Video of the day 23 July 2012: Brendan Power, “Good Time Tonight”
Brendan Power has been working with loops and FX for years, and he keeps finding new ways to use both. Here he's singing and playing the harp through the TC Helicon Voicelive, and the automatic pitch correction produces some very cool trills on the harp...
Video of the Day 9 July 2012: Richard Hunter performs Morphine’s “Early to Bed”
This is a VERY rough video of my solo performance of Morphine's "Early to Bed" at the Timberline Cafe in Victor, Idaho, USA on Friday, 6 July, 2012. How rough is it? Well, the video is blurry and washed out, and the drummer for the...
July 2 2012: 5 Days Left to Help Brandon Bailey Fund His New Album!
Brandon Bailey is one of the most exciting artists out there for anyone who's into the harmonica. In addition to playing cool stuff on the harp, he's a killer singer and songwriter with a very personal approach to loop-based composition and performance. Brandon wrote us...
Video of the Day 21 June 2012: Rick Epping with “The Unwanted”
I arrived in Dublin yesterday, in time to catch traditional harmonica virtuoso Rick Epping with his trio "The Unwanted" at the Dublin Love Live Music festival tonight. I was told that the show was at the Temple Bar, which turns out to be the name...
16 June 2012: Here’s a sample or two of what I’ll be doing at SPAH
I’m doing a seminar at SPAH this year on the topic of layering your loops with FX. it’s going to be a lot of fun. I wish, of course, that I could tell you what day and time this seminar will be conducted at SPAH,…
Video of the Day 29 May 2012: Bart van Strien, old-time harmonica
Bart van Strien is based in the Netherlands. I never heard of him before he wrote to Harp-L to point to these videos. He plays old-time music real good, dunnhe? "Sandy Boys" is in 2nd position on a standard D harp, "Give the Fiddler a...
A few photos with Charlie Musselwhite at Infinity Hall
I’ve uploaded a few photos of me hanging out and playing with Charlie Musselwhite at Infinity Hall in Norfolk, CT on April 29, 2012. I had a lot of fun that night. You can see the photos here.
Video of the Day 16 May 2012: In Memoriam, Donald “Duck” Dunn
RIP Donald Dunn. I grew up on Duck Dunn's records with Booker T and lots of other great R&B acts. So did a lot of other people. So will more people in future. I didn't remember until Rob Paparozzi pointed it out on Harp-L that...
Help Scott Albert Johnson Make His Second Record Bigger and Better!
We did a post on Scott Albert Johnson’s second CD project, which he’s funding via KickStarter, a few weeks ago. His first attempt to raise the necessary funding failed, but he came back with a revised (and lower-priced) project plan, and this time he succeeded!…
Video of the day 14 May 2012: Steve “West” Weston
Steve Weston is London-based, and as this video shows, he knows his Chicago blues. The nine-plus minutes in this video include a lengthy Little Walter-styled uptempo boogie, plus parts of two other pieces. It appears at first glance that Weston is accompanied by guitar and...
