PORT TOWNSEND — Participants will learn a series of standards on the harmonicas during the Port Townsend Harmonica Union Meeting from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. The jam and teaching will be at the Quaker ...

Evolved from the Chinese sheng, the harmonica debuted in the U.S. in the mid-1800s, finding its niche in the blues scene post World War II. Decades later, the compact music maker continues to find ...

Harmonica virtuoso Howard Levy found that by blowing a little too hard into his instrument, he could conjure notes it was never made to play. "And it freaked me out, I have to tell you," he says.