Carlos del Junco

Carlos del Junco (born May 17, 1958) is a Cuban-Canadian harmonica player.

Career Del Junco was born in Cuba and moved to Canada with his family in 1959. He started to play harmonica when he was fourteen. He graduated from Ontario College of Art where he majored in sculpture.

He plays a ten-hole diatonic harmonica using an "overblow" technique developed by Howard Levy of Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. In November of that year he released his first album.

Accompanied by guitarist Jimmy Bowskill, he recorded the album Blues Etc. (2016) in his living room with a laptop computer. Best Blues Album nomination, Juno Awards, 1999 Best Blues Award, NOW magazine, 2007

Discography Blues (1993) with Bill Kinnear Big Road Blues (1995) with Thom Roberts Just Your Fool (1996) Big Boy (1999) Up and at 'Em (2001) Blues Mongrel (2005) Steady Movin' (2008) Mongrel Mash (2011) Blues Etc. (2016) with Jimmy Bowskill