The Alvin Fielder Houston Quartet was performing at the Alabama Art Kitchen in downtown Tuscaloosa. Sadly, it was the last night for the Kitchen, which is moving out of the historic Victorian building on University Boulevard which has been their home since 2010. Ultimately, they intend to continue their arts workshops, but they will no longer have a building.
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Colt Ford (@coltford) Live on Stage at Arkansas International Airport, Gosnell AR
Average Joe Entertainment recording artist @coltford took the stage Saturday night May 12 at Arkansas International Airport in Gosnell, AR near Blytheville, for a wet but willing crowd during the Declaration of Independence Tour.
Memphis Rap Veteran Al Kapone (@ALKaponeMemphis) at the Lamar Terrace Picnic, May 2012
@ALKaponeMemphis visits the Lamar Terrace Picnic in Overton Park, 5/12/12. The rain couldn’t dampen the spirit, and although the Terrace was torn down, the love and community still stands tall.Â
Kenny Brown and Duwayne Burnside at the Beale Street Music Festival 2012
Kenny Brown and Duwayne Burnside, Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis, 5/6/12
Kenny Brown and Duwayne Burnside Live at the Beale Street Music Festival, 2012
Hill Country bluesman Kenny Brown grew up near Mississippi Joe Callicutt in Desoto County, and was eventually mentored by the late R.L. Burnside. He has been tireless in his effort to preserve the Hill Country Blues tradition, not only through his performances and recordings but through he and his wife’s organization of the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic which is held in Marshall County, Mississippi each June. Here Kenny and Duwayne Burnside perform at the Southern Comfort Blues Shack at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/6/12. You can purchase Kenny Brown’s most recent album “Can’t Stay Long” here:Â http://devildownrecords.com/
The Center For Southern Folklore, Memphis
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.Â
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Beale Street Music Festival 2012
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Beale Street Music Festival, 5/5/12
Billboard Advertising @DrummaBoyFRESH at Beale Street Music Festival, 2012
This billboard announcing the latest mixtape from Drumma Boy (@DrummaBoyFRESH) “Welcome 2 My City 2” greets visitors to the Beale Street Music Festival #MemphisRising #BSMF12
Opening the Beale Street Music Fest 2012 with the North Mississippi Allstars
Luther and Cody Dickinson are sons of legendary Memphis producer Jim Dickinson, and they are the driving force behind the North Mississippi All-Stars. The rich Hill Country Blues legacy of Junior Kimbrough and R. L. Burnside and the fife-and-drum band music of Otha Turner all have contributed heavily to the All-Stars sound, and while the band is very much a Mississippi entity, it is also a Memphis one, and there is no more appropriate act to open the Beale Street Music Festival.Â
Al Kapone (@ALKaponeMemphis) Live at the Pop-Up Arts Festival, Melrose Stadium, Orange Mound, 2012
Al Kapone (@ALKaponeMemphis) is one of the founders of Memphis rap, and a man who has contributed generously and selflessly to the Memphis music industry. Among his accomplishments is being one of the first rap artists to perform with a symphony orchestra. At the Pop-Up Arts Festival in Orange Mound last Sunday, Kapone performed a brief excerpt of his longer performance with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the jook dancers from the U Dig Dance Academy. It was a great ending to a great day in Orange Mound.Â