Robert Belfour, lesser known than his fellow Mississippi Hill Country contemporaries like R. L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Jesse Mae Hemphill, was a powerful guitar player with an intense attack. When he plays, it sounds like the guitar and its strings might explode under the pressure of his taut fingers, pinching, pulling, bending, his thumb […]

Phil Cook (Hiss Golden Messenger/Megafuan) has partnered with Music Maker partner artists, The Branchettes for his Southland Revue project. They will be playing at the Eaux Claires Festival in in Wisconsin on August 12th + 13th.  I moved to North Carolina from Wisconsin back in 2005 – I needed to be closer to the music […]

In a late Summer stupor, the heat soaking your clothes on the short trip from the office to the car, what you really need is a little more “cold.” Probably not the kind of cold Skeeter is referring to on this track. Either way, the band is hot with Skeeter at keys and lead vocals. […]

“MORE THAN CONVINCING” (NY TIMES) MAJOR NEW SOUL VOICE ROBERT FINLEY MAKES RECORDED DEBUT AT 62 ON FAT POSSUM IMPRINT BIG LEGAL MESS FORMER US ARMY SERVICEMAN & LOUISIANA CARPENTER TURNS TO MUSIC CAREER, MUSIC MAKER RELIEF FOUNDATION AS HE FACES TROUBLES WITH HIS VISION September 30 will see the emergence of a major new […]