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 […]

Last week we said goodbye to folk artist and longtime Music Maker supporter and friend, Sam “the Dot Man” McMillan. When I met Sam McMillan with Guitar Gabriel in Winston-Salem in the early 90s and we were en route to play Carnegie Hall and he offered to paint us suits. In his unique and whimsical fashion, […]

Music Maker is thrilled to announce that it will be partnering with the Bluegrass Situation, the International Bluegrass Music Association, the North Carolina Museum of History and PineCone for the third annual Shout & Shine Showcase: A Celebration of Diversity in Bluegrass to be held Monday, September 24, at the North Carolina Museum of History […]

Music Maker has worked alongside piano player Eddie Tigner since 1998 and we are honored to call him a partner artist. Eddie’s career as a musician IS in incredible, I emphasize IS because Eddie is still wowing audiences and will bring a real treat to the city of Valdosta, GA this Saturday, which is also […]