Warm weather and hot music: Guitar-heavy, long sets are just what the Mempho Music Festival goers wanted Saturday at Memphis Botanic Garden.

Jody Stephens, the only surviving member of legendary Memphis band Big Star, was joined on stage by Mike Mills of R.E.M., Pat Sansone of Wilco, Jon Auer of The Posies and Chris Stamey of The dBs to audibly re-create Big Star’s second album, “Radio City,” at Crosstown Theater Tuesday night. Reporter Jody Callahan was there, notepad and phone camera in hand.

“I hope to show students that creating music is this gift and a tool that they can use not only to enrich their lives but the lives of others,” said Jenny Davis, executive director of the program.

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

“(Artina McCain) is adding a wealth of resources in terms of talent that she brings in,” Prizm’s director said. “The Mahogany Chamber Series is highlighting that tremendously and Memphis needs to see it.”

Also this month, a rising Louisiana folk singer and a well-known jazz saxophonist come to Minglewood Hall, a multi-platinum rock band comes to the Snowden Grove and a slew of ’90s R&B heartthrobs take the Landers Center stage.

Big Star drummer Jody Stephens will be joined by members of R.E.M., the Posies and Wilco to perform the “Radio City” album in its entirety Tuesday at a celebration of the album’s 50th anniversary.

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The Airways Boulevard and Park Avenue intersection is now also known as 8Ball Boulevard and MJG Avenue for the duo whose lyrics proclaim they’re “part of the streets, ’cause the streets are a part of us.” 

An alumnus donated 50 pairs of Nike Dunk sneakers — free for each of Delano Elementary’s kindergarten students.

James Carr’s “The Dark End of the Street,” a little-known but oft-covered song, is possibly the greatest Memphis soul song of all time.

Major music figures from elsewhere often appear at the event to celebrate Memphis music greats, though perhaps few with the stature of Young.

Rhodes, Chalmers, Rhodes — a white country-music sister act and a sax player for Jerry Lee Lewis — were backup singers for most of Al Green’s 1970s soul hits. And now they’re getting their due in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. 

The “Great Balls of Fire” singer was memorialized Friday when local officials, Lewis fans and members of his family saw the statue of his likeness unveiled in a plaza bearing his name at Southaven’s Silo Square.

A choir belted out “Magnify the Lord with me,” a special guest sang “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die” and the Orchestra’s “big band” filled the air behind bars with marvelous music.

He was inducted in the Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame in 2023.

Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty to impaired driving Friday, resolving the criminal case stemming from his June arrest in New York’s Hamptons.

The pop star and Millington native will appear in court Friday.

Ramble On Summer will be located on the site of the former Bartlett Nursery.

If you wanted to build a home library of things relevant to Memphis history and culture, what should be in it? What books, movies, albums, songs, art prints, etc.? 

“If W.C. Handy was a talented, opportunistic musician in the right place at the right time, Louis Armstrong was a genius, period. And Armstrong and his “All-Stars” band elevate Handy’s famous tunes.”

A noted rapper takes her ‘Cinderella’ tour to Minglewood Hall, storied rock bands take the stage at Snowden Grove and the Radians Amphitheater, and a rising country-soul singer comes to Hernando’s Hide-A-Way.

Whether it’s a 10-minute play, the story of jazz club in Detroit or a classic Shakespearean tale, Memphis theaters’ September lineup has a taste of everything. 

During the DJ set, The Black Keys will play “party music” and be joined by Memphis rap pioneers Tommy Wright III and Lil Noid. Lil Noid appears on the Black Keys song “Candy and Her Friends.”

Isaac Hayes and David Porter co-wrote the 1966 hit for Memphis-based Stax Records soul duo Sam and Dave.

“For almost 30 years, our community has benefited from its commitment to GPAC and the value it adds to our city’s culture, economy and quality of life,” City of Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo said.