American Songwriter debuted a song from Pura Fé, Rhiannon and Charly Lowry today! Read about the creation of the tune and listen to it here!
After a jamming show at the Southern Pines Blues Crawl and in anticipation of their upcoming performance in Durham this weekend, I just can’t seem to get Lakota John & Kin’s “Key To [...]
I spend a lot of time on the phone these days. The conversations are varied, consisting of in-depth discussions regarding various blood pressure medications, the process of adjusting to bifocals, [...]
Don’t Miss Dom Flemons on Fresh Air! Wednesday, July 30 Dom will perform and chat with Terry Gross about his upcoming album from the Music Maker label. Find your local NPR station here [...]
Check out this great article about Music Maker’s 20th Anniversary on Wondering Sound – https://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/music-maker-relief-foundation-20-years/ The [...]
Several weeks ago I got to attend my first out-of-town music festival with Music Maker – the 14th annual Blues Crawl in the charming downtown area of Southern Pines, NC. Having been the first [...]
You could say that my long journey to Music Maker started at the Mt. Airy Fiddler’s Convention which also happened to be old time fiddler Benton Flippen’s home. My immersion in [...]
Music Maker Events in NYC August 9th & 10th Join us for a celebratory weekend! Saturday – August 9th 4pm – Meet up with MM staff for a tour of We Are the Music Makers! [...]
Come out and celebrate Dom Flemons’ upcoming release, Prospect Hill! You can preview the album on USA TODAY here. And you can pre-order the album on our store here! John Dee Holeman will [...]
Listen: Two Trains Runnin’ Last Saturday night the Music Maker team headed down to Southern Pines for their Annual Blues Crawl, which this year featured Music Maker artists for the entire [...]
My Dad and I were able to make the recent Blues Crawl in Southern Pines, NC. We were very excited to be going because 1) it’s a nice town and 2) the line-up of MMRF artists was one of the [...]
Check out the story behind Ironing Board Sam’s incredible new album, here!
This year, we’ve been able to hang with Cool John a lot, for which we are very grateful. Back in April, Cool John and his wife Shirley were both with me at Byron Bay Bluesfest. Our conversations [...]
The Como Mamas – Meet Me At The River Being in the room while these five women sang was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. The lead singer, Esther, sang with Mississippi [...]
Michael Weintrob’s InstrumentHead series of photographs captures an eclectic array of unique musicians and characters including Ironing Board Sam, Bootsy Collins and King Sunny Ade, Big Chief [...]
Listen: Chokin’ Kind A few weeks ago I picked up guest of honor John Dee Holeman and his girlfriend Joan to take them to the North Carolina Heritage Awards, an event familiar to the two as [...]
Robert Lee Coleman is playing at the Mars Theater in Springfield, GA on Friday, June 21st, as part of our series there. Today, we saw a wonderful article about Robert’s decades long career, [...]
Listen: Dap-Walk At New Orleans Jazz Fest Tim ran into an old friend, rhythm and blues legend Ernie Vincent. A fixture of the New Orleans music scene for years, after Katrina, he received [...]
If you’ve never seen Cool John and Captain Luke play together, you are missing out. These two never fail to blow me away, and everyone I know feels the same. But Cool John lives in Atlanta [...]
Beale Street Caravan featured Music Maker on their May 28th show! Artists featured include John Dee Holeman, Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, and Captain Luke. Check it out here! From the [...]
Listen: My New Next Door Neighbor I never had the pleasure of meeting Jerry “Boogie” McCain but I spoke with him on the phone many times in order to set him up to receive [...]
6pm – 8pm Fridays in June! Village Green in Southern Village, Chapel Hill (Aberdeen and Market Streets) Rain Location: Christ United Methodist Church 800 Market St, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 [...]
Our We Are the Music Makers! exhibit has been a year and change in the making. Really, the idea has been ruminating for all the years I have been a part of the Music Maker team, but began to take [...]
In October 2012, Simon Arcache and Raphaël Evrard, students from the prestigious Toulouse University, a business school, convinced their professors to allow them to spend a year of college credit [...]
Music Maker Homecoming Events We hope you can join us, buy your tickets here! October 3rd 3pm – Panel Discussion with Music Maker Artists and Folk Scholars The ArtsCenter, 300 E. Main St, [...]
“The blues tell you the truth,” the woman on the screen said with conviction. Even though I was watching Precious Bryant’s nearly twenty year-old interview on a giant iMac screen, it felt as if [...]
