There are 61 article(s) tagged Memphis music:
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.
Mark Anthony Lee spent the early '80s strumming and skating at the same time. But after years on the sidelines of Memphis soul, a Los Angeles record label has tapped his 1982 single for a compilation of unsung Memphis artists.
When Jayne Ellen White arrived in Memphis 13 years ago, it was to explore Memphis music. Now, she's devised a way for other visitors to do the same.
The Consignment Music Store at 4040 Park Ave. will close on Dec. 17 after nearly three decades of providing local musicians with instruments or cash.
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.
Led by David Porter, the Consortium MMT is a music incubator that seeks to fast-track success for a rebuilding Memphis music industry.
Memphis-based EgglestonWorks makes high-end loudspeakers and sells them all over the world. Memphians may become more familiar with the company because of the extraordinary project it is carrying out for the new Central Station Hotel and for Memphis music.
Why did the The Central Station Hotel developers send a photographer on long train trips? And why are they installing a big, wooden dial in each guestroom? The answers involve aspirations to make this hotel a beacon for authentic Memphis music and art.
This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial of sound. This second part follows a trail from B.B. King's first recordings to the rise of rock 'n' roll and soul, on to Al Green's rejection of secular soul, the emergence of alternative Memphis and Beale Street's decline.
This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial (and a little more) of sound. We tell a story of Memphis music's evolution one song at a time, from early blues and the Beale Street sound to the golden age of Sun and Stax and on to the contemporary styles of rock and rap. This first part follows the trail from W.C. Handy to the dawn of World War II.
This year is Memphis' bicentennial, but while there's been Memphis music as long as there's been a Memphis, you can't listen back 200 years. As a result, our three-part Memphis Music Road Map is a de facto centennial of sound. This final installment follows a trail from the lost decade of the '80s, to rap and indie rock of the '90s, the new bands and breakthroughs of the 2000s, and finally, Memphis music now.