It seemed to me that everyone in the neighborhood would come by Ezelle’s drink house in Winston-Salem, when I was living nearby in the early ‘90s. You would see white tobacco growers from Stokes County looking for workers, preachers and their staff, and parents leaving their kids in the car to have a quick cocktail. […]

The Branchettes, the Pura Fé Trio and Little Freddie King will perform at the 2013 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in April/May! For The Branchettes, a gospel group from Johnston County, NC, that has been performing for four decades, this performance will be their Jazzfest debut. Well-known performers in NC, it is rare for […]

Listen: I Know I’ve Been Changed Listening to “I Know I’ve Been Changed” by The Branchettes brings to mind a rolling wave, beginning with gentle, slight movements until it rises in intensity and comes crashing down. This process doesn’t take place over the course of the song, however; it happens during each line that Ethel […]

This March, Tim and our interns from France, Simon and Raphael, headed on a trip to Atlanta, Birmingham, New Orleans, Lafayette and Middlesex, NC to visit with artists. They visited with Eddie Tigner, Dr. Burt, Adolphus Bell, Alabama Slim,Little Freddie King, Leyla McCalla,Guitar Lightnin’ Lee, Major Handy and Algia Mae Hinton. Raphael, Simon and Tim drove out from the MM offices […]