Music Maker partner artists Guitar Lightnin’ Lee, the Como Mamas, Little Freddie King and Robert Finley will all be playing at the 12th annual Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival, presented by our god friends at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. Music Maker is honored to be part of this amazing festival in […]

By: Christina Cooke Back when she dealt blackjack and performed the blues in Atlantic City, a music promoter named Peachy Lee assigned Pat Cohen the nickname “Mother Blues” in the advertising one of her shows. The name stuck with her through her long career as a blues singer in New Orleans and, since Hurricane Katrina, […]

Partner artists Sam Frazier, Jr. and Ardie Dean will be inducted into the 2017 Alabama Blues Hall of Fame on September 23rd. The annual event will be hosted by Jim Newport at the Drish House located at: 2300 17th St., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. Music Maker is proud to call both of these amazing artists partners. […]

Gospel Train by Bishop Dready Manning It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of two longtime partner artists. Clyde Langford and Bishop Dready Manning were both unique and loving people that played some of the realest Blues you’d ever hear. The Bishop, as he was affectionately called, was a family man and […]

When Tim texted me early on a Sunday morning about taking a trip (the very next day) to Southern, GA, I knew it would be a unique journey. On the way down, Tim explained that he had spoken with folklorist George Mitchell and there was a gospel singer down in Fitzgerald, GA he recorded many, many years […]