It’s intermission during the final dress rehearsal of Los Angeles Opera’s new production of “Lucia di Lammermoor.” The invited audience, a potpourri of students and seniors, are milling about in the ...

The harmonica is one of the easiest instruments to learn, but mastering it to a level approaching players like Toots Thielemans and Sugar Blue and can take many years. You may have seen blues players ...

In Hear This, A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: Songs with prominent harmonica usage. When bands known more for hard-charging noise than toe-tapping hooks compose ...

Adam Glasser has forged his career in jazz by re-interpreting classics from South Africa on his chromatic harmonica, a surprisingly challenging instrument he never expected to take up. “Harmonica can ...

Harmonicas were commonly called “French harps” or “mouth organs” and mountain men played them superbly. Some still do, though such old-fashioned music is not nearly as common as it was before and ...

For most people, New Year’s resolutions come and go, but for Mike ‘Shrimp Daddy’ Reid, a 2001 decision to learn how to play the harmonica forever changed his life. Although he had tried the drums and ...

What does greed sound like? If movies are to be believed, it probably feels like the lush fur of a mink coat. It might smell like a musky cologne and taste like that first sip of expensive champagne.

Provo, Utah''s traditional ska/punk/folk/bluegrass bands are about to receive their first lesson in mainstream appeal. Mosure, the winner of BYU''s Battle of the Bands 2000, continues to gain momentum ...

Most people think the humble harmonica is only heard in blues and folk bands. They might be surprised to learn that it's also got a place in classical music, as Robert Bonfiglio is eager to point out.

Nandu Belvalkar and his students set the tune at his classes While most musical instruments require time and effort to learn, the rudimentary harmonica (mouth organ) is an easy pick-me-up plaything ...

Teen TikToker Mollie O'Brien took a video when she realized the harmonica she shoved in her mouth had gotten stuck. She was trying to make her little cousin laugh, Buzzfeed reported, and didn't think ...