If you ask James Montgomery if he remembers playing the Shaboo inn in Willimantic back in the day — the legendary local club that closed in 1982 — he’ll hem and haw and scratch his head and say “The ...

The Center for the Arts is pleased to present Mark Hummel’s Harmonica Blowout in the Marisa Funk Theater on February 14, 2024. Mark Hummel’s Harmonica Blowout celebrates 31 years of touring in 2024.

It started innocently enough in 1991 at the Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center in Berkeley, California. Now, the Mark Hummel Blues Harmonica Blowout, an all-star collection of blues talent, is ...

Longtime East Bay blues harmonica performer Mark Hummel and his Blues Survivors will headline this Sunday’s Blues, Brews & BBQ festival in Washington Park on Alameda’s West End. Hummel says it’s the ...

SANTA CRUZ — Some strong winds will be blowing in Santa Cruz on Sunday. That won’t just be in the stormy weather the area is expected to receive but on the stage at Moe’s Alley where several ...

First as half of the duo Cephas and Wiggins and later on his own, he was one of the best-known musicians playing the style known as the Piedmont blues. By Clay Risen Phil Wiggins, a harmonica player ...