Hartford Courant

Blues harmonica icon is performing here, there and everywhere in CT

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 ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Former Kansas City Child-Star Harmonica Player Is Now More Than A Man — He's A One-Man Band

Brody Buster performs as a one-man band before a Royals game at Kauffman Stadium in June. It's been twenty years since Brody Buster's first round of glory days — when he was a 10-year-old blues ...
American Songwriter

Born on This Day in 1899, the Legendary “Harmonica Wizard” and “Grand Ole Opry Pioneer” Who Left a Lasting Mark on Country and Blues Music

DeFord Bailey was born on December 14, 1899, and he remains one of the most trailblazing musicians in country music history.
Jazz

Various Artists: In The Pocket: A Taste of Blues Harmonica

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, ... Telarc Blues culls their considerable holdings to provide a wholly satisfying collection of contemporary blues harmonica by contemporary and ...
Rolling Stone

James Cotton, Blues Harmonica Veteran, Dead at 81

Blues harmonica virtuoso and onetime Muddy Waters sideman James Cotton died on Thursday at a medical center in Austin of pneumonia. He was 81. A rep for the musician confirmed his death. Cotton, who ...
insider.si.edu

Hohner Blues Harp Harmonica, played by Bobby Rush

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This harmonica was made by M. Hohner ...
Kansas City Star

Frank ‘Iron Jaw’ Oakley, blues harmonica player and unique stage performer, dies at 85

Frank “Iron Jaw” Oakley, L.C. Gant, and Dawayne Gilley at the Grand Emporium LaBudde Special Collections One night in 1965 inside an old club at 12th and Vine, Frank “Iron Jaw” Oakley asked Kansas ...
Chicago Tribune

Chicago blues harmonica player Sugar Blue: Running one step ahead of the coronavirus around the world

For the past few months, the great Chicago blues harmonica player Sugar Blue has been on the run – from the coronavirus. His flight has taken him from Shanghai to Milan to the mountains of Italy to ...
The Herald-Dispatch

Huntington Blues Society and Harmonica Club to host free Christmas party, open jam at Fly In Cafe

For the last three years, the Huntington Blues Society has had the perfect home for its monthly open jam at the Fly In Café, ...
The New York Times

Tony Glover, Master of the Blues Harmonica, Is Dead at 79

Tony Glover, a harmonica player who as a member of the group Koerner, Ray and Glover was at the center of the folk music revival of the 1960s and helped introduce a new audience to the blues, died on ...
The Repository

Harmonica club seeks new members, shares passion for music

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 structured ...