Harmonica Bands
Although harmonica bands and orchestras have generally been forgotten, the harmonica was one of the most popular musical instruments from the 1920s through the 1940s. Its cheapness mad...
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Blues Traveler singer and harmonica player John Popper was arrested after the vehicle he was riding in was clocked going 111 mph, the Washington State Patrol said Wednesday.Popper, 39, was arrested...
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Carey BellCHICAGO (AP) _ Carey Bell, a blues harmonica player who performed with both Muddy Waters' and Willie Dixon's bands, has died. He was 70.Bell died Sunday of heart failure at Kindred Hospit...
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Blues Traveler frontman John Popper is an avid gun collector who often stops at shooting ranges when traveling, and that's why officers found weapons in his vehicle during a traffic stop, his manag...
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John Popper has been granted a conditional dismissal in a marijuana case that resulted in his arrest in March.The misdemeanor charge of possession of pot and drug paraphernalia will be dropped if P...
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Legendary bluesman Robert Johnson's death has been linked to a jealous husband, the supernatural and pneumonia. So it's unsurprising that there are three separate graves bearing his name in the rur...
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Berlin (dpa) - A reunion of Jewish and Muslim musicians from
Algiers, Marseilles and Paris is one of the highlights of this
year's Berlin Jazz Festival that gets underway Oc...
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American blues musician (b. March 27, 1915, Turkey Scratch,
Ark.
—d. Nov. 21, 2006,
Cleveland, Ohio
), was perhaps best known for his relationship with blues legend
Robert
Johnson
, but he...
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Paul CrowleyPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ Rep. Paul Crowley, the longest-serving Democrat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, has died. He was 57.He died Monday of cancer at his Newport home, a...
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Thousands of sunburnt fans roared in unison and pumped their fists in the desert air as reunited political rockers Rage Against the Machine took the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Fes...
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The mid-afternoon sun was beating down, wisps of steam rose from the soggy ground and Buckwheat Zydeco danced his way to the edge of the stage, accordion wailing, moving his shoulders with the musi...
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