We here at Music Maker are very sorry to hear of the passing of Lou Reed. Back at the beginning of Music Maker, Mark Levinson invited Lou and Laurie Anderson to Cello Studios in NYC to listen to country bluesmen Neal Pattman and Cootie Stark do a recording session with Lee Konitz. It was a […]

Last January Ironing Board Sam appeared on The State of Things with Frank Stasio – they aired the segment again today, right before TENTH debuts in its first screening in Durham NC! (Details here.) If you missed Ironing Board Sam on NPR, make sure you click here to listen to it online! Looking for Sam’s […]

We have all been loving Ironing Board Sam’s recently released album Double Bang! It is a truly amazing blend of Sam’s first CD on the MMRF lable, Going Up!, new album Big Bang!, and 45s Sam recorded in the 1970s. There is so much music on this thing, some of us have labeled it “the […]

Two weeks ago, Captain Luke came down to Music Maker with his daughter Theresa for a tintype photo shoot. It was a chilly rainy day, so we set up the shoot inside the studio. As head chemist, having the entire shoot take place in the studio is not my first choice. The studio is the […]

Rhiannon Giddens and Leyla McCalla are teaming up for a few more dates in France coming off a great European tour this fall. The Art of Jazz Blog called their performance “a whirl of lyrical songs and beautiful craftsmanship.” Leyla’s CD is getting attention too – it will be released in the USA on February […]