There are few instruments stranger than a harmonica. While there are chromatic versions of the harmonica, most players use the ones that are set in a certain key. That way, no matter what you blow, it ...

“Harmonica virtuoso” Mark Hummel and his blues allstars will appear at KXCI’s 12th annual house rockin’ blues review benefit concert. Credit: (Mark Hummel/ Submitted) Mark Hummel is one of the hardest ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

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 ...

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As a young man, Jerry Portnoy certainly didn’t expect or plan to have a career as a blues harmonica player. He’d already been on a roulette wheel of life paths: failed college student, ...

J. Geils Band legend Magic Dick joins Mark Hummel’s Allstar Harmonica Blowout at Moe’s Alley for an afternoon of powerhouse blues.