Singer-songwriter Bonafide Fabian’s debut EP, “New and Improved Old Fashioned Folkadelic,” lives up to its lengthy title. The seven-song record is full of swelling piano riffs, languid harmonica notes ...

In his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he and John wrote “Love Me Do” at his childhood home, 20 Forthlin Road. They went up a little garden path, past Paul’s father’s lavender ...

Back in 1961, Delbert McClinton, then 21, sat in on a recording session with his pal Bruce Channel – who also played clubs around Texas – and spun out the harmonica riff that opened Channel’s “Hey ...

The Kiss guitarist, who died on Thursday at 74, scored his only Top 20 solo hit with a cover that’s endured for decades.

When you think of early Beatles songs, certain sounds come to mind. Lots of their early work is characterized by chipper vocals, bouncy pop-rock rhythms, bubblegum lyricism. Some of their songs from ...

It was just another workaday gig for session musician Paul Harrington. He laid down a three-and-a-half minute harmonica line, never asking where it might end up. "So much of what you record never gets ...

Harmonica teacher and blues singer-songwriter Grant Dermody had plenty of reasons to sing the blues in the past three years. His wife, parents, and mentor all passed away during that time period. But ...

Peter learns to play the blues on the harmonica. /Peter and Saffron team up for a contest. Peter is feeling down and learns to play the blues on the harmonica. Expressing your feelings through music ...

“Write this down: Blow 3, blow 4, draw 3, blow 3,” Phil Kaplan said to his new class of Newton harmonica students. Kaplan told the class he pulled the riff from “Mannish Boy,” the popular 1955 Muddy ...