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Happy 4th Birthday to Radio Memphis

John Shaw July 7, 2015 July 7, 2015

Radio Memphis is a superb internet radio station that for the last four years has been supporting Memphis music and musicians. So for their fourth …

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Cool Runnings With The Slackers and Chinese Connection Dub Embassy at the Hi-Tone

John Shaw April 29, 2015 April 29, 2015

Reggae and other Jamaican music styles are not particularly common in Memphis, so when there are occasions to see reggae bands, I usually jump at …

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Honoring the Legacy of Ardent’s John Fry and John Hampton at the Levitt Shell

John Shaw April 26, 2015 April 26, 2015

Although the Levitt Shell season doesn’t start until May, there is usually an earlier special music event or two during the warm weather in April, …

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Celebrating Jim Dickinson’s Beale Street Saturday Night With Sons Of Mudboy at Shangri-La Records

John Shaw April 20, 2015 April 20, 2015

The late Jim Dickinson was passionate about Memphis’ Beale Street. He carried on a running feud in song with the Memphis Housing Authority and Memphis’ …

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Record Store Day in Memphis

John Shaw April 20, 2015 April 20, 2015

Record Store Day is a worldwide holiday held in April to call attention to an endangered species, the neighborhood record store. Record companies release all …

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An Amazing Night of Memphis Music at The Buccaneer with John Paul Keith and Dave Cousar @JohnPaulKeith

John Shaw March 13, 2015 March 13, 2015

All the years I have lived in Memphis, I had never been to the Buccaneer Lounge in Midtown, but I saw on a live music …

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Album Review: James & The Ultrasounds “Bad To Be Here” @MADJACKRecords @ultrasound_901

John Shaw February 9, 2015 February 9, 2015

Madjack Records is a Memphis label known for releasing first-rate indie material, so when I saw that they were releasing a new album by James …

New Ghost Town Blues Band Single “Seventeen” From The Upcoming Album “Hard Road To Hoe”

John Shaw February 3, 2015 February 8, 2015

Memphis’ own Ghost Town Blues Band plays far more than blues, and at the January 22nd release party for their new self-produced album “Hard Road To Hoe” at the Rum Boogie Cafe, they unveiled the single “Seventeen”, an absolute jewel of a soulful rock ballad, reminiscent of New Orleans band The Radiators. Purchase the album on iTunes here

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A Soulful Independence with Deering and Down at River Arts Fest @deeringanddown

John Shaw November 9, 2014 November 9, 2014

Memphis indie duo Deering and Down wear their Memphis influences on their sleeve. Yet the 13-year-old duo of Lahna Deering and the Rev. Neil Down …

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3/18/11: Third Day of SXSW

3/18/11: Third Day of SXSW

John Shaw March 30, 2011 February 19, 2021

For me, the third day of South By Southwest started with a breakfast at The Tavern on Lamar Boulevard just at the north end of …