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Description

The harmonica tag identifies music prominently featuring the small, handheld reed instrument known for its expressive, wailing tone. Deeply rooted in blues, folk, and roots music traditions, the harmonica delivers both mournful bends and spirited riffs that convey raw emotion. Its portable nature and distinctive voice make it a signature sound in American vernacular music.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
54		1930	Jaybird Coleman	1927-1930	blues harmonica
18		1960	Little Walter	So Fine	blues harmonica
78		1963	Sonny Terry	Sonny Is King	blues harmonica singer-songwriter
66		1965	Sonny Boy Williamson	The Real Folk Blues	blues harmonica
30		1967	Sonny Terry	Sonny's Story	blues harmonica
59		1967	John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	A Sense Of Place	blues blues rock british classic rock harmonica rock
87		1967-03	Sonny Boy Williamson	Real Folk BluesMore Real Folk	blues harmonica
35		1968	Junior Wells	Hoodoo Man Blues	blues	karlsruhe # 17 harmonica blues # 85 chicago blues # 98
24		1968	Toots Thielemans	Images	harmonica
20		1969	John Mayall	The Turning Point	blues
61		1969	Carey Bell	Carey Bell's Blues Harp	blues harmonica
71		1969	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Keep on Moving	harmonica
10		1970	Sonny Boy Williamson	Bluebird Blues - When The Sun Goes Down Series	blues harmonica
90		1971	Jimmy Reed	Ain't That Lovin' You Baby	electric blues harmonica harmonica blues lo-fi rhythm and blues	electric blues # 86 harmonica blues # 97
6		1972	Charlie McCoy	Classic Country: Charlie McCoy	country harmonica
72		1972	Little Walter	Boss Blues Harmonica	blues harmonica
92		1973	Big Walter Horton	Big Walter Horton with Carey Bell	blues harmonica	chicago blues # 77
53		1976	Lee Oskar	Lee Oskar	harmonica
14		1979	Billy Boy Arnold	Checkin' It Out	blues harmonica
74		1984	Sonny Terry	Whoopin'	blues harmonica
82		1985	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Volume III		accordion # 84 slide guitar # 86
83		1987	Sonny Terry	Sonny & Brownie	blues harmonica
36		1988	Lazy Lester	Harp and Soul	blues	harmonica blues # 51
42		1988	Lazy Lester	Harp & Soul	blues	harmonica blues # 53
33		1990	Toots Thielemans	Footprints	harmonica jazz
40		1990	Little Walter	Blues With A Feelin'	blues harmonica
52		1990	Sonny Boy Williamson	Keep It To Ourselves	blues harmonica
62		1990	Little Walter	Little Walter	blues
2		1990	James Cotton, Junior Wells, Carey Bell & Billy Branch	Harp Attack!
1		1990-06-12	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	Back to New Orleans	blues harmonica
70		1992	Toots Thielemans	The Brasil Project	jazz harmonica
63		1993	Larry Carlton	Renegade Gentleman	blues fusion guitar virtuoso harmonica instrumental jazz oldies organ piano smooth jazz	organ # 65
77		1993	Billy Boy Arnold	Back Where I Belong	blues chicago blues harmonica	chicago blues # 76
96		1993	The Dead Milkmen	Not Richard, But Dick
25		1993-10-01	Bob Margolin	Down in the Alley	blues blues rock chicago blues harmonica harmonica blues	chicago blues # 39 harmonica blues # 71
81		1994	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells	Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play The Blues	blues blues rock chicago blues harmonica	chicago blues # 78
5		1994	Brendan Power	New Irish Harmonica	harmonica
22		1994	Sonny Boy Williamson	I Ain't Beggin' Nobody	blues harmonica
38		1994	Lazy Lester	I'm a Lover Not a Fighter	blues harmonica
86		1994	Carey Bell	Heartaches and Pain	blues harmonica
