by Bman | Apr 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Chocolate Drops' Rhiannon Giddens teams up with sister Lalenja on I Know I've Been Changed For Immediate Release Contact: Corinne Everett Belch corinne@musicmaker.org 919-643-2456 HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (April 18, 2013) - Music Maker Relief Foundation, an...
by Bman | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Carolina Chocolate Drops nominated for Grammy! Music Maker Next Generation artists and Board Members the Carolina Chocolate Drops have been nominated for a Grammy for their recording "Leaving Eden." This is the second nomination in the Best Folk Album category for the...
by Bman | Dec 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
It is not widely known in this day that the fiddle and banjo were commonly played by African Americans from slavery times to well into this century. The two instruments in combination once provided much of the dance music for the balls and frolics of both white and...
by Bman | May 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Music Maker Receives NEA Grant! Music Maker has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to present a music series in Chapel Hill! The Music Maker Roots and Leaves series will take place on Fridays, June 8th - 29th, on the Village Green in Southern...
