Hear Brandon Bailey perform two songs live in the NPR studio. The harmonica is a staple of American blues, beginning with the Memphis jug bands of the 1920s. In the 1960s, blues-influenced artists ...
“Classic Harmonica Blues,” out on May 21, features 20 tracks by the blues’ greatest harmonica players. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings In the early 20th-century, southern black ...
Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. In the summer of 1963, a strange record by a 12-year-old boy who’d already racked up a string of ...
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