Listen to MM Supporter & Photographer Axel Kuster this Sunday!

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Axel Kustner on Sunday Blues! German photographer Axel Kustner has been a great friend to Music Maker and has taken so many wonderful photos of our artists. Don't miss hearing him interviewed this Sunday from 5-7pm on Big Road Blues - a show on Jazz90.1 that airs out of Rochester, NY. Axel has been documenting the blues in the South since the early 70's through his field recordings and remarkable photography. For over thirty years he has helped document the often unseen and unheard rural Southern Blues scene. On Big Road Blues, Axel will be talking about his travels as well as some of the artists he has recorded and photographed through the years. If you're not in the Buffalo area, you can still listen live online at Jazz901.org! Guitar Gabriel by Axel Kustner Diggin': "Lee Gates" It's fascinating to me how often the generational divide is brought up when debating matters of taste. Especially given the shifting nature of the musical landscape and the rapidly widening technological divide, which simultaneously complicates and facilitates discovery -- of new artists, of new genres, of forgotten history. As a fairly young person who's consistently been into "older" forms of music, I was naturally drawn to Lee Gates' "Why Don't These Young People Understand?" because it promised to speak to that fascination via good old delta blues. Trying to explain the Blues to people is like trying to explain breathing; it's something that just happens to you. Gates' track is a great illustration of all the descriptors I regularly use: "dirty" (the slide of his fingers on the guitar), "organic" (you could easily imagine that, if it weren't a recording, he could easily take this in many different directions depending on his general mood at the time of playing it), "soulful" and a little bit melancholy. It's really about isolation, and seeking some way to bridge that gap. Hopefully, the wailing voice of his guitar will do its part the help everybody understand. Make sure you're following us on Facebook and Twitter - we'll be exploring Mississippi Blues through artists like Lee Gates during October as part of our Know Your Roots campaign! - Whitney Keep up with Music Maker!      Support Music Maker, and help keep the music alive!     Southern Mississippi Roots Festival - Artist Profile The Music Maker Stage at the Southern Mississippi Roots Festival is next weekend! Music Maker will host several artists playing from Noon - 4pm on Saturday, October 13th in Hattiesburg, MS. We've given you several artists profiles now, and here is the final one - The Drew Young Band! Drew Young of the Drew Young Band is back in New Orleans by way of New York City, and brings that Cresent City Sound to the Music Maker Stage. Drew is originally from Atlanta, GA and got his start in the trenches of nearby Athens, as the founder and front man of the jangly guitar-driven Ruben Kincaid. Since then, he's been traversing the country in a variety of beat up vehicles, stopping along the way to work with some of the most talented musicians and offbeat characters in "the biz." Musical inspirations include The Band, Tom Petty and Neil Young. More at drewyoung.com. More info about the Music Maker Stage here!   Ironing Board Sam Photo of the Week by Tim Duffy Listen:  Lee Gates - Why Don't These Young People Understand?  John Dee Holeman at Richmond Folk Festival next weekend! The Richmond Folk Festival, one of Virginia's largest and most anticipated events of the year, will feature John Dee Holeman's unique Piedmont Blues on Saturday, October 13th from Noon - 12:45pm, and on Sunday October 14th from 4:15pm - 5:15pm. The Festival strives to present the very finest traditional artists from across the nation. We're excited audiences in Richmond will get a chance to experience John Dee! More information about the Richmond Folk Festival at richmondfolkfestival.org. Upcoming Shows: Click here for more info on upcoming events  10/4 - 10/7 - Deer Clan - Shakori Hills Music Festival, Pittsboro, NC    10/6 - Big Ron Hunter - St. Anne's Chapel, Tarboro, NC  10/11 - Pura Fé - 8th Annual Dreamcatcher Awards Gala, Hamilton, Ontario  10/12 - Big Ron Hunter - The Depot, Hillsborough, NC  10/13 - Ironing Board Sam, L.C. Ulmer, Ben Peyton, Drew Young Band - Music Maker Stage, Southern Mississippi Roots Festival, Hattiesburg, MS     10/13 - John Dee Holeman - Richmond Folk Festival, Richmond, VA 10/14 - Ironing Board Sam - Crescent BBQ and Blues Festival, NOLA  10/19-10/21 - Robert Lee Coleman, Ironing Board Sam, Nashid Abdul Khaaliq, Big Ron Hunter, Ardie Dean- Blues at the Crossroads, Salina, KS 10/27- 11/2- Ironing Board Sam, Carolina Chocolate Drops - Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise 11/11 - George Higgs -  Pinecone Music of the Carolinas, NCMoH, Raleigh, NC 11/19 - Lakota John and Kin - American Indian Heritage Festival, NCMo, Raleigh, NC   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.