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On June 15, 2012 the Overton Square Block Party was held to celebrate the redevelopment of Midtown Memphis’ Overton Square, complete with art, kids activities’, live music and food. #MemphisRising

Overton Square Block Party, 6/15/12 featuring @StarandMicey and others. Live music and fun #MemphisRising

Jim Dickinson Folk Festival at the @LevittShell, Overton Park, Memphis, 2011

Monday night September 19, 2011 was the occasion for a remarkable Memphis music concert at the Levitt Shell in honor of the late legendary Memphis producer and musician Jim Dickinson. The threat of rain didn’t deter anyone, and the event got underway with a set from Son of Mudboy, the successor to Memphis’ legendary Mudboy and the Neutrons. 

Late Night Coffee and Dessert at @CafeIntermezzo

Open until 2 AM most nights and until 3 AM on weekends, Cafe Intermezzo is a late-night hangout for Atlanta. Intermezzo’s coffee menu alone is three pages, the liquors another four or five pages. The exquisite desserts aren’t on the menu at all- they are under glass instead, where an employe called a “tour guide” describes them in detail as you point to them and ask about them. Not a place to worry about weight, calories or cholesterol!

Lightning Malcolm joins Cedric Burnside on stage, and the crowd takes the dancefloor at the Hi-Tone.

Cedric Burnside carries on the legacy of his grandfather, legendary hill country blues guitarist R. L. Burnside. But what is unique about Cedric is first of all his amazing talent as a singer, a guitarist, a songwriter and a drummer. Even more impressive is how effortlessly he adapts the trance-like hill country style into the grooves of modern funk and rock-and-roll. The Hi-Tone, with its walls lined with multi-colored lights and old Memphis posters and album-covers, provided the perfect juke-joint ambiance for Cedric’s electrified hill-country stomps. An unexpected reunion with Lightning Malcolm capped the night’s festivities, coaxing the crowd out of their seats and onto the dancefloor. 

San Diego indie band The Donkeys on Dead Ocean Records opened up last night’s live music at the venerable Hi-Tone in midtown Memphis, and their style exhibited a rootsy, soul-influenced vibe that sounded more Memphis than California. Altogether, an impressive set of tuneful music.