Most of the material that came out of the class with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University was video, true, but we also got some insightful photos, snippets of audio and art [...]
Listen: Sweet Home New Orleans I’ve never been to New Orleans. The closest I ever got was Shreveport, LA – but that was back when my concept of culture was limited to the Cartoon Network. I [...]
Junior Ray “Pete” Whitcher of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, passed away on July 15th, we were saddened to hear. Pete was a Music Maker artist for close to twelve years, a talented [...]
We’ve got another one of the side-project pieces from the class at the Center for Documentary Studies. This one is a snapshot of Ironing Board Sam during his interview; Ironing Board Sam [...]
Musicians need instruments. Without them, they cannot fully realize their potential. It’s pretty straightforward. Sadly, the poverty that many Music Maker artists live in, does not afford them [...]
Listen: Nothin’ But Your Butt Ironing Board Sam’s first single off his new album is Nothin’ But Your Butt. Understandably, everyone wanted to write a Diggin’ on this one. [...]
Celebrate with us at Ironing Board Sam’s CD Release Party! Papa Mojo’s Roadhouse, Saturday, July 20th, 9:30pm 5410 HWY 55 – Durham $8 Cover Ironing Board Sam is so thrilled [...]
A part of the learning process when picking up a camera is when you get surprisingly beautiful, unexpected shots. It seemed like a consensus among the other CDS students and MMRF staff when we [...]
One thing that I can say I did not learn until I came to Music Maker – there is nothing like planning a concert series outdoors. Attending them, well, I’d done my fair share before joining the [...]
Listen: Man of the Streets After Ironing Board Sam wrapped up the Music Maker Blues Revue last night in Hillsborough, NC, I hurried up to him to give him a hug before we parted ways for the [...]
Ironing Board Sam’s newest, most jam-packed album, Double Bang!, is officially released and available in our music shop. Sam is having an incredible year – he just returned from the [...]
Aaron Greenhood and I have been working hard on photo shoots of Music Maker artists for the last couple of years. Lately, we have been learning and practicing the art of wet plate photography. [...]
If you step into the Music Maker office on any given day, it’s usually abuzz with a million different things: phone calls for Aaron from artists or agents looking to book artists, meetings [...]
Thanks to you, Music Maker received an $80,000 matching donation to close out our fiscal year. The donation, given by several generous Music Maker supporters, was made on the condition that Music [...]
Listen: Careless Love As a new intern at Music Makers, I have been introduced to so many great new artists and sounds. A graduate student in the school of social work at UNC Chapel Hill, I am [...]
There are many remarkable things about Music Maker artist Captain Luke, but the most identifiable – and usually the first you notice – is his deep bass singing voice. It rumbles in tracks like [...]
