On July 16, starting at 1:30 p.m., Blues Angel Music is holding a free beginner harmonica class led by local musician John Barksdale. Barksdale plays the harmonica, also known as the harp to pros like ...

Consider the harmonica: So simple an instrument in design, yet so complex to master. In the hands of amateurs it produces caterwauling mayhem, like a sonic hairball stuck in a vacuum cleaner. In the ...

Do you like to hear blues harp music? Right now, they are holding a weekly “Battle of the Blues Harps” event at the Orange County Market Place in Costa Mesa. This competition is scheduled to last ...

ASPEN Several years ago, after meeting and jamming with DJ Logic at a San Francisco benefit concert, John Popper put together the John Popper Project. The quartet, a side gig from Popper’s day job as ...

A recent Friday, 10:21 a.m.: Sitting on a 5-gallon bucket in front of tourists waiting to get on the Powell Street cable car, Vincente "Blue" Blupriest belted out his version of the blues with a ...

When my music makes someone happy, helps them unwind, relax and have fun, it is a greater achievement and fulfillment than any award I can receive. Born and raised on the prairies in the small farm ...

Amere handful of Chicago blues harpists are instantly identifiable by the tone and intensity of their blowing. The short list is headed by the two Walters (Little and Big), Junior Wells and James ...