Rediscovered during the folk revival of the late 1950s, ‘60s, and ‘70s, the Piedmont blues had an enormous influence on many of the most widely recorded British and American musicians of the late 20th ...

The Piedmont blues is music birthed out of suffering. Piedmont blues is a musical style that grew up around the tobacco factories and warehouses of Durham, N.C., in the 1920s and '30s. At that time, ...

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John Jackson, 77, one of the last masters of the so-called Piedmont style of blues singing and guitar picking, who was recognized in 1986 as a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for ...

Her music reflects the country’s history. She mixes Appalachian folk, Piedmont blues, soul, R&B, and traditional Native American rhythms. It also reflects her Cherokee, Choctaw, African and European ...

LAURENS, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The excitement is growing as the first-ever Piedmont Blues & Roots Music Festival is set to happen. Downtown Laurens will be on display for many to see. This event ...

Warner Williams, a Piedmont blues guitar master whose seemingly limitless repertoire spanned country music and pop standards, died Sept. 19 at a nursing home in Gaithersburg, Md. He was 91. The cause ...

pocahontas county, w.va. – The Pocahontas County Opera House will continue its 25th season with a special performance by the Piedmont Blūz Acoustic Duo on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. Valerie and Benedict Turner, ...

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PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — Blues musician Willie Dixon once said, “The Blues are the roots, and other musics are the fruits. It’s better to keep the roots alive because it means better fruits from ...

Born in 1930, John Cephas grew up with the blues. At age 9, his aunt sat him down and taught him how to play the guitar. And before Cephas was a teenager, he had his own guitar, which he used to ...