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Latest Posts

• Tommy Reilly Concerts and Workshops
• The Norwegian Harmonica Forum (NMf) visit to Jersey in 1987
• Tommy Reilly International Club (TRIC), 1967-71
• The Clockwork Orange Harmonica Compositions
• Gerry Ezard – chromatic harmonica player and teacher
• Tommy Reilly Retrospective
• Tommy Reilly Discography 4 Music Library
• Tommy Reilly Discography 3 CDs
• Tommy Reilly Discography 2 LPs/33rpm
• Tommy Reilly Discography 1 78/45rpm
• Christmas Music played by top harmonica players
• Filip Jers in the UK and HarmonicaUK 2024
• Larry Adler harmonica videos 1972 and 2000
• The final years of Larry Adler (1914-2001)
• The History of HarmonicaUK (Part 8, from 2000)
• The History of HarmonicaUK (Part 7, 1986-2000)
• The History of HarmonicaUK (Part 6, 1981-1986)
• The History of HarmonicaUK (Part 5, 1975-1981)
• The History of HarmonicaUK (Part 4, 1959-1974)
• The History of HarmonicaUK (Part 3, 1950-1959)
• The History of HarmonicaUK (Part 2, 1939-1950)
• The History of HarmonicaUK (Part 1, 1930-1947)
• The History of HarmonicaUK Home Page (1930-Present)
• Nick Reynolds, The Alabama 3 via The Sopranos to The Simpsons
• Midnight Cowboy – Toots Thielemans or Tommy Reilly – solved!
• Jim Hughes and Rob Paparozzi talk and play
• Chromatic Harmonica Music from Tommy Reilly Tribute Concert
• My harmonica video archives on YouTube and Vimeo
• Chromatic Harmonica Music from Douglas Tate Memorial
• Martin Brinsford – Traditional Tremolo Harmonica Player
• Terry Potter – Traditional Tremolo Harmonica Player
• Chris Barber introduces touring US Blues Artists (1958/9)
• Gianluca Littera – Chromatic Harmonica Teacher and Performer
• Chromatic Harmonica Degree Course – Gianluca Littera
• Harmonica Education – Courses for Chromatic and Diatonic Players
• Dave Beckford (1935 – 2014)
• Arikę’s Harmonica Bench
• Martin Häffner
• Harmonica Hotel
• Walter Buchinger
• Toots Thielemans at 100
• A Tribute to Tommy Morgan (1932 – 2022)
• A conversation with Tommy Morgan by Phil Hopkins.
• Pre Harmonica Blues
• English Traditional Harmonica Players
• Art Daane – harmonica performer and collector
• Max Geldray
• Jim Hughes “Live @ Stratford (UK)”, 1983
• Dror Adler – The Classical Project
• Captain James Reilly, RMSM
• Back to the Future – Skiffle and Blues Harp (1956)
• THE HANDBOOK OF CHORD AND BASS HARMONICA
• Borrah Minevitch & His Harmonica Rascals
• Larry Adler
• Paul Butterfield Documentary
• John Bryan Harmonica Collector
• Norm Dobson (1929 to 2019) harmonica player
• Steve Jennings – Feb 1954 to Nov 2019 – a tribute
• HarpTalk Tumblr Blog
• Tommy Reilly – A Life in Music – Vintage Tommy Reilly.
• Charlie Leighton’s 65th birthday party, June 24th, 1986
• The Harmonicats 40th Anniversary Testimonial Concert 1981
• SPAH – The first 20 years
• Tommy Reilly – In his own words
• Larry Adler – In his own words
• Concerto Scherzoso – Graham Whettam – Setting the record straight
• Harmonica Music sur Cher 2017
• Homage to Toots – Steven De bruyn
• Toots’ Funeral – William Galison
• Toots and Jazz – Howard Levy
• Memories of an Old Friend: Toots – Rob Paparozzi
• Toots & me – Antonio Serano
• Remembering Toots – Adam Glasser
• Toots Theilemans Tribute – The Archivist
• Franz Chmel – 1944 to 2016 – The Archivist
• Stan Harper – 1921 to 2016 – a Tribute by Antonio Piana
• Stan Harper – 1921 to 2016 – The Archivist
• Tributes and Obituaries
• Popular Harmonica Recordings after 1962 – a personal choice
• Introduction to Blues on the Chromatic Harmonica by David Barrett
• Harmonica Christmas Stocking Fillers
• Blues Harps at Christmas
• Jazzy Harmonica Arrangements at Christmas
• Chromatic Harmonicas at Christmas
• Harmonica Groups at Christmas
• Harmonica Harry (Pitch) – 1925 to 2015
• Harmonica History in Books
• National Poetry Day 2015 – Blues Medicine – Hylda Sims
• National Poetry Day 2015 – Borrah Minevitch and the Rascals
• New Orleans, London, Memphis, Manchester… British Blues before the 1960s
• Fox and Goose, Ealing Jazz Club.
• Pat Missin’s Website – the ultimate harmonica resource
• Major Chromatic Harmonica Soloists.
• Cyril Davies – from Trad Jazz to the Rolling Stones
• Norman Ives’ Introduction to the Harmonica.
• Rare Early Blues Harp Recordings by Singers and Sidemen introduced by Joe Filisko.
• Rare Early Solo Instrumental Blues Harp Recordings introduced by Joe Filisko.
• Golden Age of the Harmonica on BBC Radio – 1950 to 1960
• Old Harmonica Favourites – Part 2 – Quartets, Trios, Duos and Soloists
• The Archivist’s Harmonica Archive Blog

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