By Gabi Mendick Until the pandemic of 2020, field trips, road trips and tours have always been an essential part of the framework of Music Maker. Our partner artists are musical treasures, but [...]
This week, we were pleased to welcome the newest member of the Music Maker staff, Gabi Mendick, who will serve as our Advancement Coordinator. Gabi is a graduate of Tufts University in Boston, [...]
Southern NPR correspondent Debbie Elliot covers Music Maker Partner Artist Freeman Vines’ new book – Hanging Tree Guitars. Purchase Hanging Tree Guitars
Immerse yourself in the world of Freeman Vines. Explore the Hanging Tree Guitars virtual exhibition: https://exhibit.hangingtreeguitars.com Freeman Vines (b. 1942) built his first guitar [...]
Learn about Music Maker’s partner artists, mostly unknown musicians that have shaped American culture through their blues, gospel and folk music. The first episode of A Living Past, [...]
Join us for a series of online artist talks with Music Maker Partner Artist Freeman Vines and voices from the field of contemporary art. **All talks take place at 6pm ET** Facebook LIVE YouTube [...]
Watch the NC Roots Music Series: Facebook Live YouTube Live Music Maker Relief Foundation has partnered with the Arts and Science Council’s Culture Blocks program and the Charlotte [...]
Loneliness is a recurring subject in the Blues. A lover gone or the loss of a family member typically inspires one of the most archetypal themes within the genre. For our Partner Artists, music [...]
Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen takes the spotlight in this feature from PBS NewsHour. A partner artist since 2005, Pat is no stranger to struggle but perseveres through her music. [...]
NPR Weekend Edition: Freeman Vines PBS NewsHour NPR Weekend Edition The Bitter Southerner Read Searching for High John written by the Bitter Southerner founder Chuck Reece – here PBS [...]
Turner Contemporary has created a virtual tour of its ground-breaking exhibition We Will Walk – Art and Resistance in the American South. It is available to view for free from midday on [...]
LIVESTREAM MUSIC SERIES HONORING PIEDMONT BLUES WOMAN ELIZABETH ‘LIBBA’ COTTEN TO FEATURE N.C. ARTISTS PERFORMANCES BY MANDOLIN ORANGE, HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER, PHIL COOK, LIGHTNIN’ WELLS, AND [...]
To say the coronavirus has had a devastating impact on our partner artists would be an understatement. All Spring concerts have been cancelled and with the bars and restaurants closed the smaller [...]
Dear supporters, As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise we are communicating with our partner artists on a daily basis to ensure they are aware of this rapidly developing [...]
MUSIC MAKER PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT HONORING BLUES & ROOTS MUSICIANS TRAVELS TO THE CAPE FEAR MUSEUM On March 26th at 6pm, Cape Fear Museum will host an opening reception for We Are the Music [...]
Music Maker partner artist Freeman Vines was featured in a recent Guardian article about the group exhibition We Will Walk, currently on view at the Turner Contemporary in Kent, UK. Hanging trees [...]
TURNER CONTEMPORARY TO SHOWCASE ARTISTS AND MAKERS FROM AMERICA’S DEEP SOUTH IN GROUND-BREAKING EXHIBITION WE WILL WALK Turner Contemporary will showcase the work of artists and makers from the [...]
Listen to Music Maker founder and photographer Timothy Duffy along with partner artists Guitar Lightnin’ Lee and Alabama Slim and longtime supporter Taj Mahal on Weekend Edition below. Read [...]
We are thrilled to announce the public art component to our exhibit, Timothy Duffy: Blue Muse at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Large scale portraits of Music Maker partner artists Pat [...]
Music Maker is thrilled to be headed to back to Telluride Blues & Brews Festival this September. Renowned as one of the most scenic and intimate music festivals in the country, Telluride [...]
Thanks so much to everyone that participated in this wonderful event!
Things haven’t been easy for Ironing Board Sam over the past couple of years. After partnering with Music Maker, Sam’s career got a phenomenal rebirth and he started playing shows all [...]
