Listen: Summertime There is something spooky about Guitar Gabriel’s “Summertime”. “Summertime” is a George and Ira Gershwin song from the musical Porgy and Bess. It is one of the most recorded [...]
We heard, sadly, that Adolphus Bell passed away this morning. Last week Aaron, Ardie Dean and I all met up in Birmingham to see our old friend. His four-year fight with lung cancer had taken a [...]
We here at Music Maker are very sorry to hear of the passing of Lou Reed. Back at the beginning of Music Maker, Mark Levinson invited Lou and Laurie Anderson to Cello Studios in NYC to listen to [...]
Last January Ironing Board Sam appeared on The State of Things with Frank Stasio – they aired the segment again today, right before TENTH debuts in its first screening in Durham NC! [...]
We have all been loving Ironing Board Sam’s recently released album Double Bang! It is a truly amazing blend of Sam’s first CD on the MMRF lable, Going Up!, new album Big Bang!, and [...]
Two weeks ago, Captain Luke came down to Music Maker with his daughter Theresa for a tintype photo shoot. It was a chilly rainy day, so we set up the shoot inside the studio. As head chemist, [...]
Rhiannon Giddens and Leyla McCalla are teaming up for a few more dates in France coming off a great European tour this fall. The Art of Jazz Blog called their performance “a whirl of [...]
Listen: I’m Gone But I Don’t Know Where I’m Going “I’m Gone But I Don’t Know Where I’m Going,” by George Conner, is a great tune for so many occasions. I tend to listen to it when I’m [...]
It’s hard to believe we’re heading into the Holiday season (wasn’t it just summer?) This is the time of year when I’m able to slow down a little and reflect on what Music Maker does for our [...]
The first screening of Tom Ciaburri’s documentary of Ironing Board Sam is happening this week in Durham! The event will feature the film as well as a discussion with Tom. Come out and watch [...]
Dr. Burt is facing some major health concerns, and we are all thinking about him and praying for him and his family this week. In honor of Dr Burt, Tim wrote a wonderful blog post detailing his [...]
Years ago, Adolphus Bell, the Worlds Greatest One Man Band, drove up from Birmingham, Alabama to do a recording session with us. While here he delivered a cassette and promo photo of Dr. GB Burt, [...]
We’re about to ship out Listener’s Circle Volume 3 – and it’s pretty awesome. Featuring tracks from artists like Harvey Arnold, Essie Mae Brooks, Guitar Gabriel, and more [...]
Link: Big Belly Momma There is a bar on Broad Street in Richmond, VA called Triple. It sits on a mostly abandoned block along one of the city’s grandest thoroughfares. On either side of it are [...]
Over the weekend, Music Maker artist Cary Morin visited us at the Music Maker Grotto to have Aaron and I do a Tin Type session with him. We were fortunate to have interns Swathi and Thomas on [...]
Listen: The Winding Stream “Oh, give to me a winding stream, it must not be too wide, where waving leaves from Maple trees do meet from either side, the water must be deep enough to float a small [...]
Listen: Back in Business Grandma’s got groove, and she ain’t about to try and hide it. Ever since I started at Music Maker a year ago, images of Beverly “Guitar” Watkins [...]
Last month T-Bone Burnett called up Rhiannon Giddens and asked her to be part of a special concert at The Town Hall in NYC to be filmed by Joel and Ethan Coen that will be aired on Showtime in [...]
Rhiannon Giddens, an MMRF Next Generation Artist, performed Sunday night at the “Another Day, Another Time” concert at Town Hall in NYC, among other artists such as Joan Baez, Mumford [...]
