One Man Band by Adolphus Bell Nobody knew the blues quite like Adolphus Bell. When Music Maker founder Tim Duffy first me Adolphus he was going town to town scraping up gigs while living in his van. Adolphus was known for his raucous One Man band show and always kept the energy high and was […]

Music Maker Relief Foundation – a non-profit organization that supports traditional Southern musicians by documenting and presenting their music will be premiering their photography exhibit, We Are the Music Makers! on September 5th, 2018 at the Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center in Newport News, VA. On September 28th at 6:00pm a reception for the exhibit will […]

Music Maker is thrilled to be partnered with the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival! This year’s festival, which happens September 14 – 16 will feature performance from Music Maker partner artists The Glorifying Vines Sisters, Pee Wee Hayes, Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen and Next Generation artist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram. The festival will also feature a […]

Born in Alamo, TN, Pee Wee Hayes came up listening the great fore fathers and mothers of the blues by sneaking under the floorboards of his father’s cafe to secretly listen to the nightly music. While Pee Wee can certainly shred on some more modern blues his solo version of Lonely Lane in the video […]

Me and My Fiddle by Andy Edmonds The string-band tradition has always been carried on through master and apprentice relationships. Mt. Airy fiddler Andy Edmonds followed in that great tradition by studying at the feet of fiddle great and Music Maker partner artist Benton Flippen. While Andy’s style is representative of the region and Benton’s […]