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Top Harp Gigs In Brighton: Aki Kumar, Dave Ferguson, Joe Filisko

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Wilf

Let the four winds blow, let ‘em blow, let ‘em blow Well the Good Doctor and Stomping Stu from the local allotments have been busy organising visitations from a few of their favourite overseas harp slingers this summer. Check out the … Continue reading →

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Harp Surgery Challenge

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Wilf

Calling all harps! Now that the Christmas and New Year celebrations are behind us, even for our funky Spanish neighbours with all their Three Kings business (we love you), the folks down here at the Surgery have been checking out a … Continue reading →

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Country Harping With The Rolling Stones – Sweet Virginia [..with tab]

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Wilf

Wadin’ through the waste stormy winter Fifty years on, old big lips and the gang are back on stage delivering their special brand of rock’n’roll. And we still like it! Coincidentally, we got a call from our good friend Gordon Russell, … Continue reading →

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Harmonica Mid-Winter Festival: Sat 2.Feb 2013, Brighton & Hove (UK)

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Wilf

HARPIN’ BY THE SEA - WE’RE BACK FOR OUR THIRD ANNUAL HARMONICA FESTIVAL! Sat 2. Feb 2013 11.00am-11.00pm  The Brunswick, Holland Road, Hove, BN3 1JF Harpin’ By The Sea, with support from the National Harmonica League, is hosting it’s third annual Harmonica Day to … Continue reading →

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Joe Filisko – The Brunswick, Hove, Thu 26.July 2012

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Wilf

Harpin’ By The Sea presents… Once again, ahead of his tenure at this year’s Blues Week in Northampton, Joe Filisko will be making a one-night-only appearance on the UK’s South Coast. JOE FILISKO,  plus Goofer Dust Thursday 26th July 2012 … Continue reading →

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Spring Harmonica Festival 2011 (UK)

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Wilf

NHL Spring Festival 2011 The National Harmonica League (NHL) Spring Festival will take on 7 May 2011 at The Stables Theatre in Wavendon, Milton Keynes, 10am to 5pm, with Jam Session 8.45 to 11pm. Tickets are £26.00 each (£16.00 NHL members) … Continue reading →

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Mountain Of Love – Brixton Windmill, London, 18.Feb 2011

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Wilf

Way down below, there’s a half a million people Otis, the Harp Surgery’s Postman, delivered a lovely letter this morning from our harp friend Piers Marsh, inviting us to see his new band at the Brixton Windmill on 18.Feb 2011. Their name … Continue reading →

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Gary Moore 1952-2011

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Wilf

I’m tired of prosperity, I’m tired of luck *** STOP PRESS *** Gary Moore Tribute Radio: BHCR 17:00 (UK) Fri 11.Mar Gary Moore Tribute Night: Brunswick Pub, Hove, Fri 25.Mar (Procedes to Chestnut Tree Childrens Hospice)  Harp Surgery would like … Continue reading →

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The Toot Suite

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Wilf

Where junior harp players make music Some of our Harp Surgery visitors may be wondering why the children’s Toot Suite menu has disappeared. The answer is, it now has its very own domain. The Toot Suite site has become the home of music, news and trivia … Continue reading →

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A Postcard From Scandinavia

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Wilf

..or when is a harmonica not a harmonica? Sometimes it is important to take a complete break from the everyday, including the harmonica. A holiday should promote a renewed sense of perspective and a fresh appetite. Which is possibly the true meaning of recreation. And so it is, that not … Continue reading →

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