There are 9 article(s) tagged Elizabeth Cawein:

• October 2024

  • ‘Safety net’ for Memphis artists now available

    A new fund aims to help area artists through “catastrophic” emergencies that hinder their ability to perform and/or earn income. 

    By Stevie Paige October 01, 2024

• August 2024

  • The Playlist: New Memphis music from January to June

    In this playlist, Elizabeth Cawein highlights “all the new Memphis music you might’ve missed from January to June.”

    By Elizabeth Cawein August 21, 2024

• September 2023

  • Five must-see shows in Memphis for October 2023

    A recent Tiny Desk Concert band hits Growlers, Willie Nelson’s festival comes to Snowden Grove, Raphael Saadiq revisits Tony! Toni! Tone! and Stevie Nicks comes to FedExForum.

    By Elle Perry September 30, 2023

• February 2023

  • Cawein: Despite recent problems, outsiders can’t wait to visit Memphis

    “If you’ve been struggling lately, I hope today, for just a minute, you can look at your city the way the outsiders do.”

    By Elizabeth Cawein February 25, 2023

• October 2022

  • Guest Column: Imagining music venues in every Memphis neighborhood

    What would be possible in Memphis if every neighborhood was less than a mile’s walk to a beautiful gathering space where live music – and dance, and public art – was being performed on a regular basis?

    By Elizabeth Cawein October 12, 2022

  • What is a Tambourine Bash and other questions about Memphis music

    Elizabeth Cawein of Music Export Memphis joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.

    By Eric Barnes October 12, 2022

• December 2020

  • December playlist: Music for the definitely-not-normal holidays

    We can pledge not to go “back to normal.” Normal, in the best of times, found us donating to GoFundMe campaigns to cover emergency medical bills of folks in our music community. Normal was $100 a gig for musicians. Normal is the system that’s broken.

    By Elizabeth Cawein December 25, 2020

  • ArtsMemphis launches ‘Arts Week’ in a community changed, perhaps forever, by pandemic

    While the impact of COVID makes this a particularly urgent moment for the survival of the city’s creative community, ArtsMemphis also plans to make Arts Week an annual event. 

    By Chris Herrington December 07, 2020

• June 2020

  • Rhodes students publish guide for music cities in crisis

    "The Music Cities Guide to Recovery" is designed to help music cities use artists as a resource during public crises.

    By Jared Boyd June 18, 2020