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 ...

Forty-four years ago today, the world lost an endlessly influential harmonica player who was one of the Grand Ole Opry's ...

The harmonica may not be the first instrument you think of when it comes to jazz and soul music. But acclaimed French-born harmonica player Frederic Yonnet has used the instrument to transcend musical ...

A caution to Monkophiles of every variety: This is not your grandparents' Thelonious Monk, much less Charlie Rouse's or anyone else. Monk on a chromatic harmonica? Well, keep an open mind and try it.

Sidney Yonkey laughs while playing the harmonica at a beginners workshop during Make Music Day on Friday, June 21, 2024, at the Lakeside Nature Center in Swope Park in Kansas City. HG Biggs ...

The pandemic impacted the mojo of musicians all around, including budding ones in elementary school. Nate Boots, a writer and a local musician, saw it firsthand. “I myself was unable to gather with my ...