Joshua McCain and the Soul Seven Getting Funky at The Spot Bar & Grill In North Memphis
Memphis has a number of neighborhood clubs, bars and hole-in-the-walls, but it’s not all that common for them to book live bands, so when I …
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Arkansas' Best Drummers Highlighted at the @RevRoomLR #TheDrummerIsInTheHouse
In the field of Black music worldwide, no other musical instrument is as important as the drums. Not only is percussion the musical foundation for …
Drummer and DJ at the ICE Bar in Memphis, 7/3/14 @IceBarMemphis
Last week on Hangtime (which is a great way to keep up with events in your hometown, by the way) I read about an event …
The 4 Soul Band Brings The Soul and Funk at Memphis' Exclusive Prive' Restaurant
Back in February, a new restaurant called Prive’ opened in the former Cooker/Smokey Bones building at Winchester and Riverdale in Hickory Hill, owned by a …
Dual Drive Celebrating The Memphis Music Legacy at @SpinStreetMusic
Memphis guitarist Garry Goin is a fairly well-known figure in the local music scene, who often appears at Memphis Grizzlies games at Fed Ex Forum, …
Live Soul With Terry and the Flames at Savalis Restaurant and Lounge in Columbia
Savalis Restaurant and Lounge is a soul food restaurant on Main Street in downtown Columbia, South Carolina. While I cannot speak on the food there, …
Finding Jazz in Columbia, South Carolina: Pearlz Upstairs Lounge @PearlzColumbia @PearlzOysterBar
Ironically, when I made it back to the Vista district in Columbia, I found the live jazz I had been looking for in the upstairs …
Cedric Burnside's Hill Country Blues at Memphis' @LevittShell
R. L. Burnside was one of the most famous musicians in the blues tradition of the North Mississippi Hill Country, and many of his children …
A Summer Band Battle at Memphis' Oakhaven Park
There is a Black marching band tradition which is distinct from its white equivalent, despite points of similarity, and, not surprisingly, that tradition is deeply …
A Beale Street Debut for the C3 Band at Rum Boogie Cafe @RumBoogieCafe1 @cdrumbum90
Memphis’ young new C3 Blues Band was formed toward the end of last year, and has been gigging mostly in Jackson, Tennessee, with an occasional …