Rick Epping joins me on episode 37. Rick worked for Hohner USA for 18 years and played a pivotal role in improving the quality of…
Mark Hummel joins me on episode 36. Mark is a West Coast blues harp player who has put out some great harmonica songs in his cata…
Robert Bonfiglio shares with us the world of the concert chromatic harmonica player. After studying composition in New York, he s…
Steve Baker moved from his native London in his early 20s to become part of the vibrant music scene in Hamburg. His brand of punk…
Son of Dave is originally from Winnipeg, Canada, where he enjoyed pop chart success for ten years with folk-rock band Crash Test …
Filip can be described as the complete harmonica player, being adept on the diatonic, chromatic and bass harmonicas, as well as b…
Errol Linton is a south London boy, with roots in Jamaica. His brand of ‘Brixton Blues’ music merges his Caribbean heritage with …
Fata Morgana are a Dutch harmonica quartet, who first formed in 1980 after meeting at the Eindhoven Harmonica Club. Two of the or…
Greg Zlap hails from Poland, where he played along with black market blues records on his one harmonica. He moved to Paris in his…
Donald Black is predominantly a tremolo player, using the instrument to great effect across the range of traditional Scottish mus…
Charlie Musselwhite grew up in Memphis, rubbing shoulders with Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley. Work took him north to Chicago were…
British Chromatic royalty Jim Hughes joins me on episode 26. Jim has been playing professionally for over 60 years. From his earl…
Sugar Blue has certainly pushed the boundaries of the harmonica, with his rapid fire licks, lots of high end runs and gorgeous to…
Grant Dermody first picked up the harp in Alaska, where he emulated the greats before developing his own acoustic sound playing A…
Chromatic player, Antonio Serrano, is the current SPAH harmonica player of the year. And with good reason. Antonio’s father was a…
Mark Feltham grew up with a love of country music and just knew he had to play harp when he heard Stone Fox Chase on the UK music…
Mickey Raphael started out playing on the Dallas folk scene before meeting with Willie Nelson at a jam session. Forty six years l…
Jerry Portnoy joins me on episode 20 of the podcast. Jerry grew up with the sounds of Maxwell street in his ears. It took him a f…
John is a harmonica repairer and customiser. Following years of experience as a toolmaker John moved into repairing musical instr…
Mick Kinsella started out as a drummer before moving across to the harmonica to pursue his love of traditional music. Skilled in …
Gregoire Maret is a chromatic player, originally from Switzerland. After studying jazz at the New School in New York, Gregoire we…
Rachelle Plas is a French player who learnt her craft at an early age in group lessons provided by Greg Zlap in Paris. She won va…
Michael D’Eath is the President of the American harmonica organisation SPAH. He tells us what SPAH is all about and the many bene…
Howard Levy is known to be the pioneer of overblows on the diatonic harmonica, but his music shouldn’t be defined merely by the u…