Harmonica News Blog

02/08/2010

myGLOSS The Who: Roger Daltrey and Pete Townsend Still Rock! myGLOSS Townshend tossed aside his acoustic for an electric, and he hopped and skipped behind his vocalist, who huffed out a harmonica solo to close “Baba O'Riley. ...

Mazzy Star, 'Among My Swan' CDInsight Harmonica, a melancholy vocal, and catchy guitar not only makes this album good, it makes it utterly awesome. The Santa Monica band, which formed in 1989, ...

Super Bowl halftime show CANOE (blog) 8:04 pm: Last half of "Baba O'Riley" nailed...except for Roger's harmonica... 8:02 pm: The one minute we heard of "Pinball Wizard" was very well done. ...

Winspear Centre, Edmonton - February 7, 2010 CANOE ... more than just one guy and his guitar — and not even a round-the-neck harmonica holder or knee tambourines to fill out the sound — it's Elvis Costello. ...

Football | Top Ten | Super Bowl XLIV Tufts Daily From the harmonica solo on Baba O'Riley to the myriad signature windmills from Pete Townshend, easily shattering the over/under of 6.5, it was a solid ...

Hail 'the Kings of Old Tyme' Newsdurhamregion.com ... festivals, universities and colleges, sharing their love of the Flat-foot buck dance, jaw-harp, harmonica duets, fiddle and banjo, ham-bone hand-jive, ...

Bob Dylan: the Charlie Chaplin of rock ABC Online ... to produce a song for Oh Mercy called Most of the Time, Dylan now reveals a version with just guitar and harmonica that's as fresh as a morning breeze. ...

Nashville Scene (blog) Girls w/Magic Kids & The Smith Westerns at Exit/In, 2/6/10 Nashville Scene (blog) To Owens, though, "country-and-Western songs" are songs that sound like the rest of his songs, just played to a waltz beat and featuring a harmonica solo. ...

Cabin Fever [Unrated Director's Cut] DVD Talk (For the record, my favorite comedy beat comes near the end, involving a harmonica and the unlucky guy playing it.) Originality is a rare thing in movies ...

02/07/2010

Former Carroll kicker Hartley makes most of chance with Saints Dallas Morning News He was recognized at an Outback Steakhouse the other day by a 70-year-old gentleman who pulled a harmonica out of his jacket and began to play "When the ...

Beachside Resident The Stephan Michael Connection Beachside Resident Growing up in the Detroit area, it's easy to see how vocalist and harmonica player Stephan Michael keeps being pulled back to his roots of '70s soul and ...

Great Falls Accordion Club putting the oomph in oom-pah-pah Great Falls Tribune Sharp, who plays keyboard, organ, guitar, the fiddle, mandolin, steel guitar Irish flute, harmonica and five-stringed guitar, has played music all her life. ...

Johnson: Words that speak for all of us Alexandria Town Talk But standing on the iconic Ryman stage, alone with his guitar and harmonica, Kris Kristofferson remained the same. Handsome. Skinny. Brilliant. Irreverent. ...

The blues brothers: Bryants keep family tradition alive with blend of music Rockdale Citizen “When I came up, you'd see just a man and his guitar and maybe a harmonica player... We did Wesleyan College in Macon and it was an amazing show. ...

02/06/2010

Harmonica workshop in Saffron Walden Saffron Walden Reporter Steve, who has a degree in music from Anglia Ruskin University specialising in harmonica, said: "My musical influences include the range of popular music ...

Local musicians to perform March 6 Pembroke Daily Observer While Supertramp is renowned for their mixture of piano, synthesizer and guitar, its sound would be lost without the harmonica, an instrument strongly ...

WV Music Hall of Fame Broadcast West Virginia Public Broadcasting This Two hour prime-time special, hosted by singer Kathy Mattea and harmonica virtuoso Charlie McCoy, brings together one of Hollywood's most prolific comic ...

Larry Potts – Close To Home – Saturday night! Petaluma Argus Courier (blog) ... an all star band featuring George Merrill on keyboards, Kevin Harris on guitar, the world famous Bruce Kurnow on harmonica, and other special guests. ...

