04 Apr 2017 Written By: Linda Sickler From: Do Savannah The Piedmont blues is music birthed out of suffering. In a music and multimedia presentation co-commissioned by the Savannah Music Festival, an important era and region in the history of southern music is explored. Gerald Clayton’s Piedmont Blues: A Search for Salvation, featuring René Marie, will […]

Tim Duffy and the Music Maker Relief Foundation work to preserve and support the music and culture of Southern blues artists BY ALEXANDRA KENNON MARCH 23, 2017 Cool John Ferguson and Captain Luke, who created a genre of music they call “Outsider Lounge,” in Guitar Heaven, Hillsboro, NC. The Music Maker Relief Foundation “wasn’t started […]

MARCH 29, 2017 by: JENNIFER ODELL   Music Maker Relief Foundation gives $62,000 to Louisiana musicians” data-description=”The Music Maker Relief Foundation has been providing assistance to Baton Rouge-area musicians affected by last year’s floods.” Seven months after unprecedented rainfall flooded Southeast Louisiana, musicians across the state are still struggling to get back on their feet, having […]

The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival Announces Artist Lineup Featuring Music Maker Relief Foundation Artists Robert Finley & Alabama Slim + Music Maker Advisory Board Members Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal! Telluride, Colorado | September 15-17, 2017 Telluride, CO (March 23, 2017) – As September 15-17 inches just a bit closer, the 24th Annual Telluride […]

Continuing the surprisingly rich tradition of musical excellence in Panola County, Mississippi. March 22nd 2017 by Marty Sartini Garner photo by Aaron A. Greenhood Sisters Angela Taylor and Della Daniels have been singing with their friend Ester Mae Smith since they were all children in the Mt. Mariah Baptist Church in Como, Mississippi. If the name of […]