The Center For Southern Folklore is a cool blues venue and shop in downtown Memphis. It’s a great place to hear live blues, soul, jazz or gospel, enjoy a cold beverage or purchase books and CDs about Memphis music and history.
Art
Al Kapone and the Memphis Jookers at the Pop-Up Arts Festival in Orange Mound
Al Kapone and the U Dig Dance Academy jookers performing with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra at the Pop-Up Arts Festival at Melrose Stadium in Orange Mound, 4/29/12
Artwork By Lamar Sorrento at Birmingham’s Baha Burgers
On the way to the Industry Insider Music Summit last Thursday, I stopped at Birmingham for lunch at a place called Baha Burgers. The burgers were basic but good, but what stood out was the extensive amount of artwork by Memphis artist and sometimes musician Lamar Sorrento (nee James Eddie Campbell). It’s worth a visit just to see it.
3-19-2011 Last Day of SXSW
With Saturday being my last day in Austin, I grabbed a breakfast at 24 Diner and then began making the rounds of record stores. I …
5/7/10: McCarty’s Pottery in Merigold
I took a day to drive down into the Mississippi Delta, and I stopped first at the Woods Brothers Pottery store in Mound Bayou to …
4/16/10: Student Art Show at Caritas Village in Bimghampton, Memphis
Binghampton’s Caritas Village is an amazing coffee bar, art space, community center, housing co-op and a lot more, and on Friday, they sponsored an art …
4/15/10: Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale
I drove down to Clarksdale last Thursday to meet up with Justin Showah, the owner of Hill Country Records, who was playing the opening night …
4/8/10: Seaside’s Central Square Records
Seaside, Florida is a unique and charming “new town” along Florida’s Highway 30A corridor which is so popular with people from Memphis. Built according to …
3/20/2010: SXSW Day 4 Where They At Bounce Exhibit at Birdland Gallery Austin TX
On the fourth day of South by Southwest, I drove down from the hotel to a place called Cafe Java in a North Austin industrial …