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    Wilco concert at Levitt Shell postponed

    Levitt Shell hopes to reschedule the Wilco show for Spring 2021.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 26, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Modern troubadours: Musicians deliver on doorsteps, lawns

    Like a “Memphis music milkman,” artist Graham Winchester makes personal deliveries of his new vinyl single, while Opera Memphis vocalists take requests for outdoor neighborhood performances. 

    By Jared Boyd, Abigail Warren March 26, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    The Essential Memphis Library: Al Green’s ‘Call Me’

    With three hit singles, two turf-grabbing country covers, definitive secular and religious anthems and some of the most tender pop music ever recorded, 1973's "Call Me" is Al Green's finest moment.

    By Chris Herrington March 24, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    MSO’s new season, from ‘La Mancha’ and Aretha to ‘Romeo and Juliet’

    The orchestra will salute Beethoven’s 250th birthday with Symphony No. 9, perform a tribute to Aretha Franklin and revisit “Romeo and Juliet” with the help of the Tennessee Shakespeare Company.

    By Jill Johnson Piper March 22, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Former Memphis rapper’s career rebounds: They love him in Japan and Switzerland

    Gerald Jenkins travels the globe as a keyboardist in a soul band. But demand for the music he performed in Memphis' 1990s rap scene led him to put his keys down and pick up the microphone again for a Japanese tour.

    By Jared Boyd March 21, 2020
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Memphis Tourism to host virtual music festival to aid local musicians

    The free event will include headlining performances from Southern Avenue, MonoNeon and Ben Nichols of Lucero.

    By Jared Boyd March 25, 2020
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    Memphis Symphony director proves serious music needn’t be solemn

    For the era of inclusion, Moody seems to have come straight out of central casting. He’s 52 but he could pass for 38. He doesn’t mind a stunt, like conducting the theme to "Jurassic Park" in a T-Rex costume."

    By Jill Johnson Piper February 24, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    DaBaby, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer join list of BSMF 2020 headliners

    Memphis artists confirmed to appear include Don Bryant & the Bo-Keys, Moneybagg Yo and Al Kapone.

    By Jared Boyd February 12, 2020
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    Roller-skating guitarist readies for second chance at soul success

    Mark Anthony Lee spent the early '80s strumming and skating at the same time. But after years on the sidelines of Memphis soul, a Los Angeles record label has tapped his 1982 single for a compilation of unsung Memphis artists.

    By Jared Boyd February 09, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Lil’ Jon sighting lights up Memphis Twitter after ‘Crunk Ain’t Dead’ video shoot

    A remix for Memphis rapper Duke Deuce's “Crunk Ain’t Dead” features Atlanta’s self-proclaimed “King of Crunk” Lil’ Jon, as well as the Arcade, the Orpheum and Crystal Palace.

    By Jared Boyd February 08, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Wilco to perform at Shell Yeah! series

    Levitt Shell officials are planning four ticketed benefit concerts to aid in preservation of the park.

    By Jared Boyd February 05, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Southern Avenue, Mavis Staples among nominees for Blues Music Awards

    The 41st annual Blues Music Awards will be held at the Cannon Center with an after-party in the lobby of the Renasant Convention Center.

    By Jared Boyd January 07, 2020
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    Booker T. Jones takes a sentimental journey ahead of homecoming show

    In advance of a performance at Crosstown Theater, Booker T. Jones reflects on his recent visit to Memphis and the meaning of homecomings.

    By Jared Boyd January 06, 2020
  • Arts & Culture

    Herrington: Top 40 albums of the decade

    Three Memphis-connected albums – from Julien Baker, Mark Edgar Stuart and Margo Price – cracked the list.

    By Chris Herrington December 31, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    Blues Foundation announces 2020 Hall of Fame class

    Several artists who will join the 41st class of the Blues Hall of Fame have connections to Memphis.

    By Jared Boyd December 10, 2019
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Concert spotlights awareness for Memphis’ drinking water

    Entertainment lawyer Bruce Newman’s annual benefit concert will support Protect Our Aquifer. Musicians Maria Muldaur, Ruthie Foster and Dom Flemons are among the performers.

    By Jared Boyd December 09, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    Stax Music Academy students to appear on ‘Ellen’ special

    The Stax school's 20th anniversary celebration will include talent shows, a public Black History Month production, a three-day livestream Memphis music marathon and a huge birthday bash that coincides with International Music Day.

    By Jared Boyd December 05, 2019
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    ‘Messiah’ soprano for hire: Mary Wilson loves to tell Handel’s old, old story

    “Audiences aren’t paying to hear me read the phone book,” Wilson says. “It’s about telling a story. That’s really important to me.” 

    By Jill Johnson Piper December 03, 2019
  • The To-Do List

    Vintage Memphis gospel imprint resurrected to find fans beyond church

    Forty years after his own gospel heyday, former Memphis disc jockey Juan Shipp is relaunching his D-Vine Spirituals label in a partnership with record producer Bruce Watson, who says he wants to bring the music “out of the church building.”

    By Jared Boyd November 21, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    ‘Ring My Bell’: How a Memphis teacher brought the Bluff City disco gold

    Songwriter Frederick Knight originally conceived “Ring My Bell” as a song for teens about talking on the phone, but it became a hit for older audiences in the disco-era when it came out on Anita Ward's debut album.

    By Jared Boyd November 14, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    Memphis Music Hall of Fame to induct Tina Turner, Steve Cropper

    Eight musicians, whose work spans 100 years of contributions to American music, will be recognized at a ceremony at the Cannon Center.

    By Jared Boyd November 08, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    Spirit of Memphis headlines Mempho Music Festival

    The third Mempho Music Festival kicked off on Saturday at Shelby Farms Park. This year's festival included an increased emphasis on Memphis musicians, food and vendors.

    By Jared Boyd October 20, 2019
  • Arts & Culture

    Amy Jackson connects Memphis musicians to their royalties

    Jackson, who was married to the late Memphis trumpeter Wayne Jackson, is dedicated to hunting down money many local musicians didn't know they had earned.

    By Jared Boyd October 18, 2019
  • Spirit of Memphis

    15 connections between Wu-Tang Clan and the Memphis soul sound

    The nine-member rap crew Wu-Tang Clan, a headliner at Mempho Festival, has a history of relying on Memphis soul for inspiration. 

    By Jared Boyd October 22, 2019
  • Spirit of Memphis

    Levi’s, Justin Timberlake gift Stax Music Academy Songwriting Lab

    Justin Timberlake and other musicians collaborated for two days in August with students at Stax Music Academy and with help from the Levi’s Music Project – and a $100,000 donation from JT himself – have provided a huge boost to the academy’s work. 

    By Elle Perry October 28, 2019

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