Cool Yule by Cool John Ferguson Everyone has a favorite holiday song, Come All Ye Faithful is mine. You won’t hear an elaborate symphony or full chorus on this version by Cool John Ferguson [...]
Celebrating a subdued kind of blues By Terence McArdle November 23 Jazz pianist and composer Gerald Clayton will join the Assembly and singer-songwriter Rene Marie for a December concert at [...]
EACH Prize will come with a Bluegrass Situation Hoodie & Coozie Donate HERE! We Are the Music Makers! Book/CD “We Are The Music Makers: Preserving The Soul Of America’s Music,” written by [...]
TWO-TIME GRAMMY WINNER, BLUES HALL OF FAMER & AMERICANA MUSIC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER TAJ MAHAL’S STRIPPED DOWN ALBUM ‘LABOR OF LOVE’ OUT DECEMBER 16 ON ACOUSTIC SOUNDS FIRST [...]
I had the pleasure of meeting Albert over the summer when he came up from Atlanta to play at the Freight Train Blues series in Carrboro, NC. Albert and some other artists had just arrived from [...]
Robert Finley got his big break at last year’s King Biscuit Blues Festival when he talked the sound engineer into letting him get on stage in between acts and play a song. He wowed the crowd, [...]
Beaufort Blues by Big Boy Henry This tale of senseless sacrifice reveals the world through a child’s eyes. While still an innocent child, the irony of the “holy kiss” is not lost on this boy who [...]
Cool John Ferguson & Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen will be performing at two venues where Music Maker’s photo exhibit, Our Living Past will be on display. Both of these shows are [...]
N.O.L.A. Rhythum And Booze by Guitar Lightnin’ Lee You take one look at Guitar Lightnin’ Lee and immediately get the impression that this is one of the meanest dudes on the planet. [...]
Read this great feature from the Courier-Journal in Louisville, KY about our photography exhibit at the Clifton Center: Written by: Elizabeth Kramer | @arts_bureau | 7:01 a.m. EDT November 2, [...]
Rainy Day by George Higgs George Higgs is one of the lesser known artists that Music Maker has partnered with. That doesn’t mean that George wasn’t an amazing artist though. His dark [...]
