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Adam Gussow
Currently an Associate Professor of English and Southern Studies at the...
Aki Kumar
You might already be familiar with Akarsha (Aki) Kumar from the recent CD "It...
Andy Just
In the finest of West Coast blues harmonica traditions, Andy Just has been...
Andy Santana
Andy Santana is a long-respected tradition blues harmonica player, guitarist...
Annie Raines
Annie Raines was born in 1969 in Boston and grew up in the suburb of Newton,...
Big Al Blake
Al Blake, born as Alan Blake Eliel, shot into the world January 16, 1945 on a...
Billy Boy Arnold
Billy Boy Arnold was born in Chicago on September 16, 1935. Unlike the many...
Billy Branch
Billy Branch was born in Chicago in 1951 and was raised in Los Angeles. He...
Bob Corritore
Bob Corritore is considered among the top traditional Chicago blues harmonica...
Brendan Power
UK-based New Zealander Brendan Power has been a heavy-hitter of the harmonica...
Buddy Greene
Buddy Greene brings a wide variety of southern Americana influences to his...
Charlie McCoy
There are numerous super-session musicians in Nashville, but very few with the...
Charlie Musselwhite
Harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite’s life reads like a classic blues song:...
Chris Michalek
Chris was highly respected in the jazz harmonica world as a musician's musician...
Curtis Salgado
Salgado’s been perfecting his craft since he first began playing professionally...
Dave Earl
Dave Earl has been an important part of the Bay Area blues scene since the...
David Barrett
Sharon thought that the students of BluesHarmonica.com would be interested in...
David Waldman
David Waldman, in his own words… “I grew up in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. I...
Dennis Gruenling
Dennis Gruenling is easily one of my favorite blues harmonica players in today’...
Gary Allegretto
Gary Allegretto can barely remember a time when Blues and Roots music wasn’t a...
Gary Primich
Gary Primich... blues harmonica player, vocalist and songwriter was born in...
Gary Smith
Gary Smith is regarded as one of the fathers of Blues Harmonica in the San Jose...
Grant Dermody
Grant Dermody is a harmonica player, singer, songwriter, and teacher from...
James Conway
James is one of the very few respected experts of Irish harmonica playing. I...
Jason Ricci
Jason Ricci started the harmonica at a young age, with early achievements...
Jelly Roll Johnson
Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson's distinctive, soulful style of harmonica has earned...
Jerry Portnoy
Jerry Portnoy was born in 1943 and grew up in the blues-rich atmosphere of...
Jim Liban
Singer, songwriter and stellar blues harmonica player Jim Liban was known...
Jimi Lee
Jimi Lee grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. After relocating to Hawaii, he...
Joe Filisko
Joe Filisko’s contributions to the blues harmonica world are so varied...
John Nemeth
John Nemeth grew up in Boise Idaho, singing in Catholic Church and with local...
Kim Field
Join me for an interview with Kim Field... harmonica player, singer, songwriter...
Kim Wilson
Join me for an interview with one of our most influential traditional blues...
Lee Sankey
Lee is a classic blues harmonica player, most commonly compared to the stylings...
Lonnie Joe Howell
Join me for an interview with Texas harmonica player Lonnie Joe Howell. Some of...
Magic Dick
Born in 1945 in New London, Connecticut, Magic Dick arrived in post-war America...
Mark Ford
Mark Ford had a strong impact on the Bay Area blues harmonica scene in the...
Mark Hummel
Mark Hummel was born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Los Angeles,...
Michael Peloquin
Michael is a respected singer, arranger, harmonica player and saxophonist in...
Michael Rubin
Michael Rubin is a respected member of the harmonica education community and...
Mike Caldwell
Mike Caldwell might just be the best-kept secret on the harmonica scene today....
Mitch Kashmar
A Long Beach California native, Mitch was directly influenced by West Coast...
Pat Missin
Pat Missin is one of the most knowledgeable persons on the planet when it comes...
Peter Madcat Ruth
Peter “Madcat” Ruth’s music has been evolving for over 45...
Phil Duncan
Join me for an interview with harmonica educator and author Phil Duncan. This...
PT Gazell
First picking up the instrument in his late teens, the Wisconsin-born, self-...
R.J. Mischo
R.J. Mischo, haling from the Minneapolis area, started his first band at the...
Richard Sleigh
Richard Sleigh has 35 years experience playing the harmonica, including studio...
Rick Estrin
Rick Estrin, best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player with Little...
Rob Paparozzi
New Jersey-based frontman, singer and harmonica player Rob Paparozzi has been a...
Rob Roy Parnell
Singer, songwriter, and performer, Rob Roy Parnell has been mixing rockin'...
Robert Bonfiglio
Called "the Paganini of the Harmonica" by The Los Angeles Times, Robert has...
Rod Piazza
Rod Piazza is a hugely influential player in the blues harmonica world. Rod...
Ronnie Shellist
Ronnie Shellist's musical career began in 1997 working with singer/songwriter...
Scott Dirks
Join me for an interview with blues harmonica player, recording artist,...
Steve Baker
Steve Baker was born and raised in London England and now lives near Hamburg,...
Steve Guyger
Philadelphia is home to one of the finest blues harp players in the world, much...
Sugar Ray Norcia
Sugar Ray Norcia started to play blues harp in high school. Once Norcia had...
Tad Robinson
AllMusic.com states about Tad, "Tad Robinson would have fit in snugly with the...
TJ Klay
A Hohner Harmonica Artist for the past 16 years, TJ was featured on the Hohner...
Todd Parrott
Todd has not played with an exhaustive list of famous musicians nor toured to...
Tom Ball
Born in Los Angeles on Sonny Terry's birthday (October 24), Tom began playing...
Will Scarlett
Harmonica player Will Scarlett has been described as outstanding, original,...
Winslow Yerxa
Winslow Yerxa is a harmonica player, performer, author, inventor, and teacher...

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