Listen: Put On Your Red Dress Captain Luke’s recording of this much-loved tune is particularly appropriate given the time of year. (Need a last-minute Valentine for your sweetie? Check out our options.) I can attest to this from personal experience – when Captain Luke wants to chat up a lady, he may come up and […]

The Carolina Chocolate Drops were nominated for Best Traditional Folk Album at this year’s Grammys, and while they didn’t come away from the day with their 2nd award, we’re still so proud of them and the work they do spreading traditional music to new audiences. As Tim says, ““It’s an amazing American story. From playing […]

Welcome to our blog, the Music Maker Signifier, and Happy Fat Tuesday! On this day of cultural celebration, we would like to introduce you to the newest endeavor from Music Maker Relief Foundation. We are approaching our 20th anniversary—twenty years of assisting Roots music pioneers, designing our unique model of support and educating audiences worldwide. […]

Orange County, North Carolina has been home to some of our nations most influential blues musicians.  Libba Cotton became a darling of the folk revival and her finger style guitar playing remains a staple of guitar players till this day. James Taylor, our most famous songwriter, singer and guitarist is also from Orange County. You […]

Music Maker’s Founder, Tim Duffy, will give a talk on the Roots of Music Maker and our 20-year history working with traditional musicians here in North Carolina and throughout the South. The evening event, on February 21st at 7pm, will also feature a performance from Ironing Board Sam. Tim said of the event, “It’s been […]