Music Maker Relief Rund

Enter to win passage on Blues Cruise #19 - Only 500 tickets will be sold!    Support Music Maker and enter to win this amazing cruise for 2 departing from San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 27, 2012. The Blues Cruise # 19 will cruise to Barbados, St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica and return to San Juan on the Celebrity Summit on November 3, 2012. The ship will be packed with non-stop Blues talent! The prize package includes passage in a deluxe veranda cabin, meals and entrance to all musical performances (value of $4,400.*)   Tickets are $25, and the drawing will be held aboard Blues Cruise # 18 on January 28th, 2012! The Power Ticket option for $100 enters you five times into the raffle, and also includes a custom USB drive loaded with Tim's Top Picks for 2011! Don't wait- get your ticket today!       *Winners are responsible for transportation to/from San Juan, Puerto Rico, taxes, incidentals and gratuity. Listen:  Elder James & Pauline Goins-  Old Time Religion Photo of the Week   Tom Meyer of Clyde's Restaurant Group with Captain Luke at the Oyster Riot in DC Quick Links:     Website  Merch  Music   Ironing Board Sam, Carolina Chocolate Drops to play Blues Cruise #19! Ironing Board Sam is thrilled to take his show on the high seas as a performer on Blues Cruise #19 in October 2012! This year has been great for Sam, who has performed at many venues and has also seen the release of his latest recording, Going Up, on the Music Maker label. While developing Sam's career, Music Maker also assisted Sam in obtaining new, affordable housing in Chapel Hill, N.C., a dependable car for traveling to gigs, new eyeglasses and also dentures. Sam is now ready to take the world by storm, and he's especially hoping the dance created by the NC Youth Tap Ensemble to accompany his song "Life is Like a Seesaw" will catch on around the country! Don't forget, you can enter to win a chance to see Sam and the Carolina Chocolate Drops live on Blues Cruise #19! Digging Through the Stacks: "Old Time Religion"     The power of Elder James and Mother Pauline's vocals rising together against the tension of Elder James' guitar style, rooted in an ancient West African Lyre style, drew Corinne and I to this recording of "Old Time Religion" by the Gospel couple from Ridgeway, South Carolina. The story behind the song: Tim was driving through Ridgeway when he stopped at a store to ask about local talent and was introduced to Mother Pauline and Elder James Goins. Within thirty minutes, Tim was recording them in their home. Before passing away, Pauline and Elder James performed at the prestigious Lincoln Center in New York City.   We hope you enjoy the track above as much as we do, and Happy Thanksgiving!  -- Aaron

Upcoming Shows: Click here for more info on upcoming events  11/26 - Beverly "Guitar" Watkins - Underground Atlanta    1/08 - Lakota John Locklear - NC Museum of History 1/28 - Ironing Board Sam - NC Museum of History 3/09 - Pura Fé, Deer Clan Singers - UNC Pembroke    Music Maker Relief Foundation, Inc. helps the true pioneers and forgotten heroes of Southern music gain  recognition and meet their day to day needs. We present these musical traditions to the world so American culture will flourish and be preserved for future generations.