The Music Maker Signifier has launched! Music Maker’s new blog written by staff, friends, fans and musicians will bring you original, interesting content with a dash of signature Music Maker humor every Tuesday and Friday. Why is it called the Signifier, you ask? Tim says “Signifyin’” is a slang word developed from a folk […]

Ironing Board Sam’s first visit to Atlanta in over a decade will be playing at the “Kings of the Keyboard” Gala event at Blind Willie’s on March 1st and 2nd. He’ll be performing alongside another MMRF artist Eddie Tigner (another King of the Keyboard.) The event marks Blind Willie’s 27th Anniversary, and Saturday’s event features […]

It was an unseasonably warm day in mid-January when Jeff Littlejohn came out to Hillsborough to record a few songs to send to our musical director, Ardie Dean. He parked himself in our small studio space next door, surrounded by guitars, photo developing detritus and cobbled-together audio equipment; you could hear the takes standing outside […]

Ironing Board Sam has bad luck with cars – but somehow always manages to coax out every mile they can give him. The day he moved to North Carolina a few years ago, his old van broke down just a few miles from the Music Maker office. When Sam rolled it into the service station, […]

It’s not Valentines Day without Valentines! The tradition of witty one-liners, professions of love with candy or just plain good feeling is a great way to cheer up dreary February, and don’t think Blues musicians will be left out! We’ve cooked up some great Music Maker artist valentines for your Day of Love. [nggallery id=8] […]