Turn Off the Fear by Carl Rutherford Carl Rutherford was a coal miner from West Virginia that played deep country music and gospel. Carl’s guitar pickin’ is some of the finest around [...]
The Como Mamas are a lifelong gospel trio from Como, MS. They have been working with Music Maker for over 2 years and have since played on some of the biggest stages in the world, including the [...]
One evening last fall, Tim Duffy, my wife and I were chatting at an event featuring bluesman John Dee Holeman. I mentioned that I liked to build, troubleshoot and repair electric guitars, and Tim [...]
July 14th, 2016 / BY BRITTNEY MCKENNA It’s no secret that the South is home to some of the greatest musicians around, past and present. From early bluesmen like Robert Johnson to country [...]
Biscuits For Your Outside Man by Sam Frazier, Jr. When we first met Sam Frazier, Jr. and recording some of his songs he told us that one of his favorite Country Music tunes he wrote is about [...]
On August 11, Music Maker’s longtime partner artist and original Inkspot, Eddie Tigner turns 90. In a recent discussion with Eddie we asked him about how his house was doing. When we got down to [...]
Blue & Lonesome by Alabama Slim Alabama Slim plays Deep Blues. Originally from Vance, AL but Slim has lived in New Orleans since the late 60s. Standing tall at around 6’7″ [...]
The Music Maker Blues Revue featuring Robert Finley, Alabama Slim, Robert Lee Coleman, Albert White, Nashid Abdul-Khalliq will be heading to Belgium to play the Swing Wespelaar Music Festival on [...]
Blues Sweet Blues by Pat Sky Last week we introduced new Music Maker Recipient artist, Pat Sky. So this week we are Diggin’ on his classic “traveling” song, Many A Mile. Many A [...]
Albert White began playing guitar in the late ‘50s with his legendary uncle, Piano Red, and his group “Dr. Feelgood & the Interns. Since then, Albert has performed with Joe Tex, The Tams, Ray [...]
