There are 19 article(s) tagged Music:

• October 2024

  • Marion’s Bailey Bigger comes into her own on new album

    “Resurrection Fern,” the second full-length album from the 24-year-old, is a product of stepping fully into adulthood. 

    By Chris Herrington October 28, 2024

• September 2024

  • Oprah sits down for a little more conversation with Riley Keough

    Oprah Winfrey traveled to Graceland in Memphis for the interview, Riley Keough’s first since her mother, Lisa Marie Presley’s death.

    By Nick Lingerfelt September 18, 2024

• August 2024

  • The 21 best ‘Memphis’ songs of the 21st century (so far)

    Given how much music the city has produced, it’s not much of a surprise that the home of the blues and the birthplace of rock ‘n’ roll punches well above its weight as a music subject.

    By Chris Herrington August 07, 2024

• June 2024

  • Memphis Music Hall of Fame announces new inductees

    Soul and opera singers, civic promoters and recording-session aces are among the latest class of the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, which will surpass 100 inductees this year.

    By Chris Herrington June 18, 2024

• May 2024

  • U of M saxophonist will solo with US Army Concert Band in June

    Two days before the concert, Andrew Stine will audition for an opening in the concert band, a test of nerve before one of the biggest days of his life.

    By Jane Roberts May 19, 2024

  • HBO documentary captures story — and soul — of Stax

    Stax is more than a great story. It’s great stories within great stories, with highs and lows and lessons and complexities, with big personalities and big moments and resonance beyond the music it produced.

    By Chris Herrington May 17, 2024

• March 2024

  • Megan Thee Stallion, GloRilla coming to FedExForum in May

    FedExForum is heating up this summer.

    By Kelsey Bowen March 20, 2024

  • Stax Records docuseries to premiere at SXSW

    Titled “STAX: Soulsville, USA,” the multi-part documentary series directed by Jamila Wignot covers the expansive history of the legendary Memphis-based recording studio. 

    By Christopher Wright March 09, 2024

• February 2024

  • 5 Fridays of Jazz and Crosstown Arts Jazz Month return to Memphis

    Jazz concert series are returning in March to two Memphis institutions.

    By Sarah Dassinger February 29, 2024

  • Ambitious new collection aims to capture breadth of ‘Memphis Blues’

    This 534-song, 20-CD collection stitches a rich tapestry of a mostly lost Memphis, mapping the city, naming the infamous and celebrating the food. 

    By Chris Herrington February 05, 2024

• January 2024

  • Tennessee bill targeting AI is first of its kind in the US

    Dubbed the Ensuring Likeness, Voice and Image Security — or ELVIS — Act, the bill represents one of the first attempts by a government to regulate artificial intelligence.

    By Ian Round January 16, 2024

• December 2023

  • Collierville to host Tennessee Songwriter’s Showcase event

    Collierville is one of 50 venues in the state to be part of the Tennessee Songwriter’s Showcase.

    By Abigail Warren December 19, 2023

• November 2023

  • ‘Christmas at Graceland’ to star Alanis Morissette, John Legend, more

    Alanis Morissette, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Kane Brown, Lainey Wilson, Lana Del Rey, Post Malone and The War And Treaty will each pay tribute to Elvis Presley in a holiday special filmed inside Graceland.

    By Nick Lingerfelt November 15, 2023

• October 2023

  • ‘The Blues Society’ captures Memphis moment when ‘two fringes’ joined

    “The Blues Society” captures the richness and inspiration of a cultural moment in Memphis, with performance footage of musicians such as Furry Lewis and Rev. Robert Wilkins and home-video footage of bohemian Memphis.

    By Chris Herrington October 26, 2023

• September 2023

  • Moneybagg Yo concert postponed

    The cancellation follows the shooting at FedExForum during Lil Baby’s concert that left one male victim injured Sept. 7.

    By Nick Lingerfelt September 20, 2023

• June 2023

  • New festival spotlights Memphis women in music

    The lineup includes several local favorites, including seasoned jazz songstress Joyce Cobb, rapper Glockianna, and the Klitz Sisters, Memphis’ pioneering punk band that formed in the late 1970s.

    By Jada Ojii June 19, 2023

• May 2023

  • Tina Turner belonged to the world, but West Tennessee claims a little piece

    Tina Turner’s story bares some similarities to another closer-to-home Tennessee artist: Elvis Presley. But while Presley was given his crown early, Turner fought for hers over decades.

    By Chris Herrington May 26, 2023

  • St. Paul and the Broken Bones’ Memphis ties grow with album, tour

    This week, the soul ensemble announced a Memphis show in October at Minglewood Hall. 

    By Sam Shansky May 05, 2023

• November 2020

  • 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.

    By Jared Boyd November 06, 2020