WYXR’s Stereo Sessions bring a ‘wave of astonishment’
For the third season of Stereo Sessions, WYXR is back to unveil a new crop of six rarities, including the story of a blind keyboardist, an all-female ensemble of roots-punk rockers and more.
Jared Boyd
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April 2024
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March 2023
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Music WYXR features Memphis-recorded New Zealand prog rock at Stereo Sessions
WYXR’s “Stereo Sessions” gatherings return Wednesday, March 8, at 6 p.m. with an album from New Zealand Trading Company, whose “legacy continues as a missing puzzle piece that links the heritage of two communities that aren’t as disparate as it may seem.”
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February 2023
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Music Boyd: WYXR Dowd Awards honor Black musicians
WYXR’s Dowd Awards will honor Ekpe Abioto, Dr. O.T. Sykes, Lester Snell, Anita Ward, Dan Greer, and Phyllis and Helen Duncan.
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April 2021
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Support radio that ‘just sounds like Memphis’
At WYXR, a cast of musicians with global name recognition see the station as a vehicle to express a fascination with not only Memphis’ music, but Memphis’ people.
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November 2020
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MusicSaxophonist’s 90 years told through the stories he shared
Ninety-year-old saxophonist Herman Green, who was featured in this article by Jared Boyd last May, died Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 at his home. Memorial Park Funeral Home has charge.
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Music Boyd: Afrofuturism, via 8Ball & MJG
In a career that spans nearly three decades, Marlon “MJG” Goodwin and Premro “8Ball” Smith, are known for their reality raps about the seedy underbelly of society in the Mid-South, but rarely given credit for their ability to pair those observations with a heavy dose of imagination and sobering social commentary.
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Music Two Memphis DJs share their East African heritage
For Ramzi Abdoch and Allan Yongo, DJs on WYXR, “pop music” is filtered through their world views and inspired by their lineages.
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October 2020
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Music Boyd: Memphis hip-hop is Halloween’s soundtrack
While the rest of the world bobs for apples, fans of hardcore Memphis rap bob their heads to a collection of artists in the 1990s who built a repertoire around slasher film samples, cartoonish descriptions of grotesque violence and occult imagery.
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Arts & Culture Boyd: From ‘Faithfully Memphis’ to ‘3 Black Chicks,’ a music station makes time to talk
WYXR was launched on Oct. 5 with a one-time, hours-long musical marathon.
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Music ‘At WYXR, Memphis is our format’
The vision for the new era of the radio station is to truly, purely and honestly represent Memphis and its surrounding area.
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September 2020
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Music GonerFest aims to shift festival atmosphere online
GonerFest, the internationally known purveyor of one of Memphis’ most famous exports, rock music, takes a step beyond livestreaming to replicate the intangibles that make each year’s event feel like a meeting place.
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Music Gospel collection proves ‘The Last Shall Be First’
Though initially regarded as the second-tier of talent in a stable of gospel acts led by record producer and DJ Juan Shipp, acts of the JCR Records label are enjoying a revival with the help of a new vinyl reissue.
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MusicWendy Moten’s voice influenced Japan’s soul assembly line
Memphis soul singer Wendy Moten’s 1990s pop career left a lasting impression in Japan, where American commodities are often given a new context.
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Performing Arts Ballet Memphis stretches into virtual dance season
"Arts matter, dance matters," Ballet Memphis CEO Gretchen Wollert McLennon says. "Arts are a respite and a celebration. They change lives, they employ people."
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Public Safety Levitt Shell, Graceland tagged with BLM, anti-police graffiti
Levitt Shell officials say the pandemic has left them in dire financial straights and vandalism is devastating. Graceland was also tagged with graffiti.
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August 2020
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Music Shop owners reimagine Record Store Day with social distancing
Record Store Day will be several days this year, with stores varying how they let people in. The pandemic has forced retailers and store reps to find creative ways to package and promote records.
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Arts & Culture Mixer gives professionals virtual space to ‘Link Up’
Milton "Memphis" Howery's quarterly professional mixer, The Link Up, continues now as a virtual happy hour.
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Coronavirus Coronavirus: Number of Tennessee tests tops 2 million
In addition to two real-time deaths from COVID-19 reported in the last 24 hours, the health department says 11 new deaths will be added to the total of Shelby County citizens who have died from complications of the novel coronavirus.
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South Memphis South Memphis community lines up to celebrate Charles Champion
Pioneering Black pharmacist Dr. Charles Champion was showered with adoration by motorists in South Memphis with a drive-thru celebration outside his neighborhood drug store.
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MusicMemphis musicians continue protests in tradition of ‘message music’
Adopting Stax Records' approach to tackling Black liberation through song, several local artists responded to recent protests with lyrical activism.
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Music Stax Music Academy uses technology to connect with students
On its 20th anniversary, the Stax Music Academy is using the break from in-person instruction to prioritize solo musicianship over live performance.
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Music Fans mourn Elvis in abbreviated ceremony, livestream
Elvis Week ended with an abbreviated version of the annual candlelight vigil, commemorating the death of the iconic entertainer.
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Arts & Culture The Orpheum launches onstage golf course
Expecting to lose $2 million, due to the pandemic, The Orpheum Theatre Group launched a socially distant onstage golf course to earn money during the break from their performance schedule.
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Metro New case 7-day average falls to lowest point since June
Shelby County’s 7-day moving average of new coronavirus cases has fallen to its lowest point in nearly two months, while today’s newly reported cases came in at 256.
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Music Soul festival celebrates Memphis music – in Italy
Memphis is the central focus of the Porretta Soul Festival held in Porretta Terme, Italy, an hour outside Bologna.
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