Music Maker is thrilled to announce that the Como Mamas will be playing the Ryman Auditorium with St. Paul & the Broken Bones on February 7th, 2019. The group represents the deep gospel roots [...]
Chapel Hill, N.C., October 8th, 2018 – Timothy Duffy has been photographing musicians throughout the Southeastern U.S. for over thirty years. His upcoming book, Blue Muse: Timothy Duffy’s [...]
Don’t miss John Dee Holeman and Thomas Rhyant at the Reeves Theater in Elkin, NC: More info – John Dee Holeman | November 16th | HERE More info – Thomas Rhyant | December 1st | HERE
Robert Finley’s talent is undeniable. Music Maker founder Tim Duffy knew this the second he spotted him playing on the street at the King Biscuit Blues Festival. After working to address [...]
St. Louis, M.O., October 12th, 2018 – Timothy Duffy has been photographing musicians in the South for thirty-five years and is the founder of the Music Maker Relief Foundation, a nonprofit [...]
Over the past three years Music Maker has been forging a partnership with the famed Telluride Blues & Brews Festival and for this year’s festival we pulled out all the stops. We set a [...]
For over a decade now Music Maker has been partnered with the Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival in Columbia, MO which has featured many iterations of the Music Maker Blues Revue on it’s main [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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APPSTATE’S SCHAEFER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS BRINGS PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT THAT CAPTURES TRADITIONAL MUSICIANS OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH
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Timothy Duffy has been photographing musicians in the South for thirty-five years and is the founder of the Music Maker Relief Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Hillsborough, NC that [...]
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 [...]
Pee Wee Hayes, the Glorifying Vines Sisters, and Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen to Play Telluride Blues & Brews Festival!
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Music Maker is thrilled to be partnered with the Telluride Blues & Brews Festival! This year Music Maker partner artists Pee Wee Hayes, the Glorifying Vines Sisters, Christone [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Music Maker’s Executive Director, Timothy Duffy, will be part of the Mississippi Book Festival on August 19th in Jackson, MS. Last year’s festival had 6,200 attendees and was covered [...]
Nicholas Edwards Long, 69, of Rougemont, NC and Naples, FL, passed away on the morning of Saturday, August 5, 2017, at Pettigrew Rehabilitation Center in Durham, NC. Born in Chicago, Illinois, [...]
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 [...]
Last week Music Maker partner artist Robert Finley was featured in Rolling Stone & Pitchfork for his upcoming project with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys. The project is an original [...]
Entertainment Weekly previews Robert Finley’s latest project for z2 Comics graphic novel Murder Ballads with Dan Auerbach. Read the article…HERE
On Thursday, October 19th piedmont blues-woman Etta Baker will be inducted the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in Kannapolis. Etta was an inspiration to American musical greats such as Taj [...]
Girls Rock Gets the Blues—And That’s a Good Thing By Allison Hussey Photo by Alex Boerner – Lena Mae Perry Cohen’s Girls Rock NC residency runs through Thursday, but Perry will [...]
Bob Stephens is a “road warrior.” Forty-eight years of performing and countless miles on the road are what separates Bob from what he and fellow touring musicians call the rest of us: [...]
Honoring Blues and Roots Musicians in Tintypes By Justin Porter Jun. 8, 2017 Staring into Ironing Board Sam’s smile, beautiful and bright as his fingers dance across a keyboard, one can easily [...]
[bandcamp width=700 height=472 album=408860055 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 artwork=small] Dave McGrew, b. 1959 in Cordelain, Idaho, set out to work picking fruit at the age of 6. [...]
By: JUSTIN EPLEY May 22, 2017 On Thursday, one of Morganton’s most legendary musicians will receive a tribute years in the making. A statue of the late Etta Baker, who gained fame later in life [...]
Music Maker is proud to sponsor programming for Moogfest at the Bullpen this year. Thursday, May 18th | 8:30pm | Lonnie Holley Performance Friday, May 19th | 11:00am | The Art & Music Of [...]
