Collegian Venues - your weekend starts here
  Collegian Chronicles



Get a deal with Daily Collegian Coupon Corner
  The Digital Collegian - Published independently by students at Penn State
ARTS
[ Friday, March 19, 1999 ]

Cephas and Wiggins to visit HUB

Students looking for a little relaxation may find it listening to Piedmont blues musicians Cephas & Wiggins at 10 p.m. tomorrow in the HUB Gallery Lounge.

John Cephas and Phil Wiggins form an acoustic guitar and harmonica duo that has contributed to a country blues revival in the United States.

The duo was awarded two W.C. Handy Awards (the "Grammy of the blues community") in 1987 for its first domestic album "Dog Days of August" and named "Blues Entertainers of the Year." Cephas also won the National Heritage Fellowship Award or Living Treasure Award in 1989 from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Cephas & Wiggins' sound, which the Chicago Tribune described as "down-home, traditional country blues delivered with feeling," is captured on the duo's latest album, COOL DOWN -- a mixture of six original songs and cover songs of legendary blues artists such as Blind Lemon Jefferson and Merle Travis.

-- by Jaimee Abbott

 

Send an Opinion Letter to the Editor about this article.


   





TOP  HOME
Blogs  About  Contact Us  Back Issues  Advertising 

Copyright © 2008 Collegian Inc.
Updated: Tuesday, September 30, 2003  11:09:30 PM  -4
Requested: Saturday, September 06, 2008  6:41:54 PM  -4
Created: Wednesday, May 07, 2008  6:26:16 PM  -4