Juzzie Smith plays Bluesberry Jam

This is a video of Australian one-manband, Juzzie Smith.  I love this guy.  His tone is so rugged and edgy and he mixes it beautifully with whatever else he happens to be playing at the time to make a sweet,

Music that inspires (and is not the Blues)

The diatonic harmonica is an instrument with the potential to make divine music, and yet I believe it is trapped in a world of blues, rock, and country because that is what has come before us so that’s what we

Morning harmonica joy…

One of the things I look forward to most when I get out of bed every morning is the few minutes I will get to play the harmonica on the subway platform as I await my train.  It has become

A wedding song to remember…

“Un-be-LIEVABLE!” That is how my performance this past Saturday at my wedding was described to me by a musician friend.  I will accept a measure of credit, certainly, but the harmonica, itself was the secret star of the evening.  My