BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian musician Toots Thielemans, who turned the lowly harmonica into a virtuoso jazz instrument during an illustrious career that saw him perform with such legends as Charlie Parker, ...

Buddy Guy, a renowned blues guitarist, advocated for a historical marker to commemorate the birthplace of his friend and fellow musician, Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs. The unveiling ceremony, held in ...

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 ...

When one thinks of the jazz harmonica, two names immediately come to mind, the late great Toots Thielemans and the incomparable Hendrik Meurkens whose new project The Jazz Meurkengers fully captures ...

Tucson bluesman Tom Walbank wasn’t supposed to start playing until 8 that first Thursday April night. But by 7:15, 7:20, the small downtown Tap & Bottle was already filling up. They moved out the ...

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks Mud Morganfield, son of blues legend Muddy Waters, along with harmonica great Kim Wilson, about their new album of... Son Records A Testimonial To Muddy Water's Electric ...

If you ask James Montgomery if he remembers playing the Shaboo inn in Willimantic back in the day — the legendary local club that closed in 1982 — he’ll hem and haw and scratch his head and say “The ...

Anyone who’s followed Willie Nelson’s career for a few minutes knows one thing for sure: where Willie goes, so goes his core group of musical camp followers, aka The Family. Their tents will be ...

The Yellow Pine Harmonica Festival is a free, three-day event July 31-August 2 in Yellow Pine. Featuring 28 bands, family activities and harmonica classes, the festival helps support the Yellow Pine ...