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Podcast: Seriously...
Episode: Suck It and See
Description: Grammy Award-Winning songwriter Amy Wadge fell in love with the harmonica after winning one in a fancy dress competition (she was dressed in a bin liner!). Now she investigates the history and potential of the diatonic instrument, a European the toy which in the hands of expert players became the iconic sound of the Mississippi Delta and the Chicago Blues. Not bad for what was originally a child's toy produced then, as now, in Germany!As music historian Christoph Wagner explains, the very first example of the instrument goes back to Vienna. But millions would soon find...