The harmonica is one of the easiest instruments to learn, but mastering it to a level approaching players like Toots Thielemans and Sugar Blue and can take many years. You may have seen blues players ...

PLUM ISLAND — James Waldron stands 6-foot-6, and his home workshop is a cubbyhole under a staircase. It's a tight fit between the drill press, the dozens of tools, and the cabinets full of parts. But ...

In 1991, while playing harmonica in the typically frantic style that earned him the nickname “Shakey Joe,” Joe Harless dropped and broke the microphone that he had been using to amplify his playing.