Sidney Yonkey laughs while playing the harmonica at a beginners workshop during Make Music Day on Friday, June 21, 2024, at the Lakeside Nature Center in Swope Park in Kansas City. HG Biggs ...

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 ...

TULSA, Okla. — The Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica (SPAH) announced its 61st annual SPAH Convention, to be held in Tulsa August 13-17 at the Tulsa Hyatt Regency Downtown.

Host John Ydstie talks with harmonica player and Chicago native Jerry Portnoy. Portnoy's dad worked on Maxwell Street, where there was lots of action, including a place where blues musicians jammed.

CMA Fest fans become musicians at instrument petting zoo at Fan Fair X. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — There’s a new addition to CMA Fest’s Fan Fair X at the Music City Center this year, it’s a chance for ...

A caution to Monkophiles of every variety: This is not your grandparents' Thelonious Monk, much less Charlie Rouse's or anyone else. Monk on a chromatic harmonica? Well, keep an open mind and try it.

The DeFord Bailey Legacy Festival, Dec. 13-15 at Freight & Salvage, pays tribute to the legendary Black musician. Born in 1899 and short of stature at four feet, 10 inches tall, Bailey was dubbed the ...