SXSW Day 2: Trailer Space Records and East Austin
After I left Travis Heights, I drove over to East Austin and parked my car across the street from the Carver Community Center. As I …
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SXSW Day 2: Getting Funky at @FriendsofSound Records
Also in South Austin is a record store called Friends of Sound, which can be hard to find despite its South Congress Avenue address, as …
SXSW Day 2: The Beginning of the New Vinyl Era at Austin’s @EndOfAnEar
With Austin being such a hip town, it has become ground zero for the vinyl renaissance, with plenty of vinyl record shops in several different …
Album Review: @SoulmanSnipes #TheClassicSoulProject #LyfeIsDope
Memphis rapper Snipes has always tried to connect Memphis’ soul past and its rap present in a way that few rap artists other than Al …
SXSW Day 1:Searching for the Blues at Antone’s Records @AntonesRecords
Young Clifford Antone had left his hometown of Port Arthur, Texas in 1968 to attend the University of Texas at Austin, but his college career …
A Little Something Extra at Baton Rouge’s Lagniappe Records @LagniappeRecsBR
Recent years have not been kind to the retail music situation in Baton Rouge, so I was thrilled to learn of a new vinyl record …
Jackson’s Morning Bell Records (@MorningBellJxn) Moves Into New Larger Digs, Adds Coffee and Food
Since the sad demise of Mississippi’s venerable Be-Bop Records chain several years ago, the sole survivor as far as vinyl and indie rock has been …
Yo Gotti Comes With His Strongest and Best Album Yet With “I Am” @YoGottiKOM @CaneiLive @JColeNC @Wale @Ne-Yo Compound
Fans of Yo Gotti‘s previous work might be in for a surprise when they listen to his recently-released album I Am, but the surprise should …
Getting Ready for @HAYSTAKMAK and @JellyRoll615 “Business As Usual” Album Out Tomorrow
The long-awaited new collaboration between Nashville rap veterans Haystak and Jelly Roll drops tomorrow. Entitled Business As Usual, it is coming out on Haystak Entertainment and …
Current Music and Oldies Vinyl at Greenville, South Carolina’s BJ Music
Times have been tough for record stores, but here and there, across America are some stores that are survivors. Randy Coleman, the owner of BJ …