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By CHRISTOPHER MELE and MATT STEVENS MAY 2, 2017 via the NY Times Col. Bruce Hampton at the Fox Theater in Atlanta on Monday. CreditRick Diamond/Getty Images Bruce Hampton, who was known as the [...]
Dan Auerbach And Robert Finley’s Cover Of “In The Pines” A Free Music Download For Free Comic Book Day From Z2 Comics
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Posted by Rich Johnston April 25, 2017 We are familiar now with publishers and comic book stores giving away free comic books on Free Comic Book Day. But this year, on May the 6th, publisher Z2 [...]
ON THE BEAT APRIL 14, 2017 12:00 PM ‘A hard life of bad luck and trouble’ BY DAVID MENCONI MIDDLESEX, N.C. It’s been a while since Algia Mae Hinton was on a stage, but she’s still a dancer. That [...]
Music Maker is proud to announce that partner artists, The Como Mamas, will be playing the Chicago Blues Festival on Sunday, June 11th on the Front Porch Stage at 12:00pm. Since partnering with [...]
Savannah Music Festival: Unique music and multimedia presentation explores history of Piedmont Blues
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04 Apr 2017 Written By: Linda Sickler From: Do Savannah The Piedmont blues is music birthed out of suffering. In a music and multimedia presentation co-commissioned by the Savannah Music [...]
Tim Duffy and the Music Maker Relief Foundation work to preserve and support the music and culture of Southern blues artists BY ALEXANDRA KENNON MARCH 23, 2017 Cool John Ferguson and Captain [...]
MARCH 29, 2017 by: JENNIFER ODELL Music Maker Relief Foundation gives $62,000 to Louisiana musicians” data-description=”The Music Maker Relief Foundation has been providing [...]
The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival Announces Artist Lineup Featuring Music Maker Relief Foundation Artists Robert Finley & Alabama Slim + Music Maker Advisory Board Members Bonnie Raitt [...]
Continuing the surprisingly rich tradition of musical excellence in Panola County, Mississippi. March 22nd 2017 by Marty Sartini Garner photo by Aaron A. Greenhood Sisters Angela Taylor and Della [...]
On March 3rd, 2017 Our Living Past, Music Maker’s photography exhibit featuring 25 photos of Southern musicians and scenes, will be on display at the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, [...]
The podcast Crazy Good Turns, that celebrate nonprofits and people who do crazy good turns for others, premiered their episode on Music Maker Relief Foundation today. The episode features partner [...]
Music Maker Relief Foundation will be streaming concerts at the Bullpen every Wednesday & Friday night at 7pm EST (unless otherwise note). All shows can be watched via Music Maker Relief [...]
This Friday, December 16th is the Grand Opening of The Bullpen and we will be kicking things off with Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen at 9pm. So come on out and get some delicious Heavenly [...]
“MORE THAN CONVINCING” (NY TIMES) MAJOR NEW SOUL VOICE ROBERT FINLEY MAKES RECORDED DEBUT AT 62 ON FAT POSSUM IMPRINT BIG LEGAL MESS FORMER US ARMY SERVICEMAN & LOUISIANA CARPENTER TURNS TO [...]
The Como Mamas are a lifelong gospel trio from Como, MS. They have been working with Music Maker for over 2 years and have since played on some of the biggest stages in the world, including the [...]
July 14th, 2016 / BY BRITTNEY MCKENNA It’s no secret that the South is home to some of the greatest musicians around, past and present. From early bluesmen like Robert Johnson to country [...]
The Music Maker Blues Revue featuring Robert Finley, Alabama Slim, Robert Lee Coleman, Albert White, Nashid Abdul-Khalliq will be heading to Belgium to play the Swing Wespelaar Music Festival on [...]
Piedmont Blues is a live concert presentation led by celebrated jazz pianist / composer / bandleader Gerald Clayton that explores the essence and impact of the Piedmont blues. The project [...]
More Than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide Includes $15,000 awarded to Music Maker Relief Foundation Hillsborough, NC —National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has [...]
