It’s the holidays, and we know that will mean a lot of traveling for many of our supporters. We’d love to revisit some of our favorite stories of traveling with artists in the spirit [...]
Check out our Black Friday Deals! You can do all your shopping with us this year! Music Maker Staff Favorites on sale – half off our staff’s top ten! Free shipping on the Ironing [...]
We wanted to make sure you know how much we value you, our supporters. Every one of us, from staff to board members to artists, will be thanking you at our tables this year. Your support means [...]
In 1991, Guitar Gabriel and I were playing at a public radio station where we performed in front of a live audience. After the show, an old black man dressed completely in dot-painted clothing [...]
In 1991, I was down in Mississippi visiting my friend David Nelson, who was at the time the editor of Living Blues Magazine. He introduced me to a German postal worker named Axel Küstner. Axel [...]
Listen: Listen Mr DJ John Lee Zeigler, from Kathleen, GA played guitar upside-down and backwards in a style that directly reflects African griot traditions. In the late 1960s George Mitchell [...]
Captain Luke’s birthday is coming up, and while we prepare to throw a little soiree for him here at the office, Aaron remembers the first time he met Captain Luke. It was the first time [...]
Have you met Ejo, our office mascot and “task master?” Some days, Ejo just has the blues. Particularly Mondays. Check out this video our intern Swathi made characterizing Ejo’s [...]
As we approach Captain Luke’s 86th birthday, I was thinking about the first time I ever encountered him, or Music Maker. I used to work at a music store in Durham, NC. The store was flanked [...]
Denise has catered parties large and small (and huge) throughout Music Maker’s history. Feeding musicians has been a large part of recording sessions, gigs, and gatherings for the past 20 [...]
This past week Aaron and I went to speak to the Raleigh Charter High School’s SOOTS (Sustaining Roots Music Community Project) program. The group was founded by teacher Charles Montague in 2006 [...]
Listen: Dr. Dixon and Harvey Dalton Arnold’s “Rollin’ and Tumblin’” The past few days we’ve been welcoming Dr. Dixon, Bh.D, into the Music Maker family, and what better way to kick off our new [...]
Dr. Burt passed away last week after a battle with cancer. We were all saddened to hear this, and Tim wrote the following to commemorate him: Dr. Burt was a dear friend to everyone that he met. [...]
Did you miss part one of our Celebrate with the Blues series? Check it out here! Menu Notes For menu items I am not providing recipes for, but you want to prepare and not purchase, I recommend [...]
Nobody loved a holiday more than Guitar Gabriel. He loved to put on his suit and go out on the town or party hopping for 4th of July, Memorial Day, or MLK Day. Gabe thought that even minor [...]
Want the Music Maker Party Pack? You get it free if you let us know you’ll be raising funds for Music Maker at your party! Email Corinne@musicmaker.org and tell us how many people [...]
Listen: Can’t Stand To Let You Go Many times I let my co-workers choose the music we listen to in the office since, before working for Music Maker, I had very little working knowledge of Roots [...]
Many times when an artist passes away, Tim is asked “is that it? Is this the end of the music?” Tim addresses that concern and the answer is no – we have much more work to do [...]
When a Music Maker Partner artist passes away, folks always ask me, how many artists do we still have with us and is this the end of Music Maker? This is exactly why I started the Music Maker [...]
