Music commentator Miles Hoffman remembers classical harmonica player Tommy Reilly on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Appreciation: Harmonica Virtuoso Tommy Reilly Was Born A Century Ago DAVID ...

Harmonica player Damien Masterson knows something about the blues. He spent much of his childhood in the Alameda County foster-care system, moving among 22 homes and more than nine schools. At age 14, ...

The gift Miles Guzman got for his 13th birthday would outline the trajectory of the rest of his life. A simple $10 harmonica. Guzman, who grew up in Loveland, says he decided he wanted to be a blues ...

There are myriad reasons why playing music is one of the most enjoyable and spiritually beneficial things to do on earth. Melody, rhythm and lyric are but three glorious aims. One drawback to playing ...

CHRIS DEPINO BIOGRAPHY Music has been a part of my life ever since I can remember. Growing up in an Italian family in New Haven, Connecticut, I was constantly surrounded by the velvet sounds of Frank ...

It happens whenever Corky Siegel performs one of his classical blues pieces. "People come up and they're shocked and surprised, they say, 'You made blues and classical work together.' And I tell them ...

All right. You do not usually hear the words harmonica and virtuoso in the same sentence, but really, it's the only way to describe Tommy Reilly. (SOUNDBITE OF JUDITH DURHAM AND TOMMY REILLY ...