None of these people are pure musicians. They all play because they enjoy music.” His band comprises about 40 members, mostly retirees, who meet once a week to practice, said band member Albert ...

The patients amble in one by one. There’s Janet Broos with the portable oxygen concentrator. Jonathan Bulkley, who shuffles in with a four-wheeled walker. And Pat Rubadeau, whose rare lung disease has ...

Administrators passed out blue harmonicas labeled “Longmont United Hospital” to the semicircle of patients seated around local harmonica player Mad Dog Friedman. Mad Dog demonstrated a long, low note ...

Quilcene music man Andy Mackie needed 852 harmonica players to set the world’s record for largest harmonica band, and he got 1,706. The Mackie band played “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” for 13 minutes ...

Not long ago, after I concluded the presentation of a program, a man beckoned me and entered into conversation. He was a regular reader and had clipped columns from the past. As we talked he informed ...

Few instruments have a lower barrier for entry than the humble harmonica. Even if you've never played an instrument in your life, after a few hours of practice, I guarantee you'll manage to learn some ...

Mississippi blues harp player James Cotton was certainly considered lucky for the break he got joining Muddy Waters’ band in the late 1950s, taking over a spot previously held by such venerated ...

MOLINE, Illinois — Music filled the air along Moline's riverfront Friday morning, as the Wandering Patriots Harmonica Band played some patriotic tunes. Catherine Long started the band back in 2014, to ...

One of the highlights in Ephrata for the Fourth of July 85 years ago was a performance by the Ephrata Harmonica Band during the town’s big holiday celebration. The Harmonica Club was sponsored by the ...