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<strong>DJ EA, Evan Anthony, performs during NLE Choppa&rsquo;s DJ appreciation event at The Pocket spotlighting up-and-coming and established Memphis DJs.</strong> (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)Arts & Culture

Memphis rapper NLE Choppa hosts DJ appreciation event Downtown

Memphis rapper NLE Choppa returned to his hometown to place a spotlight on veteran and up and coming local DJs.

By Jasmine McCraven March 20, 2023
Music

Social Club: Basketball fans show support for Ja Morant

Bill Nye dances to a song from a Memphis rapper and another debuts an Apple Music short documentary.

By Jasmine McCraven March 17, 2023
East Memphis

Memphis Botanic Garden blooms with Japanese culture — and cherry blossoms

The boom of Taiko drums, intricate kimonos and koi windsock crafting were just some elements of Japanese arts and culture displayed at Memphis Botanic Garden’s Cherry Blossom Picnic.

By Alicia Davidson March 18, 2023
Music

Graceland battle brewing in California but impact could land in Memphis

Priscilla Presley is challenging a document that would make her granddaughter, 33-year-old actress Riley Keough, the sole trustee to what’s left of the family’s stake in Elvis’ empire. 

By Chris Herrington March 10, 2023

  • Criminal Justice

    GloRilla concert stampede claims third victim

    Aisha Stephens, 35, of Syracuse, New York, died after being injured in a stampede after a weekend concert by the rapper GloRilla in western New York state.

    By The Associated Press March 10, 2023
  • Education

    Snowden kids perform ‘Side by Side’ with Memphis Symphony Orchestra

    Clinks of glockenspiels and bombastic symphonic tunes roared from the Snowden School gym as members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra joined the entire student body for the school’s third Orff Music Side by Side concert.

    By Alicia Davidson March 10, 2023
  • Music

    BankPlus Amphitheater to reopen in April after $10M facelift

    Better Than Ezra will headline a grand opening show as BankPlus Amphitheater christens its new season and renovated venue in April. The number of seats has more than doubled for a total of 9,800.

    By Beth Sullivan March 08, 2023
  • Premium Music

    Going remote: DittyTV strategy evolves from in-house to on-the-road

    What started as a grassroots music television network in Memphis almost a decade ago grew into an international hub for Americana music. But now DittyTV plans to expand its global reach even more. 

    By Christin Yates March 08, 2023
  • Music

    WYXR features Memphis-recorded New Zealand prog rock at Stereo Sessions

    WYXR’s “Stereo Sessions” gatherings return Wednesday, March 8, at 6 p.m. with an album from New Zealand Trading Company, whose “legacy continues as a missing puzzle piece that links the heritage of two communities that aren’t as disparate as it may seem.”

    By Jared Boyd March 07, 2023
  • Music

    1 dead, 9 hurt in stampede at GloRilla concert in New York

    Rochester Mayor Malik Evans called the fatal stampede “a tragedy of epic proportions” and promised a thorough investigation.

    By The Associated Press March 06, 2023
  • Premium Music

    Visible Music College sells in-house record label to alum

    For more than two decades, the record label has developed artists, produced songs and released dozens of records. But the sale will allow it to work with a broader base of artists.

    By Christin Yates March 05, 2023
  • Arts & Culture

    The Orpheum’s tempting offer: ‘Ain’t Too Proud’

    The Temptations come to Memphis — in the form of a Tony Award-winning musical. The tour brings home Jalen Harris, who portrays Eddie Kendricks in the Broadway show. 

    By Blair Kinsey March 05, 2023
  • Arts & Culture

    Theatre Memphis, Dixon unite for Women in the Arts

    The two East Memphis entities joined forces to commemorate not only Women’s History Month but specifically women in the arts. 

    By Alicia Davidson March 06, 2023
  • Music

    Music career in a year? Southwest plans new course offering to make it happen

    Southwest Tennessee Community College’s music program is expanding this fall to give students a hands-on industry experience.

