Hendrik Meurkens, a virtuoso on both the chromatic harmonica and the vibraphone, is the most important jazz harmonica player since Toots Thielemans. German-born but now based in New York, Meurkens' ...

In terms of playability and adaptability, not many instruments as quite as diverse as the harmonica. Not many wind instruments have the harmonica beat when it comes to its broad display of tones. This ...

In the latest episode of Make Me Laugh, members of the Vat19 video team and special guest Drew Lynch attempt to hold back laughter with their mouths filled with water while their co-workers use ...

Over a year of consistent practice and hard work, only the best 14 or so qualified to play during the Stanley Cup playoffs. This elite group didn’t feature burly defensemen or history-making scorers ...

For a specific generation of Koreans, playing the harmonica is a reminder of their youth and their home -- whereas not playing the harmonica for decades reminds them of what they left behind to pursue ...

The Kings are playing in Edmonton this weekend with a chance to sweep the Oilers and win their first playoff series since their Stanley Cup championship run in 2014. Hopefully the Kings didn’t forget ...

When Timothée Chalamet was cast as Bob Dylan in the James Mangold biopic “A Complete Unknown,” he didn’t want to do anything halfway. The actor recently told Apple Music that he went on a ...

Mickey Raphael, interviewed by Craig Havighurst, for the String. Fifty years ago this month, Willie Nelson set up in a studio that was new to him - Autumn Sound in Garland, TX - to make his 18th album ...

It seems strange to imagine now that the first that anyone heard of John Lennon’s music outside of Liverpool, Hamburg, or Abbey Road Studios was the scratchy harmonica hook at the start of ‘Love Me Do ...

Where would rock 'n' roll music be without the harmonica? An incredibly versatile instrument, the harmonica has appeared across the history of rock music, from folk to R&B to blues.