Guest Writer Don DeStefano
Don DeStefano is a Connecticut-based harmonica player and vintage amp afficionado. His blues and R&B band The Bernadettes plays throughout New England, and they’re well worth the trip. Don has agreed to share some of his wisdom about things electronic with our visitors, and we’re…
Carlos del Junco
Toronto-based Carlos del Junco began playing harmonica in his teens. del Junco plays the ten hole diatonic harmonica, using both standard and altered tunings, and is one of the leading disciples and exponents of Howard Levy’s “overblowing” approach to chromatic technique on the diatonic harmonica.
Dennis Gruenling’s Favorite (Harmonica) Things
Dennis Gruenling is a rising young star in blues harmonica. His major influences include George “Harmonica” Smith, whose West Coast swing style and fat amped tone resonates in much of Dennis’s playing, and swing saxophonists such as Lester Young and Ben Webster. Dennis’s sound is…
Here's How to Fatten a Fender Deluxe for Harp
Members of the Harp-L List regularly ask how they can achieve a “Chicago” style sound when using the PA system as the main amplifier for harmonica. This page offers a few solutions that have been tested and proved to work.
Breathing Exercises for Beginners (and anyone else)
Note: this information was originally published in a post to Harp-L in 1996. Recent posts to the list have requested breathing exercises. Three that have worked well for me are described below. 1) The purpose of this exercise is to give the player a “feel”…
Brendan Power: How to Play Irish Music on the Chromatic Harp
Brendan Power, as visitors to this site know, is a remarkable stylist on both diatonic and chromatic harmonicas, many of which he modifies and retunes to meet the requirements of his traditional and modern repertoire. Power plays a wide range of material — Irish jigs,…
Brendan Power’s Favorite (Harmonica) Things
London-based diatonic and chromatic harmonica master Brendan Power has forged a remarkable style on both diatonic and chromatic harmonicas, many of which he modifies and retunes to meet the requirements of his traditional and modern repertoire. Power plays a wide range of material — Irish…
Robert Bonfiglio’s Favorite (Harmonica) Things
New York-based Robert Bonfiglio is the leading classical harmonica virtuoso on the planet, and the guy with the best shot right now at establishing the harmonica as a legitimate instrument for Western art music. He has been called "the Paganini of the Harmonica" by The…
Ted Van Beek on the Hering Seductora
Ted van Beek’s reviews of double-reed harmonicas are well worth a look if you’re considering buying one of these unusual instruments. Here’s Ted’s take on the Hering Seductora.
Ted Van Beek on the Hering Vencedora
Ted van Beek’s reviews of double-reed harmonicas are well worth a look if you’re considering buying one of these unusual instruments. Here’s Ted’s take on the Hering Vencedora.
