Baaloo is Bartlett’s Hometown Coffee Roastery
The Memphis area suburb of Bartlett, Tennessee not that long ago had no coffee at all. Then we got a Starbucks, and then about a …
Flyway Brewery Is More Than Just Beer
Craft beer has been having something of a struggle recently, and a number of small craft brewers have failed around the country. Theories range from …
Addiction Smash Burgers: There’s No Breaking The Habit
Food trucks parked in gas station lots do not normally attract my attention. They have become extremely common in Memphis, especially for Mexican food, but …
Celebrating Fayette County’s Blues Legacy in Moscow, Tennessee at the Inaugural Ghost River Blues Festival
Fayette County, Tennessee is historically a twin of Marshall County, Mississippi which lies to its south, both demographically and geographically. Both counties had Black majorities, …
Remembering the Late R. L. Boyce in His Hometown of Como
Bluesman R. L. Boyce was a native of Como, Mississippi in Panola County, the town which Mississippi Fred McDowell called home for much of his …
A Day of Gospel and Blues at Zodiac Park in Mason, Tennessee
Zodiac Park north of Mason is the last of a vanishing breed, rural Black baseball and softball parks. Such parks used to be found in …
The Covington Community Comes Together For Bull Day
Orlandus Cobbins Sr. was known to his friends as “Bull,” and was a positive influence on young people on the westside of Covington, Tennessee, until …
Celebrating Brownsville, Tennessee’s Blues Legacy at the Exit 56 Blues Festival
Brownsville, Tennessee, in Haywood County, was the home of Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon, Yank Rachell, Charlie Sangster and Son Bonds from the blues world, …
West Memphis Kicks Off its Annual May Celebration of the Blues with Ra’Shad the Blues Kid
The city of West Memphis, Arkansas is a youngster as American cities go, having been founded really about the time of World War I, and …
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 …