new instrument can feel like a daunting undertaking. Learning to play is often time-consuming (especially if you never took lessons), not to mention the fact that many musical instruments ...

Hamilton Loomis believes in a conversation that starts with notes rather than words. 'Music is a conversation,' Loomis said. 'You want to say sentences with your music.' Loomis will lead a six-hour ...

The gift Miles Guzman got for his 13th birthday would outline the trajectory of the rest of his life. A simple $10 harmonica. Guzman, who grew up in Loveland, says he decided he wanted to be a blues ...

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 ...

WATERLOO – If you’ve ever dreamed about jamming on blues harp — if you actually knew how to play harmonica — your big break may be here at last. Texas blues-soul-rock guitarist and harmonica player ...

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 ...

Carey Bell, 70, a Mississippi-born blues harmonica player and singer whose clipped and growling style won him wide admiration during a five-decade career, died Sunday at Kindred Hospital in Chicago, ...