Kicking Off A New Year With Lightning Malcolm at Red’s
It may have been cold outside, but the new year got off to a hot start at Red’s Lounge in Clarksdale, Mississippi, with a live …
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A Memphis Rap Jam for Christmas at the Hi-Tone
Two days before Christmas, the Hi-Tone in Midtown Memphis was the scene of an all-star gala rap show with a live band, featuring many of …
A Second-Line in Memphis To A Winter Wonderland
Second-lines are not generally associated with Memphis, and neither is sledding, but both were highlighted in December at the Levitt Shell during Winter Wonderland, an …
Craig Brewer Does Halloween Big at Earnestine and Hazel’s
Memphis filmmaker Craig Brewer celebrated the Halloween holiday with an all-star Heaven and Hell bash at the legendary Earnestine and Hazel’s downtown. Music for the …
New Meets Old at the Plexx
Dr. Alfred Brown’s club called The Plexx in an old decrepit shopping center on E. H. Crump Boulevard in Memphis is one of the few …
The Crescent City and Yet More Rain
When I headed out from Monroe on Sunday morning, it was still raining. Although I had hoped the rain would end, it really did not, …
Booker Brown and Big Don Valentine Deliver The Blues at September In Fredonia
Since nobody seemed to know where in Mason Big Don Valentine would be performing, I sent him a text on Facebook to ask about the …
Celebrating Unity And An Effort To Save A Dying Town
On a weekday afternoon, I had driven up to Mason, Tennessee after work to eat at Bozo’s Bar-B-Que, and had noticed signs around the little …
The Sonic Boom Vs. The Aristocrat of Bands at the Southern Heritage Classic
Of course the Southern Heritage Classic is a football game, and I love football, but truth be told, a lot of us go to enjoy …