89		1994	Charlie Musselwhite	The Harmonica According To Charlie Musselwhite	blues harmonica
45		1995	Sugar Blue	In Your Eyes	blues harmonica
47		1995	Cephas & Wiggins	Cool Down	blues harmonica
69		1995	Carey Bell	Mellow Down Easy	blues harmonica
85		1995	Carey Bell	Harpslinger	blues harmonica
28		1997-06-17	Little Walter	His Best	blues	chicago blues # 42
31		1998	The Dubliners	Best of the Dubliners [Epic/Legacy]	banjo celtic harmonica irish male vocalists oldies	banjo # 55
9		1998	Mojo Buford	State Of The Blues Harp	harmonica
13		1999	Jean-Jacques Milteau	bastille blues	blues french harmonica harmonica blues instrumental jazz	harmonica blues # 65
26		1999	Paul Delay	Mark Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowouts	blues harmonica harmonica blues	harmonica blues # 72
100		1999	Baz Luhrmann	Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)	harmonica
97		2000-08-22	Jeff Kashiwa	Another Door Opens	fusion harmonica instrumental oldies	fusion # 9
75		2001	Joe Hill Louis	Boogie In The Park	blues harmonica harmonica blues	harmonica blues # 92
50		2001	Jean-Jacques Milteau	Memphis	blues harmonica
84		2001	Toots Thielemans	Bluesette	jazz
23		2002	Sonny Terry	Blowin' The Blues	blues harmonica
58		2002	Sonny Boy Williamson	Real Folk Blues	blues harmonica
95		2002	Otis Taylor	Respect The Dead	blues
16		2002	Sonny Boy Williamson	The Blues Makers, Natural Blues II
48		2002-09-17	Cephas & Wiggins	Somebody Told the Truth	blues harmonica
91		2003	Rapalje	Rakish Paddies	celtic folk harmonica irish scottish traditional	scottish # 17 traditional # 79
44		2003-06-10	Kim Wilson	Lookin' For Trouble!	blues harmonica harmonica blues	harmonica blues # 77
80		2004	Carey & Lurrie Bell	Second Nature	blues harmonica
98		2004-09-21	Charlie Robison	Good Times	acoustic alt-country americana country harmonica soundtrack
49		2005	Carlos Del Junco	Blues Mongrel	blues harmonica
93		2005	Delbert McClinton	Cost of Living	blues country harmonica
41		2005-10-18	Billy Boy Arnold	Consolidated Mojo	blues chicago blues harmonica	chicago blues # 50
88		2005-11-23	新居昭乃	Sora No Uta	breakbeat chaotic hardcore contemporary folk diy drone gangsta rap german germany gothic rock grindcore harmonica idm improvisation indie folk japanese rock jazz rock krautrock male vocalists mashup meditation minnesota ndw norway norwegian nouvelle scene francaise oldies power pop reggaeton schlager speedcore techno trap	schlager # 4 contemporary folk # 16 germany # 37 mashup # 37 chaotic hardcore # 52 japanese rock # 55 ndw # 71 speedcore # 72 nouvelle scene francaise # 77 improvisation # 79 diy # 81 minnesota # 91
8		2006	Jason Ricci & New Blood	Blood on the Road	blues harmonica harmonica blues karlsruhe	harmonica blues # 63
56		2006	Mark Hummel	Ain't Easy No More	blues harmonica harmonica blues jazz	harmonica blues # 83
21		2006-02-07	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	An Introduction To Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	blues harmonica
37		2007	Jason Ricci & New Blood	Rocket Number 9	blues harmonica harmonica blues karlsruhe	karlsruhe # 18 harmonica blues # 75
67		2007	The Silent Comedy	Sunset Stables	banjo dance folk harmonica	banjo # 81
19		2007	The Rhythm Junks	Pop Off	blues harmonica
57		2007-04-17	Carey & Lurrie Bell	Gettin' Up: Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, Rosa and Lurrie's Home
55		2008	Jean-Jacques Milteau	Soul Conversation	blues french harmonica harmonica blues instrumental jazz	harmonica blues # 81