Daily Press (blog) Hampton Acoustic Blues Revival to return April 10 Daily Press (blog) Raines is 'the queen of the blues harmonica' and a talented singer. Rishell is an expert slide guitar player. The duo's live CD, 'A Night In Woodstock,' ...

Trillium grant helps film fest Windsor Star The late blues musician Joe Rispoli will be celebrated in song Wednesday at 7 pm at the Canusa Tavern, 400 Tecumseh Rd. E. A harmonica player who learned ...

02/05/2010

An outstanding line-up featured at Swift's StirCrazy Blues Festival Prairie Post Paul is an incredible blues singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (harmonica, guitar, piano, bass harp and melodica) and he was the first white ...

This is London Hitting higher notes in Lucia Di Lammermoor This is London The composer actually wrote the part for a glass harmonica, however - the executant in question was dispensed with after a dispute - and that is what we ...

Keswick hosts Bob Marley 'Legend' tribute on reggae star's birthday Montgomery Newspapers You'll see Martin not only play guitar, but sing for certain albums and play harmonica. From the age of 19 he has been playing music and he's not stopping ...

(Mouse over image for caption, Click to enlarge) Island Sand Paper ... notes bass guitarist Steve Arvey, who will play second guitar with Honeyboy Edwards at the Purple Heart Theater; Michael Frank will play harmonica. ...

The Guardian Oil City Confidential The Guardian In their glory days, Dr Feelgood punched out a blistering live set of rhythm and blues to a dedicated audience, with deafening harmonica and vocals from ...

Survivor Luncheon at JFS Jewish Times of Southern New Jersey Christina, a vocalist who plays guitar and harmonica, thanked the Holocaust survivors for inviting her and told them that as much as they said they gained ...

Sourdough Slim brings show to Redding Record-Searchlight The versatile musician plays guitar, harmonica, ukelele and accordion. The show is the latest in the Oaksong Music Society's winter season. ...

The circuses are in town this weekend — the Moscow and the Kosair Shrine Louisville Courier-Journal Larry Carden has taught the Asian elephant more than 60 maneuvers, including playing the drums, trumpet and harmonica, dancing like a ballerina and skipping ...

Corey Harris conveys African American blues story Washington Examiner Thanks to the MacArthur grant, Harris is well on his way to completing his next acoustic recording with harmonica genius Phil Wiggins playing down-home ...

02/04/2010

Uber-Review (blog) Worlds Smallest Harmonica Is Not a Sarcastic Joke Uber-Review (blog) Yes, you can actually buy a world's smallest harmonica – it does not involve rubbing one's fingers together in faux-sympathy or anything of the sort, ...

Crime Stoppers seeks information on May Winfield Daily Courier Online He has gray hair and is well known to local residents as “the harmonica man” due to the fact that he often played his harmonica around the Winfield area. ...

Senior musicians share old-time sound StandardNet The group has two guitar players, an accordion player, a melodica player, and three harmonica players. Jean Stokes Roberts, 82, has been part of the group ...

Q&A with Bryce Avary — The Rocket Summer University Daily Kansan Like on Do You Feel [the band's third album] I play harmonica on one song. I just went and got a harmonica, practiced for a couple hours and figured out the ...

Freeform style Reno News & Review It takes the listener through several different variations of music filled with the saxophone, harmonica, bass, drums and electric guitar, all strongly ...

Music Movies at the Film Festival Santa Barbara Independent Tonight at SOhO, the blues harp math goes exponentially nuts thanks to Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica BlowOut, a series of all-star blues harp soirées now ...

Performer gains strength as he relearns music skills TriValley Central It was only last year wintering here that he was able to play the harmonica again. Christiansen said he starts practicing as early as 7 am in the Desert ...

Best of the best: Cirque du Soleil's 'Alegria' Detroit Free Press The versatile artist, back at the Ark for a two-night stand, plays guitar, dobro, piano, harmonica and percussion. 8 pm, the Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. ...

Dallas-Fort Worth products go toe-to-toe in Super Bowl Fort Worth Star Telegram The other night at Outback, a grandfather with a harmonica serenaded Hartley with When the Saints Go Marching In. He's received standing ovations at ...

