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    Live at the Garden announces cancellation

    Organizers with Memphis Botanic Garden have announced the cancellation of their 20th annual "Live at the Garden" concert series.

    By Jared Boyd April 28, 2020
  • Business

    Billboard names Rhodes College among ‘Top Music Business Schools’

    Even without a traditional music business major, Rhodes College and its Mike Curb Institute have allowed students opportunities within the music industry professionals, earning national recognition.

    By Jared Boyd April 25, 2020
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    The Lumineers, Liam Gallagher among acts dropping out of BSMF lineup

    Festival organizers say the majority of previously announced acts will remain on-board for the rescheduled Beale Street Music Festival in October. A revised lineup announcement with replacement acts is planned for June.

    By Jared Boyd April 25, 2020
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    The Essential Memphis Library: Otis Redding’s ‘Otis Blue’

    From Sam Cooke to Motown, blues to the British Invasion to his own classic songwriting, Otis Redding’s groundbreaking 1965 album turned everything it touched into one man’s soulful sound. 

    By Chris Herrington September 09, 2024
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    Friends, family remember Knox Phillips as more than a music man

    Following the heritage set by his father, Sam Phillips, music man Knox Phillips carried on the family legacy, his love for Memphis and its music. Knox Phillips died Wednesday night.

    By Jared Boyd April 16, 2020
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    Memphis music teachers honored by Country Music Association

    Two Mid-South teachers were among 30 winners nationally of the CMA Foundation Music Teachers of Excellence award. The ceremony was delayed until fall.

    By Jared Boyd April 09, 2020
  • Music

    The Essential Memphis Library: John Prine’s made-in-Memphis debut

    John Prine was raised in Illinois and settled in Nashville, but he recorded three of his first six albums at different Memphis studios, including his classic debut, “John Prine.”

    By Chris Herrington September 03, 2024
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    What Ellis Marsalis did for Memphis jazz

    By taking a chance on playing a concert at Rhodes College, Marsalis gave the Curb Institute credibility and paved the way for appearances by George Coleman, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Harold Mabern and Charles Lloyd.

    By John Bass April 05, 2020
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    The Essential Memphis Library: Otis Spann’s ‘Hotel Lorraine’

    At a Chicago church, on the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Mississippi-bred bluesman Otis Spann delivered what arguably remains the most profound musical response to the tragedy. 

    By Chris Herrington September 04, 2024
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    Memphis artists bring authenticity to Netflix’s ‘Uncorked’

    Actor Princeton Echols, rapper Marco Pavé and producer Adrian Ford are among the familiar Memphis faces seen and heard in Netflix's hit feature film, “Uncorked,” about a Bluff City family.

    By Jared Boyd April 02, 2020
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    Select-O-Hits: In tune with Memphis music for 60 years

    “There wouldn’t have been a Select-O-Hits had Jerry Lee not married his 13-year-old first cousin,” Johnny Phillips said of the family-run business that has transitioned from vinyl to cassettes to CD's to digital production. “Who would’ve thought that?”

    By Jared Boyd March 30, 2020
  • Music

    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
  • Performing Arts

    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
  • Music

    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 September 03, 2024
  • Music

    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
  • Music

    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
  • Music

    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
  • Music

    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
  • Music

    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
  • Music

    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
  • Music

    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

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