Tim and Denise Duffy founded Music Maker because the musicians we partner with, who our society has cast away, are actually rockstars. Pictures of Guitar Gabriel, Precious Bryant, Ironing Board Sam and many other partner artists hang on the walls of our office like posters of Jimi Hendrix or Bob Marley in a college dorm […]

The Kettle River runs through songster Dave McGrew’s hometown of Curlew in Washington state and has experienced record flooding due to snow melt. Dave’s home, which sits near the river, was completely inundated. Music Maker has sent out some emergency funds to Dave through our Sustenance Program is in touch with Dave on a daily […]

Just as soon as we welcomed our newly hired social worker, Brittany Anderson, to the Music Maker team, she jumped into action helping Music Maker partner artist and drummer Chuck Cotton. On April 16th, an EF-2 tornado with winds up to 135 mph swept through Greensboro, killing one person and leaving 85,000 people without power. […]

We asked new donor David Propst to write about his experience with Music Maker after visiting some of our partner artists. In July 2012, I moved back in with my parents. My mother had been diagnosed with dementia years before, and it was becoming obvious to my siblings and me that our parents would not […]

Music Maker needs your support now to ensure that our collective culture lives on and remains vital for future generations: Your support identifies and serves artists who are an important part of the American story  Your support educates diverse audiences and celebrates our shared cultural heritage Your support empowers artists to get them much-deserved work […]