Bill Tarsha and the Rocket 88s led the 18th annual blues harmonica blowout last week at the Rhythm Room. More than 35 blues harmonica players performed. Tarsha and his band opened with a couple tunes.

Says Branch, “I view [comping] as important as soloing because it’s a challenge. A lot of harmonica players, they only look at the solo aspect. But to be able to enhance the rhythm section or the ...

It’s an ordinary afternoon and Bob Corritore is doing what he does best: talking about the blues. Sitting at a desk inside his Scottsdale residence, the renowned harmonica player and blues guru flips ...

Mark Hummel didn’t set out to be an impresario. He had no burning ambition to corner the market on the world’s greatest blues harmonica players. But after getting a bracing shot of energy from ...

"Division Street" is one piece of a larger story—a collection of songs. "Division Street" is one piece of a larger story—a collection of songs following the lives of an expatriate jazz band in 1960s ...