Harmonica player Lawrence “Rockin’ Jake” Jacobs first found his calling on the radio dial. Struck by the pop and soul sounds coming over the air, Jake, as a kid in east Connecticut, stayed glued to ...

Mark Hummel’s Blues Harmonica Blowout celebrates 30 years in 2023 with a stop at The Center for the Arts on February 23 (past two years’ blowouts were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic), ...

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club Features 3x-Blues Music Award-Winner & 11x-Blues Music Award Nominated Singer, Songwriter and Master Harmonica Player JASON RICCI on Thursday April 4 at 7:30 P.M.

The Center for the Arts is pleased to present Mark Hummel’s Harmonica Blowout in the Marisa Funk Theater on February 14, 2024. Mark Hummel’s Harmonica Blowout celebrates 31 years of touring in 2024.

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 ...

Cheryl Arena will headline Theodores' on Worthington Street in Springfield on Saturday, Aug. 8 at 9 p.m. Arena has been a fixture on the Boston blues scene since the early 90s. In 2013 she was named ...

SANTA CRUZ — Some strong winds will be blowing in Santa Cruz on Sunday. That won’t just be in the stormy weather the area is expected to receive but on the stage at Moe’s Alley where several ...

It's widely accepted that the blues are cool. Likewise, it's equally understood that jazz is cool. Which would make the merger of something like swing music and Chicago blues extremely cool. Center ...

The Santa Barbara Blues Society (SBBS) will present Mitch Kashmar in his first appearance for the SBBS in his hometown in six years, Saturday, May 31. The event is at Carrillo Recreation Center, 100 E ...

Carey Bell, 70, a Mississippi-born blues harmonica player and singer whose clipped and growling style won him wide admiration during a five-decade career, died May 6 at Kindred Hospital in Chicago, ...

Wallace Coleman, "The Blues in Black History." Kent State University, Stark Campus, 6000 Frank Avenue NW, Canton 6:30 p.m. Thursday, February 26, 330-499-9600, free ...