‘Blast’ off: Musicians follow Memphis tradition with new indie label
“Like Sam Phillips, one of our goals is to release local music that is raw, visceral, and real,” says Graham Winchester.
“Like Sam Phillips, one of our goals is to release local music that is raw, visceral, and real,” says Graham Winchester.
Second-generation Memphis musician Rodd Bland, the son of late soul/blues great Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, pays tribute to his father’s sound, on a new tribute album and a Beale Street concert.
Final mixes on John Paul Keith’s new album were done in February 2020, but the record had to be shelved for nearly a year due to COVID.
The Memphis Listening Lab lets visitors explore more than half a century of pop music.
The Levitt Shell’s fall concert season lineup has a Memphis-first bent.
Opera Memphis’ Ned Canty talks to Eric Barnes about the organization’s efforts to bring opera out of the opera house, the struggle to support performers during COVID, and the opportunities Opera Memphis has going forward.
Jeff Cohran brings experience of world tours and years in the music industry with pop star Janelle Monáe to the faculty at the University of Memphis.
Legendary drummer Howard Grimes discusses Stax, Hi and his biggest influences as a drummer. His autobiography, “Timekeeper: My Life In Rhythm,” co-written with author Preston Lauterbach, will be released on Devault Graves Books on July 1.
Elizabeth Cawein: When we look even more broadly at the culture of our city, in many cases the things we’re most proud of are borrowed from Black culture.
Two Memphis nonprofits — Collage Dance Collective and Memphis Music Initiative — recently received grants from MacKenzie Scott, billionaire philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Students in the Stax Music Academy “All Star Song Lab” got to present their work to none other than Justin Timberlake.
Juneteenth celebration this weekend moves from Robert R. Church Park to Health Sciences Park only days after remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest are removed.
Live music was one of the first sacrifices when the COVID pandemic hit last spring, and it has unsurprisingly been among the slowest to return.
After a year’s absence, Paula and Raiford’s Disco — and Paula Raiford — are back.
The popular series at Memphis Botanic Garden starts July 17 with Little Big Town. Tickets are on sale now.
The music begins on Aug. 7 with a performance by Otis Redding III, son of the legendary Stax musician, followed by a performance by another Stax legend, William Bell, on Aug. 27.
Proposed is a 15,000-square-foot building that includes a 7,000-square-foot soundstage, all to help young Memphians prepare for careers in film and television.
The opening show features Grammy-winning singer PJ Morton on June 5. Ten more free concerts will follow on Thursdays through Aug. 12 at the newly renovated W.C. Handy Park on Beale Street.
For his album ‘It Is What It Isn’t,’ Memphis musician Paul Taylor plays every note himself — on guitar, bass, drums, synth and more.
An “Orchestra Unplugged” concert includes a performance of “The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed.”
A mainstay of Memphis’ live music scene for years, Los Psychosis hadn’t recorded professionally until last year, when the album “Rock and Roll Dreams” was made.
Memphis’ smaller stages are ready filling up.
Venues for live performance – the Orpheum, the Levitt Shell, the Landers Center – say audiences are eager for a return to shows.
A nice crowd gathered on a nice evening to open Arlington’s Music on the Square concert series, featuring the Brian Johnson Band.
The 87-year-old musician honed his craft at South Memphis’ Club Paradise, a pivotal venue in “The Birth of Soul Music.”