Bill Tarsha and the Rocket 88s led the 18th annual blues harmonica blowout last week at the Rhythm Room. More than 35 blues harmonica players performed. Tarsha and his band opened with a couple tunes.

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 ...

Keeth Apgar is a veteran of the indie folk-pop scene. These days, with his group Harmonica Pocket, he’s at the forefront of the Pacific Northwest’s burgeoning kindie scene. Kindie is indie music for ...

Their sessions bring life to two iconic city locations: the Hanging Gardens in South Mumbai on the first Sunday of the month and Bandra on the third. It’s a sight to behold—a patchwork of generations ...

My, my, how time does fly. Seems like it was just July and now August is slipping away in a sweat-slicked haze of heat, humidity and rain — and music. The musical doldrums didn’t seem to sap the life ...

In the mid-1800s, a German harmonica manufacturer named Hohner started exporting his product to North America. Being relatively inexpensive, relatively easy to play and extremely portable, the ...

Dreams can come true. Just ask Buzz Kilman. The mild-mannered morning sidekick and newscaster on Jonathon Brandmeier`s WLUP (FM 97.9) radio show is spending his evenings performing throughouChicago ...