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Album: Song Keepers: A Music Maker Foundation Anthology | Official Website: | Purchase Album: For three decades Music Maker Foundation has sought out the country's unsung, tending the roots of American music - this new 143-page book by Georgann Eubanks features interviews with figures integral to the development of Music Maker Foundation including Taj Mahal, Rhiannon Giddens and many more, plus 100 stunning photographs. The book is accompanied by an 85 song, four-CD compilation from various artists drawn from over 200 releases in the MMF catalog, ranging from acoustic blues, electric blues, sacred soul, gospel, and eclectic folk music. Music Maker Foundation has been one of the leading nonprofits in the music industry for 30 years. What makes this organization special, though, is how its team members seek out Southern songs to save, while also working to protect and empower those who make the music in the first place. The mission is as much about the people as their art. With Song Keepers: A 30-Year Anthology, Music Maker Foundation honors the people, places, and songs (re)discovered over the past three decades. This box set is a vital tome of history and songs. But it's also a piece of art in itself -- a beautiful combination of original photography, engaging storytelling, and popular music. What shocks me the most every time I listen to these 85 songs is simply how real they are. Some are standards and some are originals. The playing is honest, occasionally even makeshift. And the stories are pointedly American, yet wholly universal. Song Keepers encapsulates everything I love and believe in about music -- that this art form is a human form. And celebrating that humanity shows how we're more alike than different. -- Hilary Saunders (Managing Editor, No Depression) Box-set & Book Trailer: Official Channel: @MusicMakerFdn 🎧 Don’s Tunes is about the music. It’s about the sound. It’s about the real thing. My mission for over 10 years is to collaborate with & promote lesser known, but extremely talented blues & jazz artists and bring you a selection of tunes with an audiophile sound and real emotion. On my website you can read more about the artists featured on the channel: If you're an artist or label and want to me featured on the channel, Spotify and my website visit: & write me on don@ The song is used with a promotional purpose. All visual & audio copyrights belong to their respective owners. Re-uploading this video on other channels is prohibited. Find more quality Blues on YouTube here: 👉 ▶️ Don's Tunes on Spotify ▶️ Don's Tunes on Facebook: ▶️ #blues #bluesmusic #slowblues #audiophile & Jazz Group: ▶️ Don's Tunes on Instagram: ▶️ Don's Tunes on Twitter:
