12-Bar Talk: A Blues Podcast

Episode 32: Celebrating 10 Years of the Utah Blues Festival with Tripp Hopkins

The Utah Blues Festival is Utah's premier event for the latest and greatest blues musicians to perform in Salt Lake City, and it's celebrating it's 10th anniversary in 2026. Dr. Adams and Tripp Hopkins, the founder and organizer of the Utah Blues Festival and co-founder of the Utah Blues Society, sit down to talk about what it takes to run a blues festival successfully and how to help it continue happening in this and other communities. 
 
Guest: Tripp HopkinsLink to Website: https://www.utahbluesfest.org/
Produced by Dr. Chelsea AdamsPost-Production by Jeremy Carberry
 
12-Bar Talk is brought to you from Ogden, Utah's "Junction City" full of blues and jazz history on Historic 25th Street. You can learn more about Ogden's rich black history at https://www.visitogden.com/blog/celebrating-black-history-month-in-ogden-utah/. 

Episode 31: Listen to Everything, a Conversation with Derrick Dove

Dr. Adams sits down with the 2026 Winner of the International Blues Challenge & 2026 Best Guitarist of International Blues Challenge, Derrick Dove. They discuss his time at the IBC; his love of music and how he creates his style; and his band, Derrick Dove and the Peacekeepers. Make sure to stay tuned to the end for a special "post-interview" conversation, inclusive of our regular podcast episode quality-checker, Boomer the Cat. 
Guest: Derrick DoveLink to Website: https://derrickdove.com/
Produced by Dr. Chelsea AdamsPost-Production by Jeremy Carberry
 
12-Bar Talk is brought to you from Ogden, Utah's "Junction City" full of blues and jazz history on Historic 25th Street. You can learn more about Ogden's rich black history at https://www.visitogden.com/blog/celebrating-black-history-month-in-ogden-utah/. 

Episode 30: Delta Blues with Devin C Williams

Dr. Adams sits down with Devin C. Williams, runner up for the 2026 Solo/Duo Division at the International Blues Challenge (IBC). They talk about the Delta Blues, his favorite Delta Blues musicians, the mixing of blues and Christianity, his experience at the IBC, and more. 
 
Guest: Devin C. WilliamsLink to Website: https://www.dcwblues.com/ Link to Purchase Music: https://devincwilliams.bandcamp.com/ 
Produced by Dr. Chelsea AdamsPost-Production by Jeremy Carberry
 
12-Bar Talk is brought to you from Ogden, Utah's "Junction City" full of blues and jazz history on Historic 25th Street. You can learn more about Ogden's rich black history at https://www.visitogden.com/blog/celebrating-black-history-month-in-ogden-utah/. 

Episode 29: Blues for the Next Generation with Alice Faye Duncan

The blues has inspired many things, whether new genres of music, dance, or works of art. But as today's guest regularly reminds us, perhaps the most important part of all of it is that the blues inspires people. It helps people learn, grow, and find themselves in their community. In this episode, Dr. Chelsea Adams sits down with award-winning children's book author Alice Faye Duncan to discuss her newest children's book on blues, Blues Boy: The B.B. King Story, as well as her previous book on blues, Yellow Dog Blues. 
Guest: Alice Faye DuncanLink to her Website: https://alicefayeduncan.com/Links to Purchase Books: Blues Boy: The B.B. King Story Yellow Dog Blues
Produced by Dr. Chelsea AdamsPost-Production by Jeremy Carberry
 
12-Bar Talk is brought to you from Ogden, Utah's "Junction City" full of blues and jazz history on Historic 25th Street. You can learn more about Ogden's rich black history at https://www.visitogden.com/blog/celebrating-black-history-month-in-ogden-utah/. 

Episode 28: The Blues and Mental Health at the Mitten Durch Festival

To start off 2026, Dr. Chelsea Adams features a blues festival supporting mental health resources in her hometown of Ogden, Utah. In this episode, she features artists Sun Tiger, Carrie Scott, and Tony Holiday along with community members and attendees. 
 
Guests: Sandra Hohmann, Sun Tiger, Carrie Scott, Tony Holiday, and Various Ogden Community MembersLink to the Mitten Durch Festival: https://www.facebook.com/MittenDurchfest/
Produced by Dr. Chelsea AdamsPost-Production by Jeremy Carberry
 
12-Bar Talk is brought to you from Ogden, Utah's "Junction City" full of blues and jazz history on Historic 25th Street. You can learn more about Ogden's rich black history at https://www.visitogden.com/blog/celebrating-black-history-month-in-ogden-utah/.