9/8 – John Dee Holeman – Harvest Festival, Duke Homestead, Durham, NC
9/7 – 9/9 – Pura Fé – Ohio Lesbian Festival, Pataskala, OH
9/14 – Ironing Board Sam – The Depot, Hillsborough, NC
9/15 – Ironing Board Sam & Big Ron Hunter – Apex Jazz Festival
9/20 – John Dee Holeman & Lightnin’ Wells – SOOTS Benefit, Chapel Hill, NC
9/22 – Music Maker Blues Revue – Roots N Blues N BBQ, Columbia, MO
9/23 – Leyla McCalla – Mass MoCA Fresh Grass Bluegrass Festival, North Adams, MA
9/29 – Ironing Board Sam & Drink Small – Sweet Palmetto Festival, Columbia, SC
10/4 – 10/7 – Deer Clan – Shakori Hills Music Festival, Pittsboro, NC
10/13 – Ironing Board Sam, L.C. Ulmer, Ben Peyton, Drew Young Band – Music Maker Stage, Southern Mississippi Roots Festival, Hattiesburg, MS
It’s hard to get into the rhythm of the work week when it’s shortened by a holiday. There’s nothing like a soulful blues jam like “In This World Alone” to musically illustrate all the lethargy I’m still feeling after a long weekend of… well, nothing. From the opening guitar licks to the dancing harmonica, the song transports me back to a muggy summer day, one where I’m not concerned with news or technology but with just the very essentials of life: how somebody done me wrong. Or I done somebody wrong. Or how nobody’s doing nobody wrong.
On October 13th Music Maker will present the 
