There are few instruments stranger than a harmonica. While there are chromatic versions of the harmonica, most players use the ones that are set in a certain key. That way, no matter what you blow, it ...

Jerry Adler, a harmonica virtuoso whose pure, open sound can be heard on the soundtracks to “Shane,” “High Noon,” “Mary Poppins” and other films, but who labored in the shadow of his more famous ...

Listening to him nimbly play the instrument with his band Blues Traveler is to behold something special. He’s prolific and capable of playing slow or fast, somber or happy, minor or major. As the ...

I’m not an especially fervent advocate of blues harmonica, but I do love the greats—both the Sonny Boy Williamsons, Big Walter Horton, much of Charlie Musselwhite‘s innovative output. But for me no ...

TikTok has become a platform for finding superstar talent in unusual ways. Of course, the viral platform is best known for its dance challenges. However, musicians of all sorts, like these rubber ...

Before moving to Chicago in 1976, Charles Cameron was an important part of the ska and reggae scenes thriving in Jamaica: as Charley Organaire, he played harmonica in the studio for the likes of Jimmy ...