Oct 14, 2022 | MMRF - Results
Shelton Powe plays in the Piedmont finger-style guitar tradition of his parents and elders, but it took him a long time to get back to that music “The starkness makes it feel like blues from another time long ago when bluesmen showed up at country bars, kicked...
Oct 10, 2022 | MMRF - Results
Shelton Powe’s Piedmont Blues Spotlighted By Music Maker Foundation “Picking up the guitar as a tribute to his deceased mother, Shelton set out to learn old-time Blues and Gospel the way he remembered it, revisiting his childhood through song.” | Read...
Oct 10, 2022 | MMRF - Results
Song Premiere: Shelton Powe “She Don’t Care About Me” “His Piedmont finger-picking guitar style is showcased in understated elegance here. It’s produced in bright and shiny pings and twangs.” | Read More at Americana...
Sep 30, 2022 | MMRF - Results
Exclusive: Piedmont Blues Guitarist Shelton Powe Premieres Old-Time “Shake ‘Em On Down” “More than a musical fancy, the Carolina blues is a piece of Powe, and listening to him play instantly transports listeners back to the wellspring of the...
Sep 21, 2022 | MMRF - Results, No Depression
Music Maker Songbook Shows Off Blues’ Best and Invites Playing Along “This Music Maker compilation is one of the best the foundation has put out to date, an in-depth look and listen of the treasures these elders still have to offer.” | Read More at No...
Sep 21, 2022 | Hermon Hitson - Results, MMRF - Results
Hermon Hitson, “Let the Gods Sing” “Hitson’s guitar work here is splendid; he plays the notes quickly and emotively.” | Read More at No...
Sep 21, 2022 | Hermon Hitson - Results, MMRF - Results
Herman Hitson Lets the Gods Sing Through His Guitar “I don’t know what’s better about this one, the spoken word throughout or the amazing guitar work Hitson employed on it.” | Read More at Speed On the...
Sep 20, 2022 | MMRF - Results
Deep in the South: A Music Maker Songbook Taps into the Aquifer of America “Out September 20, the 89-page book showcases 27 different songs, combining guitar tablature and lyrics with riveting biographies, musicological footnotes, and evocative photos.” ...
Sep 19, 2022 | Hermon Hitson - Results, MMRF - Results
Hermon Hitson, Let the Gods Sing “Herman (aka Hermon) Hitson’s story is one of rediscovery, a stunning one at that.” | Read More at Making a...
Sep 19, 2022 | MMRF - Results
Sugar Harp, Sugar Is My Name | Album Review “Sugar Harp shows here that he is a fine harp player and singer and would, one suspects, put on a very entertaining live show.” | Read More at Blues Blast...
Aug 3, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Results, MMRF - Results, NPR
“You Don’t Know” (Free at Noon Concert) “Dedicated Men of Zion perform ‘You Don’t Know’ live for an XPN Free at Noon Concert. Recorded at World Cafe live in Philadelphia on 7/29/22.” | Read More at...
Aug 3, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Results, MMRF - Results
The Dedicated Men of Zion bring a spirit-raising set to World Cafe Live for Free at Noon “It was a family affair when the close-knit harmonies and rock and roll energy of this North Carolina gospel ensemble took the Free at Noon stage today.” | Read More...
Jul 20, 2022 | Brooklyn Vegan, Hermon Hitson - Results, MMRF - Results
Hermon Hitson, “Ain’t No Other Way” “Herman Hitson, who was associated with Jimi Hendrix (and other legends) back in the ’60s, is set to release his first album in decades, Let The Gods Sing, on September 23 via Big Legal Mess.” | ...
Jul 20, 2022 | Hermon Hitson - Results, MMRF - Results
Funk-Soul Pioneer/Hendrix Collaborator Herman Hitson Premieres Single “Ain’t No Other Way” “Philadelphia-born, then Georgia- and Florida-raised, he first picked up the guitar, the instrument for which he is best known, when his doowop band’s...
Jul 18, 2022 | MMRF - Results
Sugar Harp, Sugar Is My Name “The air of self-assurance that permeates Sugar Harp’s performances on these ten tracks is only that which comes from decades of hearing and playing his chosen style of blues.” | Read More at All About...
