Gillian King ’22 and Joshua Lin ’22 experienced something rare at Bowdoin. The two graduating seniors—who both grew up in suburbs outside of Chicago—were able to share a passion many of the rest of us ...

Mark Hummel didn’t set out to be an impresario. He had no burning ambition to corner the market on the world’s greatest blues harmonica players. But after getting a bracing shot of energy from ...

Among the harmonica’s many wonderful and unique traits, there is this: You have to really suck to be good at it. As one of America’s finest and busiest harmonica players, Denver’s Ronnie Shellist ...

In three weeks, two girls from Hanover will take the stage with world-famous jazz harpists. In a musical field as esoteric as the harp, this requires some context. "My husband didn't even understand ...

For a specific generation of Koreans, playing the harmonica is a reminder of their youth and their home -- whereas not playing the harmonica for decades reminds them of what they left behind to pursue ...

Sonny Clark could play 50 bars of continuous eighth notes and I wouldn't lose interest. That's why he's so important to me. If I were to start playing some other instrument besides harmonica and vibes ...