Jun 7, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Releases, MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Dedicated Men of Zion (DMZ) – the North Carolina sacred soul family quartet that’s been featured in an NPR Tiny Desk Concert – has confirmed a northeast tour, an appearance on NPR Mountain Stage, and released a new music video. NPR Music said, “The world needs this...
Jun 3, 2022 | MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Music Maker Relief Foundation to Release Album June 1 on CD to Its Listeners Circle, July 1 to the General Public via Streaming and Download Flames engulfed Birmingham, Alabama bluesman Charles “Sugar Harp” Burroughs’ van, packed with all of his belongings and...
May 18, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
Allison Russell Earns Album of the Year & Artist of the Year While Crys Matthews Takes Home Song of the Year Kansas City, MO (May 18, 2022) – Folk Alliance International (FAI), the foremost global nonprofit for folk music and the producers of the International...
May 3, 2022 | Bible & Tire - Releases, MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Getting his start with rock and roll band The Soul Twisters before becoming multi-instrumentalist for sacred soul legends the Glorifying Vines Sisters (his wife Dorothy Vines’ group), Johnny Ray Daniels has stepped out on his own at the age of 76 with his first solo...
Apr 27, 2022 | Binker Golding - Releases, Press Releases
Shares new single “(Take Me To The) Wide Open Lows” Today, multi-award-winning tenor saxophonist and composer, Binker Golding, has announced details of his much anticipated second solo album Dream Like A Dogwood Wild Boy which is due out 17 June 2022 via London...
Apr 26, 2022 | MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Putumayo is pleased to present Blues Café, a captivating collection of laidback blues by legends and new discoveries from the Mississippi Delta and beyond. Available this Friday, April 29, this release includes a CD, album download card and booklet with extensive...
Apr 18, 2022 | Christine Sweeney - Releases, Press Releases
“One of folk country’s most entrancing new voices” (Holler.Country) Christine Sweeney will release her spirit-lifting sophomore album ‘Heart In a Hurry’ this Friday but already garnered accolades for the soul/folk songwriter and stop-you-in-your-tracks vocalist....
Apr 12, 2022 | Dom Flemons - Releases, Press Releases
Special Guests Performing with Flemons Include Andy Hedges and Tony Trishka GRAMMY Award-winner, Two-Time EMMY nominee, and 2020 United States Artists Fellow Dom Flemons will perform three nights at Symphony Space in NYC, each evening has a special theme and musical...
Apr 11, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
Musicians Invited to Perform a Favorite Folk Song May 3 April 11, 2022, Kansas City, MO – Folk Alliance International (FAI) has announced the For Pete’s Sake, Donate campaign to launch May 3, to benefit The Village Fund while celebrating Pete Seeger’s birthday:...
Apr 7, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
The Late Nanci Griffith and Acclaimed Conjunto Artist Flaco Jiminez to Receive Lifetime Achievement Recognition Kansas City, MO (April 7, 2022) – Folk Alliance International(FAI), the foremost global nonprofit for folk music and the producers of the...
Apr 6, 2022 | Press Releases, Ryan Lee Crosby - Releases
Boston Songwriter/Guitarist Confirms Sets at Clarksdale, MS’ Juke Joint Festival, Bentonia Blues Festival with Grammy Nominee Jimmy “Duck” Holmes “Sometimes light and free-flowing, sometimes intense and heavy.”–Aquarium Drunkard “Ryan Lee...
Mar 28, 2022 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Releases, Press Releases
New Album Solotude Earning Considerable Acclaim NPR Music has shared piano master Abdullah Ibrahim’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. To accompany the piece, Bob Boilen said, “It’s less a concert and more witnessing a master thoughtfully creating an atmosphere, a...
Mar 16, 2022 | MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
Artists Include Jimi Hendrix Collaborator Hermon Hitson, Documentary Film Subjects The Branchettes, Grammy Nominee Joe Troop, & Music Maker Blues Revue The Town of Carrboro, North Carolina will present the Music Maker Foundation’s Freight Train Blues series of...
Mar 15, 2022 | Folk Alliance - Releases, Press Releases
March 9, 2022, Kansas City, MO – Folk Alliance International (FAI), the foremost global nonprofit for folk music, is thrilled to announce beloved jazz and blues artist Madeleine Peyroux and Crown-honored English folk music icon Shirley Collins as keynote...
Mar 14, 2022 | MMRF - Releases, Press Releases
“Fiery.”–New York Times “A total bad-ass.”–Guitar Player “Queen of the Blues Guitar”–Guitar World “One of the greats.”–She Shreds In the 1990s, Music Maker Foundation co-founder Tim Duffy wandered into Underground Atlanta and was amazed by an...
