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English Traditional Harmonica Players

December 30, 2021January 21, 2022 Archie Uncategorized

Whilst there is a lot of information on the use of the harmonica in Scottish and Irish Traditional music, little has been written about its use in England. This reflects the lower profile of traditional music in England and the relative isolation of most of the harmonica/mouth organ players. Musicians usually use tremolo or diatonic […]

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Art Daane – harmonica performer and collector

January 30, 2021January 31, 2021 Archie Chromatic, Collector, Groups, Tributes

Art Daane, a unique and exceptional collector of harmonica music and information about the performers, died 23 January, 2021

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Max Geldray

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 Archie Chromatic, Documentary, Tributes

The First Harmonica Jazz Player – by Art M. Daane The Beginning. Max Geldray was born Max van Gelder in Amsterdam in 1916. It was not until 1932 that he first saw a chromatic harmonica; the shop owner offered it to him when he was taking refuge from a torrential rainstorm in his shop.By 1934 […]

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Jim Hughes “Live @ Stratford (UK)”, 1983

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Archie Chromatic, Concert

This concert was recorded by someone and a CD-R of the concert was found in the archive I got from John Bryan. This was the second annual convention of the independent National Harmonica League run at that time by John Walton. He had taken it over from Hohner in 1981 and it was run by […]

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Dror Adler – The Classical Project

November 11, 2020November 17, 2020 Archie Chromatic, Groups, Harmonicas

I originally published this article in Harmonica World in June 2006. I think it is worth including it here. Dror wrote: I have been a member of the Adler Trio since we formed it in 1963. Here is a little bit of history and the background that led to the recording of my new CD, […]

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Captain James Reilly, RMSM

May 19, 2020June 4, 2020 Archie 1 Comment Documentary, Tributes

Captain James Reilly, RMSM, was responsible for setting up the musical side of the Hohner HSB from 1935-55.- tuition books, music publishing, concerrts and the examination structure.

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Back to the Future – Skiffle and Blues Harp (1956)

April 28, 2020May 1, 2020 Archie Diatonic, Reviews, Tributes

Lonnie Donegan plays a 1956 skiffle track, ‘Roving Ramble’, with added blues harp from 2020

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THE HANDBOOK OF CHORD AND BASS HARMONICA

April 23, 2020February 18, 2022 Archie Chromatic, Documentary, Groups

by Gianandrea Pasquinelli – with contributions from Roger Trobridge, Steve Jennings, Pat Missin, Dror Adler, Al Smith and Brendan Power. This blog post gives links to information and media about the artists who are discussed in my introduction to the book written by Gianandrea. The Handbook of Chord and Bass Harmonica. Biography – Borrah Minevitch […]

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Borrah Minevitch & His Harmonica Rascals

April 23, 2020April 25, 2020 Archie 1 Comment Chromatic, Groups, Tributes

Biography of Borrah Minevitch and his Harmonica Rascals with Johnny Puleo,

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Larry Adler

April 23, 2020March 5, 2021 Archie 1 Comment Chromatic, Tributes

Biography of Larry Adler,his books, videos and recordings

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