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 made it an ideal instrument for teaching music to children during the...

A harmonica is a free reed wind instrument. It has multiple, variably-tuned brass or bronze reeds which are secured at one end over an airway slot in which they can freely vibrate. The vibrating reeds repeatedly interrupt the airstream to produce sound....

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 Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 90 near the Spokane/Lincoln county line, the Washington State Patrol...

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 Hospital, according to Alligator Records, which released several of Bell's albums.Carey Bell Harrington...

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 manager said Thursday.Troopers stopped Popper and a companion on Tuesday after they clocked...

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 Popper avoids getting caught with marijuana for at least a year, said Deputy...