Listen to the impact of Memphis Slim on music and performers in Memphis
Tonya Dyson, executive director of Memphis Slim Collaboratory, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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Eric Barnes is CEO of The Daily Memphian, host of Behind the Headlines on WKNO-TV, host of The Sidebar on WYXR 91.7, and the author of four novels.
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January 2022
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to how Jeff Cohran went from church drummer to music producer
Music producer, DJ and instructor Jeff Cohran joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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December 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to the new head of the Memphis Association of Black Journalists
Elle Perry of The Daily Memphian joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to Bishop Phoebe Roaf on our divisions, connections
Bishop Phoebe Roaf talks about the coarseness of our national discourse, the disconnections COVID brought on all of us, and her journey to become the first Black, female Bishop in Tennessee on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to what inspires people to take on lost causes
Eric Barnes talked to Marvin Stockwell, co-founder of the group that has for years tried to bring life back to the Mid-South Coliseum and now also the host of the Champions of the Lost Causes podcast.
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November 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to Joe Royer talk about the evolution of Memphis’ outdoor spaces
The co-founder of Outdoors Inc. joined Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to TFA Memphis director talk about how teachers can change lives
The head of Teach for America in Memphis joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to how music can help people heal
Zak Ozmo, the host of Music & Medicine, joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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October 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to an insider’s preview of The Bigfoot Festival in Memphis
It’s a whole lot of fun to talk about Bigfoot and the festival, which takes place Saturday, Oct. 30, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Memphis Made’s taproom in Cooper-Young.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to Eric Barnes, Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington continue their Kit Kat chit chat
Eric Barnes, Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington continue their talks and tastings of Kit Kats on this week’s Sidebar podcast.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to how scooters can change people’s lives in Memphis
Andy Nix of MyCityRides joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to Robby Grant and Jared Boyd discuss the one-year anniversary of WYXR
Robby Grant and Jared Boyd of WYXR join Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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September 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to Victoria Jones talk about the importance of dedicated spaces for Black creatives
Victoria Jones of Tone joined Eric Barnes on The Sidebar to talk about rebranding, the mission of the organization, and its growth and expansion after acquiring the United Equipment Building in Orange Mound.
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Music Listen to Goner Records co-founder Zac Ives talk about Gonerfest and indie music
Ives, who co-founded Goner Records with Eric Friedl, discusses the 18-year history of the Gonerfest music festival (which starts Thursday evening, Sept. 23), his love for vinyl, and his weekly music show on WYXR.
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Business Thanks to you, Daily Memphian defies odds, reaches third birthday
The Daily Memphian has become the largest digital-only, local news site in the country. Being the biggest was never our goal. We just wanted to do all we could to provide quality local news to the Memphis area on a daily, if not hourly, basis.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to photographer Mark Seliger on building trust with his subjects
The photographer has shot for Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue, and a new show of his work opens here this weekend.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more This is how Memphis Current defined itself
Eric Barnes talks with Memphis Current founder Sam Prager.
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August 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more JD Reager on how music – and podcasting – changed his life
JD Reager apologizes when he says that, in certain ways, the COVID pandemic changed his life for the better. -
Podcasts Listen to how Memphis Centric and Storyboard will tell the stories of Memphis
Eric Barnes interviews Octavia Young and Mark Fleischer on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to how Creative Works brings creative people to Memphis
Eric Barnes talks to Josh Horton on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more A brief history of Crosstown’s many phases
“Sears Crosstown in Memphis” author Bill Haltom and Crosstown Concourse president Todd Richardson join Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of The Sidebar.
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July 2021
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Listen to Jennifer Biggs shame Eric Barnes and Chris Herrington
Eric Barnes’ disgrace begins with orange juice and ends with an embarrassing confession about Chili-flavored Fritos.
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Metro A note to subscribers: Our iPhone app is working! (UPDATED)
Our app for iPhone and iPad is working again after a very frustrating few days where some subscribers were having trouble. Please update your app if you’re having trouble.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more The joy - and science - of live audiences at The Orpheum
The head of The Orpheum joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more The Brooks and the impact of African American art
Heather Nickels from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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