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John Dee Holeman
Acoustic Blues
One of Music Maker’s most renowned and respected artists, John Dee Holeman spent the first six years of his life in Hillsborough,…
John Dee Holeman
Sugar Chile Robinson
Featured
Frank “Sugar Chile” Robinson was one of the first African American child stars to become a household name. Born in…
Sugar Chile Robinson
Willie Farmer
Little Willie Farmer is living proof that Mississippi continues to produce deep blues. The 62-year-old guitarist is neither a soul…
Willie Farmer
The Como Mamas
Gospel Music
The Como Mamas sing the get-you-through kind of gospel. These three women from Como, Mississippi—Ester Mae Smith, Angelia Taylor, and…
The Como Mamas
Sam Frazier, Jr.
Active Touring Artists
Sam Frazier, Jr. can play the harp like Sonny Boy Williamson or sing a country tune like Charley Pride, a…
Sam Frazier, Jr.
Robert Lee Coleman
Active Touring Artists
Robert Lee Coleman of Macon, Georgia played guitar for Percy Sledge from 1964 to 1969. In 1970, James Brown hired…
Robert Lee Coleman
Robert Finley
Active Touring Artists
Robert Finley of Bernice, Louisiana, has been playing the guitar nearly all his life. At the age of 11, his…
Robert Finley
Precious Bryant
Featured
Precious Bryant hails from Waverly Hall, GA. She is an honest, wonderful songwriter and a spellbinding performer. I met her…
Precious Bryant
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
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
Harvey Dalton Arnold
Electric Blues
Harvey Dalton Arnold is a singer, guitarist and North Carolina-native who has a passion for the blues. He sold millions…
Harvey Dalton Arnold
Etta Baker
Acoustic Blues
Etta Baker’s music reflects the open atmosphere in which she learned to play. African-American blues, white country picking and English…
Etta Baker
Cora Fluker
Gospel Music
Cora Fluker was born in Livingston, Alabama, around 1920. When Denise and I visited her in 1997 it was a…
Cora Fluker
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
Captain Luke
Electric Blues
“In his own low-key way, Captain Luke Mayer is one of the most versatile and entertaining ‘discoveries’ that Music Maker…
Captain Luke
Bubba Norwood
Electric Blues
Drummer James “Bubba” Norwood’s credentials are among the brightest of any Music Maker artist. Known mostly for his long-time association…
Bubba Norwood
Pat Wilder
Active Touring Artists
Pat began playing the guitar as a teen after her mother encouraged her to develop an interest in any instrument…
Pat Wilder
Benton Flippen
Folk
“Benton Flippen is a one-time phenomenon. Ambling quietly forth from a musical family, he has taken the traditions around him…
Benton Flippen
Ardie Dean
Electric Blues
Ardie Dean’s infectious happy-spirited charisma drives the Music Maker Revue. He is a world-class drummer who has been with Music…
Ardie Dean
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
