Listen: Lima Beans We’ve been working to spotlight women in blues and roots on our blog this month, and that has us digging further into the albums from our female artists. Algia Mae Hinton, a friend of Etta Baker, whose profile appears on this week’s blog post, has been a Music Maker artist for many […]

Don’t miss this wonderful show with the students from Berklee School of Music and John Dee Holeman!   Friday, March 21st Free! Show begins 9pm   Mystery Brewing Public House 230 South Nash Street Hillsborough, NC

This month, Women’s History Month, Music Maker is shining a light on women in Roots music. Etta Baker’s legacy will live on indefinitely as her influences on music can still be heard today. Etta Baker is perhaps one of the most well-known women in Blues of the last century, but that is not a large […]

Listen: Cocktail Boogie We’ve been working with a lot of photos of Mr. Q lately, and Tim always tells the story of Mr. Q’s hat, which he painted over and over again until it weighed a ton. The paint ensured the hat always looked shiny and new. Every time I hear a story of a […]

We think of the blues player as a wandering, itinerant musician, traveling with his guitar, playing his music and spreading the musical styles of the South across the nation. What we often don’t realize in that scenario is that the stereotype is possible because a woman was in the home, caring for his children, working […]