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…
Lee Oskar left his native Denmark to move to the US at age 18, and was soon enjoying phenomenal success with the rock funk band W…
A grammy award winner, Peter Madcat Ruth has enjoyed a long career, from playing jazz with the Brubecks, to numerous solo project…
Brendan Power is my guest today. A true visionary of harmonica design, Brendan takes us under the hood of the instrument he has r…
Always looking to push himself in new directions, Carlos has released an eclectic mixture of genres across the range of his album…
PT Gazell developed his melodic style of harmonica through playing a range of genres, from Bluegrass, to Pop, Country and Jazz. A…
Charlie McCoy is the leading figure in Country harmonica playing, where he joined the Nashville scene in 1961. With over 13000 se…
Rod Piazza developed his exciting brand of West coast jump harmonica in Southern California, where he formed his own band before …
Kim Wilson is without doubt one of the great harmonica players around today. He grew up within the vibrant music scene in Califor…
Joe Filisko has made the study of the harmonica his lifelong passion. His detailed knowledge of early recordings has helped him b…
Billy Branch is a Chicago blues harp player who grew up learning directly from some of the classic generation of Chicago players,…
Today I talk to Giles Robson, who released two highly successful albums in 2019. Giles started out with a more blues rock fusion …
Steve West Weston is the man in the hot seat in episode two. Steve grew up among the vibrant music scene in Essex, listening to D…
First up in the podcast I'm delighted to welcome a certain Mr Paul Lamb. Paul is a living legend of blues harmonica. He's been pe…