    By Kylah Strickland-Paige March 04, 2023
  • Premium Music

    A debut album, a community garden and a heart for art

    Talibah Safiya is the first artist to release an album on the University of Memphis’ High Water Records label in almost 20 years. She’s an artist-in-residence at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music, an entrepreneur and, with her husband, the founder of the Hood Homestead. 

    By Kylah Strickland-Paige March 01, 2023
  • Music

    From arias to Americana, here are five must-see shows in March 2023

    A trumpeter will take the stage at Graceland, New Edition is bringing its New Jack Swing flare to the FedExForum and the Orpheum Theatre will host the soulful Patti LaBelle. Plus, a Georgia-based country-rock band will make an appearance at Hernando’s Hide-A-Way. 

    By Jasmine McCraven March 01, 2023
  • Music

    Herrington: The Music Fest lineup is terrible! (Actually, it’s totally fine)

    It never looks great on paper, but you can always be guaranteed that great stuff will happen. Like a magisterial Jill Scott cracking jokes and dispensing love advice, Sturgill Simpson surprising with a lacerating, hard country-soul set or that time that a nervy Randy Newman surveyed the afternoon crowd and began playing an unedited version of “Rednecks.”

    By Chris Herrington February 28, 2023
  • Music

    Music Fest CEO says ‘surprise additions’ to lineup coming

    Scheduled performers include Earth, Wind & Fire, The Roots, The Lumineers, GloRilla, Jazmine Sullivan, and PJ Morton.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 27, 2023
  • Premium Music

    County leaders consider potential hip-hop museum

    The museum project is still in early stages, but County Commissioners have already provided feedback. 

    By Bill Dries February 25, 2023
  • Premium Music

    As hip-hop turns 50, where does Memphis fit into its future?

    One of the hottest performers in hip-hop right now is from Memphis. And with local business leaders promising more investment into music, could Memphis become an entertainment industry city? Moreover, should it? 

    By Jasmine McCraven, Bill Dries February 25, 2023
  • Music

    Social Club: Hip-hop fans debate the ‘King of Memphis’ online

    Who would you crown the King of Memphis rap? And, a Memphis author gives away free books.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 24, 2023
  • Music

    Crosstown Arts to launch first ‘Jazz Month’

    Jazz Month at Crosstown Arts includes more than 40 jazz musicians and band performances, many of which are free.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 28, 2023
  • Music

    Boyd: WYXR Dowd Awards honor Black musicians

    WYXR’s Dowd Awards will honor Ekpe Abioto, Dr. O.T. Sykes, Lester Snell, Anita Ward, Dan Greer, and Phyllis and Helen Duncan.

    By Jared Boyd February 23, 2023
  • Arts & Culture

    Social Club: Mo Bamba nicknames LeBron James, Anthony Davis ‘Three 6’

    Plus, Moneybagg Yo plans a Memphis lounge.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 19, 2023
  • Music

    Sicily-born singer gathers Memphis musicians to record global anthem for peace

    Memphis musicians Mario Monterosso, Carla Thomas, Kallen Esperian, Larry Dodson, The Coasters and Pete Molinari, among others, have recorded a new song to raise money for children in Ukraine.

    By Jane Roberts February 15, 2023
  • Memphis Grizzlies

    Memphis Grizzlies tap local designers for limited-edition merchandise

    The Grizzlies plan similar collaborations in the future.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 10, 2023
  • The To-Do List

    The To-Do List: TEDx, pinball and your Valentine’s Day events guide

    This week, the Memphis Botanic Garden pairs Phillip Ashley Chocolates with whiskey, and Old Dominick pairs whiskey with the Super Bowl. Plus, Don Bryant and The Bo-Keys play the Halloran.

    By Bianca Phillips, Blair Kinsey, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry, Jasmine McCraven February 09, 2023
  • Music

    Juilliard-trained violinist returns for Memphis concert

    The concert, put on by the Iris Collective, features the work of Black and Chinese composers.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 28, 2023
  • Music

    Honey Music Festival unveils U of M performing arts center, arts investment

    The University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music hosted its first Honey Music Festival on Sunday, Feb. 5. 

    By Jasmine McCraven February 06, 2023

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