A Soulful Independence with Deering and Down at River Arts Fest @deeringanddown
Memphis indie duo Deering and Down wear their Memphis influences on their sleeve. Yet the 13-year-old duo of Lahna Deering and the Rev. Neil Down …
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Craft Pop Pops Up At The River Arts Festival @LovePopSodaShop
Given the immense and growing popularity of craft beer and micro brewing, it comes as no surprise that there is also a craft soda movement, …
River Arts Festival Takes Over Memphis' South Main Arts District
Each October, the River Arts Festival takes over Memphis’ South Main Arts District, the trendy neighborhood south of Beale Street and north of the Central …
Late Afternoon in the Midtown Arts District
The neighborhood where the new Offbeat Arts gallery is located is called the Midtown Arts District, and is Jackson’s fastest-growing arts community. Unlike Fondren, where …
Vinyl Returns to Jackson, Mississippi at OffBeat Arts @OFFBEATjxn
This year’s closure of Morning Bell Records was a terrible blow to Jackson, Mississippi’s music scene, so the news that a new record shop had …
Snowballs and Street Art in New Orleans' Central City
As I headed back toward the CBD, I drove through the Central City area, and with the weather blazing hot, when I saw a snow-cone …
Travis "Trumpet Black" Hill & The Heart Attack Live in the Bywater at Vaughan's @TrumpetBlackNO
Vaughan’s is an out-of-the-way neighborhood bar in the Bywater neighborhood just across the Industrial Canal from the Lower 9th Ward, and the last time I …
Jairus Daigle and His Band Live at Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club @sljcnola @CuttingEdgeNOLA
My first stop was at the jazz showcase of Cutting Edge NOLA, which was going on at Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club on North Claiborne Avenue, …
Guitar Summit and Noya Jones at the @LittleGemSaloon @CuttingEdgeNOLA
The kickoff party for this year’s Cutting Edge NOLA Music Business Conference took place in the upstairs Ramp Room of the Little Gem Saloon at …
Music Business and New Music in New Orleans at @CuttingEdgeNOLA
For 22 years, the Cutting Edge Music Business Conference has been going on in New Orleans, giving new artists and musicians an opportunity to showcase …