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Post with harmonica music content of different styles and instruments such as chromatic, tremolo, blues harp and chord, bass and harmonetta in groups.

Harmonica Christmas Stocking Fillers

December 24, 2015December 18, 2016 Archie Christmas, Chromatic, Diatonic, Music Uploads, Playlist

This extra Collection is made up of contributions sent in by artists like Will Galison, Madcat Ruth, Mike Caldwell, A J Fedor… and recordings that did not quite make it into the earlier Collections. As the title suggests, it covers many styles and even a bit of tremolo. It should have a few surprises just […]

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Norman Ives’ Introduction to the Harmonica.

August 17, 2015June 30, 2017 Archie Chromatic, Diatonic, Music Uploads, Playlist

Norman Ives died in 2015. This collection is from the wide range of blues, rock, ballads, country, and international harmonica music which he sold on cassettes in the 1990s. These tapes introduced me, and many others, to the potential of the harmonica. This is a tribute to Norman, who introduces the first track. He had […]

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Old Harmonica Favourites – Part 1 – Quartets, Trios, Duos and Soloists

August 8, 2015January 29, 2020 Archie Chromatic, Collector, Playlist

These popular harmonica group favourites from the 1940s and 50s are from a large collection of recordings assembled by John Bryan (1924-2014) who built up contacts and friendships around the world who exchanged music with him. This broadcast covers tracks from many groups and soloists. Some of the tunes are from the period of the […]

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