Listen: Will the Circle Be Unbroken I love the Henderson Brothers’ album, Rugby, VA. Wayne and Max Henderson’s only recording together, it includes classic bluegrass, and as Tim puts it “is just [...]
Are you coming to the Music Maker Benefit on 9/3 featuring the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Ironing Board Sam? If so, browse the online catalog for the silent auction, and you can see/bid on the [...]
Listen: We Three Lately, Mr Q is all I listen to on my car rides between work and home and anyone who may speak to me on the phone during these rides will have to suffer a few phrases belted out [...]
I was driving home from work the other day and was feeling a bit worn out by the CD that’s been sitting in my car’s CD player for the last two months, so I did the unthinkable: I [...]
Listen: The Girl I Left Behind Me As I made my first visit to Asheville, North Carolina, last week I couldn’t help but think about the musical traditions rooted in the mountains I headed towards. [...]
This past June Music Maker debuted a new project – our Music Maker Listener’s Circle. The idea behind the Listener’s Circle came from our French interns, Raphaël and Simon, who [...]
I was just having a conversation with our intern, Margot, about our weekly Diggin’. (Margot, it should be said, is so devoted to MMRF that despite having ended her internship in June, she still [...]
Listen: Cool and Rainy Day I love this tune by Cora Mae – it’s laid back, calm and very “you’ll be back.” Full disclosure – I chose this song because I’m feeling somewhat grateful for the [...]
We are so excited to see that Ironing Board Sam, Dom Flemons, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops have been honor by Living Blues for 2013! Ironing Board Sam was named “Most Outstanding [...]
The last piece from our collaboration with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University is an audio snippet captured by the students who worked with Mississippi blues man Ben Payton, who [...]
Listen: Let’s Make Love On “Let’s Make Love” Larry Shores’ voice exemplifies a cowboy tenderness in all its mythic glory. It also tells a story that I believe every person listening can [...]
