_SWEET BITTER BLUES: WASHINGTON, DC’S HOMEMADE BLUES_ DEPICTS THE
LIFE AND TIMES OF HARMONICA PLAYER PHIL WIGGINS AND THE UNIQUE,
VIBRANT MUSIC SCENE AROUND HIM, AS DESCRIBED BY MUSIC JOURNALIST FRANK
MATHEIS. WIGGINS AND MATHEIS WILL TALK WITH DICK HERMANS ABOUT THE
LIVING TRADITION OF ACOUSTIC BLUES.
FEATURING WIGGINS’S STORY, BUT INCLUDING INFORMATION ON MANY
MUSICIANS, THE VOLUME PRESENTS AN INCOMPARABLE DOCUMENTARY OF THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN BLUES SCENE IN WASHINGTON, DC, FROM 1975 TO THE
PRESENT. _SWEET BITTER BLUES _FEATURES BIOGRAPHIES AND SUPPORTING
ESSAYS BASED ON WIGGINS’S RECOLLECTIONS AND SUPPLEMENTED BY
MATHEIS’S RESEARCH, ALONG WITH A FOREWORD BY NOTED BLUES SCHOLAR
ELIJAH WALD, HISTORIC INTERVIEWS BY DR. BARRY LEE PEARSON WITH JOHN
CEPHAS AND ARCHIE EDWARDS, AND PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED AND RARE
PHOTOGRAPHS.
PHIL WIGGINS IS A BLUES MUSICIAN, TEACHER, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, AND
RECIPIENT OF THE NEA NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWSHIP (2017), THE HIGHEST
HONOR THE UNITED STATES BESTOWS ON THE TRADITIONAL ARTS. HE IS A
TWO-TIME WINNER OF THE PRESTIGIOUS W. C. HANDY BLUES FOUNDATION AWARD,
IN 1984 FOR BEST TRADITIONAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND IN 1987 AS
ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR.
FRANK MATHEIS IS A CONTRIBUTING WRITER FOR_ LIVING BLUES_ MAGAZINE AND
PUBLISHER OF THECOUNTRYBLUES.COM. AS A FORMER RADIO DJ WITH WKZE,
WVKR, AND DEUTSCHLANDRADIO (GERMAN NPR), HE HAS PRODUCED AWARD-WINNING
RADIO DOCUMENTARIES.
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WILL NOT BE USED AT THIS EVENT BUT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE WITH ADVANCE
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