Guest Column: Supporting the Memphis music ecosystem
Elizabeth Cawein says about Memphis music: “2024 has been full of wins so big, so long-anticipated, so hard-fought, that I had to spill some digital ink celebrating them all.”
Topic: Music Export Memphis
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December 2024
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October 2024
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‘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.
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August 2024
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Guest Column: ‘Do we not value music?’
Elizabeth Cawein asked musicians what makes a gig worthwhile, outside of what they are paid. Their answers came down to one thing: They want to be valued.
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February 2024
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Artists can receive unrestricted funding through new program
Through the pilot program called ARTSassist, at least 15 visual artists, dancers, filmmakers and musicians will receive a $5,000 grant.
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October 2023
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Opinion: Paul Young, collaboration and Three 6 Mafia
“All of us, together, can change the conversation from ‘Memphis is on the cusp of something’ to ‘Memphis is really doing something.’ ”
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September 2023
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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.
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June 2023
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Guest Column: Memphis is — or can be — the music city of the future
“The work we do doesn’t exist in response to the legacy of Elvis Presley. It exists in response to our contemporary scene — scenes, really — that are thriving, diverse and full of transcendent talent.”
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October 2022
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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?
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What is a Tambourine Bash and other questions about Memphis music
Elizabeth Cawein of Music Export Memphis joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
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October 2021
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The To-Do List: ‘Coco,’ Dia de los Muertos and Souls and Spirits
It’s getting spooky with the grand opening of a new brewery on North Main and events at Crosstown Concourse.
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January 2021
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Why is the African American Music museum in Nashville?
The answer is simple and it also stings. It’s in Nashville because Nashville asked for it.
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December 2020
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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.
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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.
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November 2020
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November playlist: ‘Fresh Out the Oven’
‘Your friends and family may be familiar with Memphis music past, but how much do they know about Memphis music present? This playlist includes a selection of the freshest tracks I’ve played on my WYXR show “Straight from the Source.”’
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October 2020
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October Playlist: ‘Straight from the Source’
Elizabeth Cawein’s lifelong love affair with radio informs her new WYXR show, “Straight from the Source,” and the October Playlist.
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September 2020
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September playlist: An Americana mix
As a fan at a virtual concert, you always have the best seat in the house, the bathrooms are clean and close, and the drinks are strong and really cheap.
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Artist Emergency Fund beginning second phase
ArtsMemphis received $200,000 in local CARES Act funding to support the second phase of grants.
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August 2020
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August playlist: Music is essential
Buy some Memphis music, y’all. Our independent record stores are back open and doing shopping by appointment, which, honestly, is pretty cool.
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How Memphis musicians are dealing with the coronavirus shutdown
This week on The Extra Podcast, Elizabeth Cawein, executive director of Music Export Memphis, joins Eric Barnes to talk about how local musicians are dealing with the coronavirus shutdown.
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July 2020
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July playlist: Silver Linings
Before this is all over there will be plenty of other songs like Yo Gotti’s "Recession Proof" that comment specifically on the pandemic. Even the tracks that don’t feature bridges about Zoom meetings will still reflect the mood and feelings of this moment.
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June 2020
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June playlist: Celebrate Black Music Month
We should be as bold and bullish about our contemporary black music as we are about all of our claims to fame, from FedEx and Holiday Inn to historic music attractions to dry rub ribs.
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May 2020
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A Memphis music playlist for April/May
This month's playlist is accompanied by news about the Music Export Memphis COVID-19 Relief Fund, which to date has awarded more than $100,000 in grants to individual Memphis musicians.
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March 2020
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March playlist: Discover
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.
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January 2020
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January playlist: Rep your city
At gatherings, I only have to share one fact to get people interested: It’s music from Memphis.
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May 2019
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May Playlist: Happy birthday to us
It would be easier in Memphis than anywhere else on Earth to feature 200 songs in honor of our city's 200th anniversary, but this list wasn’t meant to be exhaustive – not even close!
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