94		2008	Charlie Musselwhite	Stand Back!	blues harmonica
51		2008-06-24	Robin Rogers	Treat Me Right	acoustic acoustic blues blues female vocalists harmonica harp	harp # 42 acoustic blues # 55
11		2008-08-29	志方あきこ	Umineko no Naku Koro ni Theme Song	breakbeat chaotic hardcore contemporary folk diy gangsta rap gothic rock grindcore harmonica improvisation indie folk industrial japanese rock krautrock male vocalists mashup minnesota ndw norway norwegian nouvelle scene francaise nu metal oldies reggaeton schlager speedcore techno trap	diy # 15 ndw # 18 improvisation # 30 nouvelle scene francaise # 39 minnesota # 69
68		2009-09-07	Dawn Landes	Sweetheart Rodeo	harmonica
39		2010	Rapalje	Live Album 2	celtic fiddle folk harmonica irish scottish traditional	fiddle # 61
76		2010	Kenny Neal	Hooked On Your Love	blues blues rock female vocalists guitar virtuoso harmonica harmonica blues louisiana swedish	louisiana # 93 harmonica blues # 93
43		2010-02-25	John Micah Rapp	February Themes by John Micah Rapp	anti-folk chillout drum and bass harmonica instrumental meditation minimalism stoner rock	anti-folk # 51
99		2010-10-08	Raunchy	A Discord Electric	harmonica industrial metal metalcore
65		2010-11-22	Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds	Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds	brooklyn funk harmonica rock soul	brooklyn # 34
3		2011-08-13	志方あきこ	lirica ～Orgel Arrange Mini Album～	ambient breakbeat celtic chaotic hardcore classical dark ambient darkwave ethereal gangsta rap gothic rock grindcore harmonica improvisation indie folk instrumental male vocalists mashup medieval folk neoclassical new age norway norwegian rac	medieval folk # 17 improvisation # 26
7		2012	Billy Boy Arnold	Billy Boy Sings Sonny Boy	blues harmonica
12		2012-02-08	Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds	Pound of Dirt	brooklyn funk harmonica rock soul
29		2012-03-11	Asaf Avidan	Avidan In A Box	blues rock folk harmonica
46		2015-12-01	The Uplifting Bell Ends	SUPER GIANT	alternative ambient harmonica lo-fi recorder stoner rock	recorder # 95
4		2023	Various Artists	Crucial Harmonica Blues	blues harmonica
64		2023	Various Artists	Inspiration - 22 Great Harmonica Performances	harmonica
17		2023-05-19	The Murlocs	Calm Ya Farm	country rock blues
60		2024	James Cotton	Giant	harmonica
15			Sonny Boy Williamson II	King Biscuit Time	blues	harmonica blues # 67
27			志方あきこ	Byakumu no Mayu ～Ricordando il passato～	breakbeat chaotic hardcore contemporary folk diy gangsta rap gothic rock grindcore harmonica improvisation indie folk industrial instrumental japanese rock krautrock male vocalists mashup minnesota ndw norway norwegian nouvelle scene francaise nu metal oldies reggaeton schlager speedcore techno trap	japanese rock # 9 ndw # 26 diy # 29 improvisation # 38 nouvelle scene francaise # 46 minnesota # 75
32			Sonny Boy Williamson II	Sonny Boy Williamson & The Yardbirds (Live)	harmonica harmonica blues rhythm and blues	harmonica blues # 74
34			The Deep Kicks	E.P.	acoustic alternative blues chillout folk harmonica harp pop rock singer-songwriter soul	harp # 26
73			Real de Catorce	Al Rojo	blues electric blues harmonica harmonica blues	electric blues # 81 harmonica blues # 91
79			Real de Catorce	Contraley	blues electric blues harmonica harmonica blues	electric blues # 83 harmonica blues # 94
			The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	folk

Related genres

• blues
• folk
• harmonica blues
• instrumental
• acoustic
• blues rock
• rock
• jazz
• male vocalists
• pop