Discover how the Harmonica Parkinson's Project uses music to aid speech and connectivity for patients and caregivers.

Neal Tomita, 79, plays the harmonica during a virtual class for people with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners. (Mengshin Lin/For The Washington Post) Harmonica lessons could be helping ...

The Hawaiʻi Parkinson Association is offering free harmonica lessons to help individuals with Parkinson’s improve speech and motor skills, with an upcoming walk at Magic Island to fund such ...

One of the most versatile harmonica players in pop history is Stevie Wonder, shown here in Paris in 1963 at age 13. Charley Ley / Mirrorpix Many harmonica histories begin around 1100 B.C. with the ...

For a specific generation of Koreans, playing the harmonica is a reminder of their youth and their home -- whereas not playing the harmonica for decades reminds them of what they left behind to pursue ...

There are myriad reasons why playing music is one of the most enjoyable and spiritually beneficial things to do on earth. Melody, rhythm and lyric are but three glorious aims. One drawback to playing ...

About 500 harmonica players have descended onto the San Antonio River Walk for a convention with a single purpose: preserve and promote the fading use of harmonica in popular music. Harmonica ...

Don't be fooled by the harmonica. Sure, more musically inclined cowboys used to whip 'em out around the campfire, and cultures from Eastern to Western and everything in between have laced their ...

He’s best known for adding his soulful harmonica to some of the greatest songs in country music like “Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and “I Was Country When ...

Among the harmonica’s many wonderful and unique traits, there is this: You have to really suck to be good at it. As one of America’s finest and busiest harmonica players, Denver’s Ronnie Shellist ...

Over a year of consistent practice and hard work, only the best 14 or so qualified to play during the Stanley Cup playoffs. This elite group didn’t feature burly defensemen or history-making scorers ...

Hello. I am harmonica player Satoru Hiramatsu. In Tadami, I rent a community center to hold harmonica lessons. The "Harmonica ...