Tim Duffy and the Music Maker Relief Foundation work to preserve and support the music and culture of Southern blues artists BY ALEXANDRA KENNON MARCH 23, 2017 Cool John Ferguson and Captain Luke, who created a genre of music they call “Outsider Lounge,” in Guitar Heaven, Hillsboro, NC. The Music Maker Relief Foundation “wasn’t started […]

MARCH 29, 2017 by: JENNIFER ODELL   Music Maker Relief Foundation gives $62,000 to Louisiana musicians” data-description=”The Music Maker Relief Foundation has been providing assistance to Baton Rouge-area musicians affected by last year’s floods.” Seven months after unprecedented rainfall flooded Southeast Louisiana, musicians across the state are still struggling to get back on their feet, having […]

  [bandcamp width=700 height=120 album=1421561895 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=413072801] Algia Mae Hinton is a powerful musician. Not only is she recognized as a fierce musician–she’s also renowned for her buckdancing. As a child, her mother used to refer to her as “that dancing girl” and Algia Mae has since passed down her love […]

Noted French talent scout and aficionado of American roots music, Guy “L’Americain” Fay, passed away Tuesday, December 22, in Hospital Henri Mondor in Creteil, a southeast suburb of Paris, of complications of pancreatic cancer. He was 61 years old. Having worked in various occupations over the years wherein he acquired an exhaustive and encyclopedic knowledge […]

The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival Announces Artist Lineup Featuring Music Maker Relief Foundation Artists Robert Finley & Alabama Slim + Music Maker Advisory Board Members Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal! Telluride, Colorado | September 15-17, 2017 Telluride, CO (March 23, 2017) – As September 15-17 inches just a bit closer, the 24th Annual Telluride […]