Guest Column: Imagining music venues in every Memphis neighborhood
The Mellowtone perform Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022 at the Overton Park Shell during the Stone Soul Picnic. (Lucy Garrett/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Elizabeth Cawein
Elizabeth Cawein is the founder and director of Music Export Memphis, a nonprofit export office for Memphis music. She is an adjunct professor of Music Urbanism at Rhodes College, a programmer/DJ on WYXR 91.7 FM and a national speaker on issues of music, culture and urban development.
What would be possible in Memphis if every neighborhood was less than a mile’s walk to a beautiful gathering space where live music – and dance, and public art – was being performed on a regular basis?
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