There are 8 article(s) tagged Talibah Safiya:

• April 2024

  • Africa in April extends events with dance and dinner party

    For the first time in 10 years, the Africa in April Cultural Awareness Festival is extending its celebration beyond its traditional four-day schedule.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 24, 2024

• March 2023

  • A debut album, a community garden and a heart for art

    Talibah Safiya is the first artist to release an album on the University of Memphis’ High Water Records label in almost 20 years. She’s an artist-in-residence at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, an entrepreneur and, with her husband, the founder of the Hood Homestead. 

    By Kylah Strickland-Paige March 01, 2023

• January 2023

  • Statewide art exhibit opens this week with Kha, Safiya, others participating

    Memphis will join Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga in a five-month, statewide art exhibition this week.

    By Elle Perry January 26, 2023

• April 2022

  • Exclusive: U of M’s High Water Records relaunches label with Talibah Safiya

    More than 40 years after its initial creation, the University of Memphis’ High Water Records is recording new music again.

    By Elle Perry April 23, 2022

  • The To-Do List: Spring fashion, weird beers and lots of ballet

    This week, cheer on the Memphis Grizzlies at Fourth Bluff watch parties, catch local music shows on porches throughout Cooper-Young and see Memphis soul singer Talibah Safiya at Crosstown Arts.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry April 21, 2022

• November 2020

  • November playlist: ‘Fresh Out the Oven’

    ‘Your friends and family may be familiar with Memphis music past, but how much do they know about Memphis music present? This playlist includes a selection of the freshest tracks I’ve played on my WYXR show “Straight from the Source.”’

    By Elizabeth Cawein November 27, 2020

• November 2019

  • The Weekly Memphian: Southern Avenue, Memsgiving, Talibah Safiya

    Southern Avenue performs Saturday at Halloran Centre. The band’s second album, this year’s “Keep On,” was nominated this week for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary Blues Album category.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 21, 2019

• April 2019

  • Memphis music for April: Collaboration

    There’s something wonderful about musical collaborations, both the totally unexpected and the so-perfect-together-they’re-completely-obvious.

    By Elizabeth Cawein April 13, 2019