The concert is an exhilarating mix of the fresh and the familiar, from 'The William Tell Overture' to 'You'll Never Walk Alone.' 

Mempho Music Festival returns to Shelby Farms Park for a third year, and festival organizers say the park itself will be this year's biggest star.

Bernie Williams, once an outfielder for the New York Yankees, has traded his baseball bat for a guitar. On Sunday, he will accompany local saxophonist Kirk Whalum in a Crosstown Theater show.

Iris DeMent’s distinctly American voice will kick off the 2019-2020 season Sunday, Sept. 15 at the Buckman Performing Arts Center in East Memphis.

School of Rock, a chain of music schools, has opened its third Memphis area location near Wolfchase.

The home of the blues was also home to mezzo-soprano Vera Little, a pioneering artist with a commanding voice who was the first African American singer to perform for a pope.

Some choice selections from Memphis' lesser known songbooks in recognition of 901 Day. Let it be a legend to help you map out your own Memphis musical treasure hunt. 

Instead of waiting for people to come to the opera house, 30 Days takes opera to festivals, libraries, restaurants and parks. “Having an opera singer 10 feet from you is like being on a roller coaster or in a windstorm,” says Opera Memphis' director Ned Canty.

Forty-two years after Elvis' death, fans from around the world gathered at Graceland for the annual Candlelight Vigil.

Through four distinct series – Masterworks, Memphis Pops, Classic Accents and Stained Glass (new this year) – MSO will present more than 75 pieces of music by 37 composers and 24 guest artists.

A kickoff party honoring Memphis will be hosted by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at his Gracie Mansion residence as Harlem pays tribute to the Bluff City.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers July 11-17.

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers July 4-10.

Smokey Robinson, who has written dozens of compositions that stand the test of time, joins some St. Jude Children's Research Hospital patients in a new endeavor. 

The Levitt Shell fall series features two high-profile benefit concerts. The series also offers 20 free shows, including The War and Treaty, Reverend Horton Heat and Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. 

The list of musicians to be inducted in the Memphis Music Hall of Fame spans genres such as blues, rock, soul, jazz and opera, and 100 years of recorded and live music.

Ani Joe’s Karaoke Kafe in Bartlett features karaoke seven nights a week. Its owners, Anita Chu and fiancé Joe Torres, want it to be a fun place where people know one another.

Members of Memphis' hip-hop community weigh in on the loss of one of the genre's local landmarks, controversial nightclub 380 Beale.

Kortland and Kameron Whalum are set to join their uncle, jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum, to perform at Crosstown Theater. The three men from a Memphis family with rich musical roots all moved home just in time to work together using music as outreach in the city.

Memphis native John Gary Williams, who recorded for Stax as a part of The Mad Lads and as a solo artist, was found dead in his home. The 73-year-old's soul music legacy stands at the intersection of the Black Power movement and the Vietnam War.

It would be easier in Memphis than anywhere else on Earth to feature 200 songs in honor of our city's 200th anniversary, but this list wasn’t meant to be exhaustive – not even close!

The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers May 22-25.

Bartlett Performing Arts & Conference Center announces its 2019-20 season lineup of artists and theatrical productions. 

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. 

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art has chosen Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron to design its $105 million future home overlooking the Mississippi River Downtown.