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Adolphus Bell
Electric Blues
Adolphus Bell is a bluesman known for his “one man band.” “I got my guitar and I was playing and…
Adolphus Bell
Carl Rutherford
Folk
Grandfatherly Carl Rutherford’s devastating take on “The Old Rugged Cross” and other jewels showcases his unique blend of Buck Owens-style…
Carl Rutherford
Dom Flemons
Folk
Dom Flemons is a native Arizonan and a true modern Songster, engaging audiences from the green Carolinas to the ruddy…
Dom Flemons
George Conner
Electric Blues
“Birmingham” George Washington Conner moved from Pickens County, Alabama to Chicago and stayed there close to 30 years where he…
George Conner
John Lee Zeigler
Acoustic Blues
John Lee Zeigler of Kathleen, Georgia plays the guitar left-handed, with the strings upside down, striking the bass strings with…
John Lee Zeigler
Othar Turner
Folk
Othar Turner’s unique style of fife and drum music has received national accolades and awards, including a National Endowment for…
Othar Turner
Shelton Powe
Shelton plays in the Piedmont finger-style guitar tradition of his parents and elders. Listening to him play and sing, you…
Shelton Powe
Thomas Rhyant
Active Touring Artists
As a young boy in Florida, Thomas Rhyant used to slip out of the house late at night to go…
Thomas Rhyant
Alabama Slim
Electric Blues
“I grew up listening to the old blues since I was a child. I spent summers with my grandparents who…
Alabama Slim
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Folk
The Carolina Chocolate Drops are a group of young African-American string band musicians that have come together to play the…
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Dr. Dixon
Active Touring Artists
Born in Atlanta in 1947, Dr. Dixon grew up listening to his dad’s record collection. It wasn’t until he heard…
Dr. Dixon
George Daniels
Electric Blues
George Daniels was born April 27, 1929 in Macon County, Alabama. George remained close the area that he was raised…
George Daniels
Lakota John Locklear
Native American
John Lakota Locklear, born in 1997, grew up listening to his dad’s music collection. At seven years old, he picked up the harmonica…
Lakota John Locklear
Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen
Active Touring Artists
Since the age of six, Pat was surrounded by music. Her blues classroom was on the porch of her uncle’s…
Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen
Skeeter Brandon
Electric Blues
Despite his relative youth, still in his early 50s, Skeeter’s music reflects the influence of a century of African American…
Skeeter Brandon
Willie Farmer
Little Willie Farmer was born in 1956 in the small town of Duck Hill, MS. He grew up on a…
Willie Farmer
Albert Smith
Acoustic Blues
Albert Smith (born 1912) of Rembert, South Carolina began playing the piano in 1927 when his parents bought him one…
Albert Smith
Cary Morin
Native American
Cary Morin brings together the great musical traditions of America and beyond like no other, from the rocking, electrified world…
Cary Morin
Dr. G.B. Burt
Acoustic Blues
It was thanks to an argument with his wife – married to the same woman since 1957 with seven children…
Dr. G.B. Burt
George Higgs
Acoustic Blues
“Higgs is a moving singer, powerful harp blower and has a gentle, propulsive guitar style that make for engaging listening.”…
George Higgs
Larry Shores
Larry Shores was born in 1948 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina, the sixth child and only boy to the…
Larry Shores
Patrick Sky
Folk
Pat Sky released a number of well received albums from 1965 onwards and played with many of the leading performers…
Patrick Sky
Slewfoot
Folk
“Slewfoot and Cary Beckelheimer‘s voices mesh together with an easy, haunting grace, but it is their songwriting, both separately and…
Slewfoot
Theotis Taylor
Gospel Music
Brother Theotis Taylor is a gospel singer and pianist from Fitzgerald, Georgia, where he has lived since 1943. Taylor’s parents,…
Theotis Taylor
Albert White
Active Touring Artists
“Albert White is no stranger to rhythm and blues.” – Ardie Dean, Music Maker Relief Foundation Advisory Board Member &…
Albert White
Cedell Davis
Electric Blues
Cedell Davis is most notable for his distinctive style of guitar playing. Davis plays guitar using a table knife in…
Cedell Davis
Drink Small
Acoustic Blues
“Drink Small has the biggest, deepest bass voice in the blues. His amazingly expressive sound falls right in between B.B.…
Drink Small
Guitar Gabriel
Drink houses in Winston-Salem, North Carolina’s black community, like juke joints in the Mississippi Delta, remain a vigorous setting for…
Guitar Gabriel
Lee Gates
Electric Blues
Lee Gates has an incredible presence, standing well over six feet tall, his entire body draped with muscles from a…
Lee Gates
Paul Duffy
Paul Duffy is MMRF President Tim Duffy’s eldest brother. He has been a wandering poet since the 1970s. He performs…
Paul Duffy
