One fun fact about each Kansas City Royals selection in the 2026 MLB Draft

One Royals draft pick has his own apparel brand. Another is a budding breakfast chef. And one has a talent for ... the ...

Benjamin Franklin Invented a Musical Instrument. People Said It Drove Them to Madness.

Benjamin Franklin invented the glass harmonica, inspired by the parlor trick of playing music on water-filled glasses. The ...
The Express - Lock Haven

Rockin’ the Red Barn: Annual LH Jams fundraising concert set for Aug. 6; funds local scholarships

Back by popular demand, the Rockin’ the Red Barn kicks off the 2026 LH JAMS festival for the second year in a row! The ...
American Songwriter

We Lost the “Harmonica Wizard” Who Was the First Black Star of the Grand Ole Opry 44 Years Ago Today

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

Column: How Billy Branch bought a harmonica, found the blues and changed his life

The blues world was changed forever on a sunny day around 1960 when a little boy walked into a five-and-dime in Los Angeles. “I was 8, maybe 9 when I saw it, all shiny in a display case,” says Billy ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Harmonica great Jerry Portnoy relives Chicago’s blues heyday in new book

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Hawaii Public Radio

How a group of older harmonica-playing Korean women has captivated LA hockey fans

At the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs in Los Angeles, there were some breakout stars - not hockey players, but about a dozen Korean women in their 70s and 80s. Steve Futterman reports. STEVE FUTTERMAN: The ...