The harmonica may not be the first instrument you think of when it comes to jazz and soul music. But acclaimed French-born harmonica player Frederic Yonnet has used the instrument to transcend musical ...

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

The pandemic impacted the mojo of musicians all around, including budding ones in elementary school. Nate Boots, a writer and a local musician, saw it firsthand. “I myself was unable to gather with my ...

Folk singer Willi Carlisle plays banjo, fiddle and guitar at the Mile of Music festival. Folk singer-songwriter Willi Carlisle performs live at the 2024 Mile of Music festival. He rotates playing the ...

Mississippi history is steeped in both joy and pain, a tradition reflected in the music born from it. It’s a tradition ...

It was a big week for the harmonica. James Caesar Petrillo declared that it was a sure-enough, wage-earning musical instrument, and that professional harmonica players would have to join his musicians ...

A Bergen County club is bonded by their love for harmonica music. The Garden State Harmonica Club meets at the Glen Rock Community Church every other Monday. Bill and his wife Bonnie have been in the ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The Chicago Blues Festival begins today at Millennium Park and runs through Sunday. Admission to the fest is free. Those flying out of town will get a taste of the fest at O'Hare. In ...