Revelry: Phil Wiggins

Down home acoustic blues with the award-winning harmonica virtuoso, and National Heritage Fellow, Phil Wiggins and his trio, with Hubbie Jenkins, formerly with the Carolina Chocolate Drops on guitar, and Marcus Moore on violin.

Washington, DC based Phil Wiggins is a versatile, traditional harmonica player, continuing the Piedmont blues tradition, a gentle and melodic blues style of the mid-Atlantic region. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Royal Prince Albert Hall in London and the Sydney Opera House, as well as smaller venues worldwide, touring every continent except Antarctica. He has recorded more than a dozen critically acclaimed albums, including on Flying Fish and Alligator Records. He is a two-time winner of the prestigious WC Handy award who is regularly ranked among the world’s top harmonica players in both Reader and Critics polls by Living Blues magazine.