BY SUZE UTTAL MAY 13, 2016 Music and food is a perfect combination of sensual pleasures, and how better to honor that relationship but to create an album of songs related to food! Music Maker [...]
About the Program Celebrate the twentieth anniversary season of the Skirball’s annual Sunset Concerts, a series dedicated to drawing music fans from across greater Los Angeles by showcasing both [...]
Sunday May. 8 2016 8:30 PM Ring The Golden Bells CELEBRATING 101 YEARS OF SISTER ROSETTA THARPE Brookfield Place Winter Garden 230 Vesey St, New York, NY 10281 [...]
Purchase Spencer Branch Here! Spencer Branch by Spencer Branch Recorded in Whitetop Mountain, Virginia Spencer Branch features siblings Kilby Spencer and Martha Spencer along with North Carolina [...]
Beverly Watkins plays a mean blues guitar, and that’s putting it mildly. Over six decades of performing, the 77-year-old has opened for Ray Charles, James Brown, BB King and other legendary [...]
Music News | February 16th, 2016 | Brenda Hillegas photo by Tim Duffy Robert Finley plays on the streets in Louisiana where people take photos and give him tips. His music can be best described [...]
Our Top Discoveries At globalFEST 2016 By Piotr Orlov & Bob Boilen | January 26, 201611:18 AM ET On Sunday, Jan. 17, globalFEST, one of America’s premiere showcases of musical talent [...]
Globalfest Showcases the Sounds and Traditions of World Music by Jon Pareles | JAN. 18, 2016 Roots were tangled, elastic and portable at this year’s Globalfest, the annual showcase for world [...]
Music Maker’s new exhibit, Our Living Past: A Platinum Portrait of Music Maker is on display at the Atlanta International Airport until January, 21st 2016. Atlanta’s local NPR [...]
TIME LightBox recently featured Music Maker’s new exhibit, Our Living Past: A Platinum Portrait of Music Maker. These Portraits of Southern Blues Musicians Prove That Blues Is Not Dead Oct. [...]
All Music gives preview feature for Ironing Board Sam’s new record, Super Spirit out October 2nd on Big Legal Mess. Check out the feature here.
Pop Matters wrote a fantastic piece covering some great shows at the Newport Folk Festival and our set at the Museum Stage got a great mention: “When I ducked into the Museum stage [...]
Last week Tim did an interview with WFDD in Winston-Salem, NC – the same city where Music Maker was founded. The piece deeply explores the roots and reasons as to why the Music Maker Relief [...]
Music Maker Recipient Artist Drink Small has been awarded one of the most prestigious fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Music Maker Artist John Dee Holeman is also a National [...]
Music Maker Tintype photographers Tim Duffy & Aaron Greenhood were thrilled to be featured in View Camera Magazine’s January/February 2015 publication alongside some incredible [...]
We thrilled to announce that Ironing Board Sam has partnered with Faultless Spray Starch for their latest advertisement campaign. Read Artist Services Coordinator, Aaron Greenhood’s [...]
We are incredibly thrilled to announce that the Music Maker Blues Revue will be playing at Newport Folk Festival this year! The show will be hosted by the amazing Dom Flemons! Boo Hanks, The Como [...]
We know many of you have been asking for information on Captain’s memorial service and burial. We have posted it here and will update if there are any changes. Wednesday, May 20 3pm – [...]
Lead Belly at 125: A Tribute to an American Songster at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Saturday, April 25, 2015, 8:00 PM This special one-night-only concert in collaboration [...]
Filmmaker Tom Ciaburri has completed his documentary short – Ironing Board Sam’s Return.
EXHIBITION DATES: JANUARY 2 – MARCH 29, 2015 Programming Schedule: FREE Docent Tours every SUNDAY @ 2 pm FEBRUARY 2015: February 6, 6 – 8 pm: Opening reception – Admission is free to all [...]
Dom Flemons, Boo Hanks and MMRF founder Tim Duffy were featured on NPR Weekend Edition. Listen to the whole piece here
