Happy New Year 2010
It's an event which has been happening since the birth of humanity, with the same scenario occuring on the last stroke of midnight, where ever on earth people are standing at that moment, near the Fontane di Trevi, the Corcovado, the Grand Canyon or on the Champs Elysées decorated with millions of incandescent lights. Read more ...

Automn rendez-vous in the Black Forest
Back in the past… We are in the heart of this legendary forest at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
A family is having its daily dinner when a peddler knocks at the door ; his high figure stands out against the entrance framework, holding a solid stick in his hand, carrying a huge wicker basket on his back, he proclaims : “God bless this house”, instantly the father answers by the traditional saying : “God bless you, come in and bring us happiness”. Read more ...

Automn rendez-vous in tne Black Forest
Back in the past… We are in the heart of this legendary forest at the beginning of the nineteenth century…
A family is having its daily dinner when a peddler knocks at the door ; his high figure stands out against the entrance framework, holding a solid stick in his hand, carrying a huge wicker basket on his back, he proclaims : “God bless this house”, instantly the father answers by the traditional saying : “God bless you, come in and bring us happiness”. Read more ...

The taste of Others
June 21st... That day is a gift ! One more time, I have had the great pleasure to take part in the “Music Fest Day” with the Mirajazz Quintet, in the Paris mythical area of Saint Germain des Prés, in a café just across the legendary cabaret “La rose Rouge” (1946-1974), full of souvenirs, souvenir Read more ...

Reeds and Stars
The great international French singer Alain Bashung died of cancer a week ago.
I remember him during his last TV Music Awards appearance, it was at the beginning of March. At the end of his last piece, he plaid harmonica with an incredible sensibility ; it was a great moment of emotion. Read more ...

New Year's Eve 2009
The times are changing and that’s well. The Three Wise Men of the New year’s Eve are the opportune perfect demonstration of this movement...
The times are changing, everywhere around the world. The Harmonica Planet can only be delighted about i Read more ...

Sublime Voice
"Back in the Past" ... We are in China, in the 27th century BC, under the reign of the emperor Houang-Ti, the "Yellow King", who lived, according to the legendary history, from 2697 to 2597 B Read more ...

Solstice in Music
What's better than a tradition ? Every year, summer is coming with its procession of events and entertainements of which people never get tired of. The summer solstice on June the 21st is the longest day of the year. Read more ...

April Spring Fever
It is interesting to notice that in many different countries, the first days of April are celebrated by the same sort of events : days of foolishness and tricks.

The 1st of April is in France the day of “Poissons d’Avril” (April fishes) when French children used to fix a fish drawing to the back of their schoolmates, shouting “Poisson d’Avril” when the prank is discovered. Read more ...

Happy New Year 2008
PLANETS

Once upon a time, two planets lost in the Universe infinity, two specks of dust in our galaxy.
One is the Earth. It's already known that its length of life is estimated to five billions years !
After reading those lines as an introduction, you must have already guessed the name of the second planet. Read more ...

Autumn on the Web
It is often said that humanity has been going through three great cultural revolutions since the beginning of our era. Without forgetting all the preceeding human great steps, just before blowing out our second autumn anniversary candles, let's consider these events to see what might be of concern to us, harmonica players. Read more ...

The Music Day
Welcome to the Music Day. Winds coming from everywhere are blowing on the web like messengers opening a large range of discoveries and announcing favourable unexpected meetings. For example we are discovering that Bruce Willis will take part this summer in a chromatic masterclass organized by Robert Bonfiglio in Copake, New York state. Read more ...

It's Spring Time !!
Spring time is here, flowers are blooming everywhere and birds are singing, flying high in the blue sky. It's time to rejoice and to celebrate in harmony with the nature revival.
Before all the Summer events, let's announce the Spring ones. Read more ...

Happy New Year 2007
Time is going by so quickly... 2006 is already the past. Memories, memories... We must look towards the future and the New Year 2007 is already promising events of which we'll talk here very soon. Let's be confident in the flow of time which sometimes brings good surpri Read more ...

Autumn leaves...
Autumn leaves... the wind is brushing them over the web. This is a good sign announcing an intense activity in the harmonicist world, for the end of this year 2006.
Being seven months old, our site is very happy of the numerous visits from people from everywhere in the world : people from 61 different countrie Read more ...

Jean Labre's letter
We are the 21st of June and in France as in other countries it is the Music Fete.This is for me to send you this first letter.
Our website is four months old and is visited, we could nearly say,by people from everywhere. Read more ...

Welcome on Jean Labre's website !
Times are changing and I give up today my participation to the « France Harmonica » website. I’ll devote myself, from now on, to the « JeanLabre.com » site, with always the same objective : to keep you informed about the international life of our multifaceted instrument. Read more ...