About 500 harmonica players have descended onto the San Antonio River Walk for a convention with a single purpose: preserve and promote the fading use of harmonica in popular music. Harmonica ...

Cameron has been holding a controller for about as long as he can remember, developing a special love for The Elder Scrolls and Halo at a young age. When he isn't playing virtual games, he can most ...

“Classic Harmonica Blues,” out on May 21, features 20 tracks by the blues’ greatest harmonica players. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings In the early 20th-century, southern black ...

The auction is blowin‘ in the windfall! A harmonica used by music legend Bob Dylan in 1961 fetched $13,750 at auction Saturday. Billed as “an absolutely incredible piece of popular music history,” the ...

One of the most versatile harmonica players in pop history is Stevie Wonder, shown here in Paris in 1963 at age 13. Charley Ley / Mirrorpix Many harmonica histories begin around 1100 B.C. with the ...

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 ...

Following his incredible performance, Pete DuPré — known as "Harmonica Pete" — returned to his wheelchair and smiled as he waved jubilantly to the crowd On Sunday, the spotlight was on the U.S.

While visiting a local brewery in Asheville, North Carolina, on Monday, Tim Kaine broke out his legendary harmonica skills to join a bluegrass band for an impromptu performance of Bob Dylan’s “Wagon ...

The harmonica was originally crafted in the 1800s as an instrument to play German folk songs. But when it made its way to the U.S., it was merely considered a toy -- that is, until the Harmonicats' ...

In the summer of 1963, a strange record by a 12-year-old boy who’d already racked up a string of flops spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. It’s largely a showcase for that ...