“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 ...

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 ...

Picking up a new instrument can feel like a daunting undertaking. Learning to play is often time-consuming (especially if you never took lessons), not to mention the fact that many musical instruments ...