Uptown At The Krewe of Proteus Parade
Proteus is one of the old-line Mardi Gras krewes, and the only one of the old original ones to stage a parade on the streets …
Preparing For Parades on Lundi Gras
Not only is Mardi Gras a legal holiday in Louisiana, but so is Lundi Gras, the Monday before, and kids are out of school and …
Lifting Up With The Mighty Souls Brass Band at Wiseacre Tap Room @WiseacreBrew
Wiseacre Brewing Company is one of the new local microbreweries that have sprung up around Memphis, and they have started booking occasional live music on …
Majorettes and Drummers at Manassas High School
I knew there was to be a massive majorette jamboree at the Manassas High School gym on Saturday afternoon (February 7), so I rode over …
Albert King Jr and the Final Touch Band at @GroundZero; Bill Howl-N-Madd Perry and Terry Big T Williams at Red’s Lounge
When I left the Delta Blues Alley Cafe, I walked across the street to Ground Zero Blues Club where the Final Touch Band was playing …
Stud & Cactus Live at the Delta Blues Alley Cafe in Clarksdale
Friday February 6 was some kind of special day for blues apparently, because there were blues performances everywhere. Ori Naftaly was at Lafayette’s Music Room …
Rodney Tate and All-Star Soul and Blues at Memphis’ B. B. King’s
People who know me know that I’m not a huge fan of modern-day Beale Street. In its current garish, Disneyland-like iteration, it seems like a …
2015 Kickoff Party for On Location: Memphis Film and Music Festival at Phillip Ashley Chocolates @OnLocationMEM
On the last Saturday in January, there was a kickoff party for the new year to call attention to the On Location: Memphis International Film …
Album Review: James & The Ultrasounds “Bad To Be Here” @MADJACKRecords @ultrasound_901
Madjack Records is a Memphis label known for releasing first-rate indie material, so when I saw that they were releasing a new album by James …
Crisis901 Presents Dope on Arrival at the House of Mtenzi
I really was not familiar with the Memphis rapper Crisis 901 who was putting on an event called Dope On Arrival at the House of …