The 15th annual On Location Memphis Film and Music Festival got underway in earnest on Friday April 25 with the awards luncheon at Lost Pizza …
The Wade Walton Stage, named for the man who owned the blues club and barber shop on the spot when he was living, is always …
I had never heard of the blues-rock band called Charlie Patton’s War, but I was intrigued by the unusual name and I liked what I …
One of the interesting things about Oxford, Mississippi is the extent of their live music scene for being such a small town. Of course the …
It’s a long way from Beirut to Memphis, and Lebanon is definitely not the first place you think of when it comes to blues, but …
After an early morning breakfast at the Magnolia Cafe, I parked my car downtown and set out walking across the bridge to Austin’s Butler Park, …
I suppose I had vaguely heard of the Magnetic Zeros before, but I certainly had never heard any of their music, and probably wouldn’t have …
I didn’t quite know what a Hackathon is, but when I saw that the Hot 8 Brass Band was scheduled to perform at the Hackathon …
When I walked down Red River Street across Cesar Chavez, I heard an incredible band playing on the porch of a house. There was some …
My friend Malcolm, the owner of Memphis’ excellent Memphis Music record shop on Beale Street had introduced me to St. Paul and the Broken Bones …
