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Congratulations to the following submissions for being judged as the top three entries!

- "Jumba Rumba" by Steve Molitor from St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.
- "Chilean Rhumba" by Erwin Lost from Santiago, Chile
- "It "beta" be a rhumba !" by Ben from the Netherlands continue reading...

Now that all judging is in for the Rhumba King Original Blues Harmonica Instrumental Songwriting Contest, take the opportunity to listen to an entry and take notes for yourself of what you liked and though could be done better. Then read the comments of each of three judges (Steve Baker, Lee Sankey and myself) and listen again to the recording. This process will be a great learning experience in regards to focused listening.

Visit http://www.bluesharmonica.com/rhumba-king to listen to the entries.

The Rhumba King blues harmonica instrumental songwriting contest is coming to an end soon! The top three entries will win entrance to Europe's leading harmonica education event, the Harmonica Masters Workshops (http://www.harmonica-masters.de/) in Trossingen, Germany 10/31-11/4/2012 as well as have the opportunity to perform their compositions live with B.B. & the Blues Shacks at the Harmonica Masters Concert Friday evening November 2nd! continue reading...

Since the Rhumba's been the focus for a while on the site, here are some nice one to check out.

"Minor Mambo" Gary Smith - CD: Blues Harp Meltdown, Disc. 1 (taught in the Artist Study section of the site)
"El Gado Rumba Azul" Curtis Salgad - CD: Hit It 'n Quit It
"Back Door Rhumba" James Harman - CD: Blues Harp Meltdown [Disc 2]