More than a quarter century has passed, but John Cephas can remember hearing his musical partner Phil Wiggins play harmonica for him the first time as if it had happened yesterday. "His playing was so ...

John Cephas, 78, the blues singer and guitarist who preserved the folk blues traditions of southwestern Virginia's Piedmont region, died of a pulmonary embolism March 4 at his home in Woodford, Va., ...

Cephas and Wiggins will bring an evening of upbeat country Piedmont blues to the Gravity Lounge at 8 p.m. Saturday. Guitarist and vocalist John Cephas and harmonica player and vocalist Phil Wiggins ...

For those not familiar with Cephas & Wiggins, John Cephas and Phil Wiggins are — quite simply — the finest acoustic blues duo in the world. Heralded masters of Piedmont blues, which Cephas grew up on ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. With the passing of Phil Wiggins, we’ve lost a master musician and visionary who gracefully carried traditional blues across the generations. The ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...