15 articles by Elizabeth Cawein :

• June 2020

  • 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.

    By Elizabeth Cawein June 26, 2020

• May 2020

  • 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.

    By Elizabeth Cawein May 02, 2020

• March 2020

  • 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.

    By Elizabeth Cawein March 22, 2020

• February 2020

  • 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.

    By Elizabeth Cawein February 13, 2020

• January 2020

  • January playlist: Rep your city

    At gatherings, I only have to share one fact to get people interested: It’s music from Memphis. 

    By Elizabeth Cawein January 25, 2020

• December 2019

  • 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.

    By Elizabeth Cawein December 08, 2019

• November 2019

  • Memphis music for November: A smorgasbord of songs

    As always, the playlist has some new releases (“O.T.F.” by J. Buck and “I Feel Good” by The Sensational Barnes Brothers), and there are throwbacks in honor of the recent Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction. 

    By Elizabeth Cawein November 16, 2019

• October 2019

  • October Playlist: Hoops and tunes

    It’s not an accident that our sports teams have invested in music. We’re a hoops city, and we’re a music city. In the metaphorical fabric of Memphis, those two threads are  intertwined. File under: Things that Define Us.

    By Elizabeth Cawein October 28, 2019

• June 2019

  • June playlist: It’s hot out here

    If you’re lucky enough to have a pool – even a kiddie pool – this playlist should provide the perfect accompaniment for an afternoon lounge in your floaties.

    By Elizabeth Cawein June 22, 2019

• May 2019

  • May Playlist: Happy birthday to us

    It would be easier in Memphis than anywhere else on Earth to feature 200 songs in honor of our city's 200th anniversary, but this list wasn’t meant to be exhaustive – not even close!

    By Elizabeth Cawein May 25, 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

• March 2019

  • Memphis music for March: the Spring Sprang Sprung playlist

    Here are 20 songs from the Memphis music catalog that will improve your commute one day this week.

    By Elizabeth Cawein March 23, 2019

• February 2019

  • Memphis music for February: Let’s lean in to the misery

    Memphis has provided the world with some of the great love songs, but love is not always easy. Here's a playlist that takes heartbreaks, loneliness and love gone wrong into account.

    By Elizabeth Cawein February 25, 2019

• January 2019

  • Your new resolution: Listen to more Memphis music in 2019

    Statistically speaking, you've likely given up on your New Year's resolution. So Elizabeth Cawein of Music Export Memphis has a new one: Listen to more Memphis music in 2019 with the first of 12 playlists highlighting the best new songs by local artists.

    By Elizabeth Cawein January 23, 2019

• December 2018

  • An introduction to contemporary Memphis Americana

    “Ain’t gonna take no mess.”

    By Elizabeth Cawein December 11, 2018