A fight over freedom at Apple's core Financial Times ... Harmonica or the short-lived I Am Rich , which for $999.99 displayed a picture of a gem, just to show that the iPhone owner could afford the software. ...

02/03/2010

Resident Exclusive Interview with Blues Legend Professor Harp The Resident His inspiration was harmonica legend George Allen “Harmonica” Smith who lured him away from drums to the blues harp. Professor Harp was young and eager to ...

Media Day odds and ends The Daily Advertiser I think we were at Outback the other night, and a 70-year-old man busts out a harmonica from his coat pocket and starts playing, 'When the Saints Come ...

Grady Champion hailed by Canton leaders Madison County Herald Canton Mayor William Truly today presented blues singer and harmonica player Grady Champion with a key to the city and declared Feb. ...

Charleston's Big Blues Bash Hits 20 Charleston City Paper —T. Ballard Lesemann World-renowned for his chops, Charlie Sayles' weapon of choice is a Hohner blues harp. It comes out sounding like a gritty guitar, ...

Saints kicker Hartley keeping level head in the limelight Reuters "The other day I'm leaving a restaurant and this guy, he must have been 70 years old, busts out a harmonica and starts playing, 'When the Saints Go Marching ...

Celebration of abundance The Sun Daily For something a little different, catch the world class harmonica ensemble, the champion of last year's World Harmonica Festival, on Feb 7 and 20. ...

From the Publisher: Health, Hope, Harmony The Resident Find out how a little bit of luck, a lot of spunk and the ability to play the harmonica sparked the take-off of his career here. ...

The Richmark Sentinel Rockit Scientist Leon Economides Wednesday, February 03, 2010 The Richmark Sentinel The original members, Caleb Quaye on guitars, Ian Duck on guitars, vocals and harmonica, Roger Pope on drums and Dave Glover on bass, released their ...

Search for Richard May intensifies; Daughter says he "sometimes helped the ... NewsCow By Shane Farley It's been nearly two months since anyone last saw Richard May – a Winfield man known for playing his harmonica as he strolled the streets ...

Coco Montoya Returns with I Want It All Back antiMUSIC.com Rod Piazza on harmonica and "Miss Honey" Alexander on piano are special guests on a torrid cover of the Buster Brown classic, "Fannie Mae. ...

02/02/2010

YachtPals.com News Heavy Weather, Hallucinations, Hostility and Harmonica - AORR YachtPals.com News This week finds most, if not all, of the Atlantic Ocean Rowing Race fleet stuck on their sea (para) anchors in the grip of a pretty vicious weather system ...

Music-making duo performs at Mimbres Baptist Church Silver City Sun News In the course of their hourlong program on Sunday, Gene shifted from banjo to guitar, with a bit of harmonica thrown in. He also plays the accordion, bass, ...

Consequence of Sound Wait, You've Never Heard: Neil Young's Harvest Consequence of Sound His distinctive high nasal whine is as hard to forget as his guitar/harmonica/long-haired/wide-brimmed hat image. However, I had never heard a single one of ...

The Trades CD Giveaway - Down the Line, "Home Alive" The Trades Helmed by Levi Britton (acoustic guitar, vocals), Derek Fawcett (djembe, vocals), Dan Myers (harmonica, mandolin, violin, vocals), and Dave Rothkopf ...

Flavorwire (blog) The Razzie Snubs: Our Worst Picture Nominees Flavorwire (blog) ... interesting than the actual Oscars, considering the Oscars have never dragged Tom Green off the stage because he refused to stop playing the harmonica. ...

02/01/2010

01/31/2010

It's back to the basics for Madcat's blues Monroe Evening News My favorite blues musicians were all before 1965, before rock 'n' roll," the Ann Arbor harmonica wizard says. And it'll be acoustic blues the audience will ...

Times LIVE (blog) BAND OF BROTHERS, Part 2 Times LIVE (blog) “I brought a drumset, guitar, pool cue, harmonica, darts and lots of Russian literature. And a French course.” I am … truly privileged to be part of this ...

Bluegrass in their blood The Spokesman Review He plays the dobro, harmonica and adds baritone vocals. He is in the US Army Reserve and works full time for the US Forest Service. ...

