In a Blue Mood

Trix Blues Reissues Here are four more releases from the reactivated Trix label. The albums by Big Chief Ellis, Honeyboy Edwards and Willie ...

Cephas and Wiggins Cool Down Alligator John Cephas and Phil Wiggins are perhaps the premier acoustic duo in the blues today, and they certai...

Sweet Bitter Blues: Washington DC's Homemade Blues Phil Wiggins and Frank Matheis 2020: University of Mississippi Press: 286 pp It is ...

Cephas & Wiggins Homemade Alligator Records  I’m sure many of your are already familiar with the talents of John Cephas, one of to...

As Jeff Place, who with Barry Lee Pearson compiled Classic Appalachian Blues (Smithsonian-Folkways) states, the ‘Classic’ series on Smit...

I had the privilege of knowing that late John Cephas as well as Phil Wiggins who were cornerstone’s of the Washington DC and vicinity blues ...

Living in the Washington DC area, I have had the pleasure of knowing the late John Cephas and Phil Wiggins. Phil Wiggins met Cephas at a Smi...

2009-0329_John_Cephas_Celebration-295 Originally uploaded by NoVARon I was among those attending the celebration of the life of John Cephas...

Sunday July 27 will be a treat for Washington DC blues lovers as Washington native Michael Roach along with harmonica wiz Johnny Mars are be...

This is a slightly updated review that origianlly appeared in 2002 in the DC Blues Calendar. Like Cephas & Wiggins other Alligator CDs i...