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 ...

Friedrich Heinrich Kern plays a version of the glass harmonica called the verrophone for Opera Philadelphia's production of "Written on Skin." (Emma Lee/WHYY) On Friday, Opera Philadelphia will ...

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 ...

Andy Mackie of Port Townsend set out to beat the record for the world's largest harmonica band. Yesterday evening at the Seattle Center's Folklife Festival he -- and an estimated 1,705 others -- did ...

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SUNRISEThe Sunrise Jewish Center, 4099 N. Pine Island Road, will host a show featuring Harmonica Sounds and comic John Regis.The program begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $7. Refreshments will ...

HUNTINGTON -- The strains of harmonica music filled Pullman Square Tuesday evening for the Huntington Harmonica Club's Night on the Town. It was the club's fourth appearance at Pullman Square for 2012 ...

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.

Kim Addonizio meets the world's top blues harmonica aficionados in the capital city of 'harps' - where the streets echo with the sound of the small organ with a big noise. Now 'Between the Ears' gives ...