The gift Miles Guzman got for his 13th birthday would outline the trajectory of the rest of his life. A simple $10 harmonica. Guzman, who grew up in Loveland, says he decided he wanted to be a blues ...

My harmonica lesson is squeezed in between those for students far shorter and far younger than me, so waiting my turn is a weekly reminder not to aim for an octave I’m unlikely to reach. It’s not that ...

Have you ever wanted to learn how to play a harmonica? You can during a two-day Beginning Blues Harmonica Workshop. Texas guitarist and harmonica player Hamilton Loomis will teach classes from 6 to 9 ...

Hamilton Loomis plays the harmonica. The musician will teach a beginner’s harmonica class in Wichita next weekend. Natalia Claus Courtesy No experience necessary. You don’t have to have any musical ...

Even the young get the blues, and thanks to the Topeka Blues Society and the Mulvane Art Fair, about a dozen area youngsters learned Saturday how to express their emotional doldrums in a way more ...

Loomis has been releasing albums and touring the world with his brand of Texas blues for more than a decade. A guitar protege of Bo Diddley, Loomis is also a highly regarded blues harmonica player and ...