Guitarist/Vocalist John Cephas and harmonica wizard Phil Wiggins were the greatest living African-American proponents of Piedmont Style Country Blues before John’s death on the 4th of March. Before ...

John Cephas, a guitarist and singer who kept the Piedmont blues style alive as part of the duo Cephas and Wiggins, died on Wednesday at his home in Woodford, Va. He was 78. Less celebrated than the ...

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 ...

JOHN CEPHAS & PHIL WIGGINS are both African-Americans musicians, born in Washington D.C. Since 1978, they've been an acoustic duo, featuring the East Coast 'Piedmont' style of blues, with John's ...

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., ...

A "Reflections of Life Celebration" service for John Dudley Cephas, offering musicians who knew the legendary Piedmont blues guitarist an opportunity to perform, will be held at noon Saturday in ...

Page Wilson, on his "Out O' the Blue Radio Revue" tomorrow night from 8 to 10 on WCVE (88.9 FM), will re-air two segments of a solo concert by John Cephas, the legendary Piedmont bluesman who died ...