Celebrating the Life of B. B. King in Indianola
Each year in B. B. King’s hometown of Indianola, Mississippi, deep in the historic Delta region, the great bluesman returned in late May for an …
Drummers
The Stooges Brass Band Brings A Taste of New Orleans to Overton Square
Back in 2011, the Stooges Brass Band were one of the more active street brass bands in New Orleans, with a regular residency at the …
New Orleans Comes to Memphis with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Lafayette’s
Old Man Winter had other ideas when the Stooges Brass Band was supposed to play at Lafayette’s Music Room in Memphis a few weeks ago, …
Soul Lives In Memphis at The Plexx
On a rainy Friday night, after I had eaten dinner at AC’s Steakhouse in Hernando, Mississippi, I was driving back into Memphis looking for some …
Marcus Scott and the Deep Soul Band Rocking The House at Curtis Given’s All New @InLOVEMemphis @curtis_givens
The building had once been a Pig N’ Whistle barbecue restaurant, and later a rough-around-the-edges club called Two For One, but Curtis Givens’ latest venture, …
“Won’t Bow Down On That Dirty Ground”: The Mardi Gras Indians Uptown
When I left the North Claiborne Avenue area, it was dark and I was hungry. I thought about heading on to find something open for …
Under The Bridge on Claiborne on Mardi Gras Afternoon
It took me nearly an hour to get from Metairie to the North Claiborne Avenue area where TBC Brass Band was supposed to be playing, …
Krewe of Orpheus: The Rains Came
Because rain was predicted, the city of New Orleans had moved up the starting times of both Lundi Gras parades by an hour. That had …
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 …
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 …