Partner artists Sam Frazier, Jr. and Ardie Dean will be inducted into the 2017 Alabama Blues Hall of Fame on September 23rd. The annual event will be hosted by Jim Newport at the Drish House located at: 2300 17th St., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. Music Maker is proud to call both of these amazing artists partners. […]

Gospel Train by Bishop Dready Manning It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of two longtime partner artists. Clyde Langford and Bishop Dready Manning were both unique and loving people that played some of the realest Blues you’d ever hear. The Bishop, as he was affectionately called, was a family man and […]

Music Maker’s Executive Director, Timothy Duffy, will be part of the Mississippi Book Festival on August 19th in Jackson, MS.  Last year’s festival had 6,200 attendees and was covered live by C-SPAN. Tim will be promoting his latest book , BLUE published by 21st Editions and will be on the panel Celebrating our Roots: A Tribute […]

Nicholas Edwards Long, 69, of Rougemont, NC and Naples, FL, passed away on the morning of Saturday, August 5, 2017, at Pettigrew Rehabilitation Center in Durham, NC. Born in Chicago, Illinois, and affectionately known as “Nick,” he was the son of the late Glenn and Ann (Vukmirovich) Long of Chicago, and is survived by his […]

z2 Comics graphic novel Murder Ballads is available everywhere today. Murder Ballads features and original soundtrack from Dan Auerbach (the Black Keys) and Music Maker partner artist Robert Finley. In a recent article in the Tennessean Dan Auerbach said, “It was love at first sight,” with a laugh when he remembered meeting Finley. “He’s one of the greatest living soul […]