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One of the major transitions in the blues took place after thousands of Mississippians moved to Chicago, and drew upon the acoustic sounds of the Delta to create electrified Chicago blues. One of the ...

Louisiana “swamp blues” harmonica legend Lazy Lester and former Muddy Waters sideman Paul Oscher are headliners at the inaugural Mississippi Saxophone Festival, which takes place this weekend in ...

When the blues moved from the delta to Saint Louis, Memphis and Chicago – from acoustic to electric – the harmonica made the move as well. And keeping to its low-budget practical roots, the means of ...

It started innocently enough in 1991 at the Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center in Berkeley, California. Now, the Mark Hummel Blues Harmonica Blowout, an all-star collection of blues talent, is ...

‘The blues had a baby and they named it rock‘n’roll,’ sang Muddy Waters. And he was right, of course. Once he and Howlin’ Wolf started plugging into amps in the clubs of Chicago in the 1950s, the ...

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 ...

SANTA CRUZ — Some strong winds will be blowing in Santa Cruz on Sunday. That won’t just be in the stormy weather the area is expected to receive but on the stage at Moe’s Alley where several ...

When Chicago blues musician Eddie Shaw played his saxophone, the room seemed to quake. His immense, raspy, growling sound cut through the instrumentals surrounding him. His ornate solos packed vast ...