"LIVE AT THE MUSIC MAKERS STAGE" A biweekly LIVE SERIES & LIVESTREAM event Friday ni
Music Makers Stage
What is Music Makers Stage?
The Music Makers Stage is a small, intimate live event space with virtual capabilities. The venue capacity is up to 50 with chairs, up to 75 standing. We also have the capability of opening our bay window and overflowing into the parking lot. It's a perfect space for your next show, album release, staff party, or special gathering. Contact us today!
Upcoming Artist - Colin O'Brien
Colin O'Brien- Fri. April 7th 7:00PM
Colin O’Brien’s music is informed by the past and speaks to the present. A playful performer, Colin delights his audiences with fiery melodies, groovy rhythms, soulful lyrics, fancy footwork and old time hat tricks. His banjo, fiddle and guitar playing, percussive dancing, and lyrics all express an earnest regard for the traditional, natural and true.
“Colin O’Brien is a great entertainer.” –Tim O’Brien
O’Brien is a nationally touring independent performer based in Nashville. He has shared bills with artists such as The Infamous String Dusters, Great American Taxi, Trampled By Turtles, Tim O’Brien, Del McCoury, Steve Martin, Sam Bush, Darol Anger and Peter Rowan.
Colin has performed at innumerable venues and festivals throughout the United States such as Rocky Grass, (2012, 2013) The John Hartford Memorial Festival (2011,2012,2013), The Jackpine Jamboree (2006-2013), Swamp N Grass (2006,2007,2008), Swallow Hill, Summerfest (2000,2001,2002,2008,2010,2013), Crested Butte Arts Festival, Boats and Bluegrass (2009,2010,2011), Noreast’r Festival, Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, The Station Inn, The Sioux River Folk Festival, The Ark and dozens more.
Colin loves to engage his audience, young and old alike, and may at any time leave the stage to dance and sing among them; his voice, fiddle and feet all still resounding loud and clear through the stage speakers.
In 2011, the great Nashville musician, Larry Perkins, heard Colin play at the John Hartford Memorial Festival and was side-struck. “Colin’s music is genuine, whimsical, full of fun and carefully crafted. For me, it’s a very pleasant surprise”
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Upcoming Artist - Rachel Rodriguez
“Songs from My Childhood”: Stories of Musical Inspiration- Fri. Apr. 21st 7:00PM
“Songs from My Childhood”: Stories of Musical Inspiration is a collaborative music performance dedicated to promoting Diversity and Inclusion, instrument playing, culture appreciation, creativity, world music, collaboration, and social and emotional learning through storytelling and songs. Each artist will discuss and demonstrate, on their instrument, the pivotal event that inspired them to take their musical path.
This performance is presented with gratitude to Metro Arts and the following Community Partners:
Music Makers Stage at Delgado Guitars
Cremona Strings NP
Soul Vibes Global
Entrepreneur Latina Leaders of America (ELLA)
TN Latin American Chamber of Commerce
Upcoming Artist - Calentano
Fri. May 5th 7:00PM
“Calentano” (meaning instrumental music from the Tierra Caliente region of Mexico) is a 5 piece band that plays traditional Mexican folk and dance tunes from the 1920’s and ’30’s. Their music includes tangos, waltzes, polkas, boleros and foxtrots arranged for triple fiddle, guitar and bass.
The arrangements are based on the archives of Angel Tavira, and the music of fiddle player/composer Juan Reynoso and others of that region. The music is now preserved for public use by Paul Anastasio, an American fiddle player who made 25 trips to Mexico to learn the fiddle tunes as played by Juan Reynoso. This treasure trove of music forms the basis of Nashville’s “Calentano” Band.
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Upcoming Artist - Davis Raines
Fri. May 19th 2023 @ 7:00PM
Known to his peers as a master songwriter, Davis Raines’ tunes have taken him throughout North America and into Europe, appeared on Grammy-nominated Gold records as well as sales and airplay charts, and provided enough material for nine releases of his own.
Originally from Alabama, Raines left a promising career in Corrections, enrolled in graduate school to study the Romantic poets, then lit out for Nashville and the inspirational romantic poetry of Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, and Guy Clark.
Raines’ songs cross all styles and genres – story songs, sad Country ballads, and muscular rockers. Whatever the song, Raines delivers it in an evocative, true-to-his-Deep-South-roots manner.
Davis Raines can be seen performing solo, or most frequently with his longtime cohorts – the Band of A Thousand Names, regularly at Nashville’s legendary Brown’s Diner, or in a listening room or house concert near you
Upcoming Artist - Madison Hughes
Friday, June 2nd 2023 @ 7:00PM
"In a world where you can be anything, be yourself. That’s the mantra, performer/singer Madison Hughes, 26, has embraced. Originally from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Madison’s musical journey began at 10 years old when she started taking guitar lessons with her dad. Fast forward, after graduating college, Madison spent time in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Nashville. She became versatile across multiple genres and styles like “countrified” versions of rock classics or more folksy, sultry interpretations of pop and country hits. A turning point in Madison’s career came in 2022 when she decided to apply for NBC’s The Voice. After a lengthy vetting process, she landed a coveted spot on the Blind Auditions stage by charming the coaches with her country rendition of Bob Dylan’s classic, “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” – earning a three-chair turn. This performance, which got rave fan reviews and captured over half a million YouTube views, solidified her confidence in performing live. She ultimately earned a spot on Team Blake, who quoted, “When we’re talking about Madison’s tone, I swear I hear a little Elvis in her!” Despite being eliminated in the Battle Rounds, Madison took away important lessons and inspirations from her time on The Voice. She’s just dropped her first single off of the show, "You or the Whiskey" which was featured in Billboard's "7 Must Hear Country Songs." She is now currently working with producers and writers to get her first album made.”
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