Harmonica player Lawrence “Rockin’ Jake” Jacobs first found his calling on the radio dial. Struck by the pop and soul sounds coming over the air, Jake, as a kid in east Connecticut, stayed glued to ...

The Center for the Arts is pleased to present Mark Hummel’s Harmonica Blowout in the Marisa Funk Theater on February 14, 2024. Mark Hummel’s Harmonica Blowout celebrates 31 years of touring in 2024.

“Harmonica virtuoso” Mark Hummel and his blues allstars will appear at KXCI’s 12th annual house rockin’ blues review benefit concert. Credit: (Mark Hummel/ Submitted) Mark Hummel is one of the hardest ...

SANTA CRUZ — Some strong winds will be blowing in Santa Cruz on Sunday. That won’t just be in the stormy weather the area is expected to receive but on the stage at Moe’s Alley where several ...

It's widely accepted that the blues are cool. Likewise, it's equally understood that jazz is cool. Which would make the merger of something like swing music and Chicago blues extremely cool. Center ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Blues harmonica player Carey Bell, who performed with both Muddy Waters' and Willie Dixon's bands, has died of heart failure. He was 70. Bell died Sunday at Kindred Hospital, according ...

FARGO - Charlie Musselwhite grew up in the Mississippi Delta, where the land is so fertile it doesn’t just grow cotton, it grows music. “When you’re in the Delta, you can feel the blues coming up from ...

As a young man, Jerry Portnoy certainly didn’t expect or plan to have a career as a blues harmonica player. He’d already been on a roulette wheel of life paths: failed college student, ...

You can be sure that folks on the historic downtown hotel’s patio were standing throughout the concert. Hummel expects the same when he and Funderburgh return for the 12th annual KXCI House Rockin’ ...

Although he's perhaps best known for his efforts in co-founding BAcla Fleck and the Flecktones, Howard Levy's harmonica skills are world-renowned. The New York native has appeared on more than 200 ...

Carey Bell, 70, a Mississippi-born blues harmonica player and singer whose clipped and growling style won him wide admiration during a five-decade career, died May 6 at Kindred Hospital in Chicago, ...