Phil Wiggins, a blues harmonica virtuoso who embraced the jaunty Piedmont style and toured the world as part of a duo celebrating a distinctive musical form that was revived in clubs and impromptu ...

Over the last 30 years, this region has produced some of the most important Piedmont-style country blues artists, notably the late John Jackson and the guitar-harmonica duos of John Cephas and Phil ...

PIEDMONT — The harmonica is certainly no stranger in the blues world. But few play it quite like Big Harp George, of Piedmont. George Bisharat, aka Big Harp George, is making a name for himself with ...

For the past 25 years guitarist John Cephas and harmonica player Phil Wiggins have performed the blues to audiences throughout the world. The Washington, D.C., duo's music is in the tradition of the ...

Host Michel Martin sits down with musician Phil Wiggins for a performance chat. The blues harmonica legend was a longtime musical partner of guitarist John Cephas, who died in March. Wiggins is now ...

To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, we’re cataloging 25 objects that define the country’s history. Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” put the spotlight on the Mississippi Delta blues. But ...

PIEDMONT — In 1908, the first of some 15 million Model T Fords was created, conjuring a chaotic demand for rubber which, at the time, could only be sourced from a tree that grew in Brazil’s Amazon ...

A Hayti mural depicting bluesman John Dee Holeman and friends, painted by Emily Eve Weinstein and community volunteers. Photo by James Hill. John Locklear, who goes by the handle Lakota John, is a ...