This year, we’ve been able to hang with Cool John a lot, for which we are very grateful. Back in April, Cool John and his wife Shirley were both with me at Byron Bay Bluesfest. Our conversations focused on food, in particular, the abundant seafood practically crawling onto the plates of folks living in Beaufort, […]

The Como Mamas – Meet Me At The River Being in the room while these five women sang was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. The lead singer, Esther, sang with Mississippi gravel in her throat while the four others backed her powerful voice with the most succinct and perfectly out of […]

Michael Weintrob’s InstrumentHead series of photographs captures an eclectic array of unique musicians and characters including Ironing Board Sam, Bootsy Collins and King Sunny Ade, Big Chief Boudreaux and Uncle Lionel Batiste. “Whether an individual is famous or an almost complete unknown, whether they play saxophone or sitar, the one thing they have in common […]

Listen: Chokin’ Kind A few weeks ago I picked up guest of honor John Dee Holeman and his girlfriend Joan to take them to the North Carolina Heritage Awards, an event familiar to the two as John Dee had won the award back in 1994. We arrived at the ceremony, found our seats and took […]

Robert Lee Coleman is playing at the Mars Theater in Springfield, GA on Friday, June 21st, as part of our series there. Today, we saw a wonderful article about Robert’s decades long career, as well as Music Maker’s mission. The article features interviews with Robert as well as Tim – it’s a great read! Check […]