Join harmonica player, singer, and song maker Phil Wiggins and the Chesapeake Sheiks, Matt Kelley, Ian Walters, Marc Childs Moore, Steve Wolf, and Baakari Wilder, as we celebrate his new book, Sweet Bitter Blues, with an evening of wonderful music.

 This non-fiction book, co-authored with Frank Matheis, tells his story and discusses the African American blues scene in Washington, D.C. Phil Wiggins is arguably America's foremost blues harmonica virtuoso. While rooted in the melodic Piedmont or "Tidewater" blues of the Chesapeake region, his mastery of the instrument now transcends stylistic boundaries. Born in Washington D.C. in 1954, Phil Wiggins achieved worldwide acclaim over three decades as one-half of the premier Piedmont blues duo of Cephas & Wiggins. Since the death of guitarist and singer John Cephas in 2009, Phil brought his harmonica wizardry to bear in a variety of musical collaborations.