Burlington – On Friday, May 20 the entire student body at the Integrated Arts Academy (IAA) will gather for a special arts experience. Blues harmonica master Bob Stannard will present each student ...

Wanna go juke’in? You know, gettin’ down with some blues. Hearin’ the twang of guitars and the moan of a harp, and lettin’ yourself wander back and forth between the musical “then” and its current ...

Have you ever wanted to learn how to play a harmonica? You can during a two-day Beginning Blues Harmonica Workshop. Texas guitarist and harmonica player Hamilton Loomis will teach classes from 6 to 9 ...

In the mid-1800s, a German harmonica manufacturer named Hohner started exporting his product to North America. Being relatively inexpensive, relatively easy to play and extremely portable, the ...

Loomis has been releasing albums and touring the world with his brand of Texas blues for more than a decade. A guitar protege of Bo Diddley, Loomis is also a highly regarded blues harmonica player and ...

First as half of the duo Cephas and Wiggins and later on his own, he was one of the best-known musicians playing the style known as the Piedmont blues. By Clay Risen Phil Wiggins, a harmonica player ...