Grind City Brewing Gives Memphis A New Amphitheatre and Kicks It Off With Great Music
Anyone familiar with Memphis’s Grind City Brewing Company knows that their beers are named for various aspects of the city’s music scene, particularly its soul …
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Big Memphis: Big Don Valentine is a Living Link with Memphis’s Blues Past
Long before rap music was a thing or synthesizers, drum machines or sequencers were invented, Memphis was a blues town, but despite the city’s long …
See, what had happened was….
At some point in March, The Frontline Music.com went down, and I didn’t even know it. I was working 14-hour days at my new job …
Indie Rappers @Deathrow_Tull Live @SXSW
Alt-rap New Yorkers @Deathrow_Tull take it back to the old-school as they entertain the incredibly-long lines of fans hoping to get into the Hype Hotel …
Main Street Soul
This lone saxophonist was posted up against a Main Street building playing on Saturday afternoon in downtown Memphis.
Memphis Black Expo 2013 at the Cook Convention Center
The Memphis Black Expo is held each year in February at the Cook Convention Center downtown. It features fun activities for kids, exhibits from local …
Jukin’ in North Memphis: The Anti-Beale Street
Once Beale Street had been cleared of nearby residents and had its traditional ambience removed so that it could become a tourist mecca, those who …
The Future of Memphis Music (@downtownbleu)
Memphis music is a RENEWABLE resource. The way we renew it is by mentoring and encouraging young people who want to play an instrument. Seeing …
Paul Taylor & Blooz Emergency “Please Read My Mind”
The Blooz Emergency plays a Memphis-soul-tinged original at the Memphis Blues Showcase at the Rum Boogie Cafe, 2/2/13
John Saint Holiday and Friends at the Memphis Blues Showcase, Rum Boogie Cafe
John Saint Holiday was a new name for me, but his band of all-stars, thrown together for the occasion, provided some of the best blues …