Harmonicas were commonly called “French harps” or “mouth organs” and mountain men played them superbly. Some still do, though such old-fashioned music is not nearly as common as it was before and ...
The Glass Harmonica was invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761 and has been making creepy music ever since. Take a listen! Have you ever rubbed your wet finger around a wine glass to hear the resonant ...
A wise man once said “If all you’ve got is a cute desktop compressor and some solenoid valves, everything looks like a robotic harmonica.” Or maybe we’re paraphrasing. Regardless, [Fabien-Chouteau] ...
When the members of this Smithtown club want to hear their favorite tunes, they don't need any of the newfangled wireless technology. They just reach into a pocket, pull out a harmonica and start ...
As the frontman for Old Crow Medicine Show, Ketch Secor has proudly carried the flag for the beauty and charm of old-time music while giving it a modern-sounding edge. Secor and his bandmates revel in ...
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 ...
Bob Dylan is for the first time endorsing a line of harmonicas. By Kamau High Bob Dylan is for the first time endorsing a line of harmonicas. Made by Richmond, Va.-based Hohner USA, a musical ...
For one of the most unusual sets ever recorded of Thelonious Monk’s music, the jazz and blues harmonica great Randy Weinstein explores seven of Monk’s enduring favorites on HarmoniMonk. Teamed on ...
Sir Mick Jagger has announced his own line of harmonicas. The Rolling Stones frontman has a penchant for playing the mouth organ, and now he has his own collection going on sale on February 8, after ...
“Classic Harmonica Blues,” out on May 21, features 20 tracks by the blues’ greatest harmonica players. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings In the early 20th-century, southern black ...
In a statement, The Rolling Stones’ frontman called his new collaboration with whynow Music and Lee Oskar as “fantastic news”, adding that “hopefully some of them will get into the hands of young ...
Sir Mick Jagger has announced the launch of his harmonica line. In a statement obtained by New Music Express, The Rolling Stones frontman revealed his collaboration with Lee Oskar and whynow Music to ...