Browsing: Piedmont Blues

Solo fingerstyle collection arrives October 1 for Listener’s Circle Members, available everywhere else November 4!

A discussion with Dom Flemons is a master class in blues, country blues, folk, and how all those forms connect. In part one of our interview, we learn about the American Songster’s favorite artists, how Arizona shapes his sound, what he’s currently working on, his radio show, and much more!

“This was really the first track I wrote specifically with the record in mind and to me is truly ‘Hard Times and A Woman.'” Listen exclusively to “Can’t Get Right” from Justin Golden’s new album out April 15!

“I’m really fond of the Piedmont style of guitar playing made popular by Mississippi John Hurt. And that’s all over this track. Hallelujah.”

Valerie and Ben Turner, the husband and wife duo known as Piedmont Blūz, are true ambassadors of Country Blues music.…

Today, Phil Wiggins is the only living player of the instrument to hold the prestigious honor of “Master of Traditional Arts.”

“Nothing has ever been boring in my life,” he said, “and that’s a healthy thing.”

The Piedmont Blues, also known as East Coast Blues, is named after a stretch of land at the foot of the Appalachians—from Northern Virginia to Georgia. The Piedmont…