They may have gone to the crossroads only to catch the school bus, and the darkest indigo lyrics they have sung are likely about not getting what they wanted for Christmas. But that didn’t stop some ...

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 ...

“Write this down: Blow 3, blow 4, draw 3, blow 3,” Phil Kaplan said to his new class of Newton harmonica students. Kaplan told the class he pulled the riff from “Mannish Boy,” the popular 1955 Muddy ...

Among the harmonica’s many wonderful and unique traits, there is this: You have to really suck to be good at it. As one of America’s finest and busiest harmonica players, Denver’s Ronnie Shellist ...

The Hagaman Memorial Library, 227 Main St., will present a program at 2 p.m. Saturday, “The History of the Harmonica: A Historical and Musical Event Performed by Musician Bob Hennessy,” Community ...

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 ...