Cephas and Wiggins: RICHMOND BLUES

In Richmond Blues, guitarist-singer John Cephas and his harmonica-player partner Phil Wiggins personify the century-old blues sound of the Piedmont, the Appalachian foothills running from Richmond to Atlanta. Drawing from roots of ragtime, ballads, country, old-time string band, rhythm and blues, and more, Richmond Blues is a musical roadmap of the Virginia Piedmont tradition. While Cephas calls it "part of my heritage, part of my soul," their sound is at the same time distinctly modern, a kind of "urban acoustic blues."

1 Richmond Blues
2 Going to the River
3 Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
4 Black Rat Swing
5 Mamie
6 Crow Jane
7 Dog Days of August
8 John Henry
9 Pigmeat Crave
10 Prison Bound Blues
11 Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
12 Careless Love
13 Great Change
14 Reno Factor
15 Step It Up and Go
16 Step It Up and Go