Between the 1950s and millennium the Belgian harmonica player Jean-Baptiste “Toots” Thielemans worked extensively in jazz, pop and film music, recording dozens of tracks that have classic status.

And like young Oscar Anderson, they wanted to learn to play the harmonica, too. Even in modern times, Mr. Hohner’s original idea of selling a small, playable musical instrument at a low price holds ...

Back in 1991, East Bay bluesman Mark Hummel called on some of his fellow local harmonicats to help him put on a show at Ashkenaz in Berkeley. It wasn’t anything fancy — just a killer showcase ...

Harmonica fans, take note: ... Sometimes billed as the Jimi Hendrix of harmonica music, Blue will perform regularly in the 4,028-passenger vessel's Grammy Experience at Sea lounge, ...

Beyoncé just revealed that Stevie Wonder is the person who played the harmonica on her rendition of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.” Featured on her newest album “Cowboy Carter,” her version ...

When it comes to music, you only need one instrument. Members of the Rubber Capital Harmonica Club believe that. In fact, they are so devoted to the music of that one instrument that have ...

Updated 1:42 p.m. 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 ...

The harmonica just might be the Rodney Dangerfield of musical instruments, at least in the classical music world. It just doesn’t get any respect.But contrary to what you might think, it has ...

Jackie McCarthy, left, music therapist teaches COPD patients how to play the harmonica at the Cardiac Pulmonay Rehab Center on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.