B (right) and David Bryant My name is Rebecca Parsons but I go by my nickname “B.” I’m originally from New York, but just recently moved to Hillsborough, NC to work for Music Maker Relief Foundation. I’m passionate about the arts, particularly music, and I love to travel and meet new people. I hope to […]

MMRF volunteer Karen Mack and her husband Greg are curating a 40-piece exhibition of folk art hosted by The Orange County Main Public Library in Hillsborough, NC. “Road Trip: Folk Art from Mike’s Art Truck” will run from January 24 through March 24. Longtime collectors of “outsider art” and friends of many artists, the Macks […]

The second day on the road we got to visit David Bryant’s small home in Covington, GA.   Music Maker had worked with his mother Cora Mae Bryant for years. His grandfather, Curley Weaver, recorded in the 1930’s and was a Piedmont blues pioneer alongside the likes of Blind Willie McTell.   I had become […]

  Tim, B and Aaron went out on the road last week, visiting Music Maker artists across the South. Along the way they visited artists, worked to help them meet their needs, recorded and documented them, and got caught up on these artists lives. We wanted to share these visits with you – the first […]

In early 2014, Tim, B and Aaron took a road trip through the South visiting Music Maker artists – the first of many such trips planned for our 20th year. These trips allow us to visit artists in their own homes and communities, giving us the best sense of how we can be the most […]