N.O.L.A. Rhythum And Booze by Guitar Lightnin’ Lee Guitar Lightnin’ Lee is coming to North Carolina for Freight Train Blues this month and Jazz Fest happened two weeks ago, so New Orleans and Lightnin’s blown-out 20-grit sandpaper guitar are on our minds. We’re thinking the history of Lightnin’s hometown and the way it taught America […]

Just as soon as we welcomed our newly hired social worker, Brittany Anderson, to the Music Maker team, she jumped into action helping Music Maker partner artist and drummer Chuck Cotton. On April 16th, an EF-2 tornado with winds up to 135 mph swept through Greensboro, killing one person and leaving 85,000 people without power. […]

Music Maker Relief Foundation – a non-profit organization that supports traditional Southern musicians by documenting and presenting their music will be premiering their photography exhibit, We Are the Music Makers! on May 18th, 2018 at the Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center. On May 17th at 7:00pm, the Music Maker Blues Revue featuring Alabama Slim, Thomas […]

Rain In Your Life by Essie Mae Brooks Essie Mae Brooks‘s voice and Cool John Ferguson‘s guitar were meant for one another on this track from Brooks’ 2000 album Rain in Your Life. Brooks’ voice is so grounded, Ferguson’s guitar is so ethereal, but they create a perfect balance that captures both the every-day sing-to-survive […]