This past June Music Maker debuted a new project – our Music Maker Listener’s Circle. The idea behind the Listener’s Circle came from our French interns, Raphaël and Simon, who diligently worked for nine months to digitize all the MMRF field recordings. Just to give you some perspective – if you listened to the archive […]

I was just having a conversation with our intern, Margot, about our weekly Diggin’. (Margot, it should be said, is so devoted to MMRF that despite having ended her internship in June, she still comes in whenever she’s got time in between her other internships and job hunting.) She was in this afternoon and we […]

Listen: Cool and Rainy Day   I love this tune by Cora Mae – it’s laid back, calm and very “you’ll be back.” Full disclosure – I chose this song because I’m feeling somewhat grateful for the cool days we’ve had in North Carolina this summer, but the rain is a bit excessive. The title […]

We are so excited to see that Ironing Board Sam, Dom Flemons, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops have been honor by Living Blues for 2013! Ironing Board Sam was named “Most Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)” and Dom Flemons was named “Most Outstanding Musician (Other-Banjo).” Check out the other winners! The Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Leaving Eden also […]

The last piece from our collaboration with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University is an audio snippet captured by the students who worked with Mississippi blues man Ben Payton, who recently relocated to Hillsborough, NC to work with Music Maker. “honey almond salmon” Ben Payton fondly remembers a celebrity moment in Morocco, where […]