Fun With A Purpose at the Tate Street Block Party
Tate Street, like all east-west streets in Memphis, is really an avenue, but it has always been called Tate Street by those who live there …
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A Rainbow over South Memphis
I don’t ever recall any June in Memphis being this wet, but one of the upsides to the extensive rain (besides the cooler temperatures) has …
Kicking Off The Summer at the Annual Tate Street Block Party in South Memphis @LionHeartDSP @tvebandz @AirBorn_Academy
Each year Memphis rap artist Lionheart sponsors a block party on Tate Avenue in South Memphis, featuring live rap performances and free barbecue. The purpose …
Senseless Tragedy at the South Memphis Block Party
Every summer in June, the Memphis rapper Blac Youngsta sponsors a South Memphis Block Party on McMillan Street in honor of a neighborhood youth named …
A Lamar Avenue Mural
As I was driving toward downtown on Lamar Avenue, I noticed this mural on the wall of an old warehouse. I had not noticed it …
South Memphis is the Baddest
Who’s the baddest? At least someone thinks that South Memphis is, and they took a fair amount of time to tell the world so on …
#MemShop Block Party in South Memphis @Choose901 @apollo_mighty
MemShop is a local effort to revitalize Memphis neighborhoods by placing temporary shops in vacant store space in strategically located areas. The organization has recently …
William Bell Live With @TheBoKeys at @StaxMuseum @StaxRecords #SoulsvilleStreetFest
William Bell was one of the first young men from South Memphis to walk over and investigate the Stax Records studios as they were being …
John Gary Williams and The Mad Lads with @TheBoKeys at @StaxMuseum @StaxRecords
The Mad Lads were yet another Memphis vocal group with South Memphis ties, and they recorded a number of singles and a handful of albums …
The Temprees Live With @TheBoKeys at @StaxMuseum @StaxRecords
Memphis was an exception to the rule that Black vocal groups were a largely Northern phenomenon, as the city had a number of great Black …