13 articles by Elizabeth Cawein :
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.
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.
At gatherings, I only have to share one fact to get people interested: It’s music from Memphis.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
There’s something wonderful about musical collaborations, both the totally unexpected and the so-perfect-together-they’re-completely-obvious.
Here are 20 songs from the Memphis music catalog that will improve your commute one day this week.
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.
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.
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