Move over, Mariah: Ring in the season with Memphis music instead
Star & Micey front man Josh Cosby performs for a packed house at Railgarten during his group’s 10th anniversary performance. According to Cosby, the group got its name from a song that a local homeless man named Star wrote about his fiancée, Micey. (Submitted)
The 12 days of Memphis music includes gems from Robby Grant, B.B. King, Valerie June, Otis Redding, Cordell Jackson, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Star & Micey, Indo G, and more.
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Ezra Wheeler is the host of the Memphis Musicology podcast and the radio show Dead Wax on WYXR. He’s also a contributor to We Are Memphis and Choose901.
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