Jun 21, 2020 | American Songwriter, Vanessa Collier - Results
Sax Queen Vanessa Collier Does It All on ‘Heart on the Line’ “But where so many musicians focus strictly on their primary instrument, Collier takes the reins on her albums as lead singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, and even the player of an unexpected...
May 27, 2020 | MMRF - Results, PBS
A music maker sings the coronavirus blues “Musician Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen has long met adversity with music. She lost her New Orleans home to Hurricane Katrina and relocated to North Carolina with assistance from the Music Maker Relief Foundation, a group...
May 8, 2020 | CNN, MMRF - Results
Covid-19 taking toll on blues community “Cohen is part of a community of musicians trying to keep the blues alive in a landscape where live music is on hold and the artists dedicated to the genre are particularly vulnerable to Covid-19.” | Read More at...
Apr 27, 2020 | Atwood Magazine, Chris Milam - Results
Today’s Song: Wistful, Symphonic, Verdant “Phoenix” “With symphonic energy and lyrical grace, Chris Milam delivers a wistful, gusty anthem that dynamically feels like the great outdoors in new single “Phoenix.” | Read More at Atwood...
Apr 27, 2020 | American Songwriter, Chris Milam - Results
Chris Milam Discusses ‘Meanwhile’, a Non-Linear Album About Changing Times “Songwriter Chris Milam’s new album Meanwhile goes against all label trends…” | Read More at American...
Apr 27, 2020 | MMRF - Results, Rolling Stone
Meet the Blues Singer Who Won’t Stop Brightening Seniors’ Lives “She never stopped believing in kindness, and now she’s making a difference by playing socially-distanced nursing-home gigs.” | Read More at Rolling...
Feb 13, 2020 | Crosstown Arts - Results, Press Results
Memphis gains momentum with new creative hub “They envisioned a creative hub containing an intimate, 125-capacity performing venue, a 400-seat black-box theater, large gallery spaces, and shared art-making areas including a digital lab and recording,...
Feb 11, 2020 | Greg Klyma - Results, Wide Open Country
Greg Klyma Drinks To His Health in ‘Why I Oughta’ Music Video “Klyma, a Boston-based artist, wrote “Why I Oughta” from the standpoint of a barfly who’s convinced himself that “drink more water” goes hand-in-hand with...
Jan 20, 2020 | Crosstown Arts - Results, Jazziz
Crosstown Arts Announces Modern Masters Jazz Series “The series kicked off with saxophonist Ed Peterson on January 14 and is currently scheduled to end on November 10 with a performance by pianist Victor Atkins.” | Read More at...
Jan 14, 2020 | Abdullah Ibrahim - Results, NPR
The 2019 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll: The Fringe Fills the Gap “Sublime…for Ibrahim, rather than cities and natural wonders spotted on world tours, the places are remembered ones from his youth to which he was forbidden to return for all those years. His...
Dec 10, 2019 | Buddy Rich - Results, Wall Street Journal
“He Kept Pushing to the End” “A previously unreleased concert, taped less than six months before Rich’s death, reveals his ability to propel a band and drive it relentlessly forward.” | Read More at Wall Street...
Nov 4, 2019 | Buddy Rich - Results, Jazziz
Hear the Last-Ever Known Recording of Drum Legend Buddy Rich “It’s peak Rich: full of swing, bristling with energy and faster than a speeding bullet.” | Read More at...
Oct 17, 2019 | AV Club, MMRF - Results
Do you like roots music? Then we’re giving away a getaway just for you “We’re giving away a getaway to Durham, NC, to attend a five-day music and arts festival celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Music Maker Foundation.” | Read More at AV...
Sep 18, 2019 | Barnes Brothers - Results, Bible & Tire - Results, Elizabeth King - Results, No Depression
New Label Bible & Tire Serves Up Newly Minted and Vintage Gospel Soul “Elizabeth King missed her blastoff. Forty years ago, she was on the launchpad, fueled up and ready to go, but because of circumstances beyond her control she never achieved...
Sep 10, 2019 | Barnes Brothers - Results, Bible & Tire - Results, Elizabeth King - Results, NPR
‘It’s Soul Music Without The Sex’: Fat Possum Records’ Bruce Watson Goes Gospel “For the label’s new recordings, Watson produced the Sensational Barnes Brothers himself, at Delta-Sonic Sound studios in Memphis.” | Read More...
