“My great-grandparents and grandparents were not educated because state laws prohibited the education of slaves; but they developed their own language, music, and other means of communication. My family has always been talented. That’s where my girls got some of their talent.”    — Arie Gay Vines Artis Walking in the Shadow of My Past, 2016 […]

Alabama Slim, a Music Maker partner artist based in New Orleans, has an upcoming album, The Parlor, that takes a rip at President Trump. Music Maker fans might know a bit already about Little Freddie King, the New Orleans bluesman who has been a Music Maker partner artist since 1997. We helped him when he […]

New England-based music teacher Earle Pughe has recently been exploring Music Maker’s catalog and transcribing our Partner Artists’ most iconic performances. We’re putting the material together for a forthcoming songbook that will feature his transcriptions alongside artist bios and stories of the songs.  We caught up with Earle to get his thoughts on the project […]

Stories To Live Up To by Harvey Dalton Arnold   Slink into the Fall season with Harvey Dalton Arnold’s opening song from his most recent release – Stories to Live Up To. Mr. Dalton Arnold is a legend that cut his teeth as part of the Southern rock group, The Outlaws. The thick groove on […]

  This is the first year I have not made my yearly pilgrimage to the Old time fiddle festivals in Galax, VA and Mount Airy, NC in my adult life. These music festivals and others peppered throughout the Spring, Summer and Fall across the hills and valleys of Appalachia are the yearly fuel injection put […]