Tomorrow night the Glorifying Vines Sisters will play in Carrboro, NC for our third installment of Freight Train Blues. The show will be an Eastern North Carolina Jubilee and feature four other Gospel groups: Albert Harrison and the Gospel Tones, James Barrett and the Golden Jubilees, The Dedicated Men of Zion, The Branchettes. Over Christmas, […]

On Monday, May 29th Como Mamas singer Angelia Taylor was struck by a bullet while in bed at her Como, MS home from a drive-by shooting. Angelia believes the bullet was intended for her son, who lives with her. Angelia is in good spirits and is ready to keep on singing with the Como Mamas.  […]

Tim and Denise Duffy founded Music Maker because the musicians we partner with, who our society has cast away, are actually rockstars. Pictures of Guitar Gabriel, Precious Bryant, Ironing Board Sam and many other partner artists hang on the walls of our office like posters of Jimi Hendrix or Bob Marley in a college dorm […]

 Ernie Vincent will be in Carrboro, NC this Friday to tear it down for our second Freight Train Blues of the season with his buddy Guitar Lightnin’ Lee to bring some of that New Orleans flair to North Carolina. Ernie is a true Nola legend and can be heard playing at a number clubs up […]

The Kettle River runs through songster Dave McGrew’s hometown of Curlew in Washington state and has experienced record flooding due to snow melt. Dave’s home, which sits near the river, was completely inundated. Music Maker has sent out some emergency funds to Dave through our Sustenance Program is in touch with Dave on a daily […]