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By CHRISTOPHER MELE and MATT STEVENS MAY 2, 2017 via the NY Times Col. Bruce Hampton at the Fox Theater in Atlanta on Monday. CreditRick Diamond/Getty Images Bruce Hampton, who was known as the granddaddy of the jam scene for his energetic, eccentric guitar playing in a career that lasted five decades, died in Atlanta on […]

Posted by Rich Johnston April 25, 2017 We are familiar now with publishers and comic book stores giving away free comic books on Free Comic Book Day. But this year, on May the 6th, publisher Z2 Comics is including something unexpected. With the release of their Free Comic Book Day title, The Ballad Of Franklin Bonisteel written by Gabe Soria and […]

ON THE BEAT APRIL 14, 2017 12:00 PM ‘A hard life of bad luck and trouble’ BY DAVID MENCONI MIDDLESEX, N.C. It’s been a while since Algia Mae Hinton was on a stage, but she’s still a dancer. That hasn’t changed, even though she’s wheelchair-bound nowadays. “The reason I can’t walk, I danced so much […]

Music Maker is proud to announce that partner artists, The Como Mamas, will be playing the Chicago Blues Festival on Sunday, June 11th on the Front Porch Stage at 12:00pm. Since partnering with Music Maker the Como Mamas have toured Europe and the US and will be releasing their second album with Daptone Records on […]