Guitarist tours Europe with blues legend Vernon Morning Star Joined by harmonica player Michael Frank, who has worked as Edward's manager since the '70s, Copeland flew overseas for two weeks in ...

01/30/2010

Vinyl Cave: Big Mama Thornton in Europe by Big Mama Thornton Isthmus Daily Page In addition, Thornton plays drums and harmonica on a couple tracks, and a pair are straight acoustic blues accompanied only by guitarist Fred McDowell. ...

Unconventional throat music; Inuit performer free-spirited improviser of ... Kelowna.com Sort of like playing harmonica without the harmonica. Tagaq uses the technique to create landscapes and moods, which should make her perfect for Tundra ...

Fans dance and sing along with Blue Rodeo TheChronicleHerald.ca ... earning cheers from Cuddy's first strummed chords and harmonica blasts, while the pulsing lights overhead gave the stage a Glitter Gulch kind of feel. ...

Edith G. Bennett Staunton News Leader She was a very talented musician who was blessed to play her Grand piano by ear, and she played the harmonica. Edith enjoyed weekend outings fishing with ...

Tuned In: 'Rodeo's' title only grazes singer's scope Scripps News The genre-melder, based in Brooklyn and originally from Kentucky, does land in the country camp periodically, swaggering to prominent harmonica in the ...

Altsounds.com Sleepy Sun Announce US Tour Altsounds.com Comprising Brian Tice (drums), Jack Allen (bass), Rachael Williams (vocals, haberdashery & interpretive dancing) Bret Constantino (vocals & harmonica), ...

01/29/2010

Mark Hummel with James Cotton, Paul Oscher, Mojo Buford, Willie Smith & Johnny ... Jazz Police The historic line-up will features five living legends of the blues harp, many of whom have played, toured and recorded with Waters. Born in New Haven, ...

The Guardian Marcus Bonfanti: What Good Am I to You? The Guardian Then there's a furious rapid-fire blues rock instrumental, Tweed Blazer, and some sturdy vocal work and impressive harmonica playing on God Only Knows. ...

Counting on Kristofferson "For the Good Times" CMT.com (blog) He took the stage wearing all black, guitar in hand and his harmonica harnessed around his neck. Just as I had imagined, he exuded that undeniable presence ...

The Guardian Lucia di Lammermoor's mad tragedy in Donizetti's mad life The Guardian The resident glass-harmonica player in Naples got into a row with the theatre – he thought he was being underpaid – and, just before the premiere, ...

HaveYouHeard? 'Coffee' from Tea Leaf The Daily Athenaeum By Ashlie Walker While some of today's music has lost touch with traditional instruments like guitar, harmonica or piano, Tea Leaf Green goes back to these ...

The Lately Matthew Davies el-tin fun Isthmus Daily Page Major 7 chords, blues harp and pedal steel have influenced the sound of this upbeat mix of electric guitar, sprightly drums, and harmonized vocals. ...

Billboard Chart Beat Thursday: 'Hope' Helps Haiti Billboard (Alvin & the Chipmunks own the longest overall gap between Hot 100 hits: 45 years and two weeks between "Alvin's Harmonica" and "The Chipmunk Song ...

Louisville Mojo (blog) Calexico Teaches the Louisville Orchestra How To Rock Louisville Mojo (blog) Over the course of six official albums and countless self-made tour cds, the Tucson, Arizona group has incorporated steel guitar, vibraphone, harmonica, ...

Blues guitarist returns to ECC The Courier News His musical arsenal includes a slide guitar, harmonica, six-string banjo, and the Mohan Veena, a custom-made Indian 20-string arch-top guitar. ...

“Fab” Beatles cover band plays FAC The Massachusetts Daily Collegian Performing at the Mullins Center on Tuesday were David Leon on vocals, rhythm guitar, piano and harmonica; Graham Alexander on vocals, bass, ...

01/28/2010

Mark Hummel's annual harmonica blowout Contra Costa Times Though he died in 1968 at the age of 37, his influence and spirit pervades Mark Hummel's 20th Blues Harmonica Blowout tour, which plays Moe's Alley tonight ...

Washington Post Haiti's ambassador has been tested by tragedy in homeland Washington Post By Hamil R. Harris and Michael Ruane The elegant, white-haired ambassador took the harmonica from a drawer in his office and raised it to his lips. ...

'On a mission from God' The News Journal In blues lingo, a harmonica is referred to as a harp; therefore the name. Founders Ken Pinkerton, 56, and Jim Booker, 52, both red-hot harmonica players, ...

Wide Mouth Mason returning to strengths London Free Press Friday night, you'll see him break a sweat, sing and swing with his trusty ol' harmonica to tunes like Sail Away Ladies and Kisses Sweeter Than Wine. ...

Northern News Services (subscription) 'A dream come true' Northern News Services (subscription) Sarkadi is backed by Kevin Dunbar on drums, Sophie Leger on harmonies and percussion, Jeff Norris on lead guitar, Clayton Pielak on harmonica and Al Udell ...

ONU's AASU hosts cultural auction night to benefit Haiti Ada Herald ... a rubber band gun, a giant decorative fan, Asian tea sets, a chopsticks set, a Chinese harmonica, and more, will be on display the week of Feb. ...

Police, students mourn comrade, coach Mansfield News Journal A recording of a soft harmonica and piano played over the public address system as people filed inside. The basketball scoreboards featured the number 136, ...

Folk duo Atwater-Donnelly to perform in Lexington Taunton Daily Gazette They blend harmonies with guitar, dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, and other folk instruments, and sometimes with a bit of ...

Our pick of Best Bets Jan. 29 - Feb. 4 Cape Cod Times BluKat is composed of Jon Scheafer, guitar and vocals; Dan St. Pierre, harmonica, flute, and vocals; Randy Patterson, mandolin, guitar, and vocals; ...

Acadiana News The Daily Advertiser Harmonica Workshop. 5:30-6:30 pm Students will learn the how to properly hold the instrument and how to play a scale, and then we will move on to learning ...

01/27/2010

WINCHESTER COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL: Tim Gartland's 'Talking Harmonica' Winchester Star By Staff reports Bedford harmonica player and teacher Tim Gartland has announced two book signings for this month. The first book signing for “The Talking ...

All About Jazz Tonight and Tomorrow All About Jazz Featured on both harmonica and piano, even performing both simultaneously on "Sandi," Levy and his trio—bassist Larry Gray and drummer Ernie Adams—perform ...

Thanks for the ride back to town Newsdurhamregion.com 21, a group of friends and I saw the amazing harmonica player Carlos Del Junco at the Greenbank Music Hall. After the concert we returned to the car to find ...

OffBeat Magazine Let's Get Serious, John Ellis OffBeat Magazine The main and most obvious thing is that I expanded the band with the addition of trombone and harmonica, so now there's a broader orchestrational palette. ...

To the dark side and back Edmonton Sun ... you name it — and lived to become one of the most unlikely sensitive singer songwriters ever to wear the dreaded round-the-neck harmonica holder. ...

Shakespearean Comedy Shines at BAM Brooklyn Daily Eagle Stephen Dillane as Jaques was excellent, slinking about the stage, offering tidbits of advice and banter, singing and playing the harmonica like Bob Dylan. ...

Review: 'Booker's Guitar,' Eric Bibb San Antonio Express A masterful writer and guitarist with an excellent voice, Bibb, solo and with top-flight harmonica player Grant Dermody, doesn't re-create deep blues and ...

Joan Osborne On Mountain Stage KUAR ... help of her band — Richard Hammond on bass, Andrew Carillo on guitar, Aaron Comess on drums and Keith Cotton on piano, acoustic guitar and harmonica. ...

Valley Advocate Sound Check: Levin Rising Valley Advocate ... says that the resulting sextet—himself on guitar and vocals; Giles on accordion, glockenspiel, percussion, and vocals; Graulty on clarinet, harmonica, ...

KEY PALACE: Hamilton Loomis takes the stage this weekend Muncie Star Press Loomis learned drums, piano, guitar, bass and harmonica by the time he was a teenager and toured regularly as part of his family's doo-wop group. ...