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Harmonica Masters Workshops 2012: News Update

Posted Fri, 09/28/2012 - 08:04 by David Barrett Admin

Harmonica Masters Workshops 2012: News Update

The biggest Harmonica Masters ever!
With only four weeks to go until the Harmonica Masters Workshops 2012, we are pleased and proud to announce that this years event has already broken all previous attendance records. To date we have received nearly 120 registrations and the classes with Joe Filisko and Steve Baker as well as Riedel Diegel's beginners course are now fully booked. continue reading...

Kim Wilson, Rod Piazza, and Blues Traveler

Posted Tue, 09/18/2012 - 20:50 by marcos

Friday night, 9/21 at Fox Performing Arts Center, Riverside, CA. Anyone here going?

High End Playing, Speed Playing, Harmonica Music Theory and Accompaniment Playing

Posted Tue, 09/18/2012 - 08:31 by David Barrett Admin

High End Playing, Speed Playing, Harmonica Music Theory and Accompaniment Playing are the subjects I'll be covering at the upcoming Harmonica Masters Workshops http://www.harmonica-masters.de/en/schedule/ at Hohner-Konservatorium Trossingen. Only 7 seats are left, so sign up now if you were planing on coming!

Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowout (CA)

Posted Wed, 08/29/2012 - 10:09 by David Barrett Admin

Lee Oskar Harmonicas presents Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowout w/Lee Oskar, James Harman, Kenny Neal & Little Charlie Baty - Dates: Thurs 9/13 Napa CA - Napa Valley Opera House www.nvoh.org/ 8pm ($25, $20 Adv) / Fri 9/14 Crystal Bay NV - Crystal Bay Casino www.crystalbaycasino.com 9pm ($25) / Sat 9/15 Winters CA - Palms Playhouse www.palmsplayhouse.com 8:30pm ($30) / Sun 9/16 Plasanton CA - Firehouse Arts Center www.firehousearts.org 7pm ($30)

So Blue for you Chorus 5 ?

Posted Mon, 08/27/2012 - 10:10 by Deacon Dave

Hi Dave
I have thoroughly enjoyed the chromatic studies which comes as a little surprise but I'm absolutely having fun with these studies.
My question in chorus 5 of so blue for you in the 9th bar leading into the 10th you have notated
2 2 2+ 6+
2+
But when playing along with the 15% slow track I thing I hear
2 1 2 2+ 6+
3+ continue reading...

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Antones Night Club Presents

Posted Sat, 04/14/2012 - 07:38 by David Barrett

Antones Night Club presents: Mark Hummel's Harmonica Blowout - featuring: Mark Hummel, Jimi Lee, Guy Forsyth, Greg Izor, Wes Starr, Mike Morgan & the Blues Survivors
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
Mark Hummel's Harmonica Blowout - 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Antones Night Club
213 W. 5th St
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 474-5314

More Information: http://www.markhummel.com/

Hartford/Central CT? Anything?

Posted Tue, 01/03/2012 - 13:09 by Alec

Any recommendations for acts to see in the Hartford/central CT area? Springfield, MA? Coming up in the next few months?
-Alec

Dancing to the Blues in the UK

Posted Sun, 12/04/2011 - 07:33 by washburn-blues

I do a lot of partner dancing to Blues music. It's lots of fun, and the music is great. There isn't much information on the web about it, so I started a website about it as a community resource.
http://www.bluesdancing.co.uk
I plan to list all groups that hold Blues dancing classes and freestyle events in the UK. Hopefully it can really help the scene develop.

I'm also interested in listing any harp players (and bands) that like to play live for dancers, as it would be great to put musicians and dancing organisers in touch with each other. continue reading...