Music Maker at Shakori Hills April 21st!

Music Maker Blues Revue at Shakori Hills Don't miss Music Maker at Shakori Hills 2012! The Blues Revue will be at the music festival in Pittsboro, NC featuring Pat "Mother Blues" Cohen, Big Ron Hunter, Captain Luke, Ironing Board Sam, Boo Hanks, Bubba Norwood, and Gerald Robinson. Come out to see Music Maker board member Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes as well! Music Maker staff will also be at Shakori selling delicious popcorn to support our programs. Be sure to come find us, you can enjoy tasty popcorn, meet some of our artists, and hear great local music at our booth. We hope you'll come out to Shakori and enjoy the spring with us! Listen: George Conner - I want you to treat me like I treat you Diggin: George Conner's "I want you to treat me like I treat you" George Conner was introduced to Tim by Willie King in the mid 1990s, and they went on to record the album that included this track in Birmingham, Alabama. The album has not been released on the Music Maker label (yet!), making "I want you" not only a great listen but a find that you won't hear anywhere else. The arresting groove demonstrates the broad musical influences Conner had during his career running juke joints in Chicago and Alabama. We're listening to it in the office while planning our upcoming programming -- It's a great match for these warmer spring days we're having lately, as it evokes the feeling of those long, slow summer days to come. Enjoy! -- Corinne Redemption Road DVD Available on Amazon! Mario Van Peebles' film "Redemption Road," featuring music from Music Maker's own Alabama Slim and Little Freddie King, is now available on DVD! In the film, two seemingly different men (Academy Award Nominee Michael Clarke Duncan, Morgan Simpson) embark on a music-steeped journey through the American South, learning along the way that life isn't about where you end up - it's how you get there that matters. "Redemption Road" features music from Country to the full scope of the Blues with a pinch of good old-fashioned Gospel. Included in this mix are the songs "I Got the Blues" and "The Mighty Flood" from Slim and King. Make sure you check out the DVD here, for a great story about music featuring MM artists! Photo of the week Abdi Ahmed, a friend of Tim's from his time in Mombasa, Kenya by Tim Duffy Don't miss SOOTS this Friday! The 6th SOOTS Benefit Blues Revue, featuring Justin & The Mary Annettes, John Dee Holeman and Tad Walters is this Friday! It will be a great night of blues, benefiting Music Maker's mission of preserving and sustaining Southern musical traditions. The SOOTS Blues Revue, created by students at Raleigh Charter High School, will be April 13th at the Longview Center in Raleigh. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 the day of the event, and doors open at 7 pm. More info at sootsblues.org. See you there! Quick Links: Website Merch Music

Upcoming Shows: Click here for more info on upcoming events 4/13 - SOOTS 6th Annual Blues Review featuring John Dee Holeman, Tad Walters, & Justin Robinson & the Mary Annettes 4/13 - Ironing Board Sam - The Depot, Hillsborough, N.C. 4/14 - Big Ron Hunter - North Dakota Museum of Art 4/21 - Music Maker Blues Revue - Shakori Hills Festival, N.C. 4/27 - Cool John Ferguson, Captain Luke, and Shelton Powe - Havelock Blues Festival, N.C. 4/27 - Guitar Lightnin' Lee, Leyla McCalla - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4/28 - Carolina Chocolate Drops - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 4/29 - Ironing Board Sam - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 5/11 - Music Maker Blues Revue - Back Porch Music, Durham, N.C. 5/11 - Ironing Board Sam - The Depot, Hillsborough, N.C. 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.