Music Makers/Corey Harris/Winter Weather

Music Makers: Host David Crabtree talks with Tim Duffy, founder and president of the Music Maker Relief Foundation. The Durham-based nonprofit helps aging blues musicians distribute their music and pay their bills. Etta Baker, a 92-year-old blues guitarist from Morganton, North Carolina — and a beneficiary of the Foundation – will join the conversation. Also, Chapel Hill blues musician John Dee Holeman performs live in the studio. Listener Call-In. (42:00)

Musicians In Their Own Words: Blues musician Corey Harris explores the musical connections between the Mississippi Delta and the West African country of Mali. His new CD, “Downhome Sophisticate,” received a four-star rating from Rolling Stone magazine. The magazine compared the record’s eclectic sound to George Clinton and Funkadelic. We’ll hear from Corey Harris as part of producer David Schulman’s series “Musicians In Their Own Words.” (4:00)

The Weather Outside Is Frightful: Host David Crabtree speaks with WRAL meteorologist Greg Fishel about what weather to expect in North Carolina this weekend, and this winter. (12:00)

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