Beginning a Friday Night Rara Procession in Little Haiti with Rara Lakay
Rara Lakay leads a rara procession through the residential streets of Little Haiti on each Friday night, beginning from the murals on the wall at …
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Walking Behind A Rara Procession Through Little Haiti
The start of the Friday night rara procession on the week that I was in Miami was delayed because of the Miami Heat’s playoff game, …
Rara Lakay Rehearsal
The members of Rara Lakay rehearse before the weekly Friday night rara procession in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood.
Rara Lakay-Rehearsing Before A Procession in Little Haiti
The Rara Lakay band rehearses in their neighborhood prior to the weekly Friday night rara procession in Little Haiti. These processions, common in Haiti during …
Rara Lakay Rehearsing Before The Friday Night Procession
Although the joyful music of a Haitian rara procession might seem spontaneous, a considerable amount of rehearsal is actually necessary, as the musicians showed me …
Hard Hitters band featuring Cameron Bethany @ShoobyDoowah and @MosbyMike Live at MLGW Plus-1 Jam
Cameron Bethany and Brittany shelby perform Frankie Beverly & Maze’s “Before I Let Go” at the MLG&W Musicians Jam to raise money for utilities for …
Hard Hitters Band featuring Mike Mosby (@MosbyMike) Cameron Bethany (@ShoobyDoowah) and Brittany Shelby at the @MLGW Plus-1 Jam on Beale Street
Each year, our local utility Memphis Light Gas & Water takes advantage of the crowds walking to and from the Beale Street Music Festival to …
Al Kapone (@ALKaponeMemphis) Brings It Back to Where It All Began @BealeStMusicFes #BSMF13
In many ways, the emergence of Al Kapone in the early 1990’s corresponded to the rise of Memphis rap as a unique subgenre of hip-hop, …
Super Chikan Ain’t Nobody Bad Like My Baby Live at @BealeStMusicFes #BSMF13
Clarksdale veteran James Super Chikan Johnson performs a song at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, 5/4/13
James “Super Chikan” Johnson and The Fighting Cocks at the @BealeStMusicFes in Memphis #BSMF13
Clarksdale-based James “Super Chikan” Johnson is a nephew of the late Big Jack Johnson, and one of the last of a generation of authentic Delta …