Guest Column: ‘Do we not value music?’
Elizabeth Cawein asked musicians what makes a gig worthwhile, outside of what they are paid. Their answers came down to one thing: They want to be valued.
Elizabeth Cawein
There are 34 articles by Elizabeth Cawein :
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August 2024
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Music The Playlist: New Memphis music from January to June
In this playlist, Elizabeth Cawein highlights “all the new Memphis music you might’ve missed from January to June.”
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April 2024
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Guest Columnists Guest Column: Arts are a tool for a healthier, more vibrant Memphis
“An intentional focus on our cultural economy from the top can be a gamechanger for our city. Let us finally embrace and profit from this rich natural resource the way other cities have – off of our artists, our creators, our backs – for years.”
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October 2023
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Opinion Opinion: Paul Young, collaboration and Three 6 Mafia
“All of us, together, can change the conversation from ‘Memphis is on the cusp of something’ to ‘Memphis is really doing something.’ ”
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June 2023
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Guest Columnists Guest Column: Memphis is — or can be — the music city of the future
“The work we do doesn’t exist in response to the legacy of Elvis Presley. It exists in response to our contemporary scene — scenes, really — that are thriving, diverse and full of transcendent talent.”
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February 2023
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Guest Columnists Cawein: Despite recent problems, outsiders can’t wait to visit Memphis
“If you’ve been struggling lately, I hope today, for just a minute, you can look at your city the way the outsiders do.”
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October 2022
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Guest Columnists Guest Column: Imagining music venues in every Memphis neighborhood
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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December 2021
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Spirit of MemphisThe Playlist: Collaboration is the key, for music and for Memphis
Memphians make beautiful music, and maybe more so together. This months playlist showcases collaboration, with a bonus mix of Memphis Christmas music.
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September 2021
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Music The Playlist: Artists can take projects from start to finish in Memphis
Our desire for convenience begat streaming, but our desire for experiences never went away. It’s old meets new. Just like Memphis.
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June 2021
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Music June playlist: Black Music Month
Elizabeth Cawein: When we look even more broadly at the culture of our city, in many cases the things we’re most proud of are borrowed from Black culture.
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April 2021
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Music An April playlist, and the future of live music
Tickets for Levitt Shell’s first two fundraising concerts sold out within hours, indicating that audiences are chomping at the bit for live music and shared experiences.
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March 2021
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Music February/March playlist: Where Black history and women’s history meet
A mix of Black women music-makers from Memphis, past and present, honors both February’s Black History Month celebration and Women’s History Month in March.
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January 2021
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Music Why is the African American Music museum in Nashville?
The answer is simple and it also stings. It’s in Nashville because Nashville asked for it.
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December 2020
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Music December playlist: Music for the definitely-not-normal holidays
We can pledge not to go “back to normal.” Normal, in the best of times, found us donating to GoFundMe campaigns to cover emergency medical bills of folks in our music community. Normal was $100 a gig for musicians. Normal is the system that’s broken.
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November 2020
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Music 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.”’
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October 2020
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Music October Playlist: ‘Straight from the Source’
Elizabeth Cawein’s lifelong love affair with radio informs her new WYXR show, “Straight from the Source,” and the October Playlist.
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September 2020
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Music September playlist: An Americana mix
As a fan at a virtual concert, you always have the best seat in the house, the bathrooms are clean and close, and the drinks are strong and really cheap.
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August 2020
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MusicAugust playlist: Music is essential
Buy some Memphis music, y’all. Our independent record stores are back open and doing shopping by appointment, which, honestly, is pretty cool.
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July 2020
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Music July playlist: Silver Linings
Before this is all over there will be plenty of other songs like Yo Gotti’s "Recession Proof" that comment specifically on the pandemic. Even the tracks that don’t feature bridges about Zoom meetings will still reflect the mood and feelings of this moment.
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June 2020
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Guest Columnists June playlist: Celebrate Black Music Month
We should be as bold and bullish about our contemporary black music as we are about all of our claims to fame, from FedEx and Holiday Inn to historic music attractions to dry rub ribs.
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May 2020
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Music A Memphis music playlist for April/May
This month's playlist is accompanied by news about the Music Export Memphis COVID-19 Relief Fund, which to date has awarded more than $100,000 in grants to individual Memphis musicians.
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March 2020
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Guest Columnists March playlist: Discover
If you love what you hear, let the mix play a few times to be sure the artists see a few pennies. Now is the time to buy that extra record, download an album instead of streaming it, spring for that cool T-shirt or koozie or sticker.
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February 2020
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Guest Columnists February playlist: Valentine’s Day edition
It was a cosmic certainty that the one for me would be a music lover, too, but you already know the argument I’m here to make: Memphis music is the perfect soundtrack for falling in love, no matter who you are.
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January 2020
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Guest Columnists January playlist: Rep your city
At gatherings, I only have to share one fact to get people interested: It’s music from Memphis.
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December 2019
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Guest Columnists A December playlist, and a plea on behalf of musicians
If you got paid $100 per person for a gig in 1995, you probably still get paid $100 per person for that gig in 2019. In 2020, I hope we’ll demand fair pay for musicians, and be clear about what that means. Fair pay does not equal ‘exposure’ or beer or a sandwich.
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