I recently had the immense honor of traveling to Lugano Switzerland to the Blues to Bop festival with the Glorifying Vines Sisters. The trip was life changing for everyone involved, particularly the audiences that got to experience the incredibly unique vocal stylings of the Vines Sisters. The thousands of people that got to witness the […]

Blues Came to Georgia by Rufus McKenzie Rufus McKenzie brings you straight to the truth. His songs weave together vivid life experiences that use melody as the ultimate teacher. His wisdom stems long before him, and he credits his mother with giving him the foundation. In “Mother Sleep On,” Rufus reminisces on a walk he […]

At Home in the New Orleans Musicians’ Village by Little Freddie King Each song on “At Home in the New Orleans Musicians’ Village” feels like slowly, blissfully, sinking into yourself. The way Little Freddie King plays in this intimate recording is deep-toned and sweet, so warm and trance-like that everything seems to go still around […]

Clickin’ King of Hip Poppin’ by Whistlin’ Britches There are few characters in Music Maker’s history as gregarious as Haskell Thompson, affectionately known as Whistlin’ Britches. Whistlin’, Captain Luke, and Macavine Hayes were like three peas in a pod and could really keep a party going. At parties, when the music got jumping, Whistlin’ would […]

z2 Comics graphic novel Murder Ballads is available everywhere today. Murder Ballads features and original soundtrack from Dan Auerbach (the Black Keys) and Music Maker partner artist Robert Finley. In a recent article in the Tennessean Dan Auerbach said, “It was love at first sight,” with a laugh when he remembered meeting Finley. “He’s one of the greatest living soul […]