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    GRRLs just want to play music

    GRRL Fest features musical acts led by women and performers who identify as female. Many performers say they’ve faced condescending remarks and treatment while trying to further their music careers. 

    By Jared Boyd May 17, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    A Memphis Music Road Map: The Golden Age

    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.

    By Chris Herrington, Jared Boyd May 15, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    A Memphis Music Road Map: The Modern Era

    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.

    By Chris Herrington, Jared Boyd May 15, 2019
  • Neighborhoods

    Crosstown Arts creates four places to find live music

    The Green Room, East Atrium, Crosstown Theater and 430 N. Cleveland provide spaces “where musicians are supported and heard,” says Chris Miner, Crosstown Arts co-founder. 

    By Elle Perry May 15, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    A Memphis Music Road Map: The Early Years

    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. 

    By Chris Herrington May 15, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    Festival to honor musician Omar Higgins

    Memphis Mojo Festival organizers say the event will include an entertainment and arts industry expo on Oct. 2-4, with concerts taking place Oct. 5 to 6.

    By Jared Boyd May 08, 2019
  • Music

    Miley Cyrus thrills during muddy second day of Beale Street Music Fest

    Miley Cyrus joined Marc Cohn for a rendition of "Walking in Memphis" as the rain fell over Tom Lee Park on the second day of Beale Street Music Fest.

    By Jared Boyd May 05, 2019
  • Music

    Miley Cyrus added to Saturday’s Beale Street Music Fest lineup

    Beale Street Music Fest took over the Downtown riverfront with performances by BlocBoy JB, Shinedown, Brandon Santini, Chvrches and Dirty Heads.

    By Jared Boyd May 04, 2019
  • Music

    Memphis-bred songwriter combines hip-hop and hee-haw in No. 1 hit

    A bizarre story in American music isn’t quite done unfolding, but in the middle of it all is Jocelyn “Jozzy” Donald, the songwriter who grew up in Memphis and helped author this cowboy-styled tale of musical redemption.

    By Jared Boyd May 03, 2019
  • Business

    ‘Social media giant’ will be a Memphis in May sponsor

    Memphis in May's new partnership with a social media giant includes live streaming from the Beale Street Music Festival and will carry over to the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

    By Jared Boyd May 03, 2019
  • Metro

    Volunteers answer call to help clean up Mid-South Coliseum

    Volunteers answered the call from the Coliseum Coalition to help "pre-vitalize" the Mid-South Coliseum, turning out Saturday to clean up the storied Memphis landmark.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 27, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Senate diverts $2.5M from Memphis riverfront grant to Germantown amphitheater

    The state Senate has pulled $2.5 million from Gov. Bill Lee’s planned $10 million Memphis riverfront redevelopment grant, with plans to redirect the money to a Germantown Performing Arts Center amphitheater.

    By Sam Stockard April 26, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    North Mississippi Allstars open Levitt Shell summer concert series

    The North Mississippi Allstars will open the first half of the Levitt Shell's annual summer concert series on May 30. The free concert series will continue through late July, before returning again at the end of August. 

    By Chris Herrington April 25, 2019
  • Music

    Memphis musician Omar Higgins’ funeral set for Clayborn Temple

    Omar Higgins, leader of reggae band Chinese Connection Dub Embassy and hardcore punk band Negro Terror, died April 18 at the age of 37.

    By Elle Perry April 25, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    The Weekly Memphian: Lucero Family Block Party, Record Store Day, Ballet Memphis/New Ballet Ensemble and more

    The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers April 10-16.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 14, 2019
  • City of Memphis

    Jesse Jackson and Stax: The reverend’s largely forgotten link to Memphis

    Rev. Jesse Jackson and Memphis-based Stax Records formed an alliance following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death here that allowed Jackson to use the record label as a platform to spread the spoken word.

    By Jared Boyd April 14, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    Live at the Garden lineup spans classic rock and country-pop genres

    The Doobie Brothers returns to the Memphis Botanic Garden concert series in a lineup that also includes Lionel Richie, Toby Keith and Brett Young. 

    By Jared Boyd April 17, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    Piano recital chronicles the history of music as therapy for soldiers

    Michigan-based pianist and lecturer Dr. Garik Pederson traveled to Memphis on Saturday to tell the story of a piano made specifically for recreation during World War II.

    By Jared Boyd March 03, 2019
  • Music

    Sofar Sounds brings secret concerts to Memphis

    Would you buy tickets to a concert before you knew who is performing? Sofar Sounds, an entertainment company now in Memphis, thinks it might be the best way to fall in love with new music.

    By Jared Boyd March 01, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    Memorial tribute set March 3 for musician Swain Schaefer

    Swain Schaefer, who began his music career in 1960s Memphis garage-rock bands and played organ for a short time for the Box Tops, died at his Nashville home Feb. 16. He was 70 years old.

    By H. Scott Prosterman February 28, 2019
  • Business

    Country singer Dale Watson wants to bring music back to Hernando’s Hideaway

    Musician Dale Watson has purchased the historic Hernando's Hideaway and has plans to reopen it in late March as a venue for local and touring roots musicians.

    By Elle Perry February 20, 2019
  • Music

    Alumna KIRBY gives back to Stax Music Academy

    Singer, songwriter KIRBY, a Stax Music Academy alumna, is giving back to the institution, in a couple of ways. 

    By Elle Perry February 09, 2019
  • Music

    Memphis-connected Grammy nominees share their thoughts

    The 2019 Grammy Awards are full of nominees from Memphis or that are connected to the MidSouth. 

    By Elle Perry February 10, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    Director Tonya Dyson wants Slim House brand to be global

    Memphis Slim House is officially its own nonprofit, after starting off as a program of Community LIFT. Its new director, Tonya Dyson, is thinking globally about the Memphis Slim Collaboratory. 

    By Elle Perry February 07, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    On the scene at the International Blues Challenge

    Bands and solo/duo acts from Memphis and Mississippi to the Mediterranean and all points in-between competed Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the annual International Blues Challenge on Beale. Competition continues through Saturday.

    By Chris Herrington January 25, 2019

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