/tags/music-maker-relief-foundation Music Maker Relief Foundation en-US Copyright Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:31:55 GMT /arts-culture/2025-03-17/nc-guitar-maker-freeman-vines-dies A prominent guitar maker and blues musician from Pitt County has died. Freeman Vines had a workshop in the small town of Fountain, and he was known for building guitars using reclaimed wood. Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:31:55 GMT /arts-culture/2025-03-17/nc-guitar-maker-freeman-vines-dies Colin Campbell /politics/2024-12-13/pitt-county-town-fountain-musical-rebirth-freeman-vines Fountain's new recording and photography studios from Music Maker Relief Foundation, coupled with the long-running success of the concerts at R.A. Fountain General Store, show the impact that music and the arts can have in North Carolina’s rural communities. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:05:00 GMT /politics/2024-12-13/pitt-county-town-fountain-musical-rebirth-freeman-vines Colin Campbell /arts-culture/2020-03-24/why-we-need-local-musicians-why-they-need-us-the-playlist-for-carolina-quarantine Dealing with the COVID-19 crisis means coping with feelings of fear, confusion and sadness. For musicians, it also means financial precarity as venues and… Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:06:12 GMT /arts-culture/2020-03-24/why-we-need-local-musicians-why-they-need-us-the-playlist-for-carolina-quarantine Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao, Kaia Findlay /show/the-state-of-things/2020-03-24/why-we-need-local-musicians-why-they-need-us-the-playlist-for-carolina-quarantine Dealing with the COVID-19 crisis means coping with feelings of fear, confusion and sadness. For musicians, it also means financial precarity as venues and… Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:06:12 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-03-24/why-we-need-local-musicians-why-they-need-us-the-playlist-for-carolina-quarantine Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao, Kaia Findlay /arts-culture/2019-08-06/aging-southern-musical-artists-celebrate-25-years-of-music-maker The life of an aging blues or folk musician is not always pretty. Many of these old soulsters have not been able to retire with dignity. For the past 25… Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:23:40 GMT /arts-culture/2019-08-06/aging-southern-musical-artists-celebrate-25-years-of-music-maker Leoneda Inge /arts-culture/2019-04-05/come-hear-nc-on-songs-we-love-elizabeth-cotten We've teamed up with Come Hear NC on a podcast series that explores North Carolina music one song at a time. On this episode, folk musician and Grammy… Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2019-04-05/come-hear-nc-on-songs-we-love-elizabeth-cotten Brian Burns /arts-culture/2019-03-22/come-hear-nc-on-songs-we-love-etta-baker-john-dee-holeman We've teamed up with Come Hear NC on a podcast series that explores North Carolina music one song at a time. This week executive director of the North… Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2019-03-22/come-hear-nc-on-songs-we-love-etta-baker-john-dee-holeman Eric Hodge, Brian Burns /arts-culture/2018-09-21/pembrokes-lakota-john-wants-to-save-the-blues Lakota John did not have to wait long to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a touring musician. At just 12 years old he was invited to travel across… Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:59:24 GMT /arts-culture/2018-09-21/pembrokes-lakota-john-wants-to-save-the-blues Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-09-21/pembrokes-lakota-john-wants-to-save-the-blues Lakota John did not have to wait long to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a touring musician. At just 12 years old he was invited to travel across… Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:59:24 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-09-21/pembrokes-lakota-john-wants-to-save-the-blues Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2017-10-30/meet-big-ron-hunter-aka-the-happiest-man-in-blues Ron Hunter was born and raised in a log cabin on a sharecropping farm in the countryside near Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As a kid he wanted to be a… Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:45:49 GMT /arts-culture/2017-10-30/meet-big-ron-hunter-aka-the-happiest-man-in-blues Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio