There are myriad reasons why playing music is one of the most enjoyable and spiritually beneficial things to do on earth. Melody, rhythm and lyric are but three glorious aims. One drawback to playing ...

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While we managed to avoid a drum set in the house when the kids were younger, we did suffer through three recorder concerts all with weeks of “practice” prior to the event. It was excruciating and we ...

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 ...

I don't know if the harmonica ladies were a good luck charm, but King's fans weren't left disappointed by Game 1. Los Angeles jumped out to a 4-0 lead before the Oilers pulled back one goal just ...

He’s best known for adding his soulful harmonica to some of the greatest songs in country music like “Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and “I Was Country When ...

Pete DuPré, a U.S. Army veteran, is known as "Harmonica Pete." It is hard to upstage the superstars of the U.S. Women’s National Team but a 96-year-old World War II veteran armed only with a harmonica ...

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Garrigue is a member of the Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica and has played the harmonica for 40 years. The harmonica is suddenly in the news because the Democratic ...