Sometimes, it’s really hard to remember. That could be because the subject at hand is so difficult you don’t want to embrace it again. Or it could be because the subject is so far in the past that ...

Following the success of his debut release on Verdict Music earlier this year with “Devil’s In The Delta,” American Bluesman Kenny Neal has teamed up with jazz/gospel performer Quiana Lynell and ...

As the frontman for Old Crow Medicine Show, Ketch Secor has proudly carried the flag for the beauty and charm of old-time music while giving it a modern-sounding edge. Secor and his bandmates revel in ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Lee Oskar looks to his family's - and his - challenging past on new record. Credit: Photo © Michael Bruce/Courtesy of Lee Oskar Productions It was in December 1944 ...

For his new record, She Said Mahalo (available September 15 on his own Dreams We Share label), the mood is much lighter, joyous, and buoyant on the 10 instrumental tracks. And while Oskar’s harmonica ...

EVERETT — Suddenly, it’s 1975 again. “Low Rider” erupts from the harmonica of a hipster with thick curly brown hair and blue tinted specs. It sounds just like the way Lee Oskar played it. What’s up ...

EVERETT, Wash — For even longer than he's been playing the harmonica, Lee Oskar, co-founder of the seminal 70's funk band War ("Low Rider, "Why Can't We Be Friends"), has been a visual artist.

EVERETT — This is no “Spill the Wine” party song. “Never Forget,” the latest album by harmonica virtuoso Lee Oskar, formerly of the funk-rock fusion band War, is the Danish musician’s memoir as a ...

On the instrumental album “She Said Mahalo,” Lee Oskar plays funk, reggae, a lullaby and more, all while using less than a dozen harmonicas. The harp virtuoso known for being